Overview
- South Africa posted 213/4 in New Chandigarh as Quinton de Kock smashed 90 off 46, with Donovan Ferreira finishing 30* off 16.
- India collapsed to 162 in 19.1 overs after early strikes from Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen, with Ottniel Baartman closing out 4/24.
- Abhishek Sharma fell for 17, Shubman Gill for a first-ball duck and Suryakumar Yadav for 5, while Axar Patel’s promotion to No. 3 yielded a run-a-ball 21.
- Arshdeep Singh delivered a 13-ball over featuring seven wides and conceded 54, underscoring wider bowling indiscipline in the death overs.
- Assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said management will persist with Suryakumar Yadav and Gill and continue controlled experimentation before the Dharamsala T20I.