India will host South Africa for the third of five-match T20I series at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on June 14.
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India will host South Africa for the third of five-match T20I series at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on June 14. The series began with India conceding a 0-1 lead to South Africa in the first T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. The bandwagon, then, moved to Cuttack for the second T20I at the Barabati Stadium as the series continues to add to the long-standing bi-lateral series rivalry between the two sides.
The India vs South Africa bi-lateral series rivalry tracks back to early 90s. It was in 1992-93 when India toured South Africa for the first time for four Tests and seven ODIs from October 1992 to January 1993. The hosts reigned supreme in both the formats during India’s maiden tour. Later in 1996-97, a Sachin Tendulkar-led Team India faced Hansie Cronje-led South African team. The visitors lost the Test series 0-2 to South Africa by a big margin.
However, with the evolution of cricket, India and South Africa has faced each other in the Twenty20 International (T20I) format for a bi-lateral series quite often in the recent past. India and South Africa have played each other in 15 T20Is so far. India have won 9 matches and the Proteas have emerged victorious in 6 matches so far. India will next host South Africa for a five-match T20I series, starting from June 9 in New Delhi. The series will be of utmost importance for both the sides as it could test out some emerging talents and be a dress rehearsal ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia from October.
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India have recorded the highest total of a paltry 126/7 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam while premier India batter KL Rahul holds the most runs at the stadium. Veteran India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, meanwhile, has picked the most wickets for the national team at the venue. Let us have a look at some of the interesting records and stats for India from Visakhapatnam.
Highest and lowest totals
| Score | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126/7 | 20.0 | 6.3 | 1 | v Australia | 24 Feb 2019 |
| 84/1 | 13.5 | 6.07 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | 14 Feb 2016 |
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KL Rahul | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 50.00 | 36 | 138.88 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| S Dhawan | 2016-2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 46* | – | 46 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| MS Dhoni | 2016-2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29* | – | 37 | 78.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| V Kohli | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 24.00 | 17 | 141.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| AM Rahane | 2016-2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22* | – | 24 | 91.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RG Sharma | 2016-2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 9.00 | 21 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| RR Pant | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 5 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UT Yadav | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KD Karthik | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KH Pandya | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 6 | 16.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YS Chahal | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Ashwin | 2016-2016 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4/8 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 |
| JJ Bumrah | 2016-2019 | 2 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3/16 | 6.50 | 3.71 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| SK Raina | 2016-2016 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2/6 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| RA Jadeja | 2016-2016 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1/11 | 11.00 | 2.75 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
| A Nehra | 2016-2016 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1/17 | 17.00 | 8.50 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KH Pandya | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1/17 | 17.00 | 4.25 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
| YS Chahal | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1/28 | 28.00 | 7.00 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
| HH Pandya | 2016-2016 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | – | – | 6.50 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2016-2016 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | – | – | 15.00 | – | 0 | 0 |
| M Markande | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | – | – | 7.75 | – | 0 | 0 |
| UT Yadav | 2019-2019 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | – | – | 8.75 | – | 0 | 0 |
