Top 5 Batters With Most Runs In Ind vs SA T20Is

Rohit Sharma has most runs in T20Is featuring India and South Africa [X.com]

After multiple series at home and an ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, Team India will embark on its first away tour after September and clash swords with South Africa in a full-fledged tour consisting of three T20 Internationals, three One-Day Internationals, and two Tests, which begins December 10.

Firstly, India and South Africa will meet each other in the shortest format, which remains the most lucrative for boards as a means of attracting crowds.

Both teams have locked horns in 24 T20Is, where India holds the edge winning 13 in comparison to South Africa's 10.  Looking forward to the T20Is, let's learn more about who are the top 5 run-getters in T20Is between these two highly-reputed sides. 

Top 5 Batters With Most Runs In Ind vs SA T20Is

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma scored both his maiden T20I fifty and hundred against SA [X.com]

From hitting his maiden T20I fifty and hundred to becoming the leading run-getter in India versus South Africa matches Rohit Sharma has seen it all. Sharma made his India-South Africa debut in the ICC World Cup 2007, scoring an unbeaten 50 in 40 balls, which came in a winning cause. Overall in 17 T20Is against the Proteas, Sharma has slammed 420 runs with one hundred, two half-centuries and three ducks.

Sharma's average of 28 is the lowest in this top five list. 

David Miller

David Miller averages 47.37 in T20Is against India [X.com]

One of South Africa's most dangerous T20I hitters, David Miller's favourite opposition in the format is India. Out of Miller's 2,216 runs, 379 have come against the Asian giant, making him the second-highest run-getter in T20Is between South Africa and India.

The middle-order batter first played against India in a T20I in 2011 and has since been a constant thorn. Miller's best T20I innings came against India earlier last year in October, where the left-handed slammed his second 20-overs century. 

Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina is the first-ever century getter in India-South Africa T20I encounters [X.com]

Having featured in Team India's first-ever T20I, which also was the first 20-overs encounter between India and South Africa, Suresh Raina gained a reputation for himself as Mr. Consistent.

Raina, India's maiden century-getter in T20Is, slammed a hundred against South Africa during the ICC T20 World Cup 2010, where his side came out victorious. In 12 T20Is against the Proteas, the former Indian great amazed 339 runs with one solitary hundred, however, his average remained an astounding 33.90. 

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has featured in 13 IND-SA T20I encounters [X.com]

India's leading run-getter in T20Is, Virat Kohli comes a close fourth in the list, with 318 runs against South Africa. One of the best T20I innings in chase came back in 2014 during the ICC T20 World Cup, where Kohli slammed a breathtaking 72* off 40 at Mirpur in the semi-final, etching the batter's name in the annals of India versus South Africa 20-overs history. 

In 13 matches, Kohli has piled up 318 runs, with two fifties, at an impressive average of 35.33. 

Quinton de Kock

Quiton de Kock averages 44.57 vs India in T20Is [X.com]

The recently retired wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock rounds off a top-notch top five with 312 T20I runs between South Africa and India contests. India remained de Kock's favoured opposition across formats, where the opener struck with four T20I fifties, most against any country, in his 80-match career. 

Amongst all the top five batters in the list, de Kock showcases the second-best average in South Africa-India T20Is, with 44.57., behind Miller's 47.34.

Interestingly, only Miller will be able to improve his record, and possibly move ahead of Sharma, with others being either rested or retired. 

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