- Rohit Sharma, with his first hundred in T20Is, has set an Indian record for the highest individual innings in this format — 106 off 66 balls. Rohit is the second Indian after Suresh Raina and the ninth overall to hit centuries in all three formats.
- Rohit is one of the three batsmen to have scored a hundred but finish on the losing side in a T20I.
- South Africa have won 3 and lost 6 out of 9 T20Is played against India — winning % 33.33.
- India (199/5) have recorded their highest innings total vs. South Africa in T20Is — their fourth highest overall — with the highest being 218 for four vs. England at Durban on September 19, 2007.
- India’s previous highest total vs. South Africa was 186 for five at Gros Islet on May 2, 2010.
- South Africa (200/3) became the second team after India to chase a total of 200 successfully twice in T20Is — their highest being 208 for two vs. West Indies at Johannesburg on September 11, 2007.
- Virat Kohli is the first Indian player to complete 1,000 runs in T20Is — his tally being 1015 at an average of 46.13 in 29 matches. Kohli’s feat of achieving the milestone in 27 innings is the quickest in T20Is. The previous best was 32 innings taken by England’s Alex Hales and Kevin Pietersen.
- Rohit and Virat Kohli put on 138 for the second wicket — India’s highest for any wicket in T20Is, outstripping the 136 for the opening wicket between Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag vs. England at Kingsmead, Durban on September 19, 2007.
- Abraham de Villiers’ second fifty vs. India is his sixth in T20Is. His first fifty vs. India was 63 off 51 balls at Nottingham on June 16, 2009.
