South Africa had a dismal outing in the first T20I of the five-match series against India in Cuttack on December 9, crumbling to their lowest T20I score. The Proteas trail by a 1-0 margin after being defeated by a massive 101-run margin
The 74 -run total was South Africa's sixth sub-100 score in T20Is. Interestingly, three of these have come in the second innings against the Men in Blue. In fact, barring one instance, all of the lowest T20I totals have been when South Africa were chasing.
Opposition Innings Venue Date Overs Score India 2 Cuttack December 9, 2025 12.3 74 India 2 Rajkot June 17, 2022 16.5 87 Australia 2 Johannesburg February 21, 2020 14.3 89 India 2 Johannesburg December 14, 2023 13.5 95 Australia 2 Cape Town February 26, 2020 15.3 96 Sri Lanka 1 Colombo RPS August 14, 2018 16.4 98Dewald Brevis 22 off 14 was the top-scorer for South Africa while only four others could post double-digit scores as all six of India's bowlers came to the party.
