This story is from December 10, 2023
India vs South Africa, 1st T20I: Why Durban is an ideal venue for India to start the South Africa tour
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India's first match of the tournament at Durban was against Scotland, but it was a washout.
India next faced Pakistan at the same venue. The match was a tied affair and India registered a famous triumph by winning the bowl out.
India skipper Rohit Sharma, who has not featured in T20Is since last year's T20 World Cup, sits atop the list of highest run-scorers in India vs South Africa T20Is. Rohit has scored 420 runs in 16 innings with one century and two fifties.
South African batter David Miller will have a chance to surpass Rohit in the upcoming three-match series starting December 10. Miller has so far made 379 runs in 15 innings including one hundred and two half-centuries.
Suresh Raina, who became the first Indian batter to score a century in a T20 International in 2010, is third on the list with 339 runs under his belt from 11 innings.
Having not been part of the T20I set up for more than a year, Virat Kohli made 318 runs in 12 innings against South Africa in T20Is. The former India skipper scored two half-centuries as well.
South African wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock features fifth on the list as he scored 312 runs in nine innings with four fifties. De Kock, who recently retired from ODI after the World Cup, will not be part of the series against India.
With 295 runs from 10 innings including three half-centuries, former South African batter JP Duminy secures the sixth spot.
Out-of-favour Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has 233 runs to his name in seven innings, taking the seventh place in the list of highest run-getters.
Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes in an over by Stuart Broad in the next match at Durban as India best England.
Australia came next but the Indian juggernaut defeated the reigning ODI champions of that time by 15 runs, with Yuvraj Singh smashing a 30-ball 70.
So India have plenty of positive factors going into the match against South Africa.
Suryakumar Yadav will captain India as Hardik Pandya is out with an injury. Suryakumar is coming off fresh from leading India to a 4-1 T20 home series win against Australia.
With the T20 World Cup due to be played in the West Indies and United States in June, the three-match T20 series provides an opportunity for fringe players to press their claims.
India skipper Rohit Sharma, who has not featured in T20Is since last year's T20 World Cup, sits atop the list of highest run-scorers in India vs South Africa T20Is. Rohit has scored 420 runs in 16 innings with one century and two fifties.
South African batter David Miller will have a chance to surpass Rohit in the upcoming three-match series starting December 10. Miller has so far made 379 runs in 15 innings including one hundred and two half-centuries.
Suresh Raina, who became the first Indian batter to score a century in a T20 International in 2010, is third on the list with 339 runs under his belt from 11 innings.
Having not been part of the T20I set up for more than a year, Virat Kohli made 318 runs in 12 innings against South Africa in T20Is. The former India skipper scored two half-centuries as well.
South African wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock features fifth on the list as he scored 312 runs in nine innings with four fifties. De Kock, who recently retired from ODI after the World Cup, will not be part of the series against India.
With 295 runs from 10 innings including three half-centuries, former South African batter JP Duminy secures the sixth spot.
Out-of-favour Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has 233 runs to his name in seven innings, taking the seventh place in the list of highest run-getters.
T20I squads:
India: Suryakumar Yadav (Capt.), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-Capt.), Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Mukesh Kumar, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Tilak Varma, Kuldeep Yadav
South Africa: Aiden Markram (Capt.), Ottniel Baartman, Matthew Breetzke, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Lizaad Williams
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