2024 is proving to be a golden year for Indian cricket. India won the ICC trophy almost after 11 years. The Indian team lifted the title after defeating South Africa in the final. Which is a spike moment in the South Africa national cricket team vs India national cricket team timeline. And here we’ll explore the T20I series India played against South Africa after the T20I World Cup 2024. India with the new line-up, full of youngsters against South Africa at their home.
South Africa National Cricket Team Vs India National Cricket Team Timeline, India Tour of South Africa
In the month of November, 2024 India started their tour of South Africa. They played 4 T20I matache during their tour. It was the first time India and South Africa faced each other after the T20I World Cup 2024 final. Here we have included all the moments of the matches from India Vs South Africa T20I series.
Series Summary
1st T20I (8 Nov, 2024)
The first match of the T20I series was played at ‘Kingsmed’ in Durban. South Africa won the toss and invited India to bat first. While batting first India explosively started the innings. ‘Sanju Samson’ scored a century in the first match with a strike rate of 214. With his contribution India was able to put 202 runs on board.
When South Africa came to bat, India launched a full-fledged bowling attack. By the end of the powerplay South Africa already lost their 3 wickets. And this fall of batsmen continued till all the South African batsmen returned to the pavilion.Varun Chakaravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi, both picked 3 wickets for the Indian team. India comfortably won the first match by a huge margin of 61 runs.
| India- 202/8 (20) | |
| Sanju Samson 107 (50) | Gerald Coetzee 3/37 (4) |
| Tilak Verma 33 (18) | Marco Jansen 1/24 (4) |
| Surya Kumar Yadav 21 (17) | Keshav Maharaj 1/34 (4) |
| South Africa- 141/10 (17.5) | |
| Heinrich Klaasen 25 (22) | Varun Chakaravarthy 3/25 (4) |
| Gerald Coetzee 23 (11) | Ravi Bishnoi 3/28 (4) |
| Ryan Rickelton 21 (11) | Avesh Khan 2/28 (2.5) |
| India won by 61 runs | |
2nd T20I (10 Nov, 2024)
The Second match was played at ‘St George’ Oval’. South Africa again won the toss and again they elected to bowl first. But, this time they executed their plans well and completely restricted Indian batsmen to hit boundaries. Only ‘Hardik Pandya’ was able to perform and played a balanced knock of 39 runs. And India completed their innings on 124 runs.
Even South Africa was chasing a low total. But, Indian bowlers turned the match into a thriller by their exceptional bowling. ‘Varun Chakaravarthy’ took his first 5 wicket-haul in international cricket. In the last moment of the match South Africa won it by 3 wickets. ‘Tristan Stubbs’ was the hero of the victory for South Africa.
| India- 124/6 (20) | |
| Hardik Pandya 39* (45) | Aiden Markram 1/4 (1) |
| Axar Patel 27 (21) | Andile Simelane 1/20 (3) |
| Tilak Verma 20 (20) | Nqaba Peter 1/20 (4) |
| South Africa- 128/7 (19) | |
| Tristan Stubbs 47* (41) | Varun Chakaravarthy 5/17 (4) |
| Reeza Hendricks 24 (21) | Ravi Bishnoi 1/21 (4) |
| Gerald Coetzee 19* (9) | Arshdeep Singh 1/41 (4) |
| South Africa won by 3 wickets and 6 balls left | |
3rd T20I (13 Nov, 2024)
The third match was played at ‘SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium’. This was the third time in a row South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Indian opener Abhishek Sharma gave an explosive start to India’s innings. And ‘Tilak Verma’ scored his maiden T20I century, India again crossed 200 runs in the series.
South Africa showed good intent on the ground as they were chasing a huge total. But, India continuously picked crucial breakthroughs and slowed down South Africa’s innings. Despite India’s effort some players tried to turn the outcome of the match for South Africa. In the last India eliminated all the threats and won the match by 11 runs.
| India- 219/6 (20) | |
| Tilak Verma 107* (56) | Andile Simelane 2/34 (3) |
| Abhishek Sharma 50 (25) | Keshav Maharaj 2/36 (4) |
| Hardik Pandya 18 (16) | Marco Jansen 1/28 (4) |
| South Africa- 208/7 (20) | |
| Marco Jansen 54 (17) | Arshdeep Singh 3/37 (4) |
| Heinrich Klaasen 41 (22) | Varun Chakaravarthy 2/54 (4) |
| Aiden Markram 29 (18) | Axar Patel 1/29 (4) |
| India won by 11 runs | |
4th T20I (15 Nov, 2024)
The last match of the T20I series was played at ‘Wanderers Stadium’. FInally India won the toss for first time in the series and elected to bat first. India lost only 1 wicket in the match, after the 1st wicket South Africa witnessed full carnage by Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma. Both players scored centuries, For Sanju Samson it was his 2nd century in the series, For Tilak Verma it was 2nd consecutive century in the series. India nearly touched 300 runs total by scoring 283 runs.
Chasing such a huge target has never been an easy task, even for teams like South Africa. And Indian bowlers made it more difficult for South Africa. ‘Arshdeep Singh’ picked early wickets and pushed South Africa completely on backfoot. India wrapped up the South African team under 150 runs, comfortably winning the game.
| India- 283/1 (20) | |
| Tilak Verma 120* (47) | Lutho Sipamla 1/58 (4) |
| Sanju Samson 109* (56) | Tristan Stubbs 0/21 (1) |
| Abhishek Sharama 36 (18) | Aiden Markram 0/30 (2) |
| South Africa- 148/10 (18.2) | |
| Tristan Stubbs 43 (29) | Arshdeep Singh 3/20 (3) |
| David Miller 36 (27) | Axar Patel 2/6 (2) |
| Marco Jansen 29* (12) | Varun Chakaravarthy 2/42 (4) |
| India won by 135 runs | |
Highlights of India Vs South Africa T20I Series 2024
Here we have brought the major highlights from the India Vs South Africa T20I series 2024.
- India Scored their second highest total and highest total against South Africa in T20Is.
- Highest T20I partnership for India, Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma- 210 runs.
- Tilak Verma Became second Indian batsmen after Sanju Samson to hit 2 consecutive hundreds in T20Is.
- Sanju Samson hitted 2 centuries in the T20I series against South Africa, He has scored 3 T20I centuries till now.
- Varun Charkaravarthy took his maiden 5-wicket haul in international cricket.
Head to Head Matches in T20I (India Vs South Africa)
India and South Africa have played a total of 31 T20I matches against each other. Here, we have arranged all of their T20I encounters in a head to head stat table.
| India | Vs | South Africa |
| 31 | Matches Played | 31 |
| 18 | Won | 12 |
| 12 | Lost | 18 |
| 1 | No Results | 1 |
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