India vs South Africa 2025, 1st T20I: Probable playing 11s, pitch report, weather forecast and live-streaming details

The India vs South Africa T20I series will begin on December 9 in Cuttack. It is a five-match series, which will help both the teams finalize their team combinations for the upcoming T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.

South Africa will play a majority of their T20 World Cup games in Ahmedabad, which will also host the fifth T20I in the upcoming series. The Proteas will aim to gain as much knowledge and experience about the Indian conditions as possible during the five T20I matches.

As mentioned ahead, Cuttack will play host to the first T20I, and before the game gets underway, here's a look at some important details to know about this contest.

IND vs SA 2025, 1st T20I match details

Match: India vs South Africa, 1st T20I.

Date and Time: December 9, 7pm IST.

Venue: Barabati Stadium, Cuttack.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I probable playing 11s

India

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa

Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Dewald Brevis, Donovan Ferreira, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje and Keshav Maharaj.

IND vs SA 1st T20I pitch report

T20I cricket returns to Cuttack for the first time after June 2022. Incidentally, the last T20I at this venue also featured India and South Africa. The conditions favored the fast bowlers in that game as Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned with figures of 4/13 in four overs. Heinrich Klaasen was the only batter to score more than 40 runs in that T20I.

IND vs SA 1st T20I weather forecast

A cloudy evening is predicted for the first T20I between India and South Africa in Cuttack. Temperature will loom around 19 degrees Celsius. There is a 10% chance of rain during the match hours at the Barabati Stadium.