India is set to play T20 cricket again with a four-match series against South Africa, starting Friday, November 8. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team and will aim to win the series.
As both captain and a key batter, he has an important role and also has a chance to make history by reaching the top of an elite list.
Suryakumar Yadav has scored 346 T20I runs against South Africa so far. If he scores 156 more runs in this series, he will have 502 runs, making him the top run-scorer against South Africa in T20I history. This would move him past England’s Jonny Bairstow, who has 501 runs against them.
Here are the batters with the most runs against South Africa in T20Is
Jonny Bairstow- 501
Jos Buttler- 498
David Warner- 471
Rohit Sharma- 429
Martin Guptill- 424
Rohit Sharma has scored 429 T20I runs against South Africa, the highest by any Indian player against them. Suryakumar Yadav now needs 84 more runs in this series to pass Rohit and become the Indian with the most T20I runs against South Africa.
Here are the Indians with the most runs against South Africa in T20Is
Rohit Sharma- 429
Virat Kohli- 394
Suryakumar Yadav- 346
Suresh Raina- 339
Shikhar Dhawan- 233
India Squad For T20I Series Vs South Africa
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.
