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Indian team after a five-match T20I series victory by a 4-1 margin on their home soil will be facing South Africa in a three-match T20I series once again under Suryakumar Yadav's leadership. India are expected to come out on top again with players like Shubman Gill, Kuldeep Yadav, and Siraj returning to the national side, but the Proteas would have a home advantage while playing in Durban.
Numbers and Stats ahead of IND vs SA 1st T20I game:
3 - The last time South Africa played a three-match T20I series against Australia, they went on to lose the series badly by a 0-3 margin.
South Africa T20I results in last three games:
- Lost to Australia by 8 wickets, Durban
- Lost to Australia by 5 wickets, Durban
- Lost to Australia by 111 runs, Durban
All three T20I games were played from August to September 2023
4 - India have won four out of five T20I games (NR-1) at Kingsmead, Durban venue. All five games happen to be in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
India in T20Is at Kingsmead, Durban:
- No Result vs Scotland, 2007 T20 WC
- Beat Pakistan by bowl-out method, 2007 T20 WC
- Beat England by 18 runs, 2007 T20 WC
- Beat South Africa by 37 runs, 2007 T20 WC
- Beat Australia by 15 runs, 2007 T20 WC (Semi-Finals)
5 - The Indian team have won five out of seven T20I matches against South Africa on South African soil.
India vs South Africa in T20Is on South African soil:
- India won by 6 wickets at Johannesburg, 2006
- India won by 37 runs at Durban, 2007 T20 WC
- India won by 21 runs at Durban (Moses Mahbida Stadium), 2011
- South Africa won by 11 runs (D/L method) at Johannesburg, 2012
- India won a three-match bilateral series by a 2-1 margin in 2018
15 - Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav needs 15 more runs to complete 2000 runs in T20I cricket.
Most runs for India in T20Is:
- Virat Kohli -4008 (107 inns)
- Rohit Sharma - 3853 (140 inns)
- KL Rahul - 2265 (68 inns)
- Suryakumar Yadav - 1985 (55 inns)
Fastest to reach 2000 runs in T20Is (by inns batted):
- Babar Azam - 52
- Mohammad Rizwan - 52
- Virat Kohli - 56
- KL Rahul - 58
Suryakumar Yadav could equal Virat Kohli's record tomorrow for being the fastest to complete 2000 runs in T20Is by innings batted.
58 - Arshdeep Singh has taken the most wickets (58) in T20Is among Test-playing nations since 2022.
Most wickets in T20Is since 2022:
- Yalinde Nkanya - 60 (Tanzania)
- Arshdeep Singh - 58 (India)
- Martin Akayezu - 55 (Rwanda)
- Alpesh Ramjani - 55 (Uganda)
161.96 - David Miller has an impressive strike rate of 161.96 against India in T20Is. Notably, he has scored the most runs for South Africa against India in T20Is.
David Miller vs India in T20Is:
- Inns - 15
- Runs - 379
- Avg - 47.37
- S.R - 161.96
- 50s - 2; 100s - 1
David Miller in the last three T20I innings against India was seen smashing a century (106*) at Guwahati and a fifty (59*) in T20 World Cup 2022 at Perth.
206 - Ishan Kishan scored 206 runs at an impressive strike rate of 150.36 against South Africa in the five-match T20I series which was played on June 2022.
Ishan Kishan scores vs South Africa in T20Is:
- 76(48) in Delhi, 2022
- 34(21) in Cuttack, 2022
- 54(35) in Visakhapatnam, 2022
- 27(26) in Rajkot, 2022
- 15(7) in Bengaluru, 2022
