Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    1.2 Similar to the Hendricks wicket but to the left hander, this time it's given! Long chat, QDK decides not to review. 134ks length ball freezes QDK's feet. He wanted to drive it straight, was a touch late and played the wrong line. Ball barged past the inside edge and hit him flush on the back leg. Umpire's call clipping leg, as per Hawk-Eye 1/2
    0.4 Confident lbw appeal. Not given. Chat on... India review. Line might be the issue, but it looked close in real time. Inswinger landed o the fuller side of length around middle and came in further. Hendricks looked to defend to mid-on, but there was a stump's gap between bat and ball. Hit under the knee-roll... And three reds!. Hitting leg stump. Arshdeep did the trio - swing away, angle away, then swing in to trap the batter in the crease 1/1
    18.3 Anticlimactic end to Markram's excellent innings, he's on one knee looking at the pitch after nicking off. Seam slanted to first slip, full ball away with the angle outside off. Lofted extra cover drive on one knee was on. Like the last ball he faced, Markram got his front leg out the way to open his stance and make room. Works against him as he toes it to the keeper. Arshdeep's angle doing the trick 113/8
    3.1 Hard cover drive leads to a chop-on! 144ks. Full and wide, Brevis' back foot was stuck, front stride was small and straight. So there was a big gap between bat and ball. He went after it on length, misjudged the line and got a thick edge off the flowing cover drive. The leg bail flew. Harshit has 2 for 1! He leaps in delight. 7/3
    6.6 Edged, easily taken! Hardik has 100 T20I wickets. He's No. 3 after Arshdeep and Bumrah. Stubbs went outside off stump to get close to the back-of-length seam-up ball around seventh stump. Opened the bat face to try and run it through third. Ended up giving catching practice to Jitesh. 30/4
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    12
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    44.44
    10.1 Dube foxes him with a nip backer! 124ks ball flattens leg stump, it actually lands to the left - 90 degrees almost. It's stuff that pacers like doing. What Dube did is get the ball to hurry off the pitch. Length ball, wobble-seam, landed around off and came in. Bosch, flat-footed like many of his team-mates today. Looked to punch it straight, missed it 44/5
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    133.33
    13.3 Stump flattened again! Through the slog sweep. Varun has 50 T20I wickets. Stumps splaying, off stump sleeps to the side. India fans hoot, SA fans look down. Was a length ball on middle and off, Ferreira committed to the front-foot slog sweep. Was too slow on the shot. Ball might've been a topspinner, more bounce than turn 69/6
    15.1 Googly bamboozles Jansen. Landed on a length outside off and snaked in. Jansen left a gap between bat and pad while looking to defend to mid-off. Snuck past him. SA 77 for 7 77/7
    19.3 Charges, misses and Jitesh cleanly stumps him. Gloves don't go back with the momentum upon collecting the ball which was impressive. Was a short of length ball around sixth stump. Nortje charged straight and looked to flat-bat it. Swung below the line 115/9
    not out
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    66.66
    19.6 Closes the innings last ball of the allotted 120. Wide length ball at 83ks. Floated googly. Baartman swipes across the line and the edge balloons to cover 117/10
    Extras
    3 (b 1, lb 2)
    TOTAL
    117 all out (20 Overs, RR: 5.85)
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Reeza Hendricks, 0.4 ov), 2-1 (Quinton de Kock, 1.2 ov), 3-7 (Dewald Brevis, 3.1 ov), 4-30 (Tristan Stubbs, 6.6 ov), 5-44 (Corbin Bosch, 10.1 ov), 6-69 (Donovan Ferreira, 13.3 ov), 7-77 (Marco Jansen, 15.1 ov), 8-113 (Aiden Markram, 18.3 ov), 9-115 (Anrich Nortje, 19.3 ov), 10-117 (Ottneil Baartman, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Arshdeep Singh401323.25141000
    Harshit Rana403428.5103200
    HH Pandya302317.6671100
    CV Varun401122.75140000
    S Dube30211752000
    Kuldeep Yadav20122650100
  • BATSMEN
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    5.2 Might be out... Brilliant catch by Markram. Ran back from cover, was halfway into the outfield from the ring. Called for it while tracking back, then took it to his right, fell on his backside and slid with the dew to add some style points. Was a 141ks length ball outside off that was lifted with a drive. Off the bottom-half of the bat. Bosch has a wicket off his second ball. 60/1
    11.4 Gill's struggle is over. Chopped on. No footwork on the length ball angling in at fourth stump. 134ks. Big gap between bat and pad, tried to run it to third. Got an inside edge onto the stumps 92/2
    not out
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    34
    50
    3
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    76.47
    14.4 SKY tries to hit one in the V behind, falls in the attempt to clear fine leg. Fullish ball on middle and leg, he tried to help it with a late drive, a shot he almost always nails when in form. Not now he doesn't, and Baartman runs to the left from deep fine to take the catch. 109/3
    not out
    10
    4
    5
    1
    1
    250
    Extras
    9 (lb 7, w 2)
    TOTAL
    120/3 (15.5 Overs, RR: 7.57)
    Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Abhishek Sharma, 5.2 ov), 2-92 (Shubman Gill, 11.4 ov), 3-109 (Suryakumar Yadav, 14.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    L Ngidi302317.66113100
    M Jansen30241893110
    OEG Baartman3.503408.86124200
    C Bosch30181693000
    A Nortje301404.6691010

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India led the 5-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

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

14 December 2025 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st60Shubman GillAbhishek Sharma
2nd32Shubman GillNT Tilak Varma
3rd17SA YadavNT Tilak Varma
4th11S DubeNT Tilak Varma