T20 World Cup 2021, Match 25: South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Stats Preview: Player records and approaching milestones

South Africa would like to continue their stellar run as they take Sri Lanka in their latest fixture in T20 World Cup 2021. The encounter takes place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday (October 30). Both teams have won one of their first two games and it would be interesting to see how the upcoming clash pans out for them.

Speaking of the Proteas team, they suffered a narrow five-wicket defeat against Australia in their opening fixture. However, they bounced back and defeated West Indies by eight wickets. Although there are some loopholes in South Africa’s ship, they are also some quality players in the ranks. Not to forget, veteran Quinton de Kock is set to come back for this fixture. Hence, the Temba Bavuma-led side would be confident heading into this game.

As far as the Lankan Lions are concerned, they entered the Super 12 stage on the back of three successive wins in the preliminary round. They even defeated Bangladesh in their first assignment in the main group. However, their winning run ended with a seven-wicket defeat against Australia. Hence, they must come up with a better plan against the Proteas side.

Meanwhile, let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the 25th game of the T20 World Cup 2021:

Head to head: South Africa dominate Sri Lanka as far as the head-to-head record in T20Is is concerned. In 16 clashes, the Proteas side has won 11 games while five encounters went in Sri Lanka’s favour. As far as World Cup clashes are concerned, the head-to-head record is 2-1 in South Africa’s favour.

3 – Rassie van der Dussen needs just 3 runs to complete 4000 T20 runs.

51 – Heinrich Klaasen needs 51 runs to complete 500 runs in T20I cricket.

4 – Kusal Perera needs just four runs to become the second Sri Lankan batter to complete 1500 T20I runs.

1 – Perera is also a big hit shy of completing 100 sixes in T20 cricket.

4 – Lahiru Kumara needs four wickets to complete 100 wickets in international cricket.

37 – Rassie van der Dussen needs 37 runs to complete 2500 runs in international cricket.

3 – Tabraiz Shamsi (29) needs three wickets to become a bowler with the most T20I wickets in a calendar year. Australia’s Andrew Tye, who took 31 wickets in 2018, tops the list.

4 – Wanindu Hasaranga (28) can also go past Andrew Tye’s tally. He needs four scalps to get the milestone.

8 – Kagiso Rabada has returned unbeaten in his last eight T20I innings.

50 – Dinesh Chandimal needs 50 runs to become the seventh Sri Lankan batter to complete 1000 runs in T20 Internationals.

2 – Lahiru Kumara bowled the second-most expensive over in T20 World Cup 2021 (20).