Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir took his young team on a tour of Lucknow. During the tour, he also showed the players the movie “Dhurandhar.” Videos from this event are rapidly going viral on social media. In these videos, Gambhir can be seen entering the Phoenix Palassio Mall in Lucknow with his young teammates.

Without any doubt, it was a refreshing moment for the team. After 3 T20Is, team India is ready to play the 4th Twenty20 match with South Africa. As of now, India is leading the by 2-1 in the five-match series. A movie eve before an important match might have refresh the cricketers mind.

Ahead of India vs South Africa 4th T20I, Gautam Gambhir and Co went to watch Dhurandhar movie

The fourth match of the ongoing five-match T20 International series between India and South Africa will be played in Lucknow today (December 17, 2025). This is why the Indian team is in Lucknow. As of this writing, a total of six T20 International matches have been played in Lucknow. India has played three T20 Internationals, while Afghanistan has played the remaining matches. Recently, the Ekana Stadium has been Afghanistan’s home ground, where they hosted three matches against the West Indies.

As of this writing, the Indian team has played three T20 International matches at the Ekana Stadium, winning all three. The Indian team played its first T20I match at the Ekana Stadium in 2018 against the West Indies, where the Blue Team won by 71 runs.

The team then played here for the second time in 2022 against Sri Lanka, where the Indian team won by 62 runs. The last time the Indian team played here was in 2023 against New Zealand, where they won by 6 wickets.