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Indian bowlers who have captured 100 plus wickets on home soil – R Ashwin is the new entrant to the elite list

Indian bowlers who have captured 100 plus wickets on home soil – R Ashwin is the new entrant to the elite list

R Ashwin of India achieved two milestones when he captured five for 51 against South Africa at Mohali in the just concluded test.

He completed 100 wickets on home soil to become the tenth Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets at home. EAS Prasanna and S Venkataraghavan are not in this elite list as they failed to qualify and they were shy of the land mark by five and six wickets respectively. The following table lists out all such bowlers

No Player home Mat Inns Overs R W BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 A Kumble home 63 115 3465.2 8710 350 10/74 14/149 24.88 25 7
2 Harbhajan Singh home 55 103 2831.3 7624 265 8/84 15/217 28.76 18 4
3 N Kapil Dev home 65 119 2035.1 5803 219 9/83 11/146 26.49 11 2
4 BS Chandrasekhar home 32 55 1530.5 3933 142 8/79 11/235 27.69 8 1
5 BS Bedi home 30 54 1731.5 3287 137 7/98 9/70 23.99 8 0
6 J Srinath home 32 57 1005.0 2874 108 8/86 13/132 26.61 5 1
7 Z Khan home 38 70 1218.1 3731 104 5/72 8/137 35.87 3 0
8 MH Mankad home 23 38 1294.3 2733 103 8/52 13/131 26.53 4 2
9 R Ashwin home 16 32 847.3 2382 103 7/103 12/85 23.12 10 2
10 PP Ojha home 20 40 1070.1 2779 101 6/47 10/89 27.51 7 1
                         
1 EAS Prasanna home 22 41 1115.3 2560 95 6/74 10/174 26.94 5 1
2 S Venkataraghavan home 32 55 1379.1 2881 94 8/72 12/152 30.64 2 1

R Ashwin’s five for 51 in this test provides the tenth five wicket haul at home. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on ten or more occasions.  Others are A Kumble {25}, Harbhajan Singh {18} and N Kapil Dev {11}

No Player home Mat Inns Overs R W BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 A Kumble home 63 115 3465.2 8710 350 10/74 14/149 24.88 25 7
2 Harbhajan Singh home 55 103 2831.3 7624 265 8/84 15/217 28.76 18 4
3 N Kapil Dev home 65 119 2035.1 5803 219 9/83 11/146 26.49 11 2
4 R Ashwin home 16 32 847.3 2382 103 7/103 12/85 23.12 10 2

 

HM Amla rewrites the record for most catches in a test in India-South Africa test series

HM Amla rewrites the record for most catches in a test in India-South Africa test series

HM Amla took three catches in India’s first innings to provide the seventh occasion of a South African fieldsman taking three catches in an innings against India. AM Rahane took three catches in South Africa’s second innings to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian fieldsman taking three catches in an innings against South Africa

THREE OR MORE CATCHES IN AN INNINGS – IND FIELDSMEN
No Player Ct Inns Team Ground Match Date
1 VVS Laxman 3 2 Ind Mumbai 24 Feb 2000
2 W Jaffer 3 2 Ind Bangalore 02 Mar 2000
3 CA Pujara 3 1 Ind Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
4 AM Rahane 3 4 Ind Mohali 05 Nov 2015
THREE OR MORE CATCHES IN AN INNINGS – SAF FIELDSMEN
No Player Ct Inns Team Ground Match Date
1 AC Hudson 4 2 SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 1993
2 BM McMillan 3 1 SAF Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 1992
3 BM McMillan 3 3 SAF Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996
4 BM McMillan 3 4 SAF Kolkata 27 Nov 1996
5 AB de Villiers 3 2 SAF Durban 26 Dec 2006
6 JH Kallis 3 2 SAF Chennai 26 Mar 2008
7 HM Amla 3 1 SAF Mohali 05 Nov 2015

HM Amla and AM Rahane – took three catches in this match to provide the first occasion of rival fieldsmen taking three catches in the same test in India-South Africa test series

HM Amla took five catches in this test to provide the third occasion of a South African fieldsman taking four or more catches in a test against India. AM Rahane took four catches in this test to provide the second occasion of an Indian fieldsman taking four catches in a test against South Africa. HM Amla’s five catches in this test is a new series record for most catches by a fieldsman in India-South Africa test series

FOUR OR MORE CATCHES IN A MATCH – IND FIELDSMEN
No Player Ct Team Ground Match Date
1 V Sehwag 4 Ind Johannesburg 15 Dec 2006
2 AM Rahane 4 Ind Mohali 05 Nov 2015
FOUR OR MORE CATCHES IN A MATCH – SAF FIELDSMEN
No Player Ct Team Ground Match Date
1 HM Amla 5 SAF Mohali 05 Nov 2015
2 BM McMillan 4 SAF Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 1992
3 AC Hudson 4 SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 1993

 

An unusual coincidence in bowling figures of J Srinath and RA Jadeja against South Africa at home

An unusual coincidence in bowling figures of J Srinath and RA Jadeja against South Africa at home

J Srinath and RA Jadeja are the only two bowlers to have captured five or more wickets conceding less than 25 runs against South Africa at home. J Srinath and RA Jadeja have similarities in their bowling figures except for the wickets taken by them. Both have bowled 11.5 overs of which four were maiden overs. Both have conceded 21 runs. J Srinath had captured six wickets while RA Jadeja has captured five wickets. J Srinath had figures of 11.5-4-21-6 at Ahmedabad, while RA Jadeja had figures of 11.5.4-21-5 at Mohali. Both the bowler’s performance came in the fourth innings of the test. India won the Ahmedabad test by 64 runs and the Mohali test by 108 runs

Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
J Srinath 11.5 4 21 6 4 v South Africa Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996
RA Jadeja 11.5 4 21 5 4 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015
India had a team losing its five wickets for exact 45 runs in a test innings for the first time

India had a team losing its five wickets for exact 45 runs in a test innings for the first time

South Africa lost its half side with the score card reading 5 for 45 in its second innings in the just concluded test against India at Mohali to provide the seventh occasion of South Africa losing its five wickets for 50 and less than 50 runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below.

No FoW Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 5/45 3 Eng Cape Town 19 Mar 1892
2 5/45 4 Ind Mohali 05 Nov 2015
3 5/46 4 Aus Melbourne 31 Dec 1910
4 5/49 2 Eng Leeds 29 Jul 1907
5 5/49 3 Aus Johannesburg 15 Feb 1936
6 5/50 1 Eng The Oval 12 Aug 1912
7 5/50 4 Eng Nottingham 14 Aug 2003

South Africa lost its half side with the score card reading 5 for 45 in its second innings in the just concluded test against India at Mohali to provide the second occasion of South Africa losing its five wickets for exact 45 runs in a test innings. The first such occasions was against England at Cape Town in Mar 1892 in the third innings of the test.

No FoW Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 5/45 3 Eng Cape Town 19 Mar 1892
2 5/45 4 Ind Mohali 05 Nov 2015

Thus It took 123 years to have South Africa reeling at 5 for 45 in a test Innings for another team after being in such a position against England in Mar 1892 against England at Cape Town. The difference between 2015 and 1892 is 123.

The following table lists out all occasions of a team losing its five wickets in a test innings for exact 45 runs. It is also observed that for the first time India had a team losing its half side for 45 runs

No Team FoW Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Eng 5/45 2 Aus Melbourne 30 Dec 1882
2 SAF 5/45 3 Eng Cape Town 19 Mar 1892
3 Eng 5/45 1 Aus Lord’s 15 Jun 1899
4 Win 5/45 2 Eng Port of Spain 28 Jan 1960
5 NZl 5/45 2 Eng Nottingham 07 Jun 1973
6 Aus 5/45 1 Win Port of Spain 03 Mar 1978
7 Ind 5/45 2 Eng Lord’s 10 Jun 1982
8 NZl 5/45 4 Pak Faisalabad 26 Oct 1990
9 Ind 5/45 4 Win Bridgetown 27 Mar 1997
10 Win 5/45 1 Pak Peshawar 17 Nov 1997
11 Zim 5/45 4 Srl Galle 12 Jan 2002
12 Win 5/45 3 Eng Bridgetown 01 Apr 2004
13 NZl 5/45 2 SAF Centurion 15 Apr 2006
14 Ban 5/45 3 NZl Wellington 12 Jan 2008
15 Pak 5/45 2 Eng Nottingham 29 Jul 2010
16 Zim 5/45 3 Pak Bulawayo 01 Sep 2011
17 SAF 5/45 4 Ind Mohali 05 Nov 2015

 

Tests at Bengaluru – Some key statistical parameters

Tests at Bengaluru – Some key statistical parameters

The ensuing second test between India and South Africa slated for Bengaluru which starts on 14.11.15 will be the 21st test match to be played at this venue. It is also the second test against South Africa at this venue The following are some of the key statistical parameters of the tests played at Bengaluru.

SUMMARY OF TESTS PLAYED AT BANGALORE
Team Span Mat Won Lost Tied Draw Inns HS LS
India 1974-2012 20 6 6 0 8 34 626 118
Australia 1979-2010 5 2 1 0 2 10 478 223
Pakistan 1979-2007 5 2 0 0 3 9 570 116
South Africa 2000-2000 1 1 0 0 0 1 479 479
West Indies 1974-1978 2 1 0 0 1 4 437 289
England 1977-2001 3 0 1 0 2 6 400 177
New Zealand 1988-2012 3 0 3 0 0 6 365 145
Sri Lanka 1994-1994 1 0 1 0 0 2 231 215

 

TESTS AT BANGALORE
No Team Result Margin Oppn Ground Start Date
1 India lost 267 runs v West Indies Bangalore 22 Nov 1974
2 India won 140 runs v England Bangalore 28 Jan 1977
3 India draw – v West Indies Bangalore 15 Dec 1978
4 India draw – v Australia Bangalore 19 Sep 1979
5 India draw – v Pakistan Bangalore 21 Nov 1979
6 India draw – v England Bangalore 09 Dec 1981
7 India draw – v Pakistan Bangalore 14 Sep 1983
8 India lost 16 runs v Pakistan Bangalore 13 Mar 1987
9 India won 172 runs v New Zealand Bangalore 12 Nov 1988
10 India won inns & 95 runs v Sri Lanka Bangalore 26 Jan 1994
11 India won 8 wickets v New Zealand Bangalore 18 Oct 1995
12 India lost 8 wickets v Australia Bangalore 25 Mar 1998
13 India lost inns & 71 runs v South Africa Bangalore 02 Mar 2000
14 India draw – v England Bangalore 19 Dec 2001
15 India lost 217 runs v Australia Bangalore 06 Oct 2004
16 India lost 168 runs v Pakistan Bangalore 24 Mar 2005
17 India draw – v Pakistan Bangalore 08 Dec 2007
18 India draw – v Australia Bangalore 09 Oct 2008
19 India won 7 wickets v Australia Bangalore 09 Oct 2010
20 India won 5 wickets v New Zealand Bangalore 31 Aug 2012

 

HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS
for Team Score Overs RR Inns Oppn Match Date
India India 626 150.2 4.16 1 Pak 08 Dec 2007
Visitors Pakistan 570 167.5 3.39 1 Ind 24 Mar 2005

 

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE
For Player Runs Team Oppn Match Date
India SC Ganguly 239 Ind Pak 08 Dec 2007
Visitors Younis Khan 267 Pak Ind 24 Mar 2005

 

BEST BOWLING FIGURES IN AN INNINGS
For Player O M R W Team Oppn Match Date
India Maninder Singh 18.2 8 27 7 Ind Pak 13 Mar 1987
Visitors TG Southee 24.0 6 64 7 NZl Ind 31 Aug 2012

  

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS BY WICKET
For Wkt Runs Partners Team Oppn Match Date
India 3rd 308 M Vijay, SR Tendulkar Ind Aus 09 Oct 2010
Visitors 3rd 324 Younis Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak Ind 24 Mar 2005

 

TESTS AT BANGALORE – DRAWN TESTS
No Team Result Margin Oppn Ground Start Date
1 India Draw – v West Indies Bangalore 15 Dec 1978
2 India Draw – v Australia Bangalore 19 Sep 1979
3 India Draw – v Pakistan Bangalore 21 Nov 1979
4 India Draw – v England Bangalore 09 Dec 1981
5 India Draw – v Pakistan Bangalore 14 Sep 1983
6 India Draw – v England Bangalore 19 Dec 2001
7 India Draw – v Pakistan Bangalore 08 Dec 2007
8 India Draw – v Australia Bangalore 09 Oct 2008
TESTS AT BANGALORE – LOST BY INDIA
1 India Lost 267 runs v West Indies Bangalore 22 Nov 1974
2 India Lost 16 runs v Pakistan Bangalore 13 Mar 1987
3 India Lost 8 wickets v Australia Bangalore 25 Mar 1998
4 India Lost inns & 71 runs v South Africa Bangalore 02 Mar 2000
5 India Lost 217 runs v Australia Bangalore 06 Oct 2004
6 India Lost 168 runs v Pakistan Bangalore 24 Mar 2005
TESTS AT BANGALORE – WON BY INDIA
1 India Won 140 runs v England Bangalore 28 Jan 1977
2 India Won 172 runs v New Zealand Bangalore 12 Nov 1988
3 India Won inns & 95 runs v Sri Lanka Bangalore 26 Jan 1994
4 India Won 8 wickets v New Zealand Bangalore 18 Oct 1995
5 India Won 7 wickets v Australia Bangalore 09 Oct 2010
6 India Won 5 wickets v New Zealand Bangalore 31 Aug 2012

 

SOME KEY PARAMETERS
No Parameters India Visitors
1 Centuries 15 15
2 Five plus wkts in an innings 17 12
3 Ten plus wickets in a match 02 00
4 Three figure partnerships 17 14

 

 

DA Warner emulates SM Gavaskar and RT Ponting – Scores twin centuries in a test on three occasions

DA Warner emulates SM Gavaskar and RT Ponting – Scores twin centuries in a test on three occasions

DA Warner of Australia scored centuries in both innings – 163 and 116 – against New Zealand at Brisbane in the just concluded test. He has performed the feat of scoring twin hundreds for the third time in his test career. He emulated SM Gavaskar of India and RT Ponting of Australia who have scored twin hundreds on three occasions. The performance of these three batsmen are listed below

No No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 SM Gavaskar 124 220 Ind Win Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
  2 SM Gavaskar 111 137 Ind Pak Karachi 14 Nov 1978
  3 SM Gavaskar 107 182* Ind Win Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
                 
2 1 RT Ponting 149 104* Aus Win Brisbane 03 Nov 2005
  2 RT Ponting 120 143* Aus SAF Sydney 02 Jan 2006
  3 RT Ponting 103 116 Aus SAF Durban 24 Mar 2006
                 
3 1 DA Warner 135 145 Aus SAF Cape Town 01 Mar 2014
  2 DA Warner 145 102 Aus Ind Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
  3 DA Warner 163 116 Aus NZl Brisbane 05 Nov 2015

SM Gavaskar had scored twin hundreds against West Indies on two occasions, while RT Ponting had performed the feat on two occasions against South Africa. DA Warner’s feat is different from SM Gavaskar and RT Ponting as he has scored twin hundreds against three different teams – South Africa, India and New Zealand

DA Warner became the second Australian batsman after RT Ponting to score twin hundreds on three occasions. He also became the second opening batsman to perform the feat after SM Gavaskar. DA Warner is the only left handed opening batsman to perform such a feat in the annals of test cricket.

DA Warner’s feat of twin hundreds in this test provide the 80th occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in both inning of a test. It also provides the 22nd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring twin hundreds in a test.

DA Warner’s feat of twin hundreds in this test provides the 29th occasion of an opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring twin hundreds in a test.

It also provides the 21st occasion of a left handed batsman to score twin hundreds in a test and also provides the 12th occasion of a left handed opening batsman to score hundreds in both innings of a test.

It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian left handed batsman to score twin hundreds in a test and also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian left handed opening batsman to score hundreds in both innings of a test.

 

 

Same pair of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in both innings of a test

Same pair of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in both innings of a test

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the first innings and 237 runs for the first wicket in second innings of the just concluded test against New Zealand at Brisbane to provide the eighth occasion of same pair of batsmen posting three figure partnerships in both innings of test match for the first wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 JB Hobbs/H Sutcliffe 1 157 2 Eng Aus Sydney Dec 1924
  JB Hobbs/H Sutcliffe 1 110 4 Eng Aus Sydney Dec 1924
                 
2 RH Catterall/B Mitchell 1 119 2 SAF Eng Birmingham Jun 1929
  RH Catterall/B Mitchell 1 171 4 SAF Eng Birmingham Jun 1929
                 
3 L Hutton/C Washbrook 1 137 1 Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1947
  L Hutton/C Washbrook 1 100 3 Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1947
                 
4 L Hutton/C Washbrook 1 168 1 Eng Aus Leeds Jul 1948
  L Hutton/C Washbrook 1 129 3 Eng Aus Leeds Jul 1948
                 
5 G Boycott/JH Edrich 1 107 1 Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1971
  G Boycott/JH Edrich 1 103 3 Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1971
                 
6 MJ Greatbatch/RT Latham 1 116 1 NZl Zim Bulawayo Nov 1992
  MJ Greatbatch/RT Latham 1 102 3 NZl Zim Bulawayo Nov 1992
                 
7 I Farhat/T Umar 1 109 2 Pak SAF Lahore Oct 2003
  I Farhat/T Umar 1 134 4 Pak SAF Lahore Oct 2003
                 
8 JA Burns/DA Warner 1 161 1 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2015
  JA Burns/DA Warner 1 237 3 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2015

 

Australian opening batsmen posting a partnership of 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings

Australian opening batsmen posting a partnership of 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the 23rd occasion of Australia opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 WA Brown, JHW Fingleton 1 233 1 v South Africa Cape Town 01 Jan 1936
2 J Moroney, AR Morris 1 214 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 10 Feb 1950
3 WM Lawry, IR Redpath 1 219 2 v South Africa Melbourne 01 Jan 1964
4 WM Lawry, RB Simpson 1 201 1 v England Manchester 23 Jul 1964
5 WM Lawry, RB Simpson 1 382 1 v West Indies Bridgetown 05 May 1965
6 WM Lawry, RB Simpson 1 244 2 v England Adelaide 28 Jan 1966
7 DC Boon, GR Marsh 1 217 2 v India Sydney 02 Jan 1986
8 GR Marsh, MA Taylor 1 329 1 v England Nottingham 10 Aug 1989
9 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 260 1 v England Lord’s 17 Jun 1993
10 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 208 4 v England Sydney 01 Jan 1995
11 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 228 2 v Sri Lanka Perth 08 Dec 1995
12 GS Blewett, MJ Slater 1 269 2 v Pakistan Brisbane 05 Nov 1999
13 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 224 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 08 Nov 2001
14 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 223 1 v New Zealand Hobart 22 Nov 2001
15 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 202 2 v South Africa Melbourne 26 Dec 2001
16 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 219 1 v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 2002
17 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 242 3 v West Indies St John’s 09 May 2003
18 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 255 1 v Sri Lanka Cairns 09 Jul 2004
19 ML Hayden, MEK Hussey 1 231 2 v West Indies Hobart 17 Nov 2005
20 PA Jaques, SM Katich 1 223 3 v West Indies Bridgetown 12 Jun 2008
21 EJM Cowan, DA Warner 1 214 2 v India Perth 13 Jan 2012
22 CJL Rogers, DA Warner 1 200 1 v India Sydney 06 Jan 2015
23 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 237 3 v New Zealand Brisbane 05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the third occasion of Australia opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in a test innings against New Zealand. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 224 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 08 Nov 2001
2 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 223 1 v New Zealand Hobart 22 Nov 2001
3 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 237 3 v New Zealand Brisbane 05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the record partnership by Australian opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in a test innings against New Zealand.  The previous best was 224 runs partnership between JL Langer and ML Hayden at Brisbane in Nov 2001. Thus this stand also represent the ground record partnership for the first wicket by Australian batsmen against New Zealand at Brisbane

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 237 3 v New Zealand Brisbane 05 Nov 2015
2 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 224 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 08 Nov 2001

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the 23rd occasion of Australia opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 Ind NZl Chennai 06 Jan 1956
2 CG Greenidge, DL Haynes 1 225 3 Win NZl Christchurch 22 Feb 1980
3 G Fowler, CJ Tavare 1 223 3 Eng NZl The Oval 14 Jul 1983
4 SL Campbell, AFG Griffith 1 276 1 Win NZl Hamilton 16 Dec 1999
5 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 224 1 Aus NZl Brisbane 08 Nov 2001
6 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 223 1 Aus NZl Hobart 22 Nov 2001
7 CH Gayle, KOA Powell 1 254 2 Win NZl North Sound 25 Jul 2012
8 NRD Compton, AN Cook 1 231 3 Eng NZl Dunedin 06 Mar 2013
9 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 237 3 Aus NZl Brisbane 05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the third occasion of opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in a test innings in a test at Brisbane  All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
12 GS Blewett, MJ Slater 1 269 2 v Pakistan Brisbane 05 Nov 1999
13 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 224 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 08 Nov 2001
23 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 237 3 v New Zealand Brisbane 05 Nov 2015

 

List of bowlers who have captured five or more wickets conceding less than 25 runs against South Africa

List of bowlers who have captured five or more wickets conceding less than 25 runs against South Africa

RA Jadeja captured five wickets conceding 21 runs in the second innings of the first test between India and South Africa to provide the 17th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings conceding less than 25 runs against South Africa. All the seventeen occasions are listed below

No Player O BPO M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CA Smith 13.2 4 6 19 5 1 Eng SAF Port Elizabeth 12 Mar 1889
2 J Briggs 19.1 4 11 17 7 2 Eng SAF Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
3 J Briggs 14.2 4 5 11 8 3 Eng SAF Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
4 GA Lohmann 9.4 5 5 7 8 4 Eng SAF Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896
5 S Haigh 11.4 5 6 11 6 4 Eng SAF Cape Town 01 Apr 1899
6 WJ Whitty 16.0 6 7 17 6 4 Aus SAF Melbourne 31 Dec 1910
7 FR Foster 13.1 6 7 16 5 1 Eng SAF Lord’s 10 Jun 1912
8 AER Gilligan 6.3 6 4 7 6 2 Eng SAF Birmingham 14 Jun 1924
9 TW Wall 15.1 6 7 14 5 3 Aus SAF Brisbane 27 Nov 1931
10 H Ironmonger 7.2 6 5 6 5 1 Aus SAF Melbourne 12 Feb 1932
11 H Ironmonger 15.3 6 7 18 6 3 Aus SAF Melbourne 12 Feb 1932
12 WJ O’Reilly 21.0 6 11 20 5 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 15 Feb 1936
13 TE Bailey 15.4 8 6 20 5 4 Eng SAF Johannesburg 24 Dec 1956
14 J Srinath 11.5 6 4 21 6 4 Ind SAF Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996
15 GD McGrath 12.3 6 4 21 5 3 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
16 SR Watson 5.0 6 2 17 5 2 Aus SAF Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
17 RA Jadeja 11.5 6 4 21 5 4 Ind SAF Mohali 05 Nov 2015

 

First Test – India vs South Africa – Second and Third day’s statistical highlights

First Test – India vs South Africa – Second and Third day’s statistical highlights

R Ashwin captured 5 for 51 in the first innings of this test to provide the 18th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa.

With five wickets in the first innings of this test, R Ashwin achieved two milestones. He completed his 150 test wickets and also became the first Indian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets while sharing the new ball as a spinner

R Ashwin became the 13th Indian bowler to capture 150 plus wickets. The following table lists all the bowlers. R Ashwin captured three more wickets in the second innings to take his tally of wickets to 153.

No Player Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 A Kumble 132 236 40850 18355 619 10/74 14/149 29.65 35 8
2 N Kapil Dev 131 227 27740 12867 434 9/83 11/146 29.64 23 2
3 Harbhajan Singh 103 190 28580 13537 417 8/84 15/217 32.46 25 5
4 Z Khan 92 165 18785 10247 311 7/87 10/149 32.94 11 1
5 BS Bedi 67 118 21364 7637 266 7/98 10/194 28.71 14 1
6 BS Chandrasekhar 58 97 15963 7199 242 8/79 12/104 29.74 16 2
7 J Srinath 67 121 15104 7196 236 8/86 13/132 30.49 10 1
8 I Sharma 65 114 13047 7302 200 7/74 10/108 36.51 7 1
9 EAS Prasanna 49 86 14353 5742 189 8/76 11/140 30.38 10 2
10 MH Mankad 44 70 14686 5236 162 8/52 13/131 32.32 8 2
11 S Venkataraghavan 57 96 14877 5634 156 8/72 12/152 36.11 3 1
12 R Ashwin 29 54 8464 4215 153 7/103 12/85 27.54 13 3
13 RJ Shastri 80 125 15751 6185 151 5/75 8/179 40.96 2 0

R Ashwin became the ninth Indian spin bowler to capture 150 plus wickets. The following table lists all the bowlers. R Ashwin captured three more wickets in the second innings to take his tally of wickets to 153.

No Player Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 A Kumble 132 236 40850 18355 619 10/74 14/149 29.65 35 8
2 Harbhajan Singh 103 190 28580 13537 417 8/84 15/217 32.46 25 5
3 BS Bedi 67 118 21364 7637 266 7/98 10/194 28.71 14 1
4 BS Chandrasekhar 58 97 15963 7199 242 8/79 12/104 29.74 16 2
5 EAS Prasanna 49 86 14353 5742 189 8/76 11/140 30.38 10 2
6 MH Mankad 44 70 14686 5236 162 8/52 13/131 32.32 8 2
7 S Venkataraghavan 57 96 14877 5634 156 8/72 12/152 36.11 3 1
8 R Ashwin 29 54 8464 4215 153 7/103 12/85 27.54 13 3
9 RJ Shastri 80 125 15751 6185 151 5/75 8/179 40.96 2 0

R Ashwin of India achieved a rare distinction which no bowler has achieved in the last 105 years of test cricket. Opening the bowling attack as spinner he had an aggregate of 45 wickets prior to the start of the test series against South Africa. At Mohali, the first test of the series, he opened the bowling and captured five for 51 runs in South Africa’s first innings. These five wickets fetched him an aggregate of 50 wickets. He became the sixth bowler to aggregate 50 plus wickets while opening the bowling attack as a spin bowler and achieved the coveted distinction of becoming the first bowler from 1910 onwards to total 50 plus wickets under this category of statistics. The following table lists the bowler who have captured fifty wickets. The last bowler to achieve the feat was C Blythe who had captured 74 wickets under this category of statistics. He played eleven tests during 1902 to 1910. R Ashwin captured three more wickets in the second innings of this test to take his aggregate of wickets to 53 in this category of statistics.

No Player Team Span M I Balls Runs W BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 H Trumble Aus 1893-1904 15 25 4291 1512 93 8/65 12/089 16.25 8 3
2 R Peel Eng 1884-1896 17 31 4361 1520 88 7/31 11/068 17.27 4 1
3 C Blythe Eng 1902-1910 13 24 3241 1319 74 8/59 15/099 17.82 8 4
4 GE Palmer Aus 1880-1885 11 19 3347 1204 62 7/65 11/165 19.41 5 2
5 W Rhodes Eng 1899-1908 9 16 1766 784 48 8/68 15/124 16.33 3 1
6 R Ashwin Ind 2011-2015 13 16 1972 1057 53 6/47 12/198 19.94 6 2

One more little specification with the above classification – replacing spin bowler – with right arm spin bowler – would redefine the list further. The list would reduce to three bowlers. Thus R Ashwin would become the third right arm spin bowler while opening the bowling to capture 50 plus wickets.

No Player Team Span M I Balls Runs W BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 H Trumble Aus 1893-1904 15 25 4291 1512 93 8/65 12/089 16.25 8 3
2 GE Palmer Aus 1880-1885 11 19 3347 1204 62 7/65 11/165 19.41 5 2
3 R Ashwin Ind 2011-2015 13 16 1972 1057 53 6/47 12/198 19.94 6 2

HM Amla was dismissed stumped in the first innings of this test to provide the 12th occasion of a South African captain dismissed stumped in a test innings against various oppositions. It also provides the first occasion of a South African captain dismissed stumped in a test innings against India.

AB de Villiers scored 63 in this game to provide the 97th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India. It also provides the 35th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India in India.

AB de Villiers’ 63 in this game represent his 58th fifty and also his 37th half century in his test career. He has played 99 tests and 164 innings. It also represents his sixth fifty and third half century against India.

India won this test under V Kohli. It was India’s third win under V Kohli and the first win on home soil. India had won two tests against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka – at Col-RPS and at Col-SSC

HM Amla was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of this test to provide the 43rd occasion of a South African captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against various oppositions and also provides the sixth occasion against India

HM Amla was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of this test to provide the third occasion of a South African captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against India in India. The other two occasions are – WJ Cronje at Mumbai in Feb 2009 and GC Smith at Kolkata in Nov 2004.

HM Amla was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of this test to provide the 21st occasion of a South African captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against various oppositions on away soil.

South Africa was dismissed for 109 in the second innings to provide its second lowest total in a completed innings against India in India. Its lowest total was 105 at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996.

RA Jadeja captured 5 for 21 in second innings to provide the 19th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets against India at home. All the nine 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 2 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

RA Jadeja became the sixth Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in a test innings conceding less than 25 runs against various opposition. All the six bowlers with their performances are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 SP Gupte 6.0 0 18 5 3 v Pakistan Dhaka 01 Jan 1955
2 S Madan Lal 12.0 6 23 5 4 v England Mumbai 27 Nov 1981
3 SLV Raju 17.5 13 12 6 2 v Sri Lanka Chandigarh 23 Nov 1990
4 J Srinath 11.5 4 21 6 4 v South Africa Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996
5 Harbhajan Singh 4.3 0 13 5 2 v West Indies Kingston 30 Jun 2006
6 RA Jadeja 11.5 4 21 5 4 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015

J Srinath and RA Jadeja are the only two bowlers to have captured five or more wickets conceding less than 25 runs against South Africa at home. J Srinath and RA Jadeja have similarities in their bowling figures except for the wickets taken by them. Both have bowled 11.5 overs of which four were maiden overs. Both have conceded 21 runs. J Srinath had captured six wickets while RA Jadeja has captured five wickets. Both the bowler’s performance came in the fourth innings of the test. India won the Ahmedabad test by 64 runs and the Mohali test by 108 runs.

Player O M R w Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
J Srinath 11.5 4 21 6 4 v South Africa Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996
RA Jadeja 11.5 4 21 5 4 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015

India won this test by 108 runs to provide the fifth occasion of India winning a test against South Africa by runs margin. It also provides the third occasions of India winning a test against South Africa by runs margin at home. The other two occasions are – by 280 runs at Kanpur in Dec 1996 and 64 runs at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996. Thus the win by 108 runs in this test provides the second occasion of India winning the test by 100 plus runs against South Africa at home.