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Ishan Kishan Dhamaka: India beat South Africa by 30 runs in a warm-up match ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026 on Wednesday (February 4).
Kolkata: Team India maintained the same style that India showed in the T20 series against New Zealand. In their only warm-up match ahead of the T20 World Cup, Ishan Kishan slotted into his top-order slot with a 20-ball 53, leading the Indian batsmen to 240 for five after electing to bat.
Ishan Kishan, replaced by Sanju Samson, scored at a strike rate of 265.00 in the warm-up match, securing a place in the playing XI against USA.
On this day, after winning the toss and batting first, he batted 20 overs and scored 240 runs for 5 wickets On this day, the Indian opening pair started the team with a bang Abhishek and Ishaan scored 80 runs Ishan retired with 53 off 20 balls
Ishaan’s innings of the day was decorated with 2 fours and 7 sixes Tilak Verma scored a 19-ball 45 to help India beat South Africa by 30 runs in a warm-up match ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026 on Wednesday (February 4).
Abhishek Sharma retired heart on this day However, on this day he stood on the opposite side of Ishan’s strong batting storm to give support However, what he could not do with the bat, he did with the ball He bowled 3 overs and took 2 wickets Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Shivam Dubey and Akshar Patel took one wicket each
India started to chase runs and kept falling wickets at regular intervals Trystan Stubbs 45 and Ryan Rickelton scored 44 runs for the team But that effort was not enough to score 241 runs to win in 20 overs As a result, before the first match of T20 World Cup, Surya Kumar Yadav’s team India will enter the field with full morale after getting an easy win in the warm-up match.
Kolkata, West Bengal
Feb 04, 2026 11:23 PM IST
IND vs SA: Ishan’s blast in India vs South Africa warm-up match, 265.00 strike rate clears the opposition
