IRE vs SA: Stats Preview ahead of the 1st Ireland vs South Africa T20I at Abu Dhabi

IRE vs SA 1st T20I Approaching Milestones: Ireland and South Africa will face each other in the UAE. These two teams will play five matches, which have two T20Is and three ODIs. This will begin on Friday, September 27 with the first T20I. The first match will take place at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. This will be a great series, as both sides have some good T20I stars. Aiden Markram will lead the Proteas, whereas Paul Stirling will lead Ireland.

South Africa lost an ODI series 1-2 against Afghanistan last week. But they tried out a few new faces. Those might come good here. So, South Africa have kept almost the same team for the matches against Ireland in T20Is and ODIs. On the other hand, Ireland have backed up a strong side which can challenge South Africa in these conditions. Ireland have players that have immense T20 experience and can come good in this series. In this article, we will talk about some key records and milestones which can be achieved in the first IRE vs SA T20I clash at Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

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1 - Reeza Hendricks has 1999 runs in 71 T20Is. He needs only one run to become the third South African batter with 2000 T20I runs.

1 - Ireland's Mark Adair has 122 T20I wickets and needs one more wicket to surpass Adil Rashid to become the 6th highest wicket-taker in T20Is.

3 - Lungi Ngidi has 62 wickets in the shorter format for South Africa. He needs three wickets to surpass Imran Tahir (63) and Dale Steyn (64) to become the third highest wicket-taker for South Africa in T20Is.

3 - Ireland's George Dockrell has 83 wickets in T20Is. He needs three more wickets to surpass Pakistan's stars Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal in the tally of most T20I wickets.

28 - Reeza Hendricks is just 28 runs away from completing 3000 international runs for South Africa.

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6 - Ireland's captain Paul Stirling needs six more sixes to equal Glenn Maxwell (134) for the sixth most sixes in T20I internationals.