Babar Azam has scored the highest individual score against South Africa in T20is. The Pakistan skipper scored 122 runs in an innings during Pakistan’s 2021 tour of South Africa. He reached the three-figure mark in just 49 balls. He has scored a century and 2 half centuries against South Africa in T20Is.
In the first T20I century, Chris Gayle scored against South Africa in the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007. Gayle made 117 runs off 57 balls with 7 fours and 10 sixes.
Rohit Sharma, who has the most T20I hundreds (four), scored his first against South Africa in 2015. India lost the match against South Africa. However, India lost the match against South Africa.
Here are the top 10 highest individual scores scored against South Africa in T20 Internationals.
PLAYER | INNINGS | HIGH SCORE | VENUE | YEAR | RESULT |
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Babar Azam | 2nd | 122 | Centurion | 2021 | Won |
Chris Gayle | 1st | 117 | Johannesburg | 2007 | Lost |
Rohit Sharma | 1st | 106 | Dharamsala | 2015 | Lost |
Mohammad Rizwan | 1st | 104* | Lahore | 2021 | Won |
Martin Guptill | 2nd | 101* | East London | 2012 | Won |
Suresh Raina | 1st | 101 | St. Lucia | 2010 | Won |
David Malan | 2nd | 99* | Cape Town | 2020 | Won |
Damien Martyn | 1st | 96 | Brisbane | 2006 | Won |
David Warner | 1st | 89 | Melbourne | 2009 | Won |
David Hussey | 1st | 88* | Johannesburg | 2009 | Lost |