IDFC First Bank T20I Series 2025: Team India registered their 8th consecutive series win after defeating South Africa by 30 runs in the 5th and final T20I at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Now I will share the details of this game match in my way.
5th T20I (India Vs South Africa)
Game Date: 19th December 2025
Details: South Africa skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to field first in the 5th and final T20I game against Team India at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Two changes in India’s playing XI and Sanju Samson and Washington Sundar included in the place of injured Shubman Gill and Axar Patel.
🚨 Toss 🚨#TeamIndia have been asked to bat first in Ahmedabad.
Updates ▶️ https://t.co/kw4LKLNSl3#INDvSA | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/9CQQzczAPE
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 19, 2025
A look at #TeamIndia's Playing XI for the 5⃣th T20I 🙌
Updates ▶️ https://t.co/kw4LKLNSl3#INDvSA | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/oYOpdh32ne
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 19, 2025
Team India scored huge 231/5 in their 20 overs after batting first. Win the toss, bat first, bat big – we’ve seen this trend in the IPL with the Gujarat Titans. Interestingly, the Proteas got carried away by the dew factor and chose to bowl. Now they have a mountain in front that’s 231 runs tall. Sure, it’s still chaseable but the tricky thing here is the new ball does a bit extra in the powerplay in the second innings and India have Arshdeep Singh who tortured the Proteas by swinging it both ways. Sanju and Abhishek set a great base with a 63-run opening stand. Tilak came in at 3 and showed great clarity with his shots. There was a phase where SA were trying to hit back. Linde got Sanju and SKY mishit a loft to mid-off. But enter Hardik swag Pandya. Stepped out first ball and smashed a flat six to make his intentions very clear. Suddenly India got 55 runs in 17 balls as Tilak too started teeing off again. Hardik was severe on Linde in one over as India muscled 27 runs with some stunning hits. He recorded the second fastest T20I fifty for India and the rest chipped in to extend the total beyond 230. Tilak Varma scored 73 runs of 42 balls and Hardik Pandya scored 63 runs of 25 balls. For South Africa, Corbin Bosch picked 2 wickets for 44 runs in his 3 overs.
Innings Break!
7⃣3⃣ from Tilak Varma
6⃣3⃣ from Hardik PandyaImpressive show with the bat helps #TeamIndia set a target of 2⃣3⃣2⃣ 🎯
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/kw4LKLNSl3#INDvSA | @TilakV9 | @hardikpandya7 | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/OeoHnFN1So
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 19, 2025
South Africa failed to chase the target and scored 201/8 runs in their 20 overs and lost the game by 30 runs and series by 1-3. In the end, it turned out to be a comfortable win for India, though it certainly didn’t look that way at the halfway stage of the chase. Quinton de Kock gave South Africa a blazing start, matching India’s powerplay score and keeping the visitors firmly in the contest. Once Brevis joined him, the momentum really swung their way, the pair dismantled the bowling and powered the chase to 118 at the 10-over mark. That’s when SKY turned to his trump card: Jasprit Bumrah. And as he so often does, Bumrah delivered. He dismissed de Kock with a sharp return catch, triggering a collapse that saw South Africa lose 4 for 15, slipping from 120/1 to 135/5. Varun Chakaravarthy then joined the party with a 4-fer, but it was Bumrah’s spell that truly separated the two teams. In a high-scoring match, he finished with an astonishing 2 for 17 from his 4 overs. South Africa needed someone to steady the innings after losing de Kock and Brevis and to take the game deep, but no one was able to do that. India seized control and never let go. Quinton de Kock scored 65 of 35 balls and Dewald Brevis scored 31 runs of 17 balls. For Team India, Varun Chakaravarthy picked 4 wickets for 53 runs in his 4 overs quota.
That winning feeling 🥳#TeamIndia captain Surya Kumar Yadav lifts the @IDFCFIRSTBank T20I Series Trophy 🏆 #INDvSA | @surya_14kumar pic.twitter.com/VVJAQH2B9f
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 19, 2025
India clinch the T20I series 3-1 against South Africa after a superb all-round effort in Ahmedabad 👏#INDvSA 📝: https://t.co/paoWh3lvVI pic.twitter.com/BPm0rDNtHh
— ICC (@ICC) December 19, 2025
IND: 231/5 in 20 overs
SA: 201/8 in 20 overs
Match Result: India won by 30 runs
Series Result: India won by 3-1
Man of the Match: Hardik Pandya
Man of the Series: Varun Chakaravarthy
MATCH RESULT#TheProteas Men fall short tonight but showed great fight throughout the tour.
We head home and regroup for what’s next.
Congratulations to India on a 3-1 series win.#Unbreakable pic.twitter.com/P2UOtZ2HjT
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) December 19, 2025
Stats
– South Africa featured in 13 bilateral series since Jan 2023, of which they have won just a solitary series against Pakistan at home in Dec 2024.
– Shubman Gill‘s only T20I century has come in Ahmedabad.
– Abhishek Sharma is 47 runs away from surpassing Virat Kohli’s 2016 record of 1614 runs is the most by an Indian batter in a calendar year in T20 cricket.
– Fewest balls to 1000 T20I runs for India
528 – Abhishek Sharma
573 – Suryakumar Yadav
679 – Hardik Pandya
679 – Sanju Samson*
686 – KL Rahul
690 – Tilak Varma
– Most runs in a T20 calendar year by Indians
1614 – Virat Kohli in 2016
1602 – Abhishek Sharma in 2025*
1503 – Suryakumar Yadav in 2022
1338 – Suryakumar Yadav in 2023
1297 – Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2023
– Abhishek Sharma vs Corbin Bosch in T20I
2 innings
6 runs
6 balls
2 dismissals
– Suryakumar vs Pace in T20Is in 2025
Inngs: 19
Runs: 123
Balls: 19
Dismissals: 15
Avg: 8.20
SR: 112.84
Dot%: 50.8
– Fastest fifties for India in T20Is (in balls)
12 – Yuvraj Singh vs ENG, Durban, 2007 WC
16 – Hardik Pandya vs SA, Ahmedabad, 2025*
17 – Abhishek Sharma vs ENG, Wankhede, 2025
18 – KL Rahul vs SCO, Dubai, 2021
18 – Suryakumar Yadav vs SA, Guwahati, 2022
– Most runs for India vs SA in T20I
496 – Tilak Varma (10 inns)*
429 – Rohit Sharma (17 inns)
406 – Suryakumar Yadav (14 inns)
394 – Virat Kohli (13 inns)
373 – Hardik Pandya (15 inns)
– Tilak Varma vs South Africa in T20I
Inngs: 10
Runs: 496
Avg: 70.85
SR: 163.15
100s/50s: 2/2
HS: 120*
4s/6s: 42/28
– 105- runs partnership between Tilak and Pandya is highest for 4th wicket or lower for India against South Africa bettering 98* runs added between MS Dhoni and Manish Pandey at Centurion in 2018.
– Most 200-plus 1st innings team totals in T20s
34 – India
32 – Somerset
30 – CSK
30 – Surrey
28 – RCB
28 – Yorkshire
– 232/5 is also the second-highest team totals at this venue in T20Is behind India’s 234/4 against New Zealand in 2023.
– Highest T20I totals for IND vs SA in T20Is
283/1 at Johannesburg, 2024
237/3 at Guwahati, 2022
231/5 at Ahmedabad, 2025*
219/6 at Centurion, 2024
– Quickest team 50s for SA in T20Is
2.4 overs vs WI, Centurion, 2023
3.0 overs vs ZIM, Hobart, 2022
3.3 overs vs ENG, Manchester, 2025
3.3 overs vs IND, Ahmedabad, 2025*
– Highest Powerplay (1-6 overs) scores for SA vs IND
78/1 at Gqeberha, 2023
67/0 at Dharamshala, 2015
67/0 at Ahmedabad, 2025*
61/2 at Delhi, 2022
– Most 50-plus scores vs IND in T20Is
6 – Quinton de Kock (14 inns)*
5 – Nicholas Pooran (20 inns)
5 – Jos Buttler (24 inns)
– Most T20I wickets in 2025 (FM teams)
36 – Varun Chakravarthy (IND)*
36 – Mohammed Nawaz (PAK)
35 – Jacob Duffy (NZ)
33 – Rishad Hossain (BAN)
31 – Jason Holder (WI)
– Most wickets for India in a calendar year in T20I
37 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2022)
36 – Arshdeep Singh (2024)
36 – Varun Chakravarthy (2025)*
33 – Arshdeep Singh (2022)
28 – Jasprit Bumrah (2016)
– Most wins for India against an opponent (T20Is)
22 vs Australia (37 mats)
21 vs Sri Lanka (33 mats)
21 vs South Africa (35 mats)*
19 vs West Indies (30 mats)
– South Africa featured in 13 bilateral series since Jan 2023, of which they have won just one series against Pakistan at home in December 2024. South Africa last beat India in a T20 bilateral series more than ten years ago in October 2015.
– This is also India’s eighth consecutive T20I series win and this is India’s 14th successive unbeaten T20I series, the streak includes: 2023 Asian Games, 2024 T20 WC, and 2025 Asia Cup. The last time they lost a T20I series or tournament was in August 2023 against West Indies (3-2).
– India vs South Africa in bilaterals T20I (last seven)
2018: India won 2-1
2019: Drawn
2022: Drawn
2022: India won 2-1
2023: Drawn
2024: India won 3-1
2025: India won 3-1
– Most T20I wickets in a calendar year for spinners (FM teams)
38 – Wanindu Hasaranga (2021)
36 – Wanindu Hasaranga (2024)
36 – Tabriaz Shamsi (2021)
36 – Mohammed Nawaz (2025)
36 – Varun Chakravarthy (2025)*
– More often double of 50+ runs & 1+ wkts in T20I (India)
4 – Hardik Pandya*
3 – Yuvraj Singh
2 – Virat Kohli
2 – Shivam Dube
🔟 Wickets
7⃣.4⃣6⃣ Economy
4⃣/5⃣3⃣ Best bowling figuresFor his match-defining spells, Varun Chakaravarthy is named the Player of the Series 👏👌
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/kw4LKLNSl3#TeamIndia | #INDvSA | @chakaravarthy29 | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/fL5Wzx5xfZ
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 19, 2025
𝗪.𝗜.𝗡.𝗡.𝗘.𝗥.𝗦 🏆
Congratulations to #TeamIndia on clinching the 5⃣-match T20I series against South Africa by 3⃣-1⃣ 🥳#INDvSA | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/SzFc9vNP5u
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 19, 2025
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