South Africa shocked the Delhi crowd and it was significantly a positive performance for the Proteas who might consider the India series as a squad selection for the ICC T20 World Cup. India on the other hand has been giving rest to the senior teammates for the South African series and Rishabh Pant leading the blues had a bigger challenge than what he experienced with Delhi Capitals.
South Africa has broken records or maybe created some too and here’s the list of what changed in the record books of cricket after South Africa dominated the Arun Jaitley stadium.
Wayne Parnell came back to team South Africa after a considerable amount of time as he lastly played in 2017. Wayne Parnell tops the list of “Most matches missed between 2 T20Is for South Africa” as he missed 51 T20 games before coming back to the squad.
Shreyas Iyer shares the epic record stage with Aaron Finch for having the most runs between two dismissals in the T20I format, considering full member sides. Shreyas scored 57, 74, and 73* before getting out against South Africa for 36 runs.
Hardik Pandya becomes the only player to have 3 unbeaten knocks of 30+ runs with an incredible strike rate of 250+
India scores most 200+ scores in the T20 and it tops the chart as a team after India scored its 20th 200+ total in Delhi.
The bizarre and miraculous chase by David Miller and Rassie vd Dussen becomes the highest successful chase for team South Africa in the T20I format.
This is team India’s sixth consecutive loss against South Africa considering all formats. India after having won one test at South Africa lost the series as the hosts took a back-to-back win. The ODIs followed by the Test were whitewashed by the hosts as India lost 3 consecutive ODIs and now South Africa beats India at its home at the first T20I game.
India has played 17 matches in the year 2022 and the shocking stat of Rohit Sharma will blow the mind as he becomes the only Indian captain to have won all the games for team India in 2022 while all other captains – Virat, KL, and Rishabh Pant have lost the matches as a skipper in 2022. Rohit has won 11 matches as the Indian skipper in 2022 while other captains have lost all the 6 games.
The consecutive wins in the T20Is couldn’t be broken by team India after South Africa clawed their way to the first win of the ongoing series. India had won 12 consecutive wins since November 2021 which matches the record of Afghanistan and Romania.
David Miller now holds the record for most Man of the Match awards for South Africa as he received his 8th award against India in Delhi which also surpassed the record of AB de Villiers.
