India and South Africa will renew their rivalry in the primary of the three-match T20I series on December 10 at Kingsmead in Durban. The guests have continued to relaxation their principal gamers and a majority of the gamers who featured vs Australia in T20I series at house have been retained. With Hardik Pandya nonetheless injured, Suryakumar Yadav will proceed to guide India in the shortest format on this tour.
Apart from captaincy, Surya should contribute majorly with the bat as effectively particularly after a beneath par T20I series in opposition to Australia. After beginning effectively, his type dwindled in the final three matches and ended up tallying 144 runs in the five-match series. Overall, Surya has scored 1985 runs in 55 innings in the format and wants solely 15 runs from finishing 2000 runs in T20Is.
Interestingly, if the 33-year-old hits his straps in opposition to South Africa, he has an opportunity to go past cricketers like Alex Hales and Brendon McCullum each of whom have retired from worldwide cricket. While Hales mustered 2074 runs in 75 innings with one century and 12 fifties, McCullum amassed 2140 runs in 70 innings at a strike-rate of 136.21 with two tons and 13 fifties. Surya has an awesome likelihood of trumping each of these cricketers in the listing of most runs scored in T20Is and if he manages to cross McCullum, the person will enter in high 20 of this listing.Â
As for the Indian gamers, Virat Kohli (4008) and Rohit Sharma (3853) have scored most runs with KL Rahul being on the third place having scored 2265 runs in his profession up to now. All three gamers are nonetheless energetic in the shortest format however should not that includes in the South Africa series.
Most runs in T20Is
| Players | Runs scored |
| Virat Kohli (India) | 4008 |
| Rohit Sharma (India) | 3853 |
| Martin Guptill (New Zealand) | 3531 |
| Babar Azam (Pakistan) | 3485 |
| Paul Stirling (Ireland) | 3408 |
