India vs South Africa Live Score 5th T20: Abhishek Sharma Departs After Quick-fire 50-run Opening Stand With Sanju Samson; Tilak Varma Comes To The Crease – Times Now

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India vs South Africa Live Score 5th T20: Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson took India off to a flyer in the fifth and final T20I of the series at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Earlier, South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first. Stay tuned here for all the latest updates.
Updated Dec 19, 2025, 19:35 IST
IND vs SA Live Score 5th T20I: South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
6.4: Donovan Ferreira to Tilak Varma, Wide!
6.3: Donovan Ferreira to Tilak Varma, A bit straighter now, fired in towards middle, Varma blocks it off.
6.2: Donovan Ferreira to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Easy pickings! Pushed through a bit quicker and sliding it down leg, Tilak Varma tickles it fine and the ball races away into the fine leg fence.
6.1: Donovan Ferreira to Sanju Samson, Floated up on the pads, bowled from around the wicket. Samson sits down to sweep but gets it off the pads to short fine leg and collects a leg bye.
5.6: Corbin Bosch to Tilak Varma, Varma looks to repeat the trick but misses and India end the Powerplay at 67/1! Slight adjustment from Bosch, bowling it a few inches shorter and slightly closer to the off stump. Varma gives the charge and looks to go over the off side but is beaten.
5.5: Corbin Bosch to Tilak Varma, FOUR! How’s that for intent on the first ball? Length ball, pushed across off, Tilak Varma is quick to charge down the track and he stays leg side of the ball, hammering it through covers for a boundary.
Tilak Varma is in at number 3.
5.4: Corbin Bosch to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Strangled down the leg side, but Abhishek Sharma has reviewed it right away. A proper short ball from Corbin Bosch but angles it down the leg side. Sharma looks to pull it behind square leg but misses and seems to have gotten a feather through to the keeper. Quinton de Kock pouches it safely and the umpire raises his finger almost instantly. However, the third umpire is now called in and this looks very close on the first replay. UltraEdge rolls and there is a spike when the ball is next to the gloves and it remains OUT. Sharma walks back for 34 (21) and India lose their first wicket at 63.
5.3: Corbin Bosch to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! High and handsome! Good-length delivery around off, Abhishek Sharma simply clears the front leg and lofts it on the rise, nailing it over long off for his first six of the game.
5.3: Corbin Bosch to Abhishek Sharma, Wide! On a hard length and pushed well across the left-hander, ends up spraying beyond the tramline and a wide is called.
5.2: Corbin Bosch to Abhishek Sharma, Back of a length and on middle and leg, Sharma gets cramped for room and pushes it down to the left of mid on.
5.1: Corbin Bosch to Abhishek Sharma, Swing and a miss! Bosch hammers a shorter length and angles it across off, Abhishek Sharma shimmies down the track whilst making room and looks to smack it through covers but misses.
Corbin Bosch comes in to bowl the final over of the Powerplay.
4.6: Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, Jansen bends his back and bashes the deck hard, over middle. Abhishek Sharma backs away and looks to flat bat it down the ground. Ends up bunting it down the deck and the bounce takes the ball over the bowler’s head for a single. 15 runs off the over.
4.5: Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Finesse this time! Not a lot wrong with this ball, on a back of a length, in and around the off pole. Sharma waits on it and steers it with an open bat face between short third and backward point for four more.
4.4: Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! 50 up for India! Full and slanted in from over the wicket, on middle. Abhishek shimmies down the track and stays leg side of the ball to get his hands through. With a still head, he launches it over mid off for a four.
4.3: Marco Jansen to Sanju Samson, On a hard length, on top of off, dabbed down to deep backward point for a single.
4.2: Marco Jansen to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Up and over! Jansen pushes one across the right-hander, on a length. Samson extends his hands into the lofted drive and goes over extra cover for a boundary.
Marco Jansen switches ends now. He went for 19 in his first over.
4.1: Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, Leg bye! Angled into the pads, on a length, Abhishek is beaten on the flick and a leg bye is taken as the ball drops on the leg side.
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