After a three-year hiatus, T20I is back on the cricket field and India, who have a good record here, want to win.
The main attraction of the stadium is the media box, while the capsule-shaped building is built on a press box at Lord’s in England.
So, before the South Africa match against India, let’s take a look at the T20I records at this venue such as most runs, wickets, highest and lowest total etc.
India’s T20I record in Rajkot
India have played 3 matches at this ground so far and their record is 3-1. India had beaten Australia by 6 wickets in 2013, while New Zealand lost by 40 runs in 2017. In the latest match played in SCA in 2019, India defeated Bangladesh by 8 wickets.
T20I record in Rajkot
Most runs:
Colin Monroe (New Zealand): 109
Most runs (India):
Rohit Sharma: 98
Highest score:
Colin Monroe: 109
For India:
Rohit Sharma: 85
Top 6s:
Colin Munro, Rohit Sharma: 7
Top total:
202/4, India v Australia
Minimum total:
153/6, Bangladesh v India
Most victims:
Trent Bolt: 4
For India:
R Vinay Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yujendra Chahal: 3.
Best Economy:
Jaspreet Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja: 5.75
Most excluded (weeks):
Brad Haddin (Australia), Glenn Phillips (New Zealand): 2
Top participation:
Rohit Sharma / Shikhar Dhawan: 118.
Most caught:
Rohit Sharma: 2.
3. Squad
India’s T20 team:
Rishabh Pant (C / W), Hardik Pandya (VC), Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hershal Patel, Awesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik
South Africa T20 Association:
Temba Bavuma (a), Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendrix, Henrik Klaassen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Engidi, Enrique Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwayne Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabrez Shamsri, T Stubbs Stubbs, Van der Dassen, Marco Johnson.
