T20 WC 2021: SA vs WI, Stats Preview – Upcoming records and approaching milestones

It will be South Africa vs West Indies in match 18 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. The action takes place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday (October 26). Both teams lost their opening fixtures and would be raring to open their account this time around. While South Africa lost to Australia by five wickets in a low-scoring thriller, West Indies suffered a humiliating six-wicket defeat against England.

Meanwhile, let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the 18th game of the T20 World Cup 2021:

46 – Rassie van der Dussen needs 46 runs to complete 4000 T20 runs.

51 – Heinrich Klaasen needs 51 runs to complete 500 runs in T20I cricket.

67 – Chris Gayle needs 67 runs to become the second batter to complete 1000 runs in T20 World Cups.

450– Chris Gayle is also set to become the third player to feature in 450 T20 matches.

34 – Aiden Markram needs 34 runs to complete 500 runs in T20I cricket.

83 – Rassie van der Dussen needs 83 runs to complete 2500 runs in international cricket.

3 – Tabraiz Shamsi (29) needs three wickets to become the bowler with the most T20I wickets in a calendar year. Australia’s Andrew Tye, who took 31 wickets in 2018, tops the list.

8 – Kagiso Rabada has returned unbeaten in his last eight T20I innings.

50 – Andre Fletcher needs 50 runs to complete 1,000 runs in T20Is.

4 – Oshane Thomas is four scalps away from completing 50 wickets in international cricket.

7 – Kieron Pollard needs seven big hits to complete 100 sixes in T20I cricket. He’ll be the third West Indies player to get the feat after Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis.

70 – West Indies suffered their biggest defeat in terms of balls remaining (70) in their last match against England.