India vs South Africa, 4th T20I at Lucknow, IND vs SA, Dec 17 2025 - Live Cricket Score

4th T20I (N), Lucknow, December 17, 2025, South Africa tour of India

Wed, 17 Dec

1:30 PM

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Recent Performance

Last five matches

India

NR

L

W

W

NR

November 08, 2025, 5th T20I, India vs AustraliaNo result

November 06, 2025, 4th T20I, India vs AustraliaIndia won by 48 runs

November 02, 2025, 3rd T20I, India vs AustraliaIndia won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

October 31, 2025, 2nd T20I, India vs AustraliaAustralia won by 4 wickets (with 40 balls remaining)

October 29, 2025, 1st T20I, India vs AustraliaNo result

South Africa

A

L

W

L

L

November 01, 2025, 3rd T20I, South Africa vs PakistanPakistan won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

October 31, 2025, 2nd T20I, South Africa vs PakistanPakistan won by 9 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)

October 28, 2025, 1st T20I, South Africa vs PakistanSouth Africa won by 55 runs

October 11, 2025, Only T20I, South Africa vs NamibiaNamibia won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

September 14, 2025, 3rd T20I, South Africa vs EnglandMatch abandoned without a ball bowled

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batters to watch(Recent stats)

Abhishek Sharma,

IND

10 M • 416 Runs • 46.22 Avg • 181.65 SR

IND

10 M • 229 Runs • 28.63 Avg • 138.78 SR

SA

9 M • 293 Runs • 36.63 Avg • 183.12 SR

Reeza Hendricks,

SA

5 M • 138 Runs • 27.6 Avg • 116.94 SR

bowlers to watch(Recent stats)

IND

6 M • 12 Wkts • 7.97 Econ • 11.16 SR

Varun Chakravarthy,

IND

7 M • 10 Wkts • 7.04 Econ • 16.8 SR

SA

8 M • 15 Wkts • 7.81 Econ • 10.4 SR

SA

6 M • 5 Wkts • 7.8 Econ • 24.6 SR

Head to headLast 5 Matches

India won by 135 runs

India won by 11 runs

South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

India won by 61 runs

India won by 7 runs

Squad

IND

SA

Player

Role

Suryakumar Yadav (c)	Batter
Shubman Gill (vc)	Top order Batter
Abhishek Sharma	Batting Allrounder
Arshdeep Singh	Bowler
Jasprit Bumrah	Bowler
Shivam Dube	Allrounder
Harshit Rana	Bowler
Kuldeep Yadav	Bowler
Hardik Pandya	Allrounder
Axar Patel	Allrounder
Sanju Samson †	Wicketkeeper Batter
Jitesh Sharma †	Wicketkeeper Batter
Tilak Varma	Batting Allrounder
Varun Chakravarthy	Bowler
Washington Sundar	Bowling Allrounder

Match details

Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Series	South Africa tour of India
Season	2025/26
Hours of play (local time)	19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days	17 December 2025 - night (20-over match)

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