India vs South Africa head to head T20 records

India and South Africa have been playing cricket against each other since 1991. To this date, these teams have faced each other 135 times. India’s first Twenty20 International match was against South Africa in 2006.

As of today, India vs South Africa Head to Head numbers present a picture of how tough these two teams are. It is difficult to find a clear dominant team between these two. In the Test, both the teams played each other 32 times, with the result being 15-17 in favour of South Africa. In the ODIs, also, South Africa lead 49-35. In the T20Is it is 13-9 in the favour of India.

Format Test ODI T20I
Matches Played 32 87 22
India Won 15 37 13
South Africa Won 17 50 9

IND vs SA Head to Head - Test

India and West Indies have faced each other for a total of 32 times in red ball cricket. In these 42 encounters, the Indian Cricket Team has come out as the better side in 15 matches to South Africa’s 17.

Matches Played 32
IND Won 15
SA Won 17
Tied 0
Draw 0
% IND 46.87
% SA 53.12
% Draw 0
First Played 1992
Last Played 2022
India vs South Africa head to head T20 records

IND vs SA Head to Head - ODI

Indian and South African cricket teams have faced each other a total of 87 times in 50-over cricket. South Africa has gotten better than India a total of 50 times. Whereas the Indian team has won 37 matches.

Matches Played 87
IND Won 37
SA Won 50
Tied 0
No Result 0
% IND 41.66
% SA 58.33
First Played 1991
Last Played 2022

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IND vs SA Head to Head - T20I

Both the teams have faced each other 22 times in the shortest format of the game. Here, the Indian team has a slight edge as it has won 13 of these 23 matches.

Matches Played 22
IND Won 13
SA Won 9
Tied 0
No result 1
% IND 57.89
% SA 42.10
First Played 2006
Last Played 2022

India has won 11 of the 20 matches played between the two teams against each other, but has a poor record at home, losing five of the nine matches played.

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India vs South Africa head to head T20 records

Ishan Kishan was the top run-getter in the T20I series between India and South Africa held in June this year. | Photo Credit: SPORTZPICS/BCCI

India has won 11 of the 20 matches played between the two teams against each other, but has a poor record at home, losing five of the nine matches played.

The drawn T20I series between India and South Africa earlier this year was symbolic of the competitiveness characteristic of the two sides when they play each other in the format. It also fit the pattern of results: each team has a better record away from home than at home. Despite India’s home advantage and the unbearable heat in June that would have been especially discomforting, South Africa took a surprise 2-0 series lead before being outplayed in the next two matches. The final match was washed out.

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If South Africa had won the series, the team would have avenged the series loss at home in 2018 when fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar made the difference between the two sides. As the teams clash again in India, here’s the overall and home-and-away head-to-head record of the two teams against each other.

Matches Won Lost Tied NR W/L
Overall 20 11 8 0 1 1.375
in South Africa 7 5 2 0 0 2.500
in India 9 3 5 0 1 0.600
Elsewhere 4 3 1 0 0 3.000

India has the better record against South Africa in T20 World Cups, winning four of the five matches played. India defeated South Africa in the inaugural T20 World Cup (then known as World T20) in 2007, in the World T20 in 2010, in the World T20 in 2012, and the World T20 in 2014. India’s only defeat was in Nottingham during the 2009 World T20.

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