India vs South Africa Head to Head Record and Stats
Covers 118 matches between India and South Africa from Apr 2003 to Feb 2026 (Tests, ODIs and T20Is with ball-by-ball records).
India hold a narrow lead in the India vs South Africa head to head: 60 wins, South Africa 50, across 118 meetings in the record book, the first of them in Apr 2003. Ten wins is not much of a cushion when it is spread over three formats, and in Tests it shrinks to one.
The newest result went South Africa’s way, by 76 runs at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on 22 Feb 2026. Further down you will find each format’s results timeline, who scored and bowled best, the heaviest defeats and the venues used most.
India vs South Africa Head to Head: Who Leads in Each Format
Tests are the tightest contest. India have 14 Test wins to South Africa’s 13 from 32 played since Nov 2004, and 5 were drawn. The last two both went South Africa’s way: by 30 runs at Eden Gardens, then by 408 runs in Guwahati in Nov 2025. No side in this rivalry has won any match, in any format, by more runs than that, though India’s win by an innings and 202 runs at Ranchi in Oct 2019 heads the biggest-wins list.
ODIs are almost as tight: India 25, South Africa 23, with 2 no results from 50 games. India took the last one by 9 wickets at Visakhapatnam on 6 Dec 2025.
The widest gap is in T20Is, where India lead 21 to 14 in 36 matches. India also hold the top short-format total, 283/1 at Johannesburg on 15 Nov 2024, a day they won by 135 runs. Each team’s overall numbers live on the India records page and South Africa’s page.
India vs South Africa Head to Head Record in All Formats
Format
Matches
India won
South Africa won
Tied
Drawn
NR
First match
Latest match
Tests
32
14
13
0
5
0
20 Nov 2004
22 Nov 2025
ODIs
50
25
23
0
–
2
21 Apr 2003
6 Dec 2025
T20Is
36
21
14
0
–
1
1 Dec 2006
22 Feb 2026
All formats
118
60
50
0
5
3
21 Apr 2003
22 Feb 2026
India vs South Africa in Tests
Tests in this record book: 32, from Nov 2004 to Nov 2025.
Most Runs in India vs South Africa Tests
Batter
M
Inns
Runs
HS
Avg
SR
100s
50s
HM Amla South Africa
21
37
1,528
253*
43.66
45.17
5
7
V Kohli India
15
28
1,408
254*
54.15
57.26
3
5
JH Kallis South Africa
14
24
1,396
201*
66.48
47.52
7
2
AB de Villiers South Africa
20
35
1,334
217*
39.24
54.43
3
6
V Sehwag India
13
23
1,157
319
50.30
83.66
4
2
D Elgar South Africa
15
28
1,012
185
40.48
44.41
2
4
GC Smith South Africa
15
27
987
94
37.96
61.08
0
8
AM Rahane India
12
22
884
127
46.53
52.06
3
4
CA Pujara India
16
29
882
153
30.41
42.82
1
6
SR Tendulkar India
11
19
793
146
49.56
47.23
4
2
Most Wickets in India vs South Africa Tests
Bowler
M
Inns
Wkts
Best
Avg
Econ
5w
DW Steyn South Africa
14
23
65
7/51
21.54
3.09
5
M Morkel South Africa
17
31
58
5/20
26.41
2.95
1
R Ashwin India
14
26
57
7/66
22.28
2.52
5
Harbhajan Singh India
10
17
57
7/87
26.95
2.84
4
K Rabada South Africa
14
25
55
5/59
22.60
3.01
1
RA Jadeja India
10
19
52
6/138
19.63
2.34
3
Mohammed Shami India
11
22
48
5/28
20.94
3.00
3
JJ Bumrah India
10
19
46
6/61
20.37
2.86
4
Z Khan India
11
20
40
4/62
33.75
3.27
0
M Jansen South Africa
7
14
36
6/48
15.72
2.91
1
Highest individual scores
Batter
Score
Balls
4s
6s
Date
V Sehwag India
319
304
43
5
26 Mar 2008
V Kohli India
254*
336
33
2
10 Oct 2019
HM Amla South Africa
253*
473
22
0
6 Feb 2010
AB de Villiers South Africa
217*
333
18
2
3 Apr 2008
MA Agarwal India
215
371
23
6
2 Oct 2019
Best bowling in an innings
Bowler
Figures
Overs
Date
DW Steyn South Africa
7/51
16.4
6 Feb 2010
SN Thakur India
7/61
17.5
3 Jan 2022
R Ashwin India
7/66
29.5
25 Nov 2015
Harbhajan Singh India
7/87
30
28 Nov 2004
Harbhajan Singh India
7/120
38
2 Jan 2011
Highest team totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
India
643/6
153
South Africa
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
14 Feb 2010
India
627
155.1
South Africa
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
26 Mar 2008
South Africa
620/4
130.1
India
SuperSport Park, Centurion
16 Dec 2010
India
601/5
156.3
South Africa
MCA Stadium, Pune
10 Oct 2019
South Africa
558/6
176
India
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
6 Feb 2010
Lowest all-out totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
South Africa
55
23.2
India
Newlands, Cape Town
3 Jan 2024
India
76
20
South Africa
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
3 Apr 2008
South Africa
79
33.1
India
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
South Africa
84
25.1
India
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
15 Dec 2006
South Africa
109
39.5
India
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
5 Nov 2015
Biggest wins
Result
Format
Venue
Date
India won by an innings and 202 runs
Test
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
India won by an innings and 137 runs
Test
MCA Stadium, Pune
10 Oct 2019
South Africa won by an innings and 90 runs
Test
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
3 Apr 2008
South Africa won by 408 runs
Test
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
22 Nov 2025
India won by 337 runs
Test
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
3 Dec 2015
India won by 203 runs
Test
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
2 Oct 2019
South Africa won by 10 wickets
Test
Kingsmead, Durban
26 Dec 2013
India won by 8 wickets
Test
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
28 Nov 2004
India won by 8 wickets
Test
Green Park, Kanpur
11 Apr 2008
Latest results
Date
Venue
Result
22 Nov 2025
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
South Africa won by 408 runs
14 Nov 2025
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
South Africa won by 30 runs
3 Jan 2024
Newlands, Cape Town
India won by 7 wickets
26 Dec 2023
SuperSport Park, Centurion
South Africa won by an innings and 32 runs
11 Jan 2022
Newlands, Cape Town
South Africa won by 7 wickets
3 Jan 2022
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
South Africa won by 7 wickets
26 Dec 2021
SuperSport Park, Centurion
India won by 113 runs
19 Oct 2019
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
India won by an innings and 202 runs
10 Oct 2019
MCA Stadium, Pune
India won by an innings and 137 runs
2 Oct 2019
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
India won by 203 runs
India vs South Africa in ODIs
ODIs in this record book: 50, from Apr 2003 to Dec 2025.
Most Runs in India vs South Africa ODIs
Batter
M
Inns
Runs
HS
Avg
SR
100s
50s
V Kohli India
32
32
1,806
160*
72.24
89.76
7
9
AB de Villiers South Africa
31
31
1,353
119
50.11
111.27
6
5
Q de Kock South Africa
23
23
1,191
135
51.78
93.19
7
2
S Dhawan India
23
23
992
137
45.09
92.71
3
6
RG Sharma India
28
28
952
150
35.26
86.00
3
4
HM Amla South Africa
26
26
938
116*
37.52
84.96
2
6
MS Dhoni India
31
31
816
92*
32.64
88.31
0
4
JH Kallis South Africa
14
14
713
119*
71.30
78.01
2
5
F du Plessis South Africa
14
14
696
133*
58.00
90.86
2
5
SR Tendulkar India
14
14
671
200*
51.62
86.25
2
3
Most wickets in ODIs
Bowler
M
Inns
Wkts
Best
Avg
Econ
5w
Kuldeep Yadav India
16
16
36
4/18
17.58
4.95
0
DW Steyn South Africa
18
18
34
5/50
22.44
4.95
1
M Morkel South Africa
20
20
28
4/39
27.46
4.90
0
LL Tsotsobe South Africa
9
9
22
4/22
17.91
5.07
0
YS Chahal India
10
10
22
5/22
20.91
5.05
1
K Rabada South Africa
15
15
21
4/41
33.29
5.08
0
Z Khan India
13
13
19
3/42
29.05
4.79
0
L Ngidi South Africa
12
12
19
4/51
31.79
6.09
0
JJ Bumrah India
12
12
17
2/24
22.41
4.01
0
Harbhajan Singh India
15
15
17
3/53
41.06
4.85
0
Highest individual scores
Batter
Score
Balls
4s
6s
Date
SR Tendulkar India
200*
147
25
3
24 Feb 2010
V Kohli India
160*
159
12
2
7 Feb 2018
RG Sharma India
150
133
13
6
11 Oct 2015
V Kohli India
138
140
6
5
22 Oct 2015
S Dhawan India
137
146
16
2
22 Feb 2015
Best bowling in an innings
Bowler
Figures
Overs
Date
YS Chahal India
5/22
8.2
4 Feb 2018
RA Jadeja India
5/33
9
5 Nov 2023
Arshdeep Singh India
5/37
10
17 Dec 2023
DW Steyn South Africa
5/50
9.4
12 Mar 2011
A Nel South Africa
4/13
8
22 Nov 2006
Highest team totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
South Africa
438/4
50
India
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
25 Oct 2015
India
401/3
50
South Africa
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
24 Feb 2010
South Africa
365/2
50
India
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
27 Feb 2010
South Africa
362/6
49.2
India
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
3 Dec 2025
South Africa
358/4
50
India
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
5 Dec 2013
Lowest all-out totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
South Africa
83
27.1
India
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
5 Nov 2023
India
91
29.1
South Africa
Kingsmead, Durban
22 Nov 2006
South Africa
99
27.1
India
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
11 Oct 2022
South Africa
116
27.3
India
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
17 Dec 2023
South Africa
118
32.2
India
SuperSport Park, Centurion
4 Feb 2018
Biggest wins
Result
Format
Venue
Date
India won by 243 runs
ODI
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
5 Nov 2023
South Africa won by 214 runs
ODI
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
25 Oct 2015
South Africa won by 157 runs
ODI
Kingsmead, Durban
22 Nov 2006
South Africa won by 9 wickets
ODI
SuperSport Park, Centurion
3 Dec 2006
India won by 9 wickets
ODI
SuperSport Park, Centurion
4 Feb 2018
India won by 9 wickets
ODI
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
6 Dec 2025
India vs South Africa ODI Results Timeline
Date
Venue
Result
6 Dec 2025
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
India won by 9 wickets
3 Dec 2025
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
South Africa won by 4 wickets
30 Nov 2025
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
India won by 17 runs
21 Dec 2023
Boland Park, Paarl
India won by 78 runs
19 Dec 2023
St George’s Park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
South Africa won by 8 wickets
17 Dec 2023
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
India won by 8 wickets
5 Nov 2023
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
India won by 243 runs
11 Oct 2022
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
India won by 7 wickets
9 Oct 2022
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
India won by 7 wickets
6 Oct 2022
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
South Africa won by 9 runs
India vs South Africa in T20Is
T20Is in this record book: 36, from Dec 2006 to Feb 2026.
Most Runs in India vs South Africa T20Is
Batter
M
Inns
Runs
HS
Avg
SR
100s
50s
DA Miller South Africa
26
26
626
106*
34.78
149.05
1
3
Q de Kock South Africa
15
15
513
90
39.46
148.27
0
6
Tilak Varma India
11
11
497
120*
62.12
162.42
2
2
RG Sharma India
17
17
429
106
26.81
130.00
1
2
SA Yadav India
15
15
424
100
30.29
150.35
1
4
V Kohli India
13
13
394
76
39.40
133.11
0
3
HH Pandya India
16
16
391
63
39.10
138.16
0
2
H Klaasen South Africa
13
13
342
81
26.31
162.09
0
3
SK Raina India
11
11
339
101
33.90
148.03
1
0
AK Markram South Africa
15
15
331
61
22.07
129.80
0
2
Most wickets in T20Is
Bowler
M
Inns
Wkts
Best
Avg
Econ
5w
Arshdeep Singh India
15
15
25
3/20
18.48
8.88
0
CV Varun India
9
9
23
5/17
12.91
8.49
1
KA Maharaj South Africa
17
17
18
3/24
25.78
8.75
0
L Ngidi South Africa
10
10
16
4/29
17.44
8.29
0
B Kumar India
11
11
14
5/24
18.50
6.70
1
HH Pandya India
19
19
14
3/20
37.71
9.10
0
M Jansen South Africa
12
12
13
4/22
29.92
8.49
0
AR Patel India
17
17
13
2/6
30.31
8.41
0
R Ashwin India
10
10
11
3/22
26.18
7.20
0
JJ Bumrah India
7
7
10
3/15
18.30
6.78
0
Highest individual scores
Batter
Score
Balls
4s
6s
Date
Tilak Varma India
120*
47
9
10
15 Nov 2024
SV Samson India
109*
56
6
9
15 Nov 2024
SV Samson India
107
50
7
10
8 Nov 2024
Tilak Varma India
107*
56
8
7
13 Nov 2024
DA Miller South Africa
106*
47
8
7
2 Oct 2022
Best bowling in an innings
Bowler
Figures
Overs
Date
Kuldeep Yadav India
5/17
2.5
14 Dec 2023
CV Varun India
5/17
4
10 Nov 2024
B Kumar India
5/24
4
18 Feb 2018
RP Singh India
4/13
4
20 Sep 2007
B Kumar India
4/13
4
12 Jun 2022
Highest team totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
India
283/1
20
South Africa
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
15 Nov 2024
India
237/3
20
South Africa
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
2 Oct 2022
India
231/5
20
South Africa
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
19 Dec 2025
South Africa
227/3
20
India
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
4 Oct 2022
South Africa
221/3
20
India
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
2 Oct 2022
Lowest all-out totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
South Africa
74
12.3
India
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
9 Dec 2025
South Africa
87
16.5
India
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
17 Jun 2022
India
92
17.2
South Africa
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
5 Oct 2015
South Africa
95
13.5
India
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
14 Dec 2023
India
111
18.5
South Africa
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
22 Feb 2026
Biggest wins
Result
Format
Venue
Date
India won by 135 runs
T20I
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
15 Nov 2024
India won by 106 runs
T20I
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
14 Dec 2023
India won by 101 runs
T20I
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
9 Dec 2025
South Africa won by 9 wickets
T20I
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
22 Sep 2019
India won by 8 wickets
T20I
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
28 Sep 2022
South Africa won by 7 wickets
T20I
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
2 Oct 2015
Latest results
Date
Venue
Result
22 Feb 2026
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
South Africa won by 76 runs
19 Dec 2025
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
India won by 30 runs
14 Dec 2025
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
India won by 7 wickets
11 Dec 2025
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
South Africa won by 51 runs
9 Dec 2025
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
India won by 101 runs
15 Nov 2024
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
India won by 135 runs
13 Nov 2024
SuperSport Park, Centurion
India won by 11 runs
10 Nov 2024
St George’s Park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
South Africa won by 3 wickets
8 Nov 2024
Kingsmead, Durban
India won by 61 runs
29 Jun 2024
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
India won by 7 runs
Most player of the match awards in India vs South Africa matches
Player
Awards
V Kohli India
11
RG Sharma India
6
Q de Kock South Africa
6
JH Kallis South Africa
4
AB de Villiers South Africa
4
H Klaasen South Africa
4
Yuvraj Singh India
3
HM Amla South Africa
3
Grounds Used Most for India vs South Africa Matches
Across formats, Virat Kohli (India) dominates the lists. Against South Africa he has 1,806 ODI runs at 72.24, including 7 centuries, and he has collected 11 player of the match awards. In Tests, Hashim Amla (South Africa) sits top on 1,528, just ahead of Kohli on 1,408. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) averaged 66.48 and owns 7 Test centuries, more than anyone in that table.
In just 14 Tests, Dale Steyn (South Africa) claimed 65 wickets; his 7/51 in Feb 2010 is the best Test analysis between the two. Kuldeep Yadav (India) is top of the ODI bowling, 36 wickets costing 17.58 each. For T20Is, Arshdeep Singh (India) has 25 wickets, while David Miller (South Africa) has scored the most runs, 626. Tilak Varma (India) played the best T20I innings, an unbeaten 120 from 47 balls.
Grounds, Chasing and the Toss
The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg is the most frequent venue, with 13 meetings, and India won 8 there. St George’s Park has been far kinder to South Africa, who won 5 of the 6 games played on it.
Setting a target has paid off in ODIs: 27 wins that way, 21 for the side chasing, and first innings average 266. T20Is show the same lean, 21 to 14. Calling correctly mattered most in Tests, where the side calling correctly took 17 of 27 decided Tests. In T20Is that figure drops to 16 of 35. Compare these trends with India’s games against Australia or South Africa’s in Pakistan vs South Africa.
Questions about India vs South Africa
India or South Africa: who has won more matches?
India, by ten. They have 60 wins and South Africa 50 across 118 matches dating from Apr 2003, with 5 Test draws and 3 no results making up the rest. India are ahead in every format, though by a single Test.
How do India and South Africa compare in Tests?
It is tight: 14 India wins, 13 for South Africa and 5 draws in 32 Tests from Nov 2004 on. South Africa won the latest two, including a 408-run thrashing in Guwahati.
Most ODI runs in India vs South Africa games: who holds the record?
Kohli again: 1,806 runs from 32 innings, average 72.24. AB de Villiers is the best South African on the list, second with 1,353.
Has anyone made a triple hundred in these matches?
Yes. Virender Sehwag hit 319 for India in 304 balls at Chennai in Mar 2008. The ODI best is Sachin Tendulkar’s 200* at Gwalior, made for India in Feb 2010.
Who won the latest India vs South Africa game?
South Africa, by 76 runs, in the T20I played in Ahmedabad in Feb 2026. India had won the previous ODI by 9 wickets at Visakhapatnam in Dec 2025.