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IND vs SA 1st T20 Live Cricket Score: Follow India vs South Africa 1st T20I. (PHOTO: PTI)
India vs South Africa 1st T20 Live Cricket Score Updates: 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 Tuessday.
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T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav will look to continue where ODI stand-in captain KL Rahul had left the side, with the home team winning the One-Day series 2-1. The T20I side will also see the return of vice-captain Shubman Gill and star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, both of whom are fit and back from their respective injury-induced breaks.
India vs South Africa 1st T20I: Venue, Date, Time, Squad, Predicted Playing XI
India have been a formidable side in the shortest format of the game, winning 26 games since the 2024 T20I World Cup while losing only four. India has yet to lose a series in this format in the last three years, with their previous series loss coming in 2023 against West Indies.
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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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