India vs South Africa, 2nd T20I Stats Review: David Miller’s feat, India's highest total against South Africa, and other stats

David Miller’s breathtaking unbeaten century went in vain as South Africa lost the second match by 16 runs in Guwahati. Quinton de Kock remained not out on 69 off 48 in the pursuit of 237 but Indian bowlers, led by the solid spell of 0/24 by Deepak Chahar, held their nerves to seal the first bilateral series victory over the Proteas in India in four attempts.

Talking about how the run-fest panned out, skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and opted to field first. KL Rahul struck his second fifty in as many games as he smashed 57 off just 28 while captain Rohit Sharma made 43 off 37. Virat Kohli scored 49 off 28 but it was Suryakumar Yadav who stole the show yet again with his scintillating knock of 61*, which came in just 22 deliveries and had five fours and as many maximums as India reached the total of 237/3 in 20 overs. Pacer Kagiso Rabada had a forgettable outing for the Proteas as he leaked 57 in his four-over spell for no wickets, while Wayne Parnell also conceded 0/54 as India registered the highest total by a team against the Proteas.

Chasing a mammoth target of 238, captain Bavuma bagged a seven-ball duck while Rilee Rossouw also failed to get off the mark. Aiden Markram struck 33 off 19 before falling prey to spinner Axar Patel. The Miller and de Kock show then began as they registered the highest partnership for any wicket against India in T20Is, surpassing Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan’s efforts of 152* in Dubai in 2021.

Miller brought up his second T20I century but it ended up in a losing cause and the target proved way too much for the Proteas as they got reduced to 221/3 in 20 overs. With this, India sealed the three-match series 2-0 and won their first series against South Africa on home soil. The visitors lost their first bilateral series in seven attempts in the format. For his quickfire fifty, KL Rahul grabbed the Player of the Match award.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from the 2^nd T20I between India and South Africa:

573 – Suryakumar became the fastest batter to reach 1000 runs in T20Is, in 573 deliveries. Australia’s Glenn Maxwell is in the second spot for completing it in 604 balls.

1 – David Miller became the first player to score multiple hundred (2) batting at no. 5 or lower.

106* - Miller scripted his best score of 106* in T20 internationals. His previous highest score of 101* came against Bangladesh in 2017.

11030 – Virat Kohli completed the milestone of 11000 runs in T20 matches. He became the first Indian batter and fourth overall after Chris Gayle (14562), Kieron Pollard (11915), and Shoaib Malik (11902) to achieve the feat.

18 – Suryakumar smashed the joint-second fastest fifty (18 balls) for India in T20 internationals. KL Rahul took as many deliveries against Scotland in 2021 while Yuvraj Singh tops the chart with his 12-ball half-century against England in 2007.

237/3 – India recorded the highest T20I total (237/3) by a team against South Africa. The previous best of 236/6 was by West Indies in Johannesburg in 2015.

2050 – Miller also reached the landmark of 2000 runs in the T20I format. He became the first South African to achieve the feat.

38 – India smashed second-most boundaries (fours and sixes) in a T20I match. With 25 fours and 13 maximums, they slammed 38 boundaries. The Men in blue hit 42 against Sri Lanka in Indore in December 2017.

2009 – Miller is now the leading run-scorer (2009) for South Africa in T20Is. He surpassed JP Duminy’s tally of 1934 runs.

174* - Miller and Quinton de Kock registered the highest partnership for any wicket against India. The previous best of 152* was by Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in 2021.

2/62 – Arshdeep Singh conceded the second-most runs (2/62) for India in a T20I innings. Yuzvendra Chahal tops the list for his 0/64 against South Africa in Centurion in 2018.

1809 – Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul have now shared the most partnership runs (1809) for India in T20Is. Rohit also appears second on the list for sharing 1743 runs with Shikhar Dhawan.

1 – South Africa lost their first T20I series in India in the fourth attempt.

12 – de Kock has now slammed most 50-plus scores (12) for South Africa in T20Is. JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, and Reeza Hendricks have hit 11 each.

4 – India registered their fourth highest total of 237/3 in T20Is. Their top three scores read as 260/5 against Sri Lanka in 2017, 244/4, and 240/3 against the same opposition West Indies in 2016 and 2019 respectively.

15 – Rohit and Rahul have now hit the most 50-plus partnerships (15) in the shortest international format. The pair surpassed Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan’s tally of 14 such partnerships.

1 – The Proteas also lost the first bilateral T20I series in seven attempts.

2 – Miller also became the second batter to register an unbeaten century (106*) in a losing run chase. Rahul’s knock of 110* came against West Indies in the year 2016.

277.27 – Suryakumar now has the second-highest strike rate for India with a minimum of 50 runs scored in a T20I innings. Yuvraj Singh scored at a strike rate of 362.50 against England in Durban in 2007.

102 – Virat Kohli and Suryakumar stitched the highest third-wicket partnership of 102 for India against South Africa. The previous best of 93* came between Rahul and Suryakumar in the last encounter of the ongoing series.