Team India eye THIS world record in first T20I against South Africa - Check Here

The series will kick off with a match at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The second T20I will take place at Cuttack on June 12 after which both teams will travel to Visakhapatnam for the third match taking place on June 14. 

KL Rahul led India will take on South Africa in five-match T20I series starting from June 9 here at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, India holds the record of 12 consecutive wins so far in T20 format. The world record for most successive wins in T20I cricket is held by Afghanistan and Romania, an associate member of the ICC. Team India will look to break this record. 

Team India's winning streak

So far both teams had played 15 matches together from which India had a slight edge by winning 9 matches and South Africa won 6 out of them. But South Africa has an impressive record when they play India in India as out of 4 matches, Proteas had won 3 out of them and India only 1. The last time India and South Africa faced each other was in September 2019 in the three-match T20I series. The first match got abandoned due to rain.

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