South Africa Vs India : Centurion Test : Fourth day

South Africa Vs India : Centurion Test : Fourth day

K Rabada’s four wickets in India’s second innings fetched him a tally of 220 wickets in his test career and also 148 wickets on home soil. He now stands seventh in the list of eight bowlers who have captured most wickets on home soil. He went past VD Philander who had a tally of 146 wickets on home soil.

NoPlayerMatInnsBallsRunsWktsFT
1DW Steyn52099104965643261163
2M Ntini53103112665986249122
3SM Pollock59109123534955235091
4AA Donald38068079683831177122
5JH Kallis88147102815051165020
6M Morkel41080078294060155040
7K Rabada27051050522948148084
8Philander36069064082787146091

He is also one of the eight South African bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets in their test career.

NoPlayerMatInnsBallsRunsWktsFT
1DW Steyn0931711860810077439265
2SM Pollock1082022435309733421161
3M Ntini1011902083411242390184
4AA Donald0721291551907344330203
5M Morkel0861601649808550309080
6JH Kallis1652702017209497291050
7Philander0641191139105000224132
8K Rabada0480880904304960220104

India was dismissed for 174 in its second innings to provide the 13th occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs against South Africa. It also provides the eighth occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs against South Africa in South Africa.

NoTeamScoreIOppGroundStart Date
1Ind1002SAFDurban26 Dec 1996
2Ind0664SAFDurban26 Dec 1996
3Ind1444SAFCape Town02 Jan 1997
4Ind1693SAFCape Town02 Jan 2007
5Ind1361SAFCenturion16 Dec 2010
6Ind1354SAFCape Town05 Jan 2018
7Ind1514SAFCenturion13 Jan 2018
8Ind1743SAFCenturion26 Dec 2021

It also provides the third occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs against South Africa at Centurion.

NoTeamScoreIOppGroundStart Date
1Ind1361SAFCenturion16 Dec 2010
2Ind1514SAFCenturion13 Jan 2018
3Ind1743SAFCenturion26 Dec 2021

India was dismissed for 174 in its second innings to provide the 142nd occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs. It also provides the 79th occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs on away soil.

India has been dismissed for a total of less than 175 runs on away soil for more than three occasions against an opposition on 13 occasions. The following table lists them ground wise.

NoTeamInnsGroundOpp
1India11Lord’sEng
2India05LeedsEng
3India05MelbourneAus
4India05ManchesterEng
5India04WellingtonNZl
6India04BrisbaneAus
7India04The OvalEng
8India04KingstonWin
9India03BirminghamEng
10India03BridgetownWin
11India03Cape TownSAF
12India03TrinidadWin
13India03CenturionSAF

India has been dismissed for a total of less than 175 runs in South Africa on three occasions against South Africa on two grounds – Cape Town and Centurion.

NoTeamInnsGroundOpp
1India03Cape TownSAF
2India03CenturionSAF

V Kohli’s run aggregate on away soil read 4031 at the end of this test. He became the sixth Indian batsman to total 4000 plus runs on away soil.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHS10050
1Tendulkar106176178705248*2936
2R Dravid0931642176672702136
3Gavaskar0601060950552211822
4VVS Laxman0771341650141780932
5SC Ganguly0631040740321470822
6V Kohli0530960240312001415

V Kohli was dismissed for 18 in India’s second innings to provide the 47th occasion of his being dismissed for a score less than 20 runs while leading India. He holds the record for an Indian captain who has been dismissed for a score of less than 20 in an innings. MS Dhoni was the other Indian captain to be dismissed for a score of less than 20 runs in an innings on 40 plus occasions – 41 occasions.

V Kohli while leading India has been dismissed for scores less than 50 runs on 71 occasions. MS Dhoni holds the second place with 62 such occasions.

As a batsman V Kohli has not scored a fifty in 108 innings. He is closely followed by CA Pujara who has 106 such occasions.

D Elgar scored 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings to provide the 17th occasion of a South African captain scoring a fifty against India. It also provides the the eleventh occasion of a South African captain scoring a fifty against India on home soil. He also became the third South African captain to score a fifty against India at Centurion.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1GC Smith622IndCenturion16 Dec 2010
2du Plessis631IndCenturion13 Jan 2018
3D Elgar52*4IndCenturion26 Dec 2021

D Elgar scored 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings to provide the tenth occasion of a South African captain opener scoring a fifty against India. It also provides the seventh occasion of a South African captain opener scoring a fifty against India on home soil. He also became the second South African captain opener to score a fifty against India at Centurion.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1GC Smith622IndCenturion16 Dec 2010
2D Elgar52*4IndCenturion26 Dec 2021

D Elgar’s 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings represents his 31st fifty and also his 20th fifty on home soil He became the seventh South African batsman to score 20 plus fifties on home soil. Others are – JH Kallis {57}, HM Amla {42}, AB de Villiers {29}, GC Smith {29}, MV Boucher {24} and G Kirsten {24}

D Elgar’s 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings represent his third fifty while leading South Africa and his first on home soil

NoRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1542EngLord’s06 Jul 2017
2771WinGros Islet18 Jun 2021
352*4IndCenturion26 Dec 2021

D Elgar’s 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings represent his fourth fifty against India as batsman. It also represents his third fifty on home soil against India and his second fifty against India at Centurion.

NoRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1613IndCenturion13 Jan 2018
286*4IndJo’burg24 Jan 2018
31602IndVizag02 Oct 2019
452*4IndCenturion26 Dec 2021
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