India National Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard

The most recent major completed men’s match between the India and South Africa national teams was in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (Super Eights, Group 1). This was held on 22 February 2026 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. South Africa won by 76 runs.

As of now, there is no ongoing India vs South Africa men’s international match as of 26 August 2026. A bilateral series took place in India in November–December 2025, but that seems quite old.

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India National Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard

T20 World Cup 2026 – Super Eights Match Scorecard (22 February 2026)

Result: South Africa 187/7 (20 overs) beat India 111 all out (18.5 overs) by 76 runs.
Toss: South Africa elected to bat.
Player of the Match: David Miller (SA) – 63 (35).

South Africa Innings (187/7 in 20 overs, RR 9.35)

Batter Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR
Aiden Markram (c) c Pandya b Arshdeep 4 7 0 0 57.14
Quinton de Kock † b Bumrah 6 7 1 0 85.71
Ryan Rickelton c Dube b Bumrah 7 7 0 1 100.00
Dewald Brevis c Abhishek Sharma b Dube 45 29 3 3 155.17
David Miller c Tilak Varma b Varun 63 35 7 3 180.00
Tristan Stubbs not out 44 24 1 3 183.33
Marco Jansen c Rinku Singh b Arshdeep 2 6 0 0 33.33
Corbin Bosch c & b Bumrah 5 6 1 0 83.33
Kagiso Rabada not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 2, w 6) 11
Total 187/7 20 overs

Did not bat: Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi.
Fall of wickets: 10/1 (de Kock 1.5), 12/2 (Markram 2.4), 20/3 (Rickelton 3.6), 117/4 (Brevis 12.2), 152/5 (Miller 15.4), 158/6 (Jansen 17.2), 167/7 (Bosch 18.5).

India Bowling:

  • Arshdeep Singh: 4-0-28-2
  • Jasprit Bumrah: 4-0-15-3
  • Varun Chakravarthy: 4-0-47-1
  • Washington Sundar: 2-0-17-0
  • Hardik Pandya: 4-0-45-0
  • Shivam Dube: 2-0-32-1

India Innings (Target 188; 111 all out in 18.5 overs, RR 5.89)

Batter Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR
Ishan Kishan † c Rickelton b Markram 0 4 0 0 0.00
Abhishek Sharma c Bosch b Jansen 15 12 2 1 125.00
Tilak Varma c †de Kock b Jansen 1 2 0 0 50.00
Suryakumar Yadav (c) c Brevis b Bosch 18 22 2 0 81.81
Washington Sundar c †de Kock b Bosch 11 11 0 1 100.00
Shivam Dube c Ngidi b Jansen 42 37 1 3 113.51
Hardik Pandya c Stubbs b Maharaj 18 17 0 1 105.88
Rinku Singh c Stubbs b Maharaj 0 2 0 0 0.00
Arshdeep Singh c Stubbs b Maharaj 1 2 0 0 50.00
Varun Chakravarthy not out 0 3 0 0 0.00
Jasprit Bumrah c Markram b Jansen 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 1, w 4) 5
Total 111 18.5 overs

Fall of wickets: 0/1 (Kishan 0.4), 5/2 (Tilak 1.1), 26/3 (Abhishek 4.3), 43/4 (Washington 7.2), 51/5 (Suryakumar 9.1), 86/6 (Pandya 14.1), 86/7 (Rinku 14.3), 88/8 (Arshdeep 14.6), 111/9 (Dube 18.4), 111/10 (Bumrah 18.5).

South Africa Bow Bowling:

  • Aiden Markram: 1-0-5-1
  • Marco Jansen: 3.5-0-22-4
  • Kagiso Rabada: 4-0-32-0
  • Lungi Ngidi: 4-0-15-0
  • Keshav Maharaj: 3-0-24-3
  • Corbin Bosch: 3-0-12-2 (approx. from available data)

South Africa recovered from 20/3 via a strong partnership between Brevis and Miller. Then came Stubbs’ late contribution. India’s chase collapsed early and never recovered against strong bowling, especially from Jansen and Maharaj.

Recent Bilateral Series (South Africa in India, Nov–Dec 2025)

South Africa toured India for a multi-format series:

  • Tests (Freedom Trophy): South Africa won 2–0.
    • 1st Test (Eden Gardens): SA won by 30 runs (SA 159 & 153; India 189 & 93).
    • 2nd Test: SA won by 408 runs (SA 489 & 260/5d; India 201 & 140). Simon Harmer was outstanding with the ball.
  • ODIs: India won 2–1.
  • T20Is: India won 3–1 (one match abandoned).

Full individual match scorecards for the bilateral series are available on ESPNcricinfo under the “South Africa in India 2025-26” series page.

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