India Vs South Africa Live Score, ICC T20 World Cup Warm-Up Match: Kishan Retires After 20-Ball Fifty | IND 83/1 (6)

What an exhibition from Ishan Kishan! The southpaw has warmed up all right, smacking seven sixes to speed to his half century off 20 balls. For once, Abhishek Sharma is the relative second fiddle as he he has reached 23 off 14 balls. Kishan is brought back after the fifty, in the interest of giving other batters time in the middle. In comes Tilak Varma.

IND: 80/1 (5.4)

Indian fans are now used to the familiar sight of unfettered big-hitting from the batters, starting from the openers. Ishan Kishan does just that, yet again, as he dispatches Lungi Ngidi to two massive sixes over deep midwicket and deep square leg. That gets the crowd going, not that they needed a second invite.

IND: 14/0 (1)

Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma will open the batting for India tonight, captain Suryakumar Yadav confirmed at the toss. It would be interesting to see whether Sanju Samson gets a chance to bat and how India shape their playing XI, come the tournament proper.

India skipper Suryakumar Yadav calls the coin toss correctly and elects to bat first against South Africa. He says there is the likelihood of dew later on, and hence wanted his bowlers to face that test in the practice match. Aiden Markram says he was happy to bowl first, so win-win for both teams.

The match is scheduled to start at 7pm IST, with the toss at 6:30pm IST. The India vs South Africa, ICC T20 World Cup 2026 warm-up game will be live streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India. It will be telecast on the Star Sports Network TV channels in the country.

South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, David Miller

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav

Good evening and welcome, Indian cricket afficionados. We are building up to the start of the Men In Blue and South Africa's only warm-up game before the T20 World Cup proper starts. Stay with us for toss, team news and live updates.