India will face South Africa in a five-match T20I series. The series opener is scheduled to take place at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday (December 9), and the next four matches will be played in Mullanpur (December 11), Dharamsala (December 14), Lucknow (December 17) and Ahmedabad (December 19). Suryakumar Yadav will captain the Indian team in the shortest format series, and the hosts’ squad also includes the likes of Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. On the other hand, South Africa will play under the leadership of Aiden Markram, and after losing the ODI series last week with a scoreline of 1-2, they would like to defeat India in the 20-over matches.
India and South Africa last played a T20I series against each other in November
2024, and in that assignment, India won three out of four matches in South Africa.
Here’s a look at the top performers and record holders in the 31 T20Is played so far between India and South Africa:
Most wins: India (18 wins in 31 T20Is).
Highest total: 283/1 in 20 overs by India in Johannesburg on November 15, 2024.
Lowest total: 87/10 in 16.5 overs by South Africa in Rajkot on June 17, 2022.
Biggest win (by runs): India beat South Africa by 135 runs in Johannesburg on November 15, 2024.
Biggest win (by wickets): South Africa beat India by 9 wickets in Bengaluru on September 22, 2019.
Smallest win (by runs): India beat South Africa by 1 run in Colombo (RPS) on October 2, 2012.
Smallest win (by wickets): South Africa beat India by 3 wickets in Gqeberha on November 10, 2024.
Most runs: 524 runs in 25 T20Is by David Miller of South Africa.
Highest score: 120 not out from 47 balls by Tilak Verma of India on November 15, 2024, in Johannesburg.
Highest average (minimum 10 innings): 59.00 by JP Duminy (295 runs in 10 T20Is).
Highest strike rate (minimum 100 balls): 194.59 by Sanju Samson (216 runs in 4 T20Is).
Most 100s: 2 centuries each by Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma of India.
Most 50s: 4 half-centuries each by Suryakumar Yadav (India) and Quinton de Kock (Pakistan).
Most ducks: 3 zeroes each by Rilee Rossouw (South Africa) and Rohit Sharma (India).
Most sixes: 35 maximums in 25 T20Is by David Miller of South Africa.
Most sixes in an innings: 10 sixes each by Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma in November 2024.
Most runs in a series: 280 runs in four matches by Tilak Varma of India during India’s tour of South Africa in November 2024.
Most wickets: 18 wickets in 10 T20Is by Arshdeep Singh of India.
Best bowling figures: 5 wickets for 17 runs in 2.5 overs by Kuldeep Yadav of India in Johannesburg on December 14, 2023.
Most 5-wicket hauls: 1 fifer each by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy of India.
Most wickets in a series: 12 wickets in four matches by Varun Chakaravarthy of India during India’s tour of South Africa in November 2024.
Most dismissals: 9 (8 catches and 1 stumping) by Quinton de Kock of South Africa in 11 T20Is.
Most catches: 11 catches by David Miller of South Africa in 25 T20Is.
Highest partnership: 210 runs for the second wicket by India’s Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma in Johannesburg on November 15, 2024.
Most matches: 25 T20Is by David Miller of South Africa.
Most matches as captain: 9 T20Is by MS Dhoni of India.
Most wins as captain: 5 wins in nine T20Is by MS Dhoni of India.
