Test debutants at Bangalore and Results of Ind-Aus tests at Bangalore
A total of 21 cricketers have made their test debut at Bangalore – eight from India and thirteen from visiting team. The list includes immortals like CG Greenidge, IVA Richards and MD Marshall of West Indies, MJ Clarke and DA Lehmann of Australia. CG Greenidge who scored 93 and 107 on his test debut, LK Germon who on test debut led New Zealand, RMH Binny – perhaps the only cricketers in the annals of test cricket to make his test debut and also play his farwell game at the same venue – Bangalore. Yajurvindra Singh who equaled the world record of most catches in a test on his test debut, PR George on his test debut took the wicket of SR Tendulkar are the some noteworthy debutants at Bangalore.The following table lists the debutants at Bangalore.
Indian Cricketers | |||||||||||||
No | Player | Team | Oppn | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
1 | HS Kanitkar | Ind | Win | 1974-1974 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 65 | 41.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | Yajurvindra Singh | Ind | Eng | 1977-1977 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | NS Yadav | Ind | Aus | 1979-1979 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
4 | RMH Binny | Ind | Pak | 1979-1979 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 46.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | Aus | 1998-1998 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4* | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | N Chopra | Ind | SAF | 2000-2000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | M Kaif | Ind | SAF | 2000-2000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 23 | 17.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | CA Pujara | Ind | Aus | 2010-2010 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 72 | 38.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Visiting Cricketers | |||||||||||||
No | Player | Team | Oppn | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
1 | CG Greenidge | Win | Ind | 1974-1974 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 107 | 100.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2 | IVA Richards | Win | Ind | 1974-1974 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | MD Marshall | Win | Ind | 1978-1978 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Ehteshamuddin | Pak | Ind | 1979-1979 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
5 | Azeem Hafeez | Pak | Ind | 1983-1983 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | CM Kuggeleijn | NZl | Ind | 1988-1988 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | LK Germon | NZl | Ind | 1995-1995 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 48 | 44.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | AC Dale | Aus | Ind | 1998-1998 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | DS Lehmann | Aus | Ind | 1998-1998 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 52.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MJ Clarke | Aus | Ind | 2004-2004 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 168 | 151 | 84.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Yasir Arafat | Pak | Ind | 2007-2007 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | CL White | Aus | Ind | 2008-2008 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 18* | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | PR George | Aus | Ind | 2010-2010 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Match results – India vs Australia at Bangalore | ||||||||
Played – 05 : Won by India – 01 : Lost by India – 02 : Drawn – 02 | ||||||||
Team | Result | Margin | Toss | Bat | Opposition | Ground | Start Date | |
India | Draw | lost | 2nd | v Australia | Bangalore | 19 Sep 1979 | ||
India | Lost | 008 wkts | won | 1st | v Australia | Bangalore | 25 Mar 1998 | |
India | Lost | 217 runs | lost | 2nd | v Australia | Bangalore |
06 Oct 2004 |
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India | Draw | lost | 2nd | v Australia | Bangalore | 09 Oct 2008 | ||
India | Won | 007 wkts | lost | 2nd | v Australia | Bangalore | 09 Oct 2010 |