India vs South Africa Live Score, warm-up match T20 World Cup 2026: SA 142/6 (15 overs), needs 241 to win
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IND vs SA Live: Catch the live score and updates from the T20 World Cup 2026 warm up match between India and South Africa being played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Updated : Feb 04, 2026 22:12 IST
Welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the T20 World Cup 2026 warm up match between India and South Africa being played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
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February 04, 2026 22:10
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SA 142/6 in 15 overs
Abhishek for his second. Smith blasts the first delivery back over his head, errs too full on that one. FOUR more! Slightly drags it back but this time Smith goes onto his backfoot for a waft.
WICKET! Abhishek has the final laugh. Smith dances down looking for another big hit but gets it too high on his bat, gives a simple catch to long off. 35 off 23 for him.
Marco Jansen off the mark with a pull shot for FOUR. Ends the over with a single to deep covers.
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February 04, 2026 22:05
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SA 129/5 in 14 overs
Varun Chakaravarthy for his second. He is welcomed with a FOUR through point as Smith cuts this through backward point. Five singles off the remaining five deliveries.
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February 04, 2026 22:03
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SA 120/5 in 13 overs
Abhishek Sharma also gets the chance to roll his arm over. Another boundary for Smith, Hits a FOUR through covers after reaching the ball which is well outside off. Nine runs from the over.
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February 04, 2026 22:01
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SA 111/5 in 12 overs
Another expensive over from Kuldeep. Smith gets a SIX in the over with a slog sweep. Kuldeep has gone for 25 from his two overs.
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February 04, 2026 21:54
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SA 101/5 in 11 overs
Axar Patel too gets a wicket now. Equal credit to Ishan Kishan for that. A quicker delivery to Miller, who tries to play across the line but only manages a faint edge on it, Ishan fumbles it at first due to the pace but grabs it on the second shy to his right. Miller goes for 13 off 10.
Tristan Stubbs next in line for a hit.
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February 04, 2026 21:48
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SA 99/4 in 10 overs
Varun Chakaravarthy picks a WICKET on his first ball. He floats wide to Rickelton, sending him chasing a heave, a top edge falls comfortably in the mits of Ishan Kishan. 44 off 21 for him.
Jason Smith is the new batter. Three runs and a wicket from this over.
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February 04, 2026 21:45
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SA 96/3 in 9 overs
Tilak Varma with the ball. FOUR for Miller! A fraction too wide and Miller dispatches this wide of extra covers. Three singles and a couple apart from that, to make it nine off the over.
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February 04, 2026 21:40
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SA 87/3 in 8 overs
Shivam Dube strikes in his first over! Dewald Brevis falls for two off four. A slower ball and as Brevis slogs at it, gets a toe end to long off. David Miller is the new batter. Eight runs from this over.
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February 04, 2026 21:35
SA 81/2 in 7 overs
Kuldeep Yadav to bowl the next. Markram retires out on 38 off 19.
SIX for Rickelton! In the slot and Rickelton slog sweeps this well beyond the deep midwicket boundary. Another one on the final delivery, a carbon copy of the previous shot.
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February 04, 2026 21:32
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SA 66/1 in 6 overs
Arshdeep drags a ball too short and Rickelton latches onto it with a pull shot for FOUR.
A lucky FOUR on the final delivery. Arshdeep nails his yorker, even as Rickelton backs away to the leg side, but he gets an inside edge through fine leg.
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February 04, 2026 21:24
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SA 57/1 in 5 overs
Harshit Rana into the attack. FOUR! Rickelton gets a half volley and swats this over mid on. FOUR more! This is fuller and meets the same fate, Rickelton plays with a straight bat and hoists it over mid on.
Four more for Markram, nips into him and he sticks to lofting down the ground, all he needs to do is clear the infield and he manages it.
A single off the final ball makes it 16 off the over.
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February 04, 2026 21:22
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SA 41/1 in 4 overs
Hardik again! Markram is hit on the midrif. He tries to shuffle to the leg side on a pull but Hardik follows him and gets the delivery into him. The physio with a long check before Markram can resume.
He ends the over with FOUR through midwicket.
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February 04, 2026 21:14
SA 32/1 in 3 overs
Markram fires back in style. Hardik bowls the second over and is sent for three maximums on the bounce. Two sixes down the ground followed by a third over deep midwicket with a pull.
There is another pull from Markram in the third over, depositing Arshdeep for a six through the on side. 12 runs from his second over.
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February 04, 2026 21:12
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SA 1/1 in 1 over
WICKET for Arshdeep. Linde is caught at mid off on the final delivery of the over. He goes for a four-ball duck.
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February 04, 2026 21:11
South Africa needs 241 to win
A surprising call from the Proteas as they send George Linde to open alongside Aiden Markram.
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February 04, 2026 20:43
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IND 240/6 in 20 overs
Bosch to bowl the final over. FOUR! Hardik heaves across the line but gets a leading edge behind the wicket. The short third fielder tries to go for a catch but cannot reach it.
SIX now! A horizontal swat down the ground. OUT! Hardik tries to swing for glory again, ends up slicing this to deep covers from wide outside off.
Harshit Rana to face the last ball, and Bosch bowls a bouncer. Harshit is expecting that to be given wide but nothing from the umpires.
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February 04, 2026 20:40
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IND 228/5 in 19 overs
Rabada to Hardik, SIX! On the pads and Hardik picks it up through the on side. FOUR for Axar, angling away from him on the off side, uses his long levers to loft over covers.
FOUR more for Hardik, backs away to length ball, frees some room to hit it past the bowler. A yorker to end the over but still 17 come off this over.
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February 04, 2026 20:35
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IND 211/5 in 18 overs
Nortje again. OUT! Rinku gets this in the slot but still miscues his shot, holes out at long on. Just 16 off 13 for him and he makes way for Hardik Pandya.
SIX! Hardik off the mark with a maximum, he loses the bottom hand on the handle but still manages to clear the long on fielder by some distance. Hardik slashes the fourth delivery to deep point for one run.
A slower bouncer to Axar, who tries to upper cut it but is beaten.
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February 04, 2026 20:30
IND 203/4 in 17 overs
Ngidi for the third over. Just three runs in this over, Rinku misses back-to-back full tosses in this over.
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February 04, 2026 20:24
IND 200/4 in 16 overs
Bosch to bowl the next over. Rinku is hit flush on the helmet by a bouncer on the third delivery but he’s okay to continue. Only five runs in this over.
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February 04, 2026 20:19
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IND 195/4 in 15 overs
Rabada to Rinku, SIX! Charges down at the bowler, and hits it right back down the ground. A single on the second ball to deep midwicket.
FOUR! Full to Axar, who tries to drive and gets an edge past the keeper. SIX now with an upper cut off a bouncer.
Axar cuts the final delivery through point, Bosch and Ngidi collide but escape any serious collision. Two runs off that ball.
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February 04, 2026 20:16
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IND 176/4 in 14 overs
Markram again. Rinku Singh joins Axar. He gets a boundary also with an edge past the keeper. Despite that, a decent over for South Africa, which costs just nine runs.
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February 04, 2026 20:07
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IND 167/4 in 13 overs
Maphaka back to bowl his second. SIX! Out comes the Supla shot! A length ball at the body and Sky uses the pace to steer this over fine leg’s head.
WICKET! Maphaka has the last laugh though. Sky once again tries to go behind the square but Maphaka takes the pace off, skies this and is caught at deep square leg. Thirty off 16 for the Indian captain.
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February 04, 2026 20:03
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IND 158/3 in 12 overs
Axar Patel is in at No. 5.
He gets going in style, charges down to Linde and pumps him over long on for SIX. Sky ends with a loft down the ground, fielded by long on and kept to just two. 12 runs from the over.
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February 04, 2026 19:57
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IND 146/3 in 11 overs
Jansen again. FOUR! Wide outside off, Sky chases it and gets an inside edge through fine leg. PUT DOWN! Sky wants to ramp this but the lack of pace gets him to edge it to deep midwicket. Bosch comes in from the deep, has to dive in front of him and in doing so spills the catch.
FOUR for Tilak! Back-of-a-length, Tilak drags this from outside off and puts this wide enough of mid on.
BOWLED! Jansen bowls a yorker from around the wicket and clips the outside of the leg stump. Tilak is trying to nudge this down fine leg but misses. Tilak gone for 45 off 19.
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February 04, 2026 19:54
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IND 135/2 in 10 overs
Markram into the attack. Two boundaries in this over. Sky looks for a big hit off a full delivery, gets an inside edge past the fine leg fielder.
Tilak adds to his tally with another one, slapping a wider ball through cover-point for another FOUR.
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February 04, 2026 19:46
Ishan makes a roaring impact as opener
Ishan Kishan opens innings instead of Samson, smashes 20-ball fifty in T20 World Cup warm-up game
Ishan Kishan smacked a 20-ball half-century against South Africa in the T20 World Cup warm-up match at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. Kishan smacked seven sixes and just two fours during before he retired out, scoring 53 runs.
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February 04, 2026 19:45
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IND 122/2 in 9 overs
Abhishek Sharma is retired out for 24 for 19 balls. Suryakumar Yadav is the next batter in.
Nortje for his second. A single for Tilak on the first delivery. SIX! Surya brings out his classic pick up shot, a length ball outside off, but Sky covers the angle by shuffling across and deposits this over square leg.
SIX and SIX! Tilak is in fifth gear now. Nortje bowls too full and Tilak lofts him down the ground on either side of the sight screen.
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February 04, 2026 19:44
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IND 102/1 in 8 overs
Spin for the first time. George Linde comes into the attack. Two runs to start the over to long, Tilak wants a big shot, drags it down the ground in the end.
SIX! Tilak gets the big hit, in the slot, at the stumps and this clears long on. FOUR now! Down leg and Tilak swivels and hits this through fine leg. A single to long on on the next.
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February 04, 2026 19:36
IND 89/1 in 7 overs
Ngidi back for his second over. A tidy over from the Proteas’ perspective. A wide to start but then Ngidi fires back, does not concede a single boundary in the over. Just six from this.
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February 04, 2026 19:29
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IND 83/1 in 6 overs
Kwena Maphaka to bowl the final over. Abhishek whips the first to deep square for one. SIX! Ishan Kishan gets his fifty off just 20 balls, and with that he retires out. Tilak Varma is the new batter in.
Tilak charges down and lofts over covers, gets three to get off the mark. India puts up 83 runs in the PowerPlay.
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February 04, 2026 19:27
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IND 73/0 in 5 overs
Anrich Nortje to bowl the fifth over. SIX for Abhishek! Full and on off-stump line, Abhishek chips this over covers. A single on the second ball
Back-to-back SIXES for Ishan, both over fine leg. On the fifth, he lofts down the ground for FOUR!
A six to end the over. This is a bouncer from Nortje, Ishan wants to pull but ends up getting a top edge over fine leg. 29 runs from this over.
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February 04, 2026 19:16
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IND 44/0 in 4 overs
Corbin Bosch now. Ishan picks a single to deep
