1 Sanju Samson in 2024 became the first player to score three centuries in T20 Internationals in a calendar year. His last five innings in T20Is read: 111, 107, 0, 0, and 109*.
5 Tilak Varma became just the fifth player to score hundreds in successive innings in T20Is following Gustav Mckeon of France, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt and Sanju Samson. He became the second player to do so against the same opposition after Salt, whose efforts came against West Indies last year.
3 Instances of two batters scoring hundreds in the same T20I innings. Samson and Varma became the first pair to do so in a T20I against a Full Member team. The previous instances were by Sabawoon Davizi & Dylan Steyn for Czech Republic against Bulgaria in 2022 and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake & Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming for Japan against China in 2024.
283/1 by India is the fifth highest total in all T20Is and the second highest against a Full Member team after India’s 297/6 against Bangladesh in Hyderabad last month. It is also the highest total in a T20 on South African soil, bettering Titans’ 271/3 against Knights in Potchefstroom in 2022.
Highest T20I total vs a Full Member team
210* The partnership between Samson and Varma is the highest ever for any wicket for India as well as the highest against South Africa for any wicket. It is also the first 200-plus stand for any wicket by any team for second wicket or below. Their partnership run rate of 14.82 is the second best for a 150+ stand in T20Is against a Full Member side behind 173 off 69 balls (RR 15.04) between Samson and Suryakumar Yadav against Bangladesh in Hyderabad last month.
Highest partnership vs a Full Member team
23 sixes by India is the most by a team in a T20I innings against a Full Member side, surpassing 22 each by Afghanistan against Ireland in Dehradun in 2019, West Indies against South Africa in Centurion in 2023 and India against Bangladesh in Hyderabad last month.
135 runs The winning margin of 135 runs is the biggest ever defeat for South Africa by runs in a T20I. Their previous biggest margin of defeat came against Australia in Durban last year when they lost by 111 runs while the previous biggest against India came at the same venue last December (by 106 runs).
36 wickets by Arshdeep Singh in 2024 makes him the second highest wicket taker in a calendar year for India in T20Is one scalp behind Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 2022. Among Full Member sides, only Joshua Little has taken more – 39 wickets in 2022.
12 wickets by Varun Chakravarthy is the most by any bowler in a bilateral series of four or fewer matches. It is also the most for an Indian bowler and the most against South Africa in a T20I series of any length.
92.30% India’s win % of 92.30 is the best ever for a team in a calendar year in T20Is (Minimum 20 matches). They have won 24 of the 26 matches they featured in, including two wins in Super Over – the third most wins by any side in a calendar year.