India vs South Africa, 2nd T20I Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Pacers Arshdeep Singh and Deepak Chahar’s opening spell bursts proved too much for the South Africans as they got reduced to 9/5 and eventually managed just 106/8 in their 20 overs and lost the opening fixture by an eight-wicket margin in Thiruvananthapuram.

Suryakumar Yadav continued his brilliant form as he and KL Rahul struck unbeaten fifties to seal the deal for the hosts. The second of the three-match T20I series will take place on Sunday, October 02 at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.

Speaking more about the first T20 international, nothing went right for the visitors right from the toss. Arshdeep and Chahar bowled solidly upfront to break the back of the South African batting line-up. Three batters registered golden ducks for the Proteas with skipper Temba Bavuma bagging a four-ball naught and Quinton de Kock just a solitary run.

Harshal Patel took two wickets for 26 runs while spinner R Ashwin didn’t snare any scalp but gave away just eight runs in his four-over spell.

Suryakumar stretched his magical T20I form to smash 50* off 33 balls which included five fours and three maximums. Rahul struggled a bit but notched up an unbeaten half-century himself to take his side home.

Bavuma and his team will look to put on a better batting performance and bounce back to level the series in the second match. The Men in Blue, in their second-last T20I match before the mega T20 World Cup next month, would hope to win yet another series after recently beating the Australians 2-1.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the 2^nd T20I between India and South Africa:

Head-to-Head: India and South Africa have clashed in 21 T20 internationals so far with India sealing victories on 12 occasions and South Africa on eight. One game between the two sides ended in no result. In India, the hosts have won four out of the ten T20 internationals and the Proteas have won five.

31 – Quinton de Kock (10969) needs 31 runs to complete 11000 runs across formats.

56 – David Miller (1944) is 56 runs away from reaching the landmark of 2000 runs in T20Is.

24 – Suryakumar Yadav (976) requires 24 runs to get to the milestone of 1000 runs in T20 internationals.

3 – Quinton de Kock (197) needs three fours to reach 200 fours in T20Is.

3 – Virat Kohli (47) is three grabs away from completing 50 catches in T20Is.

63 – Reeza Hendricks (1937) requires 63 runs to complete 2000 runs in international cricket.

66 – Rishabh Pant (934) needs 66 runs to get to 1000 runs in T20 internationals.

4 – Keshav Maharaj (196) is four scalps away from reaching 200 wickets across formats.

6 – David Miller (394) needs six fours to get to 400 fours in international cricket.

1 – Lungi Ngidi (49) requires one scalp to get to 50 wickets in T20Is.

5 – Andile Phehlukwayo (45) needs five scalps to complete 50 T20I wickets.