South African captains scoring a fifty in a T20I – JP Duminy joins the list

South African captains scoring a fifty in a T20I – JP Duminy joins the list

JP Duminy of South Africa scored 64 not out against India at Centurion on 21.02.18 to provide the 103rd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 99th occasion of a captain scoring a half century in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 55th occasion of a team winning a T20I when its captain has scored a fifty and also provides the 53rd occasion of a team winning a T20I when its captain has scored a half century. The following table lists the occasion of a South African captain scoring a fifty in a T20I.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 61 1 v New Zealand Johannesburg 21 Oct 2005
2 GC Smith 89* 1 v Australia Johannesburg 24 Feb 2006
3 GC Smith 71* 2 v Pakistan Johannesburg 02 Feb 2007
4 GC Smith 88 1 v England Centurion 15 Nov 2009
5 F du Plessis 63 1 v New Zealand East London 23 Dec 2012
6 F du Plessis 85 1 v Sri Lanka Hambantota 06 Aug 2013
7 F du Plessis 58* 1 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 15 Nov 2013
8 AB de Villiers 69* 1 v England Chittagong 29 Mar 2014
9 F du Plessis 58 1 v India Dhaka 04 Apr 2014
10 F du Plessis 119 1 v West Indies Johannesburg 11 Jan 2015
11 F du Plessis 79* 1 v Bangladesh Dhaka 05 Jul 2015
12 F du Plessis 79 1 v Australia Johannesburg 06 Mar 2016
13 AB de Villiers 65* 1 v England Southampton 21 Jun 2017
14 JP Duminy 64* 2 v India Centurion 21 Feb 2018

It also provides the second occasion of a South Afrian captain scoring a fifty against India in a T20I. Both the occasions are tabulated below. It also represents the highest individual score by a South African captain against Indian in a T20I. The previous best was 58 by F du Plessis at Dhaka on 04.04.14

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 F du Plessis 58 1 v India Dhaka 04 Apr 2014
2 JP Duminy 64* 2 v India Centurion 21 Feb 2018
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