First T20I – South Africa vs India at Johannesburg  on 18.02.18 – India won by 28 runs

India posted a total of 203 for 5 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of India posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	260/5	20.0	1	v Sri Lanka	Indore	22 Dec 2017
2	India	244/4	20.0	2	v West Indies	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
3	India	218/4	20.0	1	v England	Durban	19 Sep 2007
4	India	211/4	19.1	2	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
5	India	203/5	20.0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018
6	India	202/4	19.4	2	v Australia	Rajkot	10 Oct 2013
7	India	202/6	20.0	1	v England	Bengaluru	01 Feb 2017
8	India	202/3	20.0	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017
9	India	200/3	20.0	2	v Australia	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

It also provides the first occasion of India posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is.  Thus this total becomes India’s highest team total against South Africa in T20Is. The previous best was 199 for 5 at Dharamsala on 02.10.15.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	203/5	20.0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018
2	India	199/5	20.0	1	v South Africa	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015

It also provides the seventh occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against South Africa in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	West Indies	236/6	19.2	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
2	England	230/8	19.4	2	v South Africa	Mumbai	18 Mar 2016
3	Australia	209/3	20.0	1	v South Africa	Brisbane	09 Jan 2006
4	West Indies	205/6	20.0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
5	Australia	205/5	20.0	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
6	India	203/5	20.0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018
7	England	202/6	20.0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Nov 2009

There are five occasions of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against South Africa in South Africa. Interestingly all the five occasions are at Johannesburg and listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	West Indies	236/6	19.2	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
2	West Indies	205/6	20.0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
3	Australia	205/5	20.0	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
4	India	203/5	20.0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018
5	England	202/6	20.0	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Nov 2009

S Dhawan scored 72 in this game to provide the 68^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa in T20Is.

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa in South Africa. The other  two occasions are – 50 not out by RG Sharma at Durban on 20.09.07 and 53 by RG Sharma at Durban  on 09.01.11. Thus S Dhawan’s 72 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Indian batsman against South Africa in  South Africa.

S Dhawan scored 72 in this game to provide the 29th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa in T20Is. The other occasion was RG Sharma’s 106 at Dharamsala on 02.10.15

It also represents the fourth occasion of S Dhawan scoring a fifty in T20Is. All his four fifties are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan	51	1	v Sri Lanka	Ranchi	12 Feb 2016
2	S Dhawan	60	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	06 Mar 2016
3	S Dhawan	80	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017
4	S Dhawan	72	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018

S Dhawan became the first Indian opening batsman to score a fifty against South Africa in South Africa. The previous best was 49 not out by G Gambhir at Johannesburg on 30.03.12

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 59 runs for the  third wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting fifty plus runs for any wicket against South Africa in South Africa. All the three occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni, RG Sharma	5	85	1	RSA	Durban	20 Sep 2007
2	G Gambhir, RV Uthappa	1	71*	2	RSA	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2012
3	S Dhawan, V Kohli	3	59	1	RSA	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 59 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting fifty plus runs for any wicket against South Africa in T20IS. All the six occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	138	1	RSA	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
2	SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh	3	88	1	RSA	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
3	MS Dhoni, RG Sharma	5	85	1	RSA	Durban	20 Sep 2007
4	G Gambhir, RV Uthappa	1	71*	2	RSA	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2012
5	S Dhawan, V Kohli	3	59	1	RSA	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018
6	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	3	56	2	RSA	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 59 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting fifty plus runs for the third wicket against South Africa in T20IS. All the six occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh	3	88	1	RSA	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
2	S Dhawan, V Kohli	3	59	1	RSA	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018
3	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	3	56	2	RSA	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014

RR Hendricks scored 70 in this game to provide the 66^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India in one-day games.

RR Hendricks scored 70 in this game to provide the 31st occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the fifth occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a fifty against India in one-day games.

S Dhawan of India and RR Hendricks of South Africa scored 72 and 70 in this game to provide the 25th occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in a T20 game.

RR Hendricks and F Behradein added 81 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 84^th occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership in T20Is. It also provides the eighth occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership against India in T20Is.

RR Hendricks and F Behradein added 81 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 20th occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket in T20Is. It also provides the second  occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket against India in T20Is.

B Kumar returned with figures of 5 for 24 in this game to provide the 23^rd occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 13^th occasion of a pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of T20Is.

B Kumar returned with figures of 5 for 24 in this game to provide the third occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets against South Africa in T20Is. By a coincidence all these three bowlers are pace bowlers

B Kumar returned with figures of 5 for 24 in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in T20Is. The other occasion was YS Chahal’s 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 01.02.17. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in T20Is.

CH Morris was dismissed for a first ball duck in this game to provide the 21^st occasion of a South African batsman collecting the  first ball duck in T20Is. He became the second South African batsman to collect the first ball duck against India in T20Is after SM Pollock. SM Pollock was dismissed first ball for a duck against  India at Durban on 20.09.07.

India won this game by 28 runs to provide India’s 56th win in T20Is. It also provides the 20th occasion of Indian win on away soil.

India won this game by 28 runs to provide India’s seventh win against South Africa in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of Indian win against South Africa in South Africa.

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