India Vs South Africa Fifth Twenty20 International at Ahmedabad on 19 Dec 2025
South Africa won the toss and chose to field in this game to provide the 65th occasion of South Africa doing so in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the 20th occasion of South Africa doing so in Twenty20 Internationals against India
South Africa won the toss chose to field and lost the match to provide the 32nd occasion of South Africa losing a match when it has inserted the opposition in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the twelfth occasion South Africa losing a match when it has inserted the opposition in Twenty20 Internationals against India.
India posted a total of 231 for 5 in this game to provide the 43rd occasion of India posting a total of 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the eighth occasion of India posting a total of 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa.
South Africa posted a total of 201 for 8 in this game to provide the 27th occasion of South Africa posting a total of 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the eighth occasion of South Africa posting a total of 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals against India.
India posted a total of 231 for 5 and South Africa posted a total of 201 for 8 in this game to provide the 73rd occasion of both the teams posting a total of 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals
South Africa lost the match despite scoring 201 for 8 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of South Africa losing a game after posting 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the third occasion of South Africa losing a game after posting 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals against India.
South Africa lost the match despite scoring 201 for 8 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of South Africa losing a game after posting 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals while batting second. It also provides the third occasion of South Africa losing a game after posting 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals against India while batting second
NT Tilak Verma-HH Pandya added 105 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 48th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa.
NT Tilak Verma-HH Pandya added 105 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the seventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings for the fourth wicket in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings for the fourth wicket in Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa.
NT Tilak Verma-HH Pandya added 105 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership by Indian batsmen for thr fourth wicket in Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa. The previous best was 72 runs between V Kohli and AR Patel at Bridgetown on 29 Jun 2024
Hardik Pandya scored 63 and captured one wicket in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 2002 runs and 101 wickets in Twenty20 Internationals. He became the first Indian cricketer to perform the allround feat of scoring 2000 plus runs and capture 100 plus wickets in Twenty20 Internationals.
He also became the fifth cricketer to perform such a feat in the history of Twenty20 Internationals
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Runs | Wkts |
| 1 | Virandeep Singh | Malaysia | 111 | 3180 | 109 |
| 2 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 127 | 2883 | 102 |
| 3 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangalore | 129 | 2551 | 149 |
| 4 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 145 | 2417 | 104 |
| 5 | HH Pandya | India | 124 | 2002 | 101 |
HH Pandya’s 63 in this game fetched him 2002 runs and he became the fifth Indian cricketer to score 2000 plus runs
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | RG Sharma | 159 | 151 | 19 | 4231 | 121* | 32.05 | 5 | 32 | 12 | 383 | 205 |
| 2 | V Kohli | 125 | 117 | 31 | 4188 | 122* | 48.69 | 1 | 38 | 07 | 369 | 124 |
| 3 | SA Yadav | 099 | 093 | 14 | 2788 | 117 | 35.29 | 4 | 21 | 06 | 251 | 155 |
| 4 | KL Rahul | 072 | 068 | 08 | 2265 | 110* | 37.75 | 2 | 22 | 05 | 191 | 099 |
| 5 | HH Pandya | 124 | 097 | 27 | 2002 | 071* | 28.60 | 0 | 07 | 03 | 151 | 106 |
CV Varun of India captured four wickets conceding 53 runs to provide the 40th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals. It also proruvides the eighth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa
CV Varun of India captured four wickets conceding 53 runs to provide the 32nd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa
CV Varun of India captured four wickets conceding 53 runs to become the most expensive Indian bowler in Twenty20 Internationals while four or more wickets in an innings. Previously this record was held by YS Chahal who conceded 52 runs for his four wickets against Sri Lanka at Indore on 22 Dec 2017. In fact CV Varun and YS Chahal are the only two Indian bowlers to concede 50 plus runs while capturing four or more wickets in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals.
CV Varun of India captured four wickets conceding 53 runs to become the most expensive bowler in Twenty20 Internationals while four or more wickets in an innings. Previously this record was held by YS Chahal who conceded 52 runs for his four wickets against Sri Lanka at Indore on 22 Dec 2017. In fact CV Varun and YS Chahal are the only two bowlers to concede 50 plus runs while capturing four or more wickets in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals.