South Africa vs India Fourth T20I at Johnannesburg on 15 Nov 2024

South Africa vs India Fourth T20I at Johnannesburg on 15 Nov 2024

India won this game by 135 runs to provide the 135th occasion of a team winning a T20I by 100 plus runs margin

SV Samson of became the first Indian batsman in the history of Twenty20 international to score three centuries in a calendar year. He also became the first Indian wicket keeper batsman to score three centuries in a calendar year in the history of Twenty20 international to score three centuries in a calendar year.

SV Samson of India became the first batsman in the history of Twenty20 international to score three centuries in a calendar year. He also became the first wicket keeper batsman to score three centuries in a calendar year in the history of Twenty20 international to score three centuries in a calendar year.

India posted a total of 283 for one in this game to provide the highest team total posted by a team losing minimum wickets in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

India posted a total of 283 for one in this game to provide the second occasion of India posting 275 plus runs in a Twenty20 International. The other occasion  was its 297 for sux against Bangladesh at Hyderabad on 12 Oct 2024..

Thus India became the first team to post totals of 275 plus runs in consecutive months in the history of Twenty20 Internationals {one month three days}

India’s 283 for one in this team provides the seventh occasion of a team posting 275 plus runs in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

India’s 283 for one in this team provides the fifth occasion of a test playing team posting 275 plus runs in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

India and Zimbabwe are the two test playing nations to post 275 plus runs on two occasions in the India’s 283 for one in this team provides the seventh occasion of a team posting 275 plus runs in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

SV Samson and Tilak Verma scored two centuries in this series to provide the fourth occasion of a series witnessing two batsmen scoring two centuries in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

This series witnessed four centuries scored by batsmen to provide the third occasion of a series witnessing four centuries scored by batsmen in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the first such occasions in a series played between two test playing nations.

SV Samson and Tilak Verma scored two centuries in this series to provide the fifth  occasion of two batsmen scoring two centuries in a series in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

India is the only team and also the only test playing team to have two batsmen scoring two centuries in the same series in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

India’s performance in the Twenty20 Internationals at the end of this series read thus

TeamPlayersMatInnsNORunsHSAve1005004s6s
India118242167144236541126*29.732320312032021522

The number of players {118}, the number of runs scored {36541}, the number of centuries scored {23}, the number of half centuries scored {203}, the number of boundary fours scored {3202} and the number of boundary sixes scored {1522} represent the record for respective parameter in the history of Twenty20 Internationals.

SV Samson scored two centuries in this series to provide the fourth occasion of opening batsman scoring two centuries in a series in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

SV Samson scored two centuries in this series to provide the first occasion of wicket keeper opening batsman scoring two centuries in a series in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

SV Samson scored two centuries in this series to provide the first occasion of wicket keeper  batsman scoring two centuries in a series in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the 491st occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international. It also provides 20th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international against South Africa.

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the 118th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international for the second wicket. It also provides eleventh occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international against South Africa for the second wicket.

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the 45th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international. It also provides the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international against South Africa.

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the 118th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international for the second wicket. It also provides the third occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international against South Africa for the second wicket.

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the twelfth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international. It also provides the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international against South Africa.

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the 118th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international for the second wicket. It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20 international against South Africa for the second wicket.

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the eighth occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in an innings in T20 international for the second wicket. It also provides the first occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in an innings in T20 international  

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the record partnership in the history of Twenty20 International for the second wicket. The previous best was the 193 runs partnership between SA Engelbrecht-M Levitt of Netherlands against Namibia at Kirtipur on 29.02.2024.

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the record partnership for any wicket by Indian batsmen in the history of Twenty20 International. The previous best was 190 runs unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket between RG Sharma and RK Singh against Afghanistan at Bengaluru on 17 Jan 2024

SV Samson-NT Tilak Verma added 210 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in India’s innings to provide the record partnership for second wicket by Indian batsmen in the history of Twenty20 International. The previous best was 176 runs partnership for the second wicket between DJ Hooda and SV Samson against Ireland at Dublin-M on 28 Jun 2022

NT Tilak Verma scored ten boundary sixes in his knock of 107 not out in this game to provide the 39th occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary sixes in an innings in a Twenty20 International. It also provides the fouth occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary sixes in an innings in a Twenty20 International against South Africa.

NT Tilak Verma scored ten boundary sixes in his knock of 107 not out in this game to provide the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring ten or more boundary sixes in an innings in a Twenty20 International. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring ten or more boundary sixes in an innings in a Twenty20 International against South Africa

Indian batsmen scored 23 boundary sixes in its innings in this game to provide the thirteenth occasion of batsmen scoring 20 plus boundary sixes in a team’s innings in the history of Twenty20 internationals. It is interesting to note that five teams have scored 20 plus boundary sixes in the calendar year 2024

H Klassen of South Africa was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the twelfth occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman dismissed for zero in a Twenty20 International. It also provides the first occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman dismissed for zero in a Twenty20 International against India.

H Klassen of South Africa collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the fourth occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman collecting the first ball duck in a Twenty20 International. It also provides the first occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman collecting the first ball duck in a Twenty20 International against India.

H Klassen of South Africa was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the second occasion of his dismissed for zero as a wicket keeper batsman in a Twenty20 International. The first occasion was against Pakistan at Lahore on 14 Feb 2021.

India posted its 160th win in T20 International and its 18th win against South Africa. India has won most games in T20 Internationals and also has won most games against South Africa. India with its win in this game went past Australia which has won 17 games against South Africa.

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