T20 World Champion Team India is once again ready to defeat South Africa on its home ground. Both teams will face each other for the first time after the T20 World Cup final in West Indies. While Team India will want to continue its winning streak after defeating Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, South Africa will try to take its revenge. A fierce 'battle' can be seen between the two in the first T20 match to be held in Durban. During this, two important players of the Indian team, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh will also be seen competing with each other. Both have a chance to become India's best bowler.
Yuzvendra Chahal holds the record for taking the most wickets for India in T20 International matches. He has taken 96 wickets in 80 matches. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is second with 90 wickets in 87 matches and Jaspreet Bumrah is third with 89 wickets in 70 matches. But during this series against South Africa, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh have a chance to overtake him and become India's number 1 T20 bowler.
Pandya has taken 87 wickets in 105 matches and Arshdeep has taken 87 wickets in 56 matches. That means both are currently at par and will become India's best T20 bowlers as soon as they take 10 wickets. Now it remains to be seen who wins this 'battle' in this series.
There is tough competition between Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya in terms of performance against South Africa in T20 International. Pandya has taken 9 wickets in 12 matches against South Africa at an economy of 8.73. At the same time, left-arm pacer Arshdeep has taken 10 wickets in just 6 matches. However, he has also proved to be a bit more expensive than Pandya. Arshdeep's economy against South Africa has been 9.15.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar holds the record for taking the most wickets against South Africa in T20 Internationals. He has taken 14 wickets in 12 matches played from 2014 to 2022. During this time, he has also achieved the feat of taking 4 wickets once and 5 wickets haul once. Veteran spinner R Ashwin is in second place in this case. He has taken 11 wickets in 10 matches against South Africa.
