The match between India and South Africa will be a repeat of the 2024 T20 World Cup final. In a repeat of the T20 World Cup finale which was taking placed in between both the teams, India (IND) and South Africa will be go for in the first T20 of the 5-matches series at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on today, 9 December 2025. This is also the last format competition of the all-format tour, where the South Africa won the Test series, whereas, the ODIs series won by the Indian Cricket Team.
Talking about Indian team, the Suryakumar Yadav-led has been in some massive form of late, having won the Asia Cup 2025 followed by a series win versus the tough Australian side down under. The countdown for the upcoming 2026 T20 World Cup is also begin, as Indian team at the upcoming mega event will be defending their crown. T20I team of India will be self-assured of getting a victory under their belt at Cuttack.
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South Africa, on the opposite, have had a very dreadful in the shortest format of the cricket. After the 1-2 drubbing versus Pakistan, this will be Proteas first T20I assignment. Before the tour of Pakistan, the South Africa had also lost to Namibia – an associate nation, in the one-off meeting. In the past, Proteas managed to draw versus England, which now puts South Africa under the pump to find some upswing.
Pitch Report of Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
In the past, the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack has been host to the three T20 international matches. Out of three matches, South Africa have been a part of a couple matches, and also winning on the both the matches. Two-thirds of the matches here have been won by the teams chasing. While the pitch provides equal opportunities to both spin and pace. A better success likely to generate with bowlers with better variations. On a surface like this, a total of 160 can easily be assumed a winning score.
IND vs SA Head to Head Record in T20Is
Matches Played : 31
India Won : 18
SA Won : 12
Tied/ No Results : 1
First-ever fixture : 1 December, 2006
Most-recent fixture : 15 November, 2024
Win Probability
India 60% SA 40%
