India vs South Africa 3rd T20 at Dharamshala was a low-scoring yet record-breaking encounter. Team India won the match by 7 wickets, chasing down a small total of 118runs with 25 overs to spare. Though the total number of runs added in the entire match stood at 237, the match saw numerous record-breaking instances.
India vs South Africa 3rd T20; 5 major records that were broken, along with Hardik Pandya
1. Hardik Pandya Makes History with World Record
Hardik Pandya made history by achieving 100 wickets in International T20S after getting the dismissal of Tristan Stubbs. In this way, Pandya became the first fast bowling all-rounder in the global cricket arena to achieve:
Score 1,000 + runs,
Reach 100 wickets in International T20 cricket.
This is one of the defining knocks that state the fact that Hardik Pandya is one of the all-time greats in the shortest format of the game
2. Shubman Gill Tops Run-Scorer of 2025
Indian opener Shubman Gill achieved yet another milestone in the match between IND vs SA. This is as his knock of 28 runs:
Gill currently has 1,764 international runs in 2025. He overtook Shai Hope, who scored 1,753 runs, to become the biggest international scorer of the year. Gill’s consistency irrespective of the format of the game is what makes him one of the finest batsmen in India.
3. Tilak Varma Has Registered Best T20 Average Against Only One Team
Tilak Varma created a rare record through his performances against South Africa:
He averages 70.50 in T20 Internationals played against South Africa. This is the highest average by any Indian batsman against any team in T20s, breaking previous records of Virat Kohli’s average of 70.28 vs Pakistan.
4. Tilak Varma: One of the Quickest to Reach 4000
Tilak Varma also scaled the heights quickly on charts for most T20 runs:
Achieved 4,000 runs in T20 cricket in only 125 innings
quicker than Shubman Gill (129 innings) or Virat Kohli (138 innings)
Only Ruturaj Gaikwad (116) and KL Rahul (117) have achieved this feat earlier for India.
5. Varun Chakravarthy Reaches 50 T20 Wickets at Record
Spinner Varun Chakravarthy added one more highlight to the match by completing 50 Wickets in T20 Internationals: He is currently the second fastest Indian to achieve this feat, one match quicker than Kuldeep Yadav who achieved it in 30 matches.
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