Cricket is a sport in which two international players of the ICC compete. In a T20 International (T20I), each team has a total of twenty overs to bat in the T20 World Cup. The competitions are of the finest quality and T20 standard. The inaugural Twenty20 International match between two men’s sides was performed on February 17, 2005, and it included Australia and New Zealand.
The game takes place according to Twenty20 cricket rules. Both ESPNcricinfo and Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack stated that without a significant performance from Ricky Ponting, “the idea would have shivered,” indicating that “either side took the game extremely seriously.” Ponting, though, noted that “the novelty won’t last forever if it turns into an international game.”
Statistics of South Africa Performance in T20 World Cup Tournaments
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No. of matches played: 151 T20I
No. of matches won: 87 victories
No. of matches lost: 62 defeats
The highest number of runs recorded: JP Duminy (1934 Runs)
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The highest number of wickets taken: Dale Steyn 64 wickets
The best result/performance: champions in
South Africa’s Squad Performance
In Chittagong, South Africans had to deal with the unskilled Dutch. The Dutch medium bowler Jaamil captured 5 wickets while only allowing 19 runs to be scored. The African batting masters like De Villiers, Amla, and Duminy did not get away with the score thanks to this outstanding bowling effort. Amla scored the most as the Africans’ innings came to a conclusion at 145.
Despite the fact that team victories, losses, ties, total records, and partnership records, the top 5 records for each category are listed. Fifth place tied records are also included. All records, which are accurate as of August 2020, only include games played for South Africa.
Two separate teams have scored the highest T20I innings total. The first time happened in the second T20I of the Ireland series in India in February 2019 when Afghanistan beat Ireland with a total of 278/3. The top rating for South Africa is 241/6 against England during the England tour of South Africa in November 2009. The Czech Republic national cricket team scored 278/4 against Turkey at the 2019 Continental Cup to equal the record.
South Africa Squad for T20
- Faf du Plessis (captain)
- Kyle Abbott
- Hashim Amla
- Farhaan Behardien
- Quinton de Kock (wicket keeper)
- AB de Villiers
- JP Duminy
- Imran Tahir
- David Miller
- Chris Morris
- Aaron Phangiso
- Kagiso Rabada
- Rilee Rossouw
- Dale Steyn
- David Wiese
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