Approaching milestones ahead of India-South Africa Twenty20 International five match series

Approaching milestones ahead of India-South Africa Twenty20 International five match series

KL Rahul will become the eighth captain to lead India in T20I when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022. Others who have led India in T20Is are –

NoPlayerSpanMat
1V Sehwag2006-200601
2MS Dhoni2007-201672
3SK Raina2010-201103
4AM Rahane2015-201502
5V Kohli2017-202150
6RG Sharma2017-202228
7S Dhawan2021-202103

KL Rahul will become the 273rd captain to lead a team in the history of T20Is when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022.

KL Rahul will become the fourth captain to lead India in T20I at home when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022. Others who have led India at home in T20Is are –

NoPlayerSpanMat
1MS Dhoni2007-201620
2V Kohli2017-202123
3RG Sharma2017-202218

KL Rahul will become the 140th captain to lead a team on home soil in the history of T20Is when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022.

KL Rahul will become the fifth captain to lead India against South Africa in T20I when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022. Others who have led India against South Africa in T20Is are –

NoPlayerSpanMat
1V Sehwag2006-200601
2MS Dhoni2007-201609
3V Kohli2017-202104
4RG Sharma2017-202201

KL Rahul will become the 46th captain to lead a team against South Africa in T20I when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022.

T Bavuma will become the seventh captain to lead South Africa against India in T20I when he leads South Africa against India at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022

NoPlayerSpanMat
1GC Smith2006-201004
2J Botha2011-201202
3AB de Villiers2012-201201
4F du Plessis2014-201503
5JP Duminy2018-201803
6Q de Kock2019-201902

KL Rahul has scored 18 fifties in T20Is and requires two more fifties for his 20 fifties. If he gets them, then he would become the seventh batsman in the history of T20Is to score 20 plus fifties.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHS50+
1V KohliInd978925329694*30
2RG SharmaInd12511715331311830
3Babar AzamPak746910268612227
4MJ GuptillNZl1121087329910522
5DA WarnerAua8888102554100*22
6PR StirlingIre10210182776115*21
7KL RahulInd565271831110*18

KL Rahul has scored 18 fifties in T20Is and requires two more fifties for his 20 fifties. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian batsman in the history of T20Is to score 20 plus fifties.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHS50+
1V KohliInd978925329694*30
2RG SharmaInd12511715331311830
3KL RahulInd565271831110*18

KL Rahul has an aggregate of 1831 runs prior to the start of the series and requires 169 for his 2000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian batsman to score 2000 plus runs in T20Is.  Others are – RG Sharma {3313} and V Kohli {3296}

KL Rahul has an aggregate of 1831 runs prior to the start of the series and requires 169 for his 2000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the 16th batsman to score 2000 plus runs in the history of T20Is.  The following table lists the 15 batsmen who have achieved the feat.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHS
1RG SharmaInd125117153313118
2MJ GuptillNZl11210873299105
3V KohliInd978925329694*
4PR StirlingIre10210182776115*
5AJ FinchAus8989102741172
6Babar AzamPak7469102686122
7DA WarnerAus8888102554100*
8Mohd HafeezPak11910813251499*
9EJG MorganEng11510721245891
10Shoaib MalikPak12411133243575
11JC ButtlerEng8880182140101*
12BB McCullumNZl7170102140123
13KS WilliamsonNZl747210202195
14Mohd ShahzadAfg707032015118*
15MahmudullahBan11510723200264*

B Kumar has an aggregate of 58 wickets in T20Is and two more wickets would fetch him 60 wickets. He would then become the fourth Indian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets in T20Is. Others are – YS Chahal [68}, JJ Bumrah {67} and R Ashwin {61}.

YS Chahal has an aggregate of 68 wickets in T20Is prior to the start of the series. He needs two more wickets for his 70 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the first Indian bowler to capture 70 wickets in T20Is.

YS Chahal has an aggregate of 68 wickets in T20Is prior to the start of the series. He needs two more wickets for his 70 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the 18th bowler to capture 70 wickets in the history of T20Is.

Q de Kock has an aggregate of 1827 runs prior to the start of the series and requires to 108 more runs to surpass JP Duminy’s aggregate of 1935 runs. If he gets them, Q de Kock would become South Africa’s highest run getter in T20Is.

Q de Kock has an aggregate of 65 boundary sixes prior to the start of the series and requires to five more boundary sixes for his 70 boundary sixes. If he scores them, he would then become the third South African batsman to score 70 plus boundary sixes. Others are – DA Miller {77} and JP Duminy {71}

Mohd Shahzad of Afghanistan owns the record for most boundary sixes and most boundary fours by a wicketkeeper opening batsman in T20Is. He has scored 188 boundary fours and 68 boundary sixes. Q de Kock can own this record if he scores three boundary fours and four boundary sixes. Q de Kock has scored 184 boundary fours and 65 boundary sixes prior to the start of the tour.

Q de Kock has scored eleven half centuries in T20Is prior to the start of the tour as a wicket keeper opening batsman. He requires one more half century to equal the record of 12 half centuries and two more half centuries to surpass the record of 12 half centuries held by Mohd Rizwan of Pakistan as a wicket keeper opening batsman.

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