South African cricket team in India in 2022

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South African cricket team in India in 2022
  Flag of India.svg Flag of South Africa.svg
  India South Africa
Dates 9 – 19 June 2022
Captains Rishabh Pant Temba Bavuma [n 1]
Twenty20 International series
Results 5-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs Ishan Kishan (206) Heinrich Klaasen (118)
Most wickets Harshal Patel (7) Dwaine Pretorius (5)
Player of the series Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Ind)

The South African cricket team toured India in June 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] In September 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the schedule for the tour. [2] In March 2022, the tour itinerary was updated, with matches moved from Bangalore and Nagpur to Cuttack and Visakhapatnam. [3] In April 2022, the BCCI issued a further update to the tour, [4] with Delhi and Bangalore hosting the first and fifth T20I matches respectively. [5] After the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the first series in India to be played without restrictions. [6]

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Ahead of the first T20I match, India's captain KL Rahul was ruled out the series due to a right groin injury. [7] Rishabh Pant was named as India's captain for the matches, [8] with Hardik Pandya named as the team's vice-captain. [9]

South Africa won the opening T20I match by seven wickets, [10] denying India a chance to break the record of most consecutive team wins in the format. [11] South Africa won the second T20I by four wickets to take a 2–0 lead in the series. [12] India then won the third T20I by 48 runs, [13] to give Rishabh Pant his first win as the captain of the Indian team. [14] India won the fourth T20I by 82 runs to level the series with one match to play. [15] However, the fifth and final T20I match was washed out after just 3.3 overs of play, with the series drawn 2–2. [16]

Squads

T20Is
Flag of India.svg  India [17] Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa [18]

KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav were ruled out of India's squad due to a groin and hand injury respectively. [19] Ahead of the first T20I, South Africa's Aiden Markram tested positive for COVID-19, [20] and was later ruled out of the entire series. [21]

T20I series

1st T20I

9 June 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
211/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
212/3 (19.1 overs)
Ishan Kishan 76 (48)
Wayne Parnell 1/32 (4 overs)
Rassie van der Dussen 75* (46)
Axar Patel 1/40 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: David Miller (SA)

2nd T20I

12 June 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
148/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
149/6 (18.2 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 40 (35)
Anrich Nortje 2/36 (4 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 81 (46)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/13 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 4 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Heinrich Klaasen (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

14 June 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
179/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
131 (19.1 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 57 (35)
Dwaine Pretorius 2/29 (4 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 29 (24)
Harshal Patel 4/25 (3.1 overs)
India won by 48 runs
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Ind)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

4th T20I

17 June 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
169/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
87 (16.5 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 55 (27)
Lungi Ngidi 2/20 (3 overs)
Rassie van der Dussen 20 (20)
Avesh Khan 4/18 (4 overs)
India won by 82 runs
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Dinesh Karthik (Ind)

5th T20I

19 June 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
28/2 (3.3 overs)
v
Ishan Kishan 15 (7)
Lungi Ngidi 2/6 (1.3 overs)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • David Miller (SA) played in his 100th T20I. [25]

Notes

  1. ↑ Keshav Maharaj captained South Africa for the fifth T20I.

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