India vs South Africa 1st T20I, Live Cricket Score: Jansen’s brief comeback cut off by Chakaravarthy

India vs South Africa 1st T20 Live Cricket Score Updates: Jasprit Bumrah picked his 100th T20I wicket in rather bizarre circumstances. The replay seemed to show that he had overstepped but the third umpire wasted no time in deciding that the delivery was a legitimate one. Dewald Brevis was the man who fell, he was pretty much South Africa’s last recognised batter. Bumrah then took yet another in the same over to leave South Africa down to their last two wickets. Axar Patel then struck the next over to reduce South Africa to their last wicket.

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Hardik Pandya is back and he has single-handedly given India a realistic chance of giving South Africa a target close to 180. Pandya in the process smashed his way past 50 in just 25 balls in an innings where his teammates largely struggled to put bat to ball. Pandya seemed to have steadied the ship with fellow all-rounder Shivam Dube, until the latter was cleaned up by Donovan Ferreira while going for a wild slog. Shubman Gill’s comeback didn’t last too long as he fell off just the third ball of the match to Lungi Ngidi.

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Suryakumar Yadav then fell to Ngidi in his next over while trying to up the ante. The home series against South Africa, which started on a terrible note with India getting whitewashed 0-2 in the Test series, has come to its final essay, where the Men in Blue will take on Proteas in the five-match T20I series starting with the first game at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday.

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Chaos, crowds, new core: India’s T20 rush toward T20 World Cup begins in Cuttack

India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav, third left, with his teammates during a training session on the eve of the first T20 cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Barabati Stadium, in Cuttack, Odisha, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (PTI Photo)

Men in khaki and camouflage manning the highway that connects the 45-km stretch between Bhubaneswar to Cuttack highway; barricades placed at regular intervals; ropes put across all the gullies that connect the highway; a tight security cauldron all around the Barabati Stadium; people across age-groups patiently waiting outside their community gates just to have a look at the stars. You don’t need any promotion to tell an Odia that the Indian team is here.

When the off-line tickets were opened last week, there were chaotic scenes that resembled scenes from the 90s. Out of 40,000 capacity, word around is that only 10,000 were actually put on sale. At the black market, tickets are being sold at 3x rates, with the police already arresting a few.

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