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In the T-20 World Cup 2026, the Indian cricket team has won its first four matches. The Indian team, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, will now play the first match of its Super-8 phase against the South Africa cricket team on 22 February. The Proteas team has also won all its group stage matches. In such a situation, the match between India and South Africa is expected to be interesting. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at the performance of both the countries against each other.
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India has the upper hand
The first T-20 international match between South Africa and India was played in the year 2006. So far, 35 matches have been played between the two teams, out of which South Africa has won 13 matches and the Indian team has won 21 matches. Meanwhile, one match also remained inconclusive. India has won 6 out of the last 7 meetings between the two teams in the T-20 format.
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Indian team has dominated in T-20 World Cup
So far in the T-20 World Cup, both the teams have faced each other in a total of 7 matches, out of which the Indian team has won 5 and the Proteas team has won 2 matches. The last time both the teams faced each other was in the final of T20 World Cup 2024, which was won by the Indian team by 7 runs. India had won that title while playing under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.
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These South African players have performed well
David Miller has scored the most runs for South Africa in T20 International against India. He has scored 563 runs in 28 matches at an average of 33.11 and strike rate of 146.23. Quinton de Kock scored 507 runs in 15 matches at an average of 42.25 and strike rate of 149.55. In bowling, Lungi Ngidi has taken 16 wickets in 9 matches at an average of 16.50. Keshav Maharaj has taken 15 wickets at an average of 29.33.
These players from India have performed well
Rohit Sharma has scored 429 runs in 18 matches against South Africa at an average of 26.81 and strike rate of 130.00. Meanwhile, he has scored 1 century and 2 half-centuries. Current captain Suryakumar has scored 406 runs in 14 innings at an average of 31.23. In bowling, Arshdeep Singh has taken 23 wickets at an average of 18.86 and Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty have taken 22 wickets at an average of 11.36.
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