1st T20i : Hardik Pandya's 28 balls 59* runs followed by wonderful bowling led India to knees down South Africa by huge 101 runs

1st T20i match of five twenty20 match series played between India vs South Africa at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on Tuesday, December 09, 2025.

Putting into bat first by Africa, India with middle orders superb batting set good target of 176 runs for Africa to get. Hardik Pandya smashed unbeaten 28 balls 59 runs. Tilak Varma with 26 runs and Axar Patel's 23 runs were other top scorers for India. Lungi Ngidi took 3 wickets and Lutho Sipamla took 2 wickets for Africa as well.

Following 176 runs target, South Africa with very poor batting performances all out scoring just 74 runs and lost the match by huge margins of 101 runs. Dewald Brevis with 22 runs was top scorer for Africa. Arshdeep, Bumrah, Varun and Axar shared 2 wickets each for India. Hardik Pandya declared man of the match for his quick 28 balls 59* runs and 1 wickets. India led the 5-match series 1-0 as well.

Man of the match :- Hardik Pandya (Ind)

Ind vs SA 1st t20i scorecard Toss : South Africa won and field first Result : India won by 101 runs Man of The Match : Hardik Pandya (Ind) Series - India led he 5-match series 1-0   India 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Abhishek Sharma c Jansen b Sipamla 17 12 2 1 141.66   Shubman Gill c Jansen b Ngidi 4 2 1 0 200.00   Suryakumar Yadav (c) c Markram b Ngidi 12 11 1 1 109.09   Tilak Varma c Jansen b Ngidi 26 32 2 1 81.25   Axar Patel c Ferreira b Sipamla 23 21 0 1 105.52   Hardik Pandya not out 59 28 6 4 210.71   Shivam Dube b Ferreira 11 9 2 0 122.22   Jitesh Sharma (w) not out 10 5 0 1 200.00   Varun Chakravarthy               Arshdeep Singh               Jasprit Bumrah                               Extras (b 4, w 9) 13           Total (20.0 overs) 175/6 RR: 8.75   South Africa       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Lungi Ngidi 4 0 31 3 0 0 7.75   Marco Jansen 4 0 23 0 0 0 5.75   Lutho Sipamla 4 0 38 2 0 0 9.50   Anrich Nortje 4 0 41 0 0 1 10.25   Keshav Maharaj 2 0 25 0 0 2 12.50   Donovan Ferreira 2 0 13 1 0 2 6.50   South Africa 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Quinton de Kock (w) c Abhishek Sharma b Arshdeep Singh 0 2 0 0 0.00   Aiden Markram (c) b Patel 14 14 1 1 100.00   Tristan Stubbs c Sharma b Arshdeep Singh 14 9 2 0 155.55   Dewald Brevis c Yadav b Bumrah 22 14 3 1 157.14   David Miller c Sharma b Pandya 1 3 0 0 33.33   Donovan Ferreira c Sharma b Varun 5 7 1 0 71.42   Marco Jansen b Varun 12 12 0 2 100.00   Keshav Maharaj c Sharma b Bumrah 0 2 0 0 0.00   Anrich Nortje b Patel 1 3 0 0 33.33   Lutho Sipamla c Abhishek Sharma b Dube 2 5 0 0 40.00   Lungi Ngidi not out 2 4 0 0 50.00                   Extras (w 1) 1           Total (12.3 overs) 74/10 RR: 5.92   India       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Arshdeep Singh 2 0 14 2 0 0 7.00   Jasprit Bumrah 3 0 17 2 0 1 5.66   Varun Chakravarthy 3 1 19 2 0 0 6.33   Axar Patel 2 0 7 2 0 0 3.50   Hardik Pandya 2 0 16 1 0 0 8.00   Shivam Dube 0.3 0 1 1 0 0 2.00