South Africa, playing first in the third T20 match, scored 117 runs. This match is being played at Dharamshala Stadium, in which Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first. In bowling for India, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty made the South African batsmen crave for runs and also took two wickets each. ‘Birthday boy’ Kuldeep Yadav also took 2 wickets.

The Indian team’s decision to bowl after winning the toss has proved correct so far. Only 3 out of 11 South African batsmen were able to reach double figures in terms of runs. Aiden Markram scored 61 runs, Donovan Ferreira contributed 20 runs and Anrich Nortje contributed 12 runs. Apart from him, no other batsman could even touch the 10-run mark.

South Africa is in trouble

Arshdeep Singh dismissed Reeza Hendricks in the very first over of the innings. In the very next over, Harshit Rana did not even allow Quinton de Kock to open his account. De Kock is coming after playing an inning of 90 runs in the last match. Harshit Rana also dismissed Dewald Brevis in his next over. South Africa had lost three wickets till the score was 7. Tristan Stubbs and Corbin Bosch were also out early, but captain Aiden Markram was holding one end. Markram scored 61 runs in 46 balls.

Indian bowlers wreak havoc in Dharamshala

Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana together destroyed South Africa’s top order. In the middle overs, Varun Chakraborty troubled the African batsmen, taking two wickets for only 11 runs in 4 overs. Chakravarthy has joined the bowlers who have completed 50 wickets in the fewest number of balls in the history of T20 cricket. Only Kuldeep Yadav, Ajanta Mendis and Wanindu Hasaranga are ahead of him in this list.

Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana took two wickets each, while Chakraborty and Kuldeep also took two wickets each. ‘Birthday boy’ Kuldeep Yadav bowled only 2 overs in the match, in which he took two wickets.

India vs South Africa T20 series is tied at one each. Team India won the first match by 9 wickets, but in Mullanpur the South African team made a comeback and registered a big victory of 51 runs. After Team India’s defeat in the second T20 match, a video is going viral, in which Hardik Pandya and Gautam Gambhir are seen talking to each other.

According to the video going viral on social media, Gautam Gambhir and Hardik Pandya are having an argument. However, there is no clear sound in this video clip. Therefore, whether an argument is taking place between Gambhir and Pandya cannot be confirmed. But their body language indicates that at least ridiculous things are not happening between them.

Gautam Gambhir is already surrounded by criticism due to Team India’s poor performance in Tests. In the second T20 match, the Indian team lost by a huge margin of 51 runs even after winning the toss. India had got the target of 214 runs in the second T20 match. When Hardik Pandya came to bat, Team India had scored 67 runs after losing 4 wickets in 7.3 overs. At that time India had to score more than 150 runs to win. At that time, Team India was expecting a fast innings from Pandya, but Pandya could score only 20 runs in 23 balls.

Why is Gautam Gambhir being criticized for losing the second T20? In fact, when there was a huge target of 214 runs, Akshar Patel was sent to bat at number-3, who could not hit big shots in the powerplay and could only score 21 runs in 21 balls. Coach Gambhir was criticized a lot due to the changes in the batting order.

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The India vs South Africa T20 series is currently tied at 1-1. The first match was won by Team India and the second match was won by the visiting team. But Shubman Gill’s bat did not work in both the matches. In Cuttack, he was out after scoring 4 runs and in New Chandigarh he could not even open his account. Ashish Nehra has come to his defence, who is not happy with the criticism he is receiving.

Ashish Nehra believes that it is wrong to judge a player like Shubman Gill after one or two matches in T20 format. This shows the increasing tendency to draw hasty conclusions. According to media reports, when he was asked whether he was worried about Gill’s form? Now three months are left for the start of IPL. On this Nehra said, ‘Let alone three months, if IPL was starting even after 3 weeks, I would not be worried because you are talking about a format like T20. Only 2 matches have been played against South Africa.

Gujarat Titans head coach Ashish Nehra believes that in India conclusions are reached just by looking at the numbers, which is the basic problem. He said, ‘This is the problem. In this format, if a player like Shubhman Gill is judged if he does not do well in 2 or 3 matches, then it will be difficult. We have many options. If you want to remove Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma, you can get Sai Sudarshan and Rituraj Gaikwad to open the innings. If you want to bowl to them too, you can get Washington and Ishan Kishan to open. There are many options. If you lose one or two matches or the statistics of any batsman or bowler are not good and you talk about changing them, then it will be difficult.

Washington Sundar played only 6 matches for Gujarat Titans in the last edition. The head coach of the team indicated that if he remains fit, he may get a chance to play more matches this time. IPL auction will be held in Abu Dhabi on 16 December. Gujarat Titans can buy a maximum of 5 players in the auction, out of these 4 slots of the team are available for foreign players. Gujarat has a purse balance of Rs 12.9 crore in the auction.

In the second T20 match, South Africa, playing first, has scored 213 runs. Quinton de Kock played a stormy innings of 90 runs with fours and sixes. Among the Indian bowlers, Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah were badly beaten, while in the death overs, the bats of David Miller and Donovan Ferreira roared. This is the highest score made by any team in T20 International cricket in the stadium of Mullanpur.

In this match, the Indian team won the toss and chose to bowl first. Quinton de Kock started swinging the bat from the beginning, but Reeza Hendricks was out early. There was a partnership of 83 runs between De Kock and Aiden Markram, which made the Indian bowlers cry a lot. Dewald Brevis did hit 2 boundaries, but was out after scoring 14 runs.

Quinton de Kock was moving towards the second century of his T20 career, but was run out at the score of 90 runs. The rest of the work was completed by David Miller and Donovan Ferreira in the last overs.

49 runs scored in last 3 overs

By 17 overs, the South African team had scored 164 runs and it was looking very difficult for them to reach the score of 200. But David Miller and Donovan Ferreira scored 49 runs in the last 3 overs. As a result, South Africa’s innings ended at 213 runs. Miller scored 20 runs in 12 balls and Ferreira scored 30 runs in 16 balls.

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India vs South Africa second T20 match was played in Mullanpur, in which Shubman Gill came into limelight due to his fielding. Actually, in this match, Gill had stopped the ball from going outside the boundary line, yet the umpire declared it a six. Why did this happen, and due to which rule did the umpire signal a six? Understand its rules here.

This incident is of the 15th over of the South African innings. Shivam Dubey was bowling, Dewald Brevis was in front. Brevis hit an aerial shot towards long-off, but Shubman Gill jumped and stopped the ball from crossing the boundary. So what happened after all, due to which the umpire signaled six.

Even before Shubman Gill could catch the ball, Gill’s foot hit the boundary cushion. Gill’s foot was above the boundary line, so it did not matter whether Gill pushed the ball into the field or not, because at the time of touching the ball his foot was above the boundary line. Therefore the umpire declared it a six.

The good thing for the Indian team was that Dewald Brevis could not stay in the field for long after that. He was dismissed by Akshar Patel on the score of 14 runs. Let us tell you that in this match, Quinton de Kock alone overpowered the Indian bowling, who played a stormy innings of 90 runs in 46 balls. During this, 5 fours and 7 sixes came from his bat.

If De Kock had completed 100 runs, it would have been his first century against India in T20 International. However, this was De Kock’s highest score against India in T20 matches.

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India won the first T20 match by a record margin of 101 runs. In this match played in Cuttack, thanks to Hardik Pandya’s half-century inning of 59 runs, Team India had made a score of 175 runs. In response to this, the entire South African team was reduced to 74 runs. The Indian team has created a big record in this match, while Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah have registered their names in the history book. Here’s a look at those 5 records that were broken in the India vs South Africa first T20 match.

Five records broken in India-South Africa first T20:

Jasprit Bumrah’s century of wickets: Jasprit Bumrah has become only the second Indian bowler to complete 100 wickets in International T20 cricket. He achieved this feat in the 78th innings of his T20 career. Before him, Arshdeep Singh had become the first bowler for India to take 100 wickets in T20.

Most dismissals in a T20 match (wicketkeeper): He has come second in the list of Indian wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in a single T20 match. He made 4 dismissals in the first T20 match against South Africa. Before him, MS Dhoni had made 5 dismissals in the same T20 match on four occasions.

Fourth Indian to hit 100 sixes in T20: Hardik Pandya has become the fourth Indian to hit 100 sixes in international T20 cricket. Before him, Rohit Sharma (205), Suryakumar Yadav (155), Virat Kohli (124) have done this.

Third biggest win against South Africa: India defeated South Africa by 101 runs in Cuttack. This is India’s third biggest win against South Africa in the history of international T20 cricket. This is India’s biggest win against South Africa on its home ground.

Tilak Verma completed 1000 runs at the youngest age: Tilak Verma has become the first Indian batsman to complete 1000 T20 runs under the age of 25. He has established this record at the age of 23 years and 31 days.

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The first T20 match between India and South Africa will be played today at the Barbati Stadium in Cuttack. This match will start at 7 pm Indian time. The Indian team is coming with a 2-1 win in the ODI series, while South Africa won 2-0 in the Test series. Now under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India would like to register a big victory, but they will have Aiden Markram’s army in front of them. Know here based on the statistics, which team can win in Cuttack today?

Who is ahead in head-to-head record?

First of all, if we look at the head to head record in T20 matches between India and South Africa, 31 matches have been played between the two so far. Of these, Team India has won 18 times, while the African team has won 12 times. The result of one of their matches could not be determined. India has won five times in the last 6 T20 matches played between the two teams.

How is the recent form of both the teams?

The Indian team is in excellent form especially in the T20 format. The Indian team has played 32 T20 matches after the 2024 T20 World Cup, in which it has lost only four matches. Whereas in the year 2025, the Indian team has played 17 T20 matches, in which it has suffered only 2 defeats. Obviously Team India is in amazing form at the moment.

On the other hand, the South African team has played 14 T20 matches this year, in which its win-loss record has been 5-9. The African team has suffered 9 defeats in 14 matches this year and has got only one win in the last five T20 matches. When India and South Africa last came face to face in a T20 match, Team India had registered a huge victory of 135 runs.

It should also be kept in mind that India and South Africa have come face to face twice in T20 matches at Barabati Stadium, South Africa has won both times.

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A big update has come on the injury of Indian ODI team vice-captain Shreyas Iyer. Iyer suffered a stomach injury in the last ODI on the Australia tour. According to the latest information, Iyer has also been ruled out of the ODI series against New Zealand in January. However, Punjab Kings can heave a sigh of relief as the report suggests that he may be fit before IPL 2026.

Shreyas Iyer has made a great comeback after serious injuries in the past also. When Iyer returned after shoulder pain, he scored a century on his Test debut. Iyer, who returned fit after back surgery, performed brilliantly in the ODI World Cup 2023. Iyer was injured while fielding in the third ODI against Australia. He was admitted to a Sydney hospital after he was diagnosed with internal bleeding under the ribs (in the spleen). Right now he is in Mumbai and his next ultrasound is to be done this week.

Update on Shreyas Iyer’s injury

According to India Today report, Iyer’s next ultrasound scan is to be done this week. This will be an important test that will determine the next phase of his recovery. The scan will be reviewed by top specialist Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who is supervising the case. Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala also looked after Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and many other star cricketers during their injuries. If medical clearance is given, Iyer will immediately go to the BCCI Center of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru to begin structured rehabilitation.

Shreyas Iyer can currently only do normal daily activities and basic isometric exercises. Iyer is prohibited from doing any activity that increases pressure inside the stomach. Only after the next round of scans will he be allowed to resume cricket-related skills like batting, fielding and strength work. Initial estimates said that Iyer would recover in 2 months, but considering the seriousness of the injury, it is necessary to be cautious.

Will Shreyas Iyer play in IPL 2026?

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer can make a comeback in the beginning of IPL 2026. Under his captaincy, Punjab reached the final last year. The news that is available now is good for Punjab that Iyer can be completely fit before the IPL.

India vs South Africa 5 match T20 series starts from Tuesday, 9th December. Before this, South Africa won the Test series and India won the ODI series, now it has to be seen who wins in T20. India will be captained by Suryakumar Yadav and the Proteas team will be commanded by Aiden Markram. Here we are giving you information about the head to head record of both the teams in this short format of cricket. Also know who are the top-5 players who scored the most runs and took the most wickets.

India vs South Africa 1st T20 will be played at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. All eyes will be on world number-1 T20 batsman Abhishek Sharma, who is coming off a brilliant performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The main thing in the strategy of the visiting team will be to get Abhishek out early, because even if he plays the entire powerplay, it will be difficult for them.

Jasprit Bumrah is returning to the Indian bowling unit, who was not in the ODI series. Varun Chakraborty will also create problems for the South African batsmen. Shubhman Gill and Hardik Pandya are also returning.

India vs South Africa T20 Head to Head

A total of 31 T20 International matches have been played between India and South Africa so far. India has won 18 matches and South Africa has won 12. The last T20 played between the two in India was won by South Africa, which took place in Indore (October, 2022). Although this was the last match of the series and India won it 2-1.

• Total matches- 31
• India won- 18
• South Africa won- 12
• Inconclusive- 1

Most runs in India vs South Africa T20 (Top-5)

1. David Miller- 524
2. Rohit Sharma- 429
3. Virat Kohli- 394
4. Suryakumar Yadav- 372
5. Quinton de Kock- 351

Most wickets in India vs South Africa T20 (Top-5)

1. Arshdeep Singh- 18
2. Keshav Maharaj- 15
3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar- 14
4. Varun Chakraborty- 12
5. Ravichandran Ashwin- 11

Where to watch live broadcast and streaming

The first T20 between India and South Africa will be played on Tuesday, December 9 at 7 pm. The match will be telecast live on Star Sports Network and live streaming will be on JioHotstar app and website.