Nagpur Test – Second day’s statistical highlights
South Africa was dismissed for 79 in the first innings of this test to provide its lowest total in a completed innings against India. Its previous lowest total was 84 at Johannesburg in Dec 2006. Thus South Africa has been dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs by India on two occasions.
South Africa was dismissed for 79 in the first innings of this test to provide the 30th occasion of it being dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs in a test innings, It also provides the 206th occasion of a team dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket
South Africa was 5 for 12 at one stage in its innings to provide the the fifth occasion of a team losing its five wickets for 12 runs or less than 12 runs in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Team | FoW | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 5/12 | 3 | v New Zealand | Napier | 26 Jan 2012 |
| 2 | South Africa | 5/12 | 2 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 3 | Australia | 5/11 | 4 | v England | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 |
| 4 | Australia | 5/07 | 3 | v England | Manchester | 30 Aug 1888 |
| 5 | India | 5/06 | 2 | v England | The Oval | 14 Aug 1952 |
South Africa lost its half the side for 12 runs in the ongoing third test at Nagpur against India to provide its lowest score when it had lost its half the side. The previous lowest was five for 14 against Australia at Cape Town in Nov 1902
South Africa lost its half the side for 12 runs in the ongoing third test at Nagpur against India to provide the very first occasion of a team suffering from such an ignominy against India.
India is the only team to be at the receiving end and the performing end in this category of statistics. India was at the receiving end when it had lost half the side for six runs against England at Manchester in Aug 1952. India was at the performing end in the ongoing test against South Africa at Nagpur in Nov 2015 when it had South Africa reeling at five for 12 in its first innings
South Africa was dismissed for 79 in this test to provide the seventh occasion of a team dismissed for a total less than 100 runs against India. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Team | Score | Overs | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | New Zealand | 94 | 38.2 | v India | Hamilton | 19 Dec 2002 |
| 2 | Australia | 93 | 30.5 | v India | Mumbai | 03 Nov 2004 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 91 | 46.3 | v India | Dhaka | 10 Nov 2000 |
| 4 | South Africa | 84 | 25.1 | v India | Johannesburg | 15 Dec 2006 |
| 5 | Australia | 83 | 48.4 | v India | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 82 | 51.5 | v India | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 7 | South Africa | 79 | 33.1 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
South Africa’s 79 is the lowest team total in a completed innings by any team against India. The previous lowest was Sri Lanka’s 82 at Chandigarh in Nov 1990.
India has dismissed a team for less than 100 runs on three occasions at home. The three occasions are listed below
| No | Team | Score | Overs | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Australia | 93 | 30.5 | v India | Mumbai | 03 Nov 2004 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 82 | 51.5 | v India | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 3 | South Africa | 79 | 33.1 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
R Ashwin returned with figure of 5 for 32 in this game to provide the 20th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets on home soil against South Africa. All such occasions are listed below.
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | J Srinath | 11.5 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 4 | v South Africa | Ahmedabad | 20 Nov 1996 |
| 2 | BKV Prasad | 35.0 | 6 | 104 | 6 | 1 | v South Africa | Kolkata | 27 Nov 1996 |
| 3 | A Kumble | 68.4 | 15 | 143 | 6 | 2 | v South Africa | Bangalore | 02 Mar 2000 |
| 4 | A Kumble | 54.0 | 13 | 131 | 6 | 1 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 |
| 5 | Harbhajan Singh | 30.0 | 3 | 87 | 7 | 3 | v South Africa | Kolkata | 28 Nov 2004 |
| 6 | Harbhajan Singh | 44.5 | 4 | 164 | 5 | 1 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 7 | Harbhajan Singh | 48.3 | 23 | 59 | 5 | 3 | v South Africa | Kolkata | 14 Feb 2010 |
| 8 | R Ashwin | 24.0 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 2 | v South Africa | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 9 | RA Jadeja | 11.5 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 4 | v South Africa | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 10 | R Ashwin | 16.1 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 2 | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
R Ashwin’s 5 for 32 in the first innings of this test provide the second occasion of his capturing five or more wickets against South Africa on home soil. The other occasion was at Mohali when he had figures of 5 for 51. R Ashwin became the third bowler to capture five or more wickets on two or more occasions against South Africa on home soil. Others are – Harbhajan Singh {03} and A Kumble {02}. The performance of these three bowlers are furnished below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | A Kumble | 68.4 | 15 | 143 | 6 | 2 | v South Africa | Bangalore | 02 Mar 2000 |
| 2 | A Kumble | 54.0 | 13 | 131 | 6 | 1 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 |
| 1 | Harbhajan Singh | 30.0 | 3 | 87 | 7 | 3 | v South Africa | Kolkata | 28 Nov 2004 |
| 2 | Harbhajan Singh | 44.5 | 4 | 164 | 5 | 1 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 3 | Harbhajan Singh | 48.3 | 23 | 59 | 5 | 3 | v South Africa | Kolkata | 14 Feb 2010 |
| 1 | R Ashwin | 24.0 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 2 | v South Africa | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 2 | R Ashwin | 16.1 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 2 | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
R Ashwin’s 5 for 32 in this test provide his 14th five wicket haul in tests. He became the 43rd bowler and sixth Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets on 14 plus occasions in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists the Indian bowlers who have performed the feat
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5s |
| 1 | A Kumble | 132 | 236 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 | 10/74 | 14/149 | 29.65 | 35 |
| 2 | Harbhajan Singh | 103 | 190 | 28580 | 13537 | 417 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 32.46 | 25 |
| 3 | N Kapil Dev | 131 | 227 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 9/83 | 11/146 | 29.64 | 23 |
| 4 | BS Chandrasekhar | 58 | 97 | 15963 | 7199 | 242 | 8/79 | 12/104 | 29.74 | 16 |
| 5 | R Ashwin | 31 | 56 | 8669 | 4317 | 162 | 7/103 | 12/85 | 26.64 | 14 |
| 6 | BS Bedi | 67 | 118 | 21364 | 7637 | 266 | 7/98 | 10/194 | 28.71 | 14 |
R Ashwin’s 5 for 32 in the first innings of this test is his seventh five wicket haul when he has opened the bowling as a spinner. All seven occasions are listed below. The record for most five wicket haul when a spinner has opened the bowling is eight hauls and is shared by C Blythe of England and H Trumble of Australia
| No | O | M | R | W | Pos | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 21.3 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 3 | v West Indies | Delhi | 06 Nov 2011 |
| 2 | 32.0 | 6 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 3 | v Australia | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 |
| 3 | 28.0 | 12 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 3 | v Australia | Hyd-RGS | 02 Mar 2013 |
| 4 | 25.0 | 6 | 87 | 5 | 2 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | 10 Jun 2015 |
| 5 | 16.0 | 6 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Col-RPS | 20 Aug 2015 |
| 6 | 24.0 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 2 | v South Africa | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 7 | 16.1 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
M Morkel’s captured his 40th wicket against India when he had M Vijay caught by HM Amla for 7 in India’s second innings. At the end of India’s second innings, his aggregate wickets against India read 42. He became the fourth South African bowler to capture 40 plus wickets against India. Others are – DW Steyn {63|, AA Donald {57} and SM Pollock {52}
M Morkel’s three for 35 in India’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 18 wickets against India in India. He now shares the second place with M Ntini for most wickets against India in India. M Ntini also has a bag of 18 wickets. The first place is held by DW Steyn with 26 wickets to his credit.
HM Amla took his 75th catch of his test career when he caught M Vijay off M Morkel for 7 in India’s second innings. At the end of India’s second innings, he had a tally of 76 catches against India. He became the sixth South African fieldsman excluding wicket keepers to pouch 75 plus catches in their test career. Others are JH Kallis {196}. GC Smith {166}, AB de Villiers {99}. HH Gibbs {94} and G Kirsten {83}
Imran Tahir returned with figure of five for 38 in India’s second innings to provide the 16th occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets in test innings against India. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AA Donald | 27.0 | 11 | 55 | 5 | 1 | v India | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 1992 |
| 2 | AA Donald | 28.0 | 4 | 84 | 7 | 3 | v India | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 1992 |
| 3 | L Klusener | 21.3 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 4 | v India | Kolkata | 27 Nov 1996 |
| 4 | PR Adams | 19.1 | 6 | 55 | 6 | 1 | v India | Kanpur | 08 Dec 1996 |
| 5 | AA Donald | 16.0 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 2 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 1996 |
| 6 | N Boje | 38.0 | 14 | 83 | 5 | 3 | v India | Bangalore | 02 Mar 2000 |
| 7 | SM Pollock | 21.4 | 10 | 56 | 6 | 3 | v India | Bloemfontein | 03 Nov 2001 |
| 8 | SM Pollock | 16.0 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 2 | v India | Port Elizabeth | 16 Nov 2001 |
| 9 | M Ntini | 19.0 | 6 | 48 | 5 | 4 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2006 |
| 10 | DW Steyn | 8.0 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 1 | v India | Ahmedabad | 03 Apr 2008 |
| 11 | DW Steyn | 16.4 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 2 | v India | Nagpur | 06 Feb 2010 |
| 12 | M Morkel | 12.4 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | v India | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 |
| 13 | DW Steyn | 19.0 | 6 | 50 | 6 | 1 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2010 |
| 14 | DW Steyn | 31.0 | 11 | 75 | 5 | 2 | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2011 |
| 15 | DW Steyn | 30.0 | 9 | 100 | 6 | 1 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2013 |
| 16 | Imran Tahir | 11.3 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 3 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
Imran Tahir returned with figure of five for 38 in India’s second innings {third innings of the test} to provide the fourth occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets in the third innings of a test against India. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AA Donald | 28.0 | 4 | 84 | 7 | 3 | v India | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 1992 |
| 2 | N Boje | 38.0 | 14 | 83 | 5 | 3 | v India | Bangalore | 02 Mar 2000 |
| 3 | SM Pollock | 21.4 | 10 | 56 | 6 | 3 | v India | Bloemfontein | 03 Nov 2001 |
| 4 | Imran Tahir | 11.3 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 3 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
Imran Tahir returned with figure of five for 38 in India’s second innings to provide the sixth occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets in test innings against India in India. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | L Klusener | 21.3 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 4 | v India | Kolkata | 27 Nov 1996 |
| 2 | PR Adams | 19.1 | 6 | 55 | 6 | 1 | v India | Kanpur | 08 Dec 1996 |
| 3 | N Boje | 38.0 | 14 | 83 | 5 | 3 | v India | Bangalore | 02 Mar 2000 |
| 4 | DW Steyn | 8.0 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 1 | v India | Ahmedabad | 03 Apr 2008 |
| 5 | DW Steyn | 16.4 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 2 | v India | Nagpur | 06 Feb 2010 |
| 6 | Imran Tahir | 11.3 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 3 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
Imran Tahir returned with figure of five for 38 in India’s second innings {third innings of the test} to provide the second occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets in the third innings of a test against India in India. The other such occasions was witnessed at Bangalore when N Boje in Mar 2000 had figures of 5 for 83. Both the occasions are listed below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | N Boje | 38.0 | 14 | 83 | 5 | 3 | v India | Bangalore | 02 Mar 2000 |
| 2 | Imran Tahir | 11.3 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 3 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
Thus Imran Tahir’s 5 for 38 represent the best bawling figures by a South African bowler in the third inning of a test against India in India
Twenty wickets fell on the second day of this test {eight wickets in South Africa’s first innings, ten wickets in India’s second innings and two wickets in South Africa’s second innings} to provide the twelfth occasion of 20 plus wickets on second day’s play. All such occasions are listed below. It is noted with interest that this is the very first occasion of 20 wickets falling on a second day’s play on Indian soil
| No | Team 1 | Team 2 | Day | Runs | Wkts | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | England | Australia | 2 | 199 | 20 | The Oval | 28 Aug 1882 |
| 2 | England | Australia | 2 | 240 | 20 | Birmingham | 27 May 1909 |
| 3 | England | India | 2 | 286 | 20 | Birmingham | 13 Jul 1967 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | New Zealand | 2 | 158 | 20 | Harare | 07 Aug 2005 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2 | 255 | 20 | Kandy | 03 Apr 2006 |
| 6 | South Africa | India | 2 | 323 | 20 | Johannesburg | 15 Dec 2006 |
| 7 | India | South Africa | 2 | 273 | 20 | Nagpur-J | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 8 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 236 | 21 | Birmingham | 01 Jul 1999 |
| 9 | England | West Indies | 2 | 188 | 21 | Lord’s | 29 Jun 2000 |
| 10 | South Africa | Australia | 2 | 294 | 23 | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 |
| 11 | England | Australia | 2 | 255 | 24 | The Oval | 10 Aug 1896 |
| 12 | England | Australia | 2 | 157 | 27 | Lord’s | 16 Jul 1888 |
Twenty wickets fell on the second day of this test {eight wickets in S0uth Africa’s first innings, ten wickets in India’s second innings and two wickets in South Africa’s second innings} to provide the second occasion of 20 wickets in a day’s play on Indian soil. India and Australia test at Mumbai in Nov 2004 had witnessed 20 wickets falling on third day’s play. Both the occasions are listed below.
| No | Team 1 | Team 2 | Day | Runs | Wkts | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | India | Australia | 3 | 293 | 20 | Mumbai | 03 Nov 2004 |
| 2 | India | South Africa | 2 | 273 | 20 | Nagpur-J | 25 Nov 2015 |
Twenty wickets fell on the second day of this test {eight wickets in South Africa’s first innings, ten wickets in India’s second innings and two wickets in South Africa’s second innings} to provide the record for most wickets falling on a day’s play in India-South Africa test series. The previous record was 18 wickets on the third day’s play in the first test of the ongoing test series at Mohali, Both the occasions are listed below.
| No | Team 1 | Team 2 | Day | Runs | Wkts | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | India | South Africa | 2 | 273 | 20 | Nagpur-J | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 2 | India | South Africa | 3 | 184 | 18 | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
AB de Villiers failed to score in South Africa’s first innings to provide the fourth occasion of his being dismissed for a duck in his test career spanning 101 tests and 166 innings. All the four occasions are listed below
| No | Runs | BF | Pos | Dismissal | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | stumped | 2 | v Bangladesh | Centurion | 26 Nov 2008 |
| 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | caught | 2 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2010 |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | lbw | 1 | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 07 Mar 2012 |
| 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | caught | 2 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
AB de Villiers failed to score in South Africa’s first innings to provide the second occasion of his being dismissed for a duck against India in his test career spanning 16 tests and 26 innings. He was caught by MS Dhoni off S Sreesanth for a duck in South Africa’s first innings at Durban in Dec 2010. Both the occasions are listed below
| No | Runs | BF | Pos | Dismissal | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | caught | 2 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2010 |
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | caught | 2 | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |