India and South Africa have been playing cricket against each other since 1991. To this date, these teams have faced each other 133 times. India’s first Twenty20 International match was against South Africa in 2006.
As of today, India vs South Africa Head to Head numbers present a picture of how tough these two teams are. It is difficult to find a clear dominant team between these two. In Test, both the teams have played each other 15 times, with the result being 15-11 in favour of South Africa. In the ODIs, also, South Africa lead 46-35. In the T20Is it is 8-5 in the favour of India.
| Format | Test | ODI | T20I |
| Matches Played | 36 | 85 | 13 |
| India Won | 11 | 35 | 8 |
| South Africa Won | 15 | 46 | 5 |
India and West Indies have faced each other for a total of 36 times in the red ball cricket. In these 36 encounters, the Indian Cricket Team has come out as the better side in 11 matches to South Africa’s 15.
| Matches Played | 36 |
| IND Won | 11 |
| SA Won | 15 |
| Tied | 0 |
| Draw | 10 |
| % IND | 30.55 |
| % SA | 41.66 |
| % Draw | 27.77 |
| First Played | 1992 |
| Last Played | 2018 |
Indian and South African cricket team have faced each other a total of 85 times in the 50-over cricket. South Africa have got better of India a total of 46 times. Whereas the Indian team has won 35 matches.
| Matches Played | 84 |
| IND Won | 35 |
| SA Won | 46 |
| Tied | 0 |
| No Result | 3 |
| % IND | 43.2 |
| % SA | 56.79 |
| First Played | 1991 |
| Last Played | 2019 |
Also see - India vs South Africa Schedule
Both the teams have faced each other 13 times in the shortest format of the game. Here, the Indian team has a slight edge as it has won 8 of these 13 matches.
| Matches Played | 13 |
| IND Won | 8 |
| SA Won | 5 |
| Tied | 0 |
| No Result | 0 |
| % IND | 61.53 |
| % SA | 38.46 |
| First Played | 2006 |
| Last Played | 2018 |
