IND vs SA Head to Head: India aim to extend lead over South Africa

IND vs SA Head to Head: KL Rahul’s India seek revenge against South Africa, sets sights on World Record of Most Consecutive T20I Wins

Aditya Pimpale

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2022 7:00 pm

IND vs SA Head to Head: India vs South Africa Live – India may be fielding a second-string squad in absence of big guns but they will still have some fine players to seek revenge against South Africa. India lost both Test and ODI series in South Africa while they had to settle for a […]

IND vs SA Head to Head: India vs South Africa Live – India may be fielding a second-string squad in absence of big guns but they will still have some fine players to seek revenge against South Africa. India lost both Test and ODI series in South Africa while they had to settle for a draw in the last T20 series at home against Proteas. Follow All IND vs SA T20 Series Live Updates and Scores on InsideSport.IN.

But with KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya all available for the five-match T20 series, India will be confident. In T20Is, India have a slight advantage, winning 9 matches out of 17 while losing six. But with a full-strength South Africa arriving India on June 2, Team India will have to be careful. But India’s extra motivation would to win the first T20I and set a new World Record of Most Consecutive T20I wins.

IND vs SA Head to Head: KL Rahul’s India seek revenge against South Africa, sets sights on World Record of Most Consecutive T20I Wins

South Africa visit India for a five-match T20I series.
South African team will arrive on Thursday.
India have a slight lead in head to head affair with a 9-6 win-loss record against Proteas in T20Is.
India are also approaching a World Record. If India win the first T20I in Delhi, Team India will create a new world record for Most Consecutive T20 Wins.
Currently, India are tied with Afghanistan and Romania with 12 wins each.
South Africa will have the task to stop Team India from registering record 13th consecutive T20I win

IND vs SA Head to Head: KL Rahul’s India seek revenge against South Africa, sets sights on World Record of Most Consecutive T20I Wins

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Overall Meetings –

Matches Played	17
IND Won	9
SA Won	6
Tied	0
Match Abandoned	2

Current T20I ranking-

India – 1st

South Africa- 4th

First ever T20I match

1 December 2006, Johannesburg – India won by six wickets

Last T20I match

22 September 2019, Bangalore – South Africa won by nine wickets

Highest and Lowest scores

South Africa: 219/4, Johannesburg, 2012.
India: 203/5, Johannesburg, 2018.

Highest total in India:

South Africa: 200/3, Dharamshala, 2015.
India: 199/5, Dharamshala, 2015.

Lowest total:

India: 92 all out, Cuttack, 2015
South Africa: 116/9, Durban, 2007.

Largest win (by runs):

India: 37 runs, Durban, 2007.

Largest win (by wickets):

7 wkts, Mohali, 2019

Largest win (by runs):

South Africa: 12 runs, Nottingham, 2009.

Largest win (by wickets):

9 wkts, Bengaluru, 2019.

IND vs SA Head to Head: KL Rahul’s India seek revenge against South Africa, sets sights on World Record of Most Consecutive T20I Wins

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Best bowling figures in T20Is for IND vs SA in South Africa

Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 5/24

RP Singh – 4/13

Ajit Agarkar – 2/10

Schedule for the South Africa tour of India-

South Africa tour of India, 2022
Sr. No.	Day	Date	Match	Venue
1	Thursday	9th June	1^st T20I	Delhi
2	Sunday	12th June	2^nd T20I	Cuttack
3	Tuesday	14th June	3^rd T20I	Vizag
4	Friday	17th June	4^th T20I	Rajkot
5	Sunday	19th June	5^th T20I	Bengaluru

India squad: KL Rahul (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (vice-captain, wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.

South Africa squad: Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen and Marco Jansen.

IND vs SA Head to Head: KL Rahul’s India seek revenge against South Africa, sets sights on World Record of Most Consecutive T20I Wins

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