India won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 169 for 6. In his 16-year T20 career, Dinesh Karthik (9×4, 2×6 off 55 balls) scored his first international half-century. Hardik Pandya (3×4, 3×6 off 46:31 balls) once again played a responsible innings. With that .. Team India which seemed to be limited to 130-140 runs at one stage .. was able to score a respectable score of 169 runs. Among the South African bowlers, Lungi Engidi looked unlucky with two wickets.
The South African team struggled from the start with a target of 170. Captain Themba Bauma (8 Retired Hurt) went to the dressing room early due to injury. Pretorius (0), Klaassen (8) and David Miller (9) followed. However .. Vanderdzen (2×4 off 20:20 balls) stood at the crease for a while. But .. he also played the worst shot due to stress and got knocked out. At the end, Jansen (12), Keshav Maharaj (0), Nokia (1) and Lungi Engidi (4) lined up for the pavilion respectively. Among Indian bowlers, Avesh Khan took 4 wickets while Chahal took 2 wickets, Akshar Patel and Herschelle Patel took 4 wickets each.
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