India (IND) vs South Africa (SA) 5th T20 Highlights: South Africa were momentarily giving India cause for worry in their chase of 232 when Quinton de Kock and Dewald Brevis went big guns in the early part of the middle overs. But Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy led the way in getting the key strikes and South Africa were restricted to a score of 201/8. India thus won the match by 30 runs and have won the five-match series 3-1.
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Brevis and de Kock earlier smashed as many as 42 runs in the ninth and 10th overs and have kept South Africa in the hunt in the fifth T20I in Ahmedabad. However, De Kock and Brevis both fell in the next two overs and India were right back in it. De Kock raced past 50 in 30 balls. Brevis joined him after the struggling Reeza Hendricks fell to Varun Chakravarthy after the powerplay and sixes are flying from both ends now for South Africa.
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Earlier, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma put the South African bowlers to the sword as India set up a score of 231/5. Pandya came in when Suryakumar Yadav fell for yet another low score and made that wicket a distant memory for South Africa. He creamed as many as 32 runs off the first eight balls he faced. Tilak Varma, meanwhile, continued his good form at the other end and eased past yet another half-century. Shortly after Tilak’s milestone, Pandya raced past 50 in just 16 balls, the second fastest half-century by an Indian in men’s T20Is.
Teams:
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh
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Match EndedSouth Africa tour of India, 2025 – 5th T20I
India
231/5 (20.0)
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South Africa
201/8 (20.0)
Match Ended ( 5th T20I )
India beat South Africa by 30 runs
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