South africa national cricket team vs India national cricket team timeline

Head-to-Head Statistical Summary

Format	Matches Played	India Wins	South Africa Wins	Draws / No Result
Test Matches	44	16	19	9
One Day Internationals (ODIs)	96	41	52	3
T20 Internationals (T20Is)	32	18	13	1

Iconic Historical Eras & World Cup Timeline (1991 – 2024)

November 1991: The Friendship Tour — South Africa played its first official post-ban international match in Kolkata, where an emotional crowd of 100,000 welcomed the Proteas. India won the historic ODI match by 3 wickets, driven by Sachin Tendulkar’s half-century.
1992–1993: The Premiere Test Clash — India toured South Africa for a historic four-match Test series. South Africa claimed a 1-0 series win on fast, bouncing surfaces, beginning a decades-long narrative of India fighting to breach the “Final Frontier.”
2011: Sachin’s 50th Test Century (Centurion) — Sachin Tendulkar reached a monumental milestone by scoring his 50th Test century on South African soil, cementing his place in cricket history against a fierce attack led by Dale Steyn.
2018: Subcontinent Spin Masterclass — India made history by winning their first-ever bilateral ODI series in South Africa, crushing the hosts 5-1 behind the magical wrist-spin tandem of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal.
June 2024: The T20 World Cup Final Glory (Barbados) — In a nail-biting thriller at Kensington Oval, India edged South Africa by 7 runs to lift the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup trophy. India posted 176/7 and checked a blistering chase from Heinrich Klaasen, sparked by Suryakumar Yadav’s legendary boundary catch to dismiss David Miller in the final over.

Recent Bilateral Tour: South Africa in India (November – December 2025)

The structural rivalry intensified in late 2025 as South Africa executed a comprehensive all-format tour of India:

Test Series (South Africa won 2-0)

The Proteas dominated the long-form leg of the tour, capitalizing on exceptional performances from their spin and pace weapons to strengthen their standings in the ICC World Test Championship:

14–16 November 2025 (1st Test – Kolkata): South Africa won by 30 runs in a low-scoring thriller at Eden Gardens. Simon Harmer starred with match figures of 8 for 51 to trigger an Indian batting collapse.
22–26 November 2025 (2nd Test – Guwahati): South Africa won by 408 runs. The Proteas amassed 489 in the first innings behind Senuran Muthusamy’s century (109), while Marco Jansen tore through India’s line-up with a 6-wicket haul.

ODI Series (India won 2-1)

30 November 2025 (1st ODI – Ranchi): India won by 17 runs, successfully defending a massive total of 349/8 highlighted by a Virat Kohli masterclass century.
3 December 2025 (2nd ODI – Raipur): South Africa won by 4 wickets. India posted 358/5, but the Proteas clinically hunted it down behind Aiden Markram’s brilliant knock.
6 December 2025 (3rd ODI – Visakhapatnam): India won by 9 wickets. Bowlers bundled South Africa out for 270, and Yashasvi Jaiswal spearheaded the chase to seal the series.

T20I Series (India won 3-1)

1st T20I (Cuttack): India won by 101 runs, throttling South Africa for just 74 runs behind Hardik Pandya’s all-round display.
2nd T20I (Mullanpur): South Africa won by 51 runs, tracking a powerful 213/4 anchored by Quinton de Kock.
3rd T20I (Dharamshala): India won by 7 wickets after Arshdeep Singh’s sharp opening spell restricted the Proteas to 117.
4th T20I (Lucknow): Match abandoned without a single ball bowled due to torrential downpours.
5th T20I (Ahmedabad): India won by 30 runs. Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma powered India to a monstrous 231/5, securing the T20I trophy.

Most Recent Match: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (22 February 2026)

Super 8 Stage (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad):South Africa won by 76 runs.
- The Action: In their latest global tournament meeting, South Africa completely outplayed India in front of their home crowd. Batting first, the Proteas compiled a commanding 187/7, propelled by David Miller’s brutal 63 off 35 balls and Tristan Stubbs’s quickfire 44. In reply, India’s star-studded line-up cracked under extreme pressure against Marco Jansen, who bagged magnificent figures of 4 for 22. India was skittled out for a meager 111 runs in 18.5 overs, fracturing their tournament winning streak.

Highest and Lowest Team Totals

Test Matches

Highest India Total: 643/6 dec at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (2010). Centered around centuries from Virender Sehwag and MS Dhoni.
Highest South Africa Total: 620/4 dec at SuperSport Park, Centurion (2010). Jacques Kallis scored a masterclass double-century.
Lowest India Total: 76 all out at Ahmedabad (2008). Dale Steyn dismantled the lineup with a fiery 5-for.
Lowest South Africa Total: 55 all out at Newlands, Cape Town (2024). Mohammed Siraj registered a historic spell of 6 for 15.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Highest India Total: 401/3 at Gwalior (2010). Sachin Tendulkar struck the world’s premiere men’s ODI double-century (200*).
Highest South Africa Total: 438/4 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (2015). Smashed behind three separate centuries from de Kock, du Plessis, and de Villiers.
Lowest India Total: 91 all out at Durban (2006).
Lowest South Africa Total: 83 all out at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (2023) during the ODI World Cup.

T20 Internationals (T20Is)

Highest India Total: 237/3 at Guwahati (2022). Suryakumar Yadav went on a rampage with 61 off 22 balls.
Highest South Africa Total: 227/3 at Indore (2022).
Lowest India Total: 92 all out at Cuttack (2015).
Lowest South Africa Total: 74 all out at Cuttack (2025).

All-Time Leading Run-Scorers

Test Matches

Sachin Tendulkar (India): Leads the long-form run aggregate with 1,741 Test runs at an average of 42.46, including 7 centuries.
Jacques Kallis (South Africa): The premier South African run-getter, racking up 1,734 Test runs at an astounding average of 69.36, smashing 7 centuries.
Virat Kohli (India): The top modern accumulator with over 1,450 Test runs, anchored by highly disciplined centuries across Centurion, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Sachin Tendulkar (India): Holds the crown with 2,001 ODI runs in 57 matches against the Proteas, recording 5 centuries.
AB de Villiers (South Africa): Plagued Indian bowling units throughout his career, amassing 1,357 ODI runs at a staggering strike rate north of 111, with 6 centuries.
Virat Kohli (India): Follows closely on the leaderboard with over 1,600 ODI runs, turning out several match-winning chasing masterclasses.

Women’s Head-to-Head Records & Recent Series

The India Women’s National Cricket Team and South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team share a deeply competitive history, highlighted by explosive top-order displays.

Women’s Tests: 3 Matches — India Women: 3 wins | South Africa Women: 0 wins.
Women’s ODIs: 31 Matches — South Africa Women: 16 wins | India Women: 15 wins.
Women’s T20Is: 19 Matches — India Women: 10 wins | South Africa Women: 6 wins | 3 No-Results.

Iconic One-Off Test Masterclass (June 2024 – Chennai)

The teams clashed in a historic multi-format bilateral series in India. The lone Test match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium broke global records:

The Action: India Women posted a colossal 603/6 dec—the highest single-innings total in Women’s Test cricket history—headlined by Shafali Verma’s blistering double-century (205) and Smriti Mandhana’s 149. Despite a resilient follow-on fightback from South Africa behind centuries from Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus, India clinically won by 10 wickets.