5th T20i : Hardik & Tilak's firing batting followed by Varun's 4 for powered India to win by 30 runs and seal 5-match series 3-1

5th T20i match of five twenty20 match series between India vs South Africa at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Friday, December 19, 2025.

Putting into bat first by Africa, India with top orders wonderful bating set huge target of 232 runs for Africa to get. Samson 37 of 22 balls, Abhishek 34 of 21 balls, Tilak Varma's firing 42 balls 73 runs and Hardik Pandya's quick 25 balls 63 runs were top scorers for India.

Following huge target of 232 runs, Africa fought hard but managed to score 201/8 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 30 runs. Q de Kock with 35 balls 65 runs was top scorer for Africa. Varun Chakravarthy was expensive but took 4 wickets of 53 runs. Bumrah Took 2 wickets of 17 runs. Hardik declared man of the match for his firing 25 balls 63 runs and 1 wickets. Varun Chakrawathy declared player of the series for his 10 wickets in 5-t20i matches. India won series 3-1 as well.

Man of the match :- Hardik Pandya (Ind)

Ind vs SA 5th t20i scorecard Toss : Africa won and chose to field first Result : India won by 30 runs Man of The Match : Hardik Pandya (Ind) Series - India won 5-match series 3-1   India 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Sanju Samson b Linde 37 22 4 2 168.18   Abhishek Sharma c de Kock b Bosch 34 21 6 1 161.90   Tilak Varma run out (de Kock/Baartman) 73 42 10 1 173.80   Suryakumar Yadav (c) c Miller b Bosch 5 7 0 0 71.42   Hardik Pandya c Hendricks b Baartman 63 25 5 5 252.00   Shivam Dube not out 10 3 1 1 333.33   Jitesh Sharma (w) not out 0 0 0 0 -   Washington Sundar               Varun Chakravarthy               Arshdeep Singh               Jasprit Bumrah                               Extras (lb 3, w 6) 9           Total (20.0 overs) 231/5 RR: 11.55   South Africa       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Lungi Ngidi 4 0 29 0 0 1 7.25   Marco Jansen 4 0 50 0 0 0 12.50   Ottneil Baartman 3 0 39 1 0 3 13.00   Corbin Bosch 3 0 44 2 0 1 14.66   Donovan Ferreira 2 0 20 0 0 1 10.00   George Linde 4 0 46 1 0 0 11.50   South Africa 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Quinton de Kock (w) c & b Bumrah 65 35 9 3 185.71   Reeza Hendricks c Dube b Varun 13 12 1 0 108.33   Dewald Brevis c Washington Sundar b Pandya 31 17 3 2 182.35   David Miller c Samson b Arshdeep Singh 18 14 2 0 128.57   Aiden Markram (c) lbw b Varun 6 4 1 0 150.00   Donovan Ferreira b Varun 0 1 0 0 0.00   George Linde b Varun 16 8 0 2 200.00   Marco Jansen c Samson b Bumrah 14 5 0 2 280.00   Corbin Bosch not out 17 15 1 1 113.33   Lungi Ngidi not out 7 9 1 0 77.77   Ottneil Baartman                               Extras (w 14) 14           Total (20.0 overs) 201/8 RR: 10.05   India       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Arshdeep Singh 4 0 47 1 0 4 11.75   Washington Sundar 4 0 30 0 0 2 7.50   Jasprit Bumrah 4 0 17 2 0 2 4.25   Varun Chakravarthy 4 0 53 4 0 2 13.25   Hardik Pandya 3 0 41 1 0 0 13.66   Abhishek Sharma 1 0 13 0 0 0 13.00