IND vs SA 1st T20I Match Highlights: Finally, the Indian team has secured the victory in the inaugural match of the SA vs IND 2025 series by a huge 101 runs, which shows that India is ready to re-establish its dominance in the T20 format.
1st Inning Highlights: India Post a Strong 175/5
The 1st game of the T20I Series was played at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India. South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first, starting strongly by dismissing Shubman Gill in just 2 balls and registering 4 runs. Then Skipper Suryakumar Yadav came in, and he also failed to hold his wicket for long and departed early, with just 12 runs in 11 balls.
Abhishek Sharma 17 (12) and Tilak Varma 26 (32) attempted to stabilize the innings, but they also failed to build a lasting partnership. With the help of Hardik Pandya’s strong performance, 59 (28), the Indian team set a solid target of 175 runs in 20 overs, while Jitesh Sharma contributed a quick 10 runs from 5 deliveries.
From the South African bowling side, Lungi Ngidi took 3 wickets by giving only 31 runs in 4 overs, alongside Sipamla, who took 2 wickets in 4 overs, and Donovan Ferreira took 1 in 2 overs.
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2nd Inning Highlights: South Africa Collapse for 74
In the 2nd inning of the game, South Africa lost the 1st wicket of Quinton de Kock in the 2nd ball of the first over with not a single run. Tristan Stubbs followed soon after, scoring just 14 runs off 9 deliveries.
Followed by Dewald Brevis, who joins Aiden Markram and tries to build the partnership but fails to hold the wicket and is gone in 22 (14), taken by Axar Patel. After that, the batting line-up collapsed; no one stayed for long enough to form a partnership.
Result: India Win by 101 Runs
While Brevis watched from the non-striker’s end as wickets kept tumbling. The Indian bowling line-up has capitalized on the South African team; they got all out in just 74 runs, resulting in India winning by 101 runs.
