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India defeated South Africa in the warm-up match of T20 World Cup, Ishan Kishan scored a half-century.
Samira Vishwas | February 5, 2026 7:24 AM CST

IND vs SA: In its warm-up match before the T20 World Cup 2026, the Indian team has defeated South Africa by 30 runs. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bat first. Surya wanted to challenge his bowlers in the dew, after which Team India, batting first, scored 240 runs for 6 wickets. In reply, South African team could score only 210 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Stubbs-Rickelton scored more runs for South Africa

For South Africa, Tristan Stubbs played the highest innings of 45 unbeaten runs on 21 balls. During this, he hit one four and 4 sixes. Whereas Ryan Rickelton played an inning of 44 runs in 21 balls. During this, 4 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. Captain Adam Markram retired-out after scoring 38 runs in 19 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes.

Abhishek Sharma took 2 wickets

Jason Smith scored 35 runs on 23 balls. Whereas Marco Jansen played a stormy inning of 31 runs in 16 balls, which included 3 fours and 2 sixes. Abhishek Sharma took 2 wickets for India. And Arshdeep Singh, Shivam Dubey, Varun Chakraborty and Akshar Patel got 1 success each.

Ishan Kishan scored a half century

For India, Ishan Kishan retired-out after playing an inning of 53 runs in just 20 balls. During this, 2 fours and 7 sixes came from his bat. Abhishek Sharma also scored 24 runs on 18 balls. Retired-out. Tilak Verma played a stormy inning of 45 runs in 19 balls, which included 3 fours and 3 sixes.

Surya and Hardik played stormy innings

Captain Suryakumar Yadav played an inning of 30 runs in 16 balls. During this he hit 2 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas Rinku Singh scored 16 runs on 13 balls. Whereas Hardik Pandya played an explosive inning of 30 runs in just 10 balls. During this, Hardik’s bat included 2 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas Akshar Patel scored unbeaten 25 runs on 23 balls.


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