India is set to face South Africa in the 5th T20I match of the South Africa tour of India 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday, December 19.
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In the 5th T20I match of the South Africa tour of India 2025, India (IND) is set to face South Africa (SA). The last match was abandoned due to fog, despite which India has maintained a 2-1 lead over South Africa due to its good performance in the T20 series. In the third match, the Indian bowlers put up a brilliant performance, bowling out South Africa for 117 runs, after which they won the match easily by 7 wickets. Arshdeep Singh was the player of the match for India, taking two wickets for 13 runs in four overs.
On the other hand, South Africa’s performance was not good at all. They lost the match due to poor batting in the first and third matches of the series. Now, this match will be a do-or-die for South Africa, which they will want to win at any cost to level the series. They will need to perform well in bat and bowl as well.
Match Information
India vs South Africa, 5th T20I
South Africa Tour of India, 19 Dec 2025, Fri, 7:00 PM IST ,Ahmedabad
Probable PlayingXI
India
Shubman Gill, SA Yadav(C), Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma, HH Pandya, S Dubey, JM Sharma, H Rana, Arshdeep Singh, JJ Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy
Bench: Washington Sundar, KL Yadav, Axar Patel, SV Samson
South Africa
Q de Kock, RR Hendricks, DA Miller, A Nortje, AK Markram(C), Dewald Brevis, D Ferreira, M Jansen, C Bosch, OEG Baartman, L Ngidi
Bench: T de Zorzi, KA Maharaj, T Stubbs, GF Linde, Kwena Maphaka, L Sipamla
Injury News – (Will be added when there is an update)
Pitch Report
Captains
Abhishek Sharma IND | all – 8
Abhishek is an outstanding T20 player. Moreover, he was also in good form, scoring 298 runs in the last 10 matches with a strike rate of 169. He also scored 35 runs in the third game of this series.
Quinton de Kock SA | WICKETKEEPER – 8.5
Quinton de Kock is South Africa’s excellent batter who also performed well in the recent past. He has also scored 90 runs in the 2nd match of this series. South African fans expected him to have a very excellent innings in the next match as well.
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Tilak Varma IND | BAT – 7
Tilak is an aggressive batter who played many outstanding innings for India. In the third game, he scored 26 runs. Moreover, Tilak scored 266 runs in the last 9 games.
Aiden Markram SA | BAT – 9
Markram is an excellent top-order batter. He scored 61 runs in the third game of this series. Moreover, he also scored 174 runs in the last 6 games. He will definitely be a key player in this match.
Budget
Arshdeep Singh IND | bowl – 8.5
Arshdeep is a brilliant T20 bowler who is known for giving outstanding performances with the ball. In the third game, he was the man of the match for taking 2 wickets. Moreover, he also took 9 wickets in the last 6 games.
Dewald Brevis SA | bat – 8
Dewald Brevis is a young middle-order batter. He delivered outstanding performances recently. He has the ability to perform well with the bat. Moreover, he also scored 173 runs in the last 9 games.
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Shivam Dube – IND | ALL – 7
Reeza Hendricks – SA | BATTER – 8
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