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

South Africa would like to continue their stellar run as they take Sri Lanka in their latest fixture in T20 World Cup 2021. The encounter takes place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday (October 30). Both teams have won one of their first two games and it would be interesting to see how the upcoming clash pans out for them.

Meanwhile, let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the 25th game of the T20 World Cup 2021:

3 – Rassie van der Dussen needs just 3 runs to complete 4000 T20 runs.

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

4 – Kusal Perera needs just four runs to become the second Sri Lankan batter to complete 1500 T20I runs.

1 – Perera is also a big hit shy of completing 100 sixes in T20 cricket.

4 – Lahiru Kumara needs four wickets to complete 100 wickets in international cricket.

37 – Rassie van der Dussen needs 37 runs to complete 2500 runs in international cricket.

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

4 – Wanindu Hasaranga (28) can also go past Andrew Tye’s tally. He needs four scalps to get the milestone.

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

50 – Dinesh Chandimal needs 50 runs to become the seventh Sri Lankan batter to complete 1000 runs in T20 Internationals.

2 – Lahiru Kumara bowled the second-most expensive over in T20 World Cup 2021 (2