On Sunday (15th September), the hosts India and the visitors South Africa will meet in the first T20I of the three-match T20I series at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (Dharamshala).
It will be the first international game for South Africa after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England and Wales. Meanwhile, India have recently played the full international series against Windies in their USA and West Indies tour. In that tour, India also played a three-match T20I series, and they won that series by the 3-0 margin.
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Before this T20I series opener between India and South Africa, here we look at some essential stats preview.
Venue stats (Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala)
1. Ground’s history in first and second batting in T20Is
| Stats | Total | First Batting | Second Batting |
| Wins | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Innings average (Average run-rate) | 136.25 (8.04) | 147.33 (8.36) | 124.67 (7.68) |
(Special Note: excluded only no result match)
2. Teams’ T20I records at this venue
| Team | T20Is | Won | Lost | Tied/No Result |
| India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 |
(On 2nd October 2015, India and South Africa played a T20I match at this venue. It was their only T20I at this venue)
Team stats
1. Last 10 T20I records
| Team | Won | Lost | Tied/No Result |
| India | 5 | 4 | 0/1 |
| South Africa | 8* | 2 | 0/0 |
(In their last 10 T20Is, South Africa won eight matches, including one Super Over)
2. India vs South Head-to-Head T20I records
| Stats | Total T20Is | India Won | South Africa Won | Tied/No Result |
| Overall | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0/0 |
| In India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 |
India cricketers’ stats
i) Shikhar Dhawan (6,956 runs) is 44 runs away to complete his 7,000 T20 runs. He will be the fourth Indian batsman and 15th overall batsman to score 7,000 T20 runs. The other Indians, who have already achieved this feat, were Virat Kohli (8,475 runs), Suresh Raina (8,392 runs) and Rohit Sharma (8,291 runs).
ii) Hardik Pandya (13 wickets) needs to pick up two more wickets to become the second-most wicket-taker as an Indian pacer in the home T20I history. While Bhuvneshwar Kumar has also taken 13 T20I wickets at home, former left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra took 14 T20I wickets at home. Jasprit Bumrah is standing on top of this list with 24 T20I wickets at home.
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South Africa cricketers’ stats
i) Quinton de Kock (4,936 runs) is 64 runs behind to complete his 5,000 T20 runs. He will be the sixth South African cricketer to score 5,000 T20 runs.
