As men in blue continue to register a string of victories in South Africa, records continue to tumble. The first T20I victory also witnessed quite a few of those which were rewritten but the most prominent among them was MS Dhoni surpassing Kumar Sangakkara’s record of most number of catches in T20 cricket. Sangakkara held the record with 133 catches (254 games) which Dhoni eclipsed after catching Reeza Hendricks off the bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Dhoni now has 134 victims in 275 T20 matches. This includes performances in T20 Internationals, Indian Premier League among others.

Meanwhile,Veteran wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik is third on the list with 123 catches. Pakistan’s Kamran Akmal and West Indies’ Dinesh Ramdin follow thereafter. In T20I Dhoni is leading the list with 77 dismissals (87 matches). Among wicketkeepers with most dismissals international cricket, Dhoni is third on the list after Mark Boucher and Adam Gilchrist. India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar also had a day to remember after becoming the first Indian to take five for in all three formats. India also registered their highest ever power-play score in a T20 International after smashing 73 runs in six overs at Johannesburg on Sunday. After posting a score of 203 in the first T20I, India is now third on the list of most 200 plus total in T20I. South Africa tops the charts with 11, followed by Australia who has done it 10 times.