SA vs IND: The first T20 match was played between South Africa and India in Durban. In this match, India got a great victory under the captaincy of Surya. At the time of the toss itself, Surya had said that he wanted to bat first and something similar happened.
Sanju Samson scored a century. The result was that India scored 202 runs but Africa collapsed at 141 runs. In such a situation, let us see what records were made in this match.
SA vs IND, 1st T20I STATS
1. Most T20I wins in a calendar year
29 Uganda in 2023 (Win% 87.9)
28 India in 2022 (70.0%)
22 India in 2024 (95.6)*
21 Tanzania in 2022 (72.4%)
20 Pakistan in 2020 (69.0%)
2. Hitting a six off first ball of T20 career (South Africa)
Nuwan Kulasekara Mangaliso Mosehle off Centurion 2017
Andile Simelane Duban off Ravi Bishnoi 2024
3. Spin comparison
South Africa: 2/79 in 8 overs (ER 9.87)
India: 6/61 in 9 overs (ER 6.77)
4. Heinrich Klaasen - Chris Gayle (six times), the fourth player to hit 100 sixes in a calendar year in T20s, after Andre Russell and Nicholas Pooran, and the ninth such instance.
5. Nine sixes by Sanju Samson - the most in a T20I between India and South Africa, surpassing the eight sixes hit by Rilee Rossouw and Suryakumar Yadav
6. Centuries in consecutive innings in T20Is
Gustav Macken
Rilee Rossouw
Phil Salt
Sanju Samson
7. Most runs by an Indian batsman against spin in a T20I innings
65(28) Abhishek Sharma vs ZIM Harare 2024
64(23) Sanju Samson vs BAN Hyderabad 2024
58(27) Sanju Samson vs SA Durban 2024
57(24) Yuvraj Singh vs PAK Ahmedabad 2012
8. Sanju Samson's 107* is the highest individual score in a T20I between India and South Africa, surpassing David Miller's unbeaten 106 in Guwahati in 2022.
9. Sanju Samson's ten sixes are the joint-most for India in T20Is, along with Rohit Sharma's ten against Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017.
10. Most 200+ totals in a calendar year
7 Birmingham Bears in 2022
7 India in 2023
7 Japan in 2024
7 India in 2024
