The India team is set to play a T20I series against South Africa starting on November 8 at Kingsmead in Durban. Here are the records that could be broken in this T20I series:
Most T20I runs for India vs South Africa
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav could pass Rohit Sharma to become India’s top run-scorer in T20Is against South Africa. Suryakumar has scored 346 runs in seven matches and needs 84 more to surpass Rohit’s 429 runs in 18 T20Is. Currently, David Miller holds the most runs in India-South Africa T20Is with 452 runs in 21 matches.
Most T20I runs vs South Africa
If Suryakumar scores 156 runs in this series, he’ll break Jonny Bairstow’s record and become the leading T20I run-scorer against South Africa. Bairstow has 501 runs in 16 T20Is.
3rd batter to hit 150 sixes in T20Is
Since his T20I debut in March 2021, Suryakumar has hit 144 sixes in 74 games. Six more sixes in this series would make him the third player, after Rohit Sharma (205) and Martin Guptill (173), to reach 150 sixes in T20Is.
Most wickets for India in T20Is
Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya, each with 87 wickets, will be playing for India in this series. With 10 wickets, one of them could break Yuzvendra Chahal’s record of 96 wickets to become India’s top wicket-taker in T20Is. Thirteen wickets would make them the first Indian bowler to take 100 T20I wickets.
Fastest pacer to 100 T20I wickets
Arshdeep with 87 wickets in 56 T20Is, needs 13 wickets in this series to become the fastest bowler in the world to reach 100 T20I wickets. The current record holder, Haris Rauf of Pakistan, reached 100 wickets in 71 games.
Top run-scorer for South Africa in T20Is
David Miller needs 189 runs in this series to pass Quinton de Kock’s record of 2584 runs and become South Africa’s top T20I run-scorer.
