Cricket has always been the sport of passion and sportsmanship, but there are many times we see a tough rivalry among the different teams. Among such rivalries the most popular one is India National Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team. The rivalry between the teams has started a long time ago. Today in this article we are going to learn about these two teams and also see the India National Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard.
In this article, we will also learn about some memorable matches between both teams with their first-ever encounter on the cricket ground.
Brief Details about India National Cricket Team and South Africa National Cricket Team
Let us learn about the team’s basic structure first before learning about the India National Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard:-
1. India National Cricket Team
India National Cricket Team was formed in 1926. From then itself it has been governed and overlooked by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Now BCCI is a permanent member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in all the 3 formats.
Talking of stats, the India National Cricket Team has played a total of 589 Test matches in which winning 181, and losing 184, with 223 draws and 1 tie. In the One Day International match, India played a total of 1,058 ODI matches, in which they won 559, lost 445, tied 10, and with 44 ending in a no-result.
And lastly, in T20 international matches, team India played a total of 242 matches in which they won 160, lost 70, tying 6, and with 6 ending in a no-result.
2. South Africa National Cricket Team
South Africa National Cricket Team was formed in the years 1888-89. The team is governed and administered by Cricket South Africa (CSA). The Cricket South Africa board also became a permanent member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The team started its debut match in the Test format in the years 1888-89. To date, the team has played a total of 472 test matches, out of which won 185, lost 161, and drawn 126.
In the One Day International matches, the team has played a total of 665 ODI matches, out of which 404 won, lost 231, and tied 6.
In the T20 International matches, the team has played a total of 192 T20I matches, out of which 105 won, lost 82, and tied 1.
Latest India National Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard
The recent match played between the team was the T20 International match and it was played on November 15, 2024 in Johannesburg stadium. The match was the 4th match of the India tour of South Africa series. The match toss was won by team India and they decided to bat first. In their inning they made 283 runs by losing just 1 wkt.
On the other hand, the South Africa team gave a tough competition but lost the match which led team INDIA to win the series by 3-1.
- India National Cricket Team
| India Team 283–1 (Over 20) | |||
| Batting Player | Run(ball) | Bowling Player | wkt (Run) |
| Sanju Samson | 109 (56) | Lutho Sipamla | 1/58 |
| Tilak Varma | 120 (47) | Tristan Stubbs | 0/21 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 36 (18) | Aiden Markram | 0/30 |
- South Africa National Cricket Team
| South AfricaTeam 148–10 (18.2) | |||
| Batting Player | Run(ball) | Bowling player | wkt(Run) |
| Ryan Rickelton | 1(6) | Arshdeep Singh | 3(20) |
| Reeza Hendricks | 0(2) | Hardik Pandya | 1(8) |
| Aiden Markram (c) | 8(8) | Ramandeep Singh | 1(42) |
| Tristan Stubbs | 43(29) | Varun Chakravarthy | 2(42) |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 0(1) | Ravi Bishnoi | 1(28) |
| David Miller | 36(27) | Axar Patel | 2(6) |
| Marco Jansen | 29(12) | ||
| Andile Simelane | 2(5) | ||
| Gerald Coetzee | 12(8) | ||
| Keshav Maharaj | 6(8) | ||
| Lutho Sipamla | 3(4) | ||
Result of India National Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard in 3 Formats
The teams have a strong rivalry against each other. Below is a look at head-to-head stats of the India national cricket team vs South Africa national cricket team in the ODI, Test, and T20 series:-
1. Stats of Test Matches
Talking about the test matches, both teams hold strong portfolios. And together the India national cricket team and the South African national cricket team have played 44 matches. Out of these matches Indian team won 16 matches and the South African team Won 18 matches. The team also made 10 draw matches because of their tough competition with each other.
| Total Matches | 44 |
| India Won | 16 |
| South Africa Won | 18 |
| India Lost | 18 |
| South Africa Lost | 16 |
| Draw | 10 |
| Tied | 0 |
| No Result | 0 |
2. Stats of T20I Matches
In the T20 International matches the team has played 31 matches against each other. And in this tough competition team India won 18 matches and the team South Africa Won a total of 12 matches. Out of this only 1 match result has not been out because of heavy rain.
| Total Matches | 31 |
| India Won | 18 |
| South Africa Won | 12 |
| India Lost | 12 |
| South Africa Lost | 18 |
| Draw | 0 |
| Tied | 0 |
| No Result | 1 |
3. Stats of ODI Matches
The ODI format is considered the most important of all the 3 formats. And in these formats, Both the teams have given tough competition to each other.
Talking of the stats, the team has played a total of 94 matches, out of which 40 matches have been won by team India and 51 matches have been won by team South Africa.
Besides this 3 matches have given no result as the matches were amended because of rain.
| Total Matches | 94 |
| India Won | 40 |
| South Africa Won | 51 |
| India Lost | 51 |
| South Africa Lost | 40 |
| Draw | 0 |
| Tied | 0 |
| No Result | 3 |
Memorable Moments In SA Vs IND T20 World Cup 2024
1. Heinrich Klaasen Half-Century
In the T20 World Cup 2024 match, South African batsman Heinrich Klaasen tried to turn the situation of the match in South Africa’s favor as India continued to dominate. Klaasen threatened to defeat India with his half-century of 52 in 27 balls, two fours, and five sixes.
But the exciting T20 World Cup final ended well for India, who defeated South Africa by seven runs.
2. Suryakumar Yadav’s Stunning Catch
People will remember Suryakumar Yadav’s million-dollar catch for years to come. He made an amazing catch and dragged David Miller off Hardik Pandya’s ball.
3. Virat Kohli and Axar Patel’s Partnership
Virat scored just 75 runs in the first seven innings of the competition, but when it mattered most, he scored 76 runs in 59 balls, including two sixes and six fours. The strike rate at which he scored his runs was 128.81.
Virat finished the current tournament with 151 runs in eight innings, one fifty, and an average of 18.87 runs at a strike rate of 112.68.
The Last Few Matches Record of India National Cricket Team Vs South Africa National Cricket Team
1. ODI Matches
In the ODI matches, the India National Cricket Team and South Africa National Cricket Team started playing on Nov 10, 1991. In the first match team, India took over the control and won the match by 3 wickets. But looking at the total stats of the team in ODI matches against each other, the team played 94 matches. The supremacy is with the South Africa team that won around 51 matches.
| Date of Match | Place of Match | The Team Won the Match |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2023 | Paarl | India Team won the match by 78 runs |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Gqeberha | South Africa Team won the match by 8 wickets |
| Dec 17, 2023 | Johannesburg | India Team won the match by 8 wickets |
| Nov 5, 2023 | Eden Gardens | India Team won the match by 243 runs |
| Oct 11, 2022 | Delhi | India Team won the match by 7 wickets |
| Oct 9, 2022 | Ranchi | India Team won the match by 7 wickets |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Lucknow | South Africa Team won the match by 9 runs |
| Jan 23, 2022 | Cape Town | South Africa Team won the match by 4 runs |
| Jan 21, 2022 | Paarl | South Africa Team won the match by 7 wickets |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Paarl | South Africa Team won the match by 31 runs |
| Jun 5, 2019 | Southampton | India Team won the match by 6 wickets |
| Feb 16, 2018 | Centurion | India Team won the match by 8 wickets |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Gqeberha | India Team won the match by73 runs |
| Feb 10, 2018 | Johannesburg | South Africa Team won the match by 5 wickets |
| Feb 7, 2018 | Cape Town | India Team won the match by 124 runs |
| Feb 4, 2018 | Centurion | India Team won the match by 9 wickets |
| Feb 1, 2018 | Durban | India Team won the match by 6 wickets |
2. Test Matches
The India National Cricket Team and South Africa National Cricket Team played their first international test match in 1992 which was held in Durban. During the matches, the South Africa team scored 254 & 176/3, and the India team scored 277 runs. Unfortunately, the matches came to an end with a draw.
Looking at the total stats of both the teams we can find that the South African teams have dominated the game in their favour. However India’s performance in test matches against South Africa has significantly improved, and they have recently begun to outperform the South African test teams.
| Date of Match | The Team won the Match | The Team won the Match |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 3-4, 2024 | Cape Town | India Team won the match by 7 wickets |
| Dec 26-28, 2023 | Centurion | South Africa Team won the match by inns & 32 runs |
| Jan 11-14, 2022 | Cape Town | South Africa Team won the match by 7 wickets |
| Jan 3-6, 2022 | Johannesburg | South Africa Team won the match by 7 wickets |
| Dec 26-30, 2021 | Centurion | India Team won the match by 113 runs |
| Oct 19-22, 2019 | Ranchi | India Team won the match by inns & 202 runs |
| Oct 10-13, 2019 | Pune | India Team won the match by inns & 137 runs |
| Oct 2-6, 2019 | Visakhapatnam | India Team won the match by 203 runs |
| Jan 24-27, 2018 | Johannesburg | India Team won the match by 63 runs |
| Jan 13-17, 2018 | Centurion | South Africa Team won the match by 135 runs |
| Jan 5-8, 2018 | Cape Town | South Africa Team won the match by 72 runs |
| Dec 3-7, 2015 | Delhi | India Team won the match by 337 runs |
| Nov 25-27, 2015 | Nagpur | India Team won the match by 124 runs |
| Nov 14-18, 2015 | Bengaluru | drawn – |
| Nov 5-7, 2015 | Mohali | India Team won the match by 108 runs |
3. T20I Matches
The teams started playing in the T20 matches against one another from Dec 1, 2006. In the match, India won the match by 6 wickets. This led to a strong rivalry between both teams. Since then the team has played over 31 matches together in this format and team India has supremacy in this.
| Date of Match | Place of Match | Team won the Match |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2024 | Johannesburg | India Team won the match by 135 runs |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Centurion | India Team won the match by 11 runs |
| Nov 10, 2024 | Gqeberha | South Africa Team won the match by 3 wickets |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Durban | India Team won the match by 61 runs |
| Jun 29, 2024 | Bridgetown | India Team won the match by 7 runs |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Johannesburg | India Team won the match by 106 runs |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Gqeberha | South Africa Team won the match by 5 wickets |
| Oct 30, 2022 | Perth | South Africa Team won the match by 5 wickets |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Indore | South Africa Team won the match by 49 runs |
| Oct 2, 2022 | Guwahati | India Team won the match by 16 runs |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Thiruvananthapuram | India Team won the match by 8 wickets |
| Jun 19, 2022 | Bengaluru | no result – |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Rajkot | India Team won the match by 82 runs |
| Jun 14, 2022 | Visakhapatnam | India Team won the match by 48 runs |
| Jun 12, 2022 | Cuttack | South Africa Team won the match by 4 wickets |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Delhi | South Africa Team won the match by 7 wickets |
| Sep 22, 2019 | Bengaluru | South Africa Team won the match by 9 wickets |
| Sep 18, 2019 | Mohali | India Team won the match by 7 wickets |
FAQs
Indian team player SR Tendulkar has the Most runs for India vs South Africa in Tests which is 1741 runs.
DA Miller from the South Africa team has the Most runs for India vs South Africa in T20Is that is 524 runns.
The test match was the first format in which the team played against each other in an international match.
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