Watch the highlights of India vs South Africa 5th T20I 2025 - South Africa tour of India 5-match Twenty20 international series of the 5th T20I match played between South Africa and India at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 19th December 2025.
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| Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya put on a 105-run partnership © BCCI |
Tilak Varma's sparkling 42-ball 73 and Hardik Pandya's whirlwind 25-ball 63 before Varun Chakravarthy's four-for and Jasprit Bumrah's two wickets helped to India comfortable 30-run victory over South Africa, despite a Quinton de Kock - Dewald Brevis' blitz and India clinch the five-match series with 3-1 in a high-scoring game of the fifth & final T20I.
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- This is the India's 10th straight series / tournament wins in T20Is and 14 without a defeat.
- India's 30-run win was their eighth largest victory by terms of runs against South Africa in T20 internationals. Their biggest victory against South Africa was 135-run win at Johannesburg in the last year.
- India's 67 for 1 was their fifth highest powerplay total against South Africa in T20 international (powerplay of 6-overs). Their highest-powerplay-total against South Africa was 78 for 2 at Johannesburg in 2018.
- Abhishek Sharma scored 1602 T20 runs in this year - The second most runs by a Indian in a calendar year in T20s after Virat Kohli's 1614 T20 runs in 2016 and the fourth most-T20-runs by any player in 2025.
- 63 : Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma set up the fifth highest first-wicket partnership for India against South Africa in T20Is. The highest is 97-run stand between Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan at Visakhapatnam in 2022.
- Hardik Pandya hammered a 16-ball second fastest fifty by an Indian batsman in T20 international after Yuvraj Singh's 12-ball fifty against England at Durban in the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20.
- Hardik Pandya hammered a 16-ball fastest fifty by an Indian batsman against South Africa in T20 international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 18-ball half-century held by Suryakumar Yadav at Guwahati in 2022 and the joint fastest fifty by any batsman against South Africa in T20s, joints with 16-ball half-century held by Moeen Ali at Bristol in 2022.
- The run-rate 14.31 of the 105-run stand between Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya, which came from just 7.2 overs. This is the seventh highest partnership by run-rate for India in T20Is (partnership of 100-plus), The highest is 16.04 run-rate for the second-wicket between Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma, who added 115 off 43-balls against England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai earlier this year.
- 105 : Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya set up the record fourth-wicket partnership for India against South Africa in T20 international, previously held by the 72-run stand between Virat Kohli and Axar Patel at Bridgetown in the 2024 T20 World Cup final and the India's fifth highest fourth-wicket stand in T20Is.
- India's 231 was their 11th highest score in T20 international and It is their third highest-score against South Africa in T20s. The highest is 283 at Johannesburg in the last year.
- India's 231 was their second highest total at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad in T20Is after their 234 against New Zealand in 2023.
- This is the 43rd time India scored 200 or more in a T20I – most by any side in T20I cricket history. South Africa had (27), South Africa and New Zealand had (25).
- South Africa's 67 for 0 was their joint highest powerplay total against India in T20 international (powerplay of 6-overs), jointly with their highest-powerplay-total against India was 67 for 1 at Gqeberha in 2023 and 67 for 0 at Dharamsala in 2015
- South Africa's 113 for 1 was their joint eighth most runs after ten overs in T20 international and It is their second most-runs-after-ten-overs against India in T20Is. The highest is 116 for 4 at Gqeberha in 2023.
- 69 : Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks set up the third highest first-wicket partnership for India against South Africa in T20Is, The highest is 77-run stand between Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers at Dharamsala in 2015.
- 51 : Quinton de Kock and Dewald Brevis set up the eighth highest second-wicket partnership for India against South Africa in T20Is. The highest is 119-run stand between Jacques Kallis and Colin Ingram at Johannesburg in 2012.
- Varun Chakravarthy's 4 for 53 was his third best bowling performance for India in T20 international and his second best-bowling-figures against South Africa in T20Is after his career-best 5 for 17 at Gqeberha in the last year.
- South Africa's 201 was their seventh highest score against India in T20 international and the fourth highest total by any team at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad in T20Is.
- 432 - Runs scored between India and South Africa in the Ahmedabad T20I, the second highest runs aggregate match between India and South Africa in T20Is after 458-runs scored at Guwahati in 2022, when India scored 237 for 3 while South Africa made 221 for 4.
- 432 - Runs scored between India and South Africa in the Ahmedabad T20I, the joint seventh highest runs aggregate match in India in T20Is, The highest is 472-runs scored between Afghanistan and Ireland at Dehradun in 2019, when Afghanistan scored 278 while Ireland made just 194.
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India scored mammoth total of 231-5 in 20 overs with top scorer by Tilak Varma blasted a 73 off 42-balls including 10-fours & a six with strike rate of 173.80.
Hardik Pandya hammered a 63 off 25-balls, Sanju Samson blasted a 37 off 22-balls included 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 168.18.
Abhishek Sharma struck 34 off 21-balls including 6-fours & a six with strike rate of 161.90 and Shivam Dube hit a unbeaten 10 off 3-balls contained one-six & a four with strike rate of 333.33.
South Africa best bowler by Corbin Bosch took 2-wickets for 44-runs in 4-overs, Ottneil Baartman and George Linde both took one-wickets.
South Africa scored 201-8 in 20 overs with top scorer by Quinton de Kock hammered a 65 off 35-balls including 9-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 185.71.
Dewald Brevis blasted a 31 off 17-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 182.35, David Miller hit 18 off 14-balls included 2-fours.
Corbin Bosch hit a unbeaten 17 off 15-balls including one-six & a four, George Linde hit 16 off 8-balls included 2-sixes with strike rate of 200 and Marco Jansen blasted a 14 off 5-balls contained two-sixes with strike-rate of 280.
India best bowler by Varun Chakravarthy claimed a 4-wickets for 53-runs in 4-overs, Jasprit Bumrah captured 2-wickets for 17-runs in 4-overs, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh both took one-wickets.
Hardik Pandya named Player of the match for his whirlwind batting performance to smashed a 63 off facing 25-balls including 5-sixes & 5-fours with strike rate of 252.
Varun Chakravarthy earned player of the series for claiming 10 wickets in five-match series.
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