IND C vs SA C WCL 2025 Highlights: South Africa beat India Champions by 88 runs (DLS method)

And it's over. One of the floodlights have gone off. The players shake hands as the game is practically over. SA Champions win this by 88 runs by the DLS method. A huge win against the defending champions. 

Imran Tahir returns for his third over and nicks Vinay Kumar behind as van Wyk takes the catch. India are now 9 down.

100 up for India Champions, not in ideal circumstances. Only consolation for them as the match is lost now. India Champions are 100/8 after 16 overs. Binny still trying hard but unable to get sixes.

India Champions' fight is ending quickly. Aaron Phangiso has struck twice in three balls of the 15th over and India are reeling at 91/8. Can South Africa Champions win by more than 100 runs?

Things seem to have gone out of hands for India Champions. There isn't much hope now as they are 91/6 after 14 overs and still need 118 runs off 36 balls. Stuart Binny is unbeaten on 31 off 28 balls and they need a lot of sixes now from him.

Stuart Binny is fighting it out for India Champions. They are 83/6 after 12 overs and the required run-rate has jumped to 15.75 now and is virtually getting impossible for them. 126 runs needed off 48 balls.

India are 66/6 after 10 overs with Stuart Binny fighting a lone battle. He is on 19 off 13 balls and India would be hoping that he gets them close.

We are back live as the rain has gone. This was a passing shower. Irfan Pathan is the new batter in. Binny is there with him. India need to climb a mountain here. They are at 49/5 after 8 and need 160 more from 72.

Hold your breath and watch this spectacular effort by ABD. How did he keep his left leg inside the ropes? I still can't get this. Watch.

We will start losing overs after 1 hour. India are already behind on DLS. We hope for the rain to clear quickly.

The rain has stopped play after 7.1 overs. ABD displayed a brilliant assist to help dismiss Yusuf Pathan, after which the match was stopped. India are 56 runs behind on DLS and would lose if the match does not resume.

ABD has pulled off one of the most stunning assist catches in T20 cricket ever. Yusuf slogged this to cow corner as ABD ran from long-on, dived and somehow managed to stay in the boundary lines to pass it to Erwee, who grabs it. Yusuf walks back. India 44/5 after 7.1. And rain arrives.

Stuart Binny hits a couple of fours in the seventh over as he moves things ahead. 11 from the over. India 44/4 after 7. Imran Tahir is in as an impact sub for South Africa.

Suresh Raina has been dismissed here. A big blow to India, this. He just hit a four but has been bowled on this back-of-a-length one. Raine tried working it to deep third but dragged it onto his stumps. Yusuf is now in with Binny.

Ambati Rayudu departed for a duck. Another wicket for Wayne Parnell. India are reduced to 22/3

Wayne Parnell got the better of Robin Uthappa. India Champions lose their second wicket as Uthappa departed for two runs off 13 balls. India are 22/2.

India have begun the chase and Shikhar Dhawan is gone in the third over. What a ball this was from Viljoen. A perfect yorker as Dhawan is cleaned up. India 11/1 after 2.1. Raina is in now.

South Africa have ended well here. The last over brought 19 runs despite a wicket on the first ball. Morne van Wyk with a few hits here to take the Proteas to 208/6. ABD remains unbeaten on 61 from 30 balls. This is a good score.

Smuts is gone. Mithun gets a wicket on the first ball of the final over. Piyush takes a good low catch at point.

Vintage ABD looks back here. He is doing what he has done best for years. ABD is hitting the boundaries and is taking the Proteas to a pretty strong total. He gets to his fifty from 28 balls. South Africa 181/5 after 19. 

The Indian spinners have probably done their job, and they were fine too. With three overs left, the seamers are back on with Abhimanyu Mithun with his third over. Proteas are at 147/5 after 17 and will look something around 180.

Yusuf Pathan gets another one. He cleans up Wayne Parnell with a good length ball. The batter looked to cut it but could not do so as he got cleaned. JJ Smuts is now in.

Negi has erred a bit and the Proteas batters take the advantage. A six and a four and this over goes for 13. SA 109/4 after 13.

Proteas have now lost another one here. Piyush Chawla with his second wicket. He pitches this away from Duminy as the batter looks to cut but gets a thick edge. Robin Uthappa does well to hold it. SA 90/4 now.

India have done well to pull the Proteas back after the powerplay. They have lost two more wickets and are at 81/3 after 10. ABD and Duminy are out there.

Yusuf cleans up Erwee here. This was on the stumps as Erwee looked to slog it but missed it and got cleaned up. SA now in a bit of trouble, 70/3 after 9.

Good work from Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan here to run Rudolph out. He hit this to the point, Yuvraj picks it up and throws it to the bowler's end as Yusuf does well to catch the Proteas batter short.

Irfan is in with his first over. He goes a bit shorter and is probably not finding the best of the length. He gave 10 from the over with a four on the final ball.

The Proteas have ended the powerplay well despite having lost Hashim Amla. Nine from the sixth over of Stuart Binny with two fours from Erwee and Rudolph. SA 48/1 after 6.

Piyush Chawla is in, and he strikes in his first over. This one was half-tracker as Amla looked to pull it but handed it straight to the deep fielder on the leg-side. South Africa lose their first. Erwee is in now.

After that cautious start, South Africa have recovered well here. From being 7/0 after 2, they are now at 35/0 after 4. Hashim Amla on 22 from 17.

Hashim might have seen enough here, and he has decided to take it on. He charges down the track twice to Vinay and slams two fours over long-on.

It's an overcast day in Northampton with clouds hovering around. But it's dry till now. Mithun was a bit wayward in the second over as he bowled two wides. SA C 7/0 after 2.

There was swing and seam on iffer as Vinay Kumar starts well with a one-run over. Abhimanyu Mithun is in from the other end.

Hashim Amla and Jacques Rudolph to open the innings for South Africa. Vinay Kumar with the new ball in his hand. Off we go.

Indian players are in a huddle as they make their final preparations for this clash. Vinay Kumar will begin. South African openers are out in the middle.

England have now lost both of their first two matches. They suffered a five-run loss to Pakistan in their opener and have now lost this one by 10 runs. England are in a must-win territory now.

Impact Substitutes for South Africa Champions - Chris Morris, Imran Tahir, Richard Levi, Henry Davids.

Impact Substitutes for India Champions - Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Siddarth Kaul, Varun Aaron.

South Africa managed to secure a win by the skin of the teeth after playing out a tie against the West Indies Champions in the rain-hit 11-over-per-side game. As part of the rules, a bowl-out took place and the Proteas managed to win that.

Hashim Amla, Morne van Wyk(w), AB de Villiers(c), JJ Smuts, Sarel Erwee, Jean-Paul Duminy, Jacques Rudolph, Wayne Parnell, Hardus Viljoen, Duanne Olivier, Aaron Phangiso

Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu(w), Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh(c), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Binny, Pawan Negi, Abhimanyu Mithun, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar

Yuvraj Singh leads the Indian team, which features the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh among others. Here is India's squad.

India Champions Squad: Shikhar Dhawan, Robin Uthappa(w), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Yuvraj Singh(c), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Varun Aaron, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Abhimanyu Mithun, Siddarth Kaul, Stuart Binny

India Champions captain Yuvraj Singh has won the toss and he has decided that his team will be bowling first.