India and South Africa have been playing cricket against each other since 1991. To this date, these teams have faced each other 135 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 the Test, both the teams played each other 32 times, with the result being 15-17 in favour of South Africa. In the ODIs, also, South Africa lead 49-35. In the T20Is it is 13-9 in the favour of India.
| Format | Test | ODI | T20I |
| Matches Played | 32 | 87 | 22 |
| India Won | 15 | 37 | 13 |
| South Africa Won | 17 | 50 | 9 |
IND vs SA Head to Head - Test
India and West Indies have faced each other for a total of 32 times in red ball cricket. In these 42 encounters, the Indian Cricket Team has come out as the better side in 15 matches to South Africa’s 17.
| Matches Played | 32 |
| IND Won | 15 |
| SA Won | 17 |
| Tied | 0 |
| Draw | 0 |
| % IND | 46.87 |
| % SA | 53.12 |
| % Draw | 0 |
| First Played | 1992 |
| Last Played | 2022 |
IND vs SA Head to Head - ODI
Indian and South African cricket teams have faced each other a total of 87 times in 50-over cricket. South Africa has gotten better than India a total of 50 times. Whereas the Indian team has won 37 matches.
| Matches Played | 87 |
| IND Won | 37 |
| SA Won | 50 |
| Tied | 0 |
| No Result | 0 |
| % IND | 41.66 |
| % SA | 58.33 |
| First Played | 1991 |
| Last Played | 2022 |
Also see - Rohit Sharma Batting Record vs South Africa in T20Is
IND vs SA Head to Head - T20I
Both the teams have faced each other 22 times in the shortest format of the game. Here, the Indian team has a slight edge as it has won 13 of these 23 matches.
| Matches Played | 22 |
| IND Won | 13 |
| SA Won | 9 |
| Tied | 0 |
| No result | 1 |
| % IND | 57.89 |
| % SA | 42.10 |
| First Played | 2006 |
| Last Played | 2022 |
