Decoding South Africa's longest winning streaks in T20Is
What's the story
South Africa defeated West Indies in their final Super 8 game of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup to qualify for the semi-finals.
It was a low-scoring affair as SA accomplished the revised 123-run target (124/7) with five balls to spare.
This was SA's seventh successive win in this event.
Here we decode South Africa's longest winning streaks in T20Is.
#1
7 in 2024
SA have so far won their all seven games in the ongoing tourney.
They defeated the likes of Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Bangladesh, and Nepal to finish atop the Group D standings.
Interestingly, none of these wins were really convincing.
Nevertheless, SA continued their unbeaten run in the Super 8 stage as they defeated USA, England, and WI to qualify for the semis.
#2
7 in 2009
SA whitewashed Australia in a two-T20I series at home in March 2009.
This marked the start of SA's another seven-game winning streak.
The team then went on to win five back-to-back games in that year's T20 WC.
They defeated Scotland, New Zealand, hosts England, WI, and India to enter the semi-finals unbeaten.
Pakistan ended the streak by beating SA in the knock-out game.
#1
7 in 2021
SA recorded seven back-to-back T20I wins in 2021 as well. This streak started with SA's win over WI in the fifth and final T20I in June.
The Proteas side then recorded back-to-back 3-0 clean sweeps against Ireland (away) and Sri Lanka (away).
Their winning run ended with the loss against Australia in that year's T20 WC. It was SA's opener in that tourney.
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Most wins in a T20 WC edition
With the win against WI, SA became the first team to win seven matches in a T20 WC edition. They went past Sri Lanka (6 in 2009) and Australia (6 in 2010 and 6 in 2021) in this regard.