The second test between South Africa and India at Cape Town was completed in two days to provide rhe 25th occasion of a test completed in two days in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Team 1
Team 2
Days
Winner
Ground
Match Date
1
England
Australia
2
Australia
The Oval
28 Aug 1882
2
England
Australia
2
Australia
Lord’s
16 Jul 1888
3
England
Australia
2
England
The Oval
13 Aug 1888
4
England
Australia
2
England
Manchester
30 Aug 1888
5
South Africa
England
2
England
Gqeberha
12 Mar 1889
6
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
25 Mar 1889
7
England
Australia
2
England
The Oval
11 Aug 1890
8
South Africa
England
2
England
Gqeberha
13 Feb 1896
9
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
21 Mar 1896
10
Australia
South Africa
2
Australia
Manchester
27 May 1912
11
England
South Africa
2
England
The Oval
12 Aug 1912
12
England
Australia
2
Australia
Nottingham
28 May 1921
13
Australia
West Indies
2
Australia
Melbourne
13 Feb 1931
14
South Africa
Australia
2
Australia
Johannesburg
15 Feb 1936
15
New Zealand
Australia
2
Australia
Wellington
29 Mar 1946
16
England
West Indies
2
England
Leeds
17 Aug 2000
17
Australia
Pakistan
2
Australia
Sharjah
11 Oct 2002
18
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2
South Africa
Cape Town
04 Mar 2005
19
Zimbabwe
New Zealand
2
New Zealand
Harare
07 Aug 2005
20
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2
South Africa
Gqeberha
26 Dec 2017
21
India
Afghanistan
2
India
Bengaluru
14 Jun 2018
22
India
England
2
India
Ahmedabad
24 Feb 2021
23
Afghanistan
Zimbabwe
2
Zimbabwe
Abu Dhabi
02 Mar 2021
24
Australia
South Africa
2
Australia
Brisbane
17 Dec 2022
25
South Africa
India
2
India
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
The following tables lists the eleven occasion of South Africa involved as one of the teams in a test which was completed in two days and also the three occasions of India involved as one of the teams in a test which was completed in two days
No
Team 1
Team 2
Days
Winner
Ground
Match Date
1
South Africa
England
2
England
Gqeberha
12 Mar 1889
2
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
25 Mar 1889
3
South Africa
England
2
England
Gqeberha
13 Feb 1896
4
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
21 Mar 1896
5
Australia
South Africa
2
Australia
Manchester
27 May 1912
6
England
South Africa
2
England
The Oval
12 Aug 1912
7
South Africa
Australia
2
Australia
Johannesburg
15 Feb 1936
8
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2
South Africa
Cape Town
04 Mar 2005
9
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2
South Africa
Gqeberha
26 Dec 2017
10
Australia
South Africa
2
Australia
Brisbane
17 Dec 2022
11
South Africa
India
2
India
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
No
Team 1
Team 2
Days
Winner
Ground
Match Date
1
India
Afghanistan
2
India
Bengaluru
14 Jun 2018
2
India
England
2
India
Ahmedabad
24 Feb 2021
4
Zimbabwe
New Zealand
2
New Zealand
Harare
07 Aug 2005
There are eight tests sompleted in two days played on South African soil which are tabulated below. Out of these eight tests, Cape Town has witnessed four tests completed in two days
No
Team 1
Team 2
Days
Winner
Ground
Match Date
1
South Africa
England
2
England
Gqeberha
12 Mar 1889
2
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
25 Mar 1889
3
South Africa
England
2
England
Gqeberha
13 Feb 1896
4
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
21 Mar 1896
5
South Africa
Australia
2
Australia
Johannesburg
15 Feb 1936
6
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2
South Africa
Cape Town
04 Mar 2005
7
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2
South Africa
Gqeberha
26 Dec 2017
8
South Africa
India
2
India
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
No
Team 1
Team 2
Days
Winner
Ground
Match Date
1
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
25 Mar 1889
2
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
21 Mar 1896
3
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2
South Africa
Cape Town
04 Mar 2005
4
South Africa
India
2
India
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
Cape Town and The Oval are the two grounds in the annals of test cricket to witness four tests completed in two days.
No
Team 1
Team 2
Days
Winner
Ground
Match Date
1
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
25 Mar 1889
2
South Africa
England
2
England
Cape Town
21 Mar 1896
3
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2
South Africa
Cape Town
04 Mar 2005
4
South Africa
India
2
India
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
1
England
Australia
2
Australia
The Oval
28 Aug 1882
2
England
Australia
2
England
The Oval
13 Aug 1888
3
England
Australia
2
England
The Oval
11 Aug 1890
4
England
South Africa
2
England
The Oval
12 Aug 1912
Twenty-three plus wickets falling in a day’s play in tests
Twenty three wickets fell on the first day of the just concluded test match between South Africa and India at Cape Town to provide the sixth occasion of 23 or more wickets falling in a day’s play in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Team 1
Team 2
Day
Runs
Wkts
Ground
Match Date
1
England
Australia
2
157
27
Lord’s
16 Jul 1888
2
Australia
England
1
221
25
Melbourne
01 Jan 1902
3
England
Australia
2
255
24
The Oval
10 Aug 1896
4
India
Afghanistan
2
339
24
Bengaluru
14 Jun 2018
5
South Africa
Australia
2
294
23
Cape Town
09 Nov 2011
6
South Africa
India
1
270
23
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
Twenty three wickets fell on the first day of the just concluded test match between South Africa and India at Cape Town to provide the second occasion of 23 or more wickets falling on first day’s play in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are tabulated below
No
Team 1
Team 2
Day
Runs
Wkts
Ground
Match Date
1
Australia
England
1
221
25
Melbourne
01 Jan 1902
2
South Africa
India
1
270
23
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
Twenty three wickets fell on the first day of the just concluded test match between South Africa and India at Cape Town to provide the second occasion of 23 wickets falling in a day’s play in the annals of test cricket at Cape Town. Both such occasions are tabulated below
No
Team 1
Team 2
Day
Runs
Wkts
Ground
Match Date
1
South Africa
Australia
2
294
23
Cape Town
09 Nov 2011
2
South Africa
India
1
270
23
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
Captains who have captured five or more wickets in a test innings and captured ten or more wickets in a test match
PJ Cummins of Australia captured five wickets in an innings in both innings of a match against Pakistan at Melbourne in the second test to provide the 134th occasion of a captain capturing five or more wickets in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 24th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
G Giffen
78.2
21
155
6
3
Eng
Melbourne
29 Dec 1894
2
G Giffen
28.0
11
076
5
2
Eng
Adelaide
11 Jan 1895
3
G Giffen
15.0
07
026
5
3
Eng
Sydney
01 Feb 1895
4
H Trumble
25.0
04
062
5
2
Eng
Melbourne
28 Feb 1902
5
MA Noble
41.1
10
100
7
1
Eng
Sydney
26 Feb 1904
6
IWG Johnson
22.2
10
044
7
3
Win
Georgetown
26 Apr 1955
7
R Benaud
33.4×8
10
083
5
1
Eng
Sydney
09 Jan 1959
8
R Benaud
27.0×8
06
091
5
2
Eng
Adelaide
30 Jan 1959
9
R Benaud
49.5
17
093
5
1
Pak
Karachi
04 Dec 1959
10
R Benaud
46.0
18
076
5
3
Ind
Delhi
12 Dec 1959
11
R Benaud
32.1
14
43
5
2
Ind
Chennai
13 Jan 1960
12
R Benaud
27.0
05
096
5
1
Win
Adelaide
27 Jan 1961
13
R Benaud
32.0
11
070
6
4
Eng
Manchester
27 Jul 1961
14
R Benaud
42.0
12
115
6
2
Eng
Brisbane
30 Nov 1962
15
R Benaud
33.0
10
068
5
2
SAF
Brisbane
06 Dec 1963
16
AR Border
26.0
10
046
7
1
Win
Sydney
26 Jan 1989
17
AR Border
30.0
11
068
5
2
Win
Georgetown
23 Mar 1991
18
MJ Clarke
23.0
01
086
5
4
Win
Roseau
23 Apr 2012
19
PJ Cummins
13.1
03
038
5
1
Eng
Brisbane
08 Dec 2021
20
PJ Cummins
24.0
08
056
5
2
Pak
Lahore
21 Mar 2022
21
PJ Cummins
12.4
03
042
5
3
SAF
Brisbane
17 Dec 2022
22
PJ Cummins
18.0
01
091
6
2
Eng
Leeds
06 Jul 2023
23
PJ Cummins
20.0
01
048
5
2
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
24
PJ Cummins
18.0
02
049
5
4
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
PJ Cummins of Australia captured five wickets in an innings in both innings of a match to provide the fifth occasion of his capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. He became the second Australian captain to capture five or more wickets in an innings on five or more occasions. R Benaud has accomplished the feat on nine occasions.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
R Benaud
33.4×8
10
083
5
1
Eng
Sydney
09 Jan 1959
2
R Benaud
27.0×8
06
091
5
2
Eng
Adelaide
30 Jan 1959
3
R Benaud
49.5
17
093
5
1
Pak
Karachi
04 Dec 1959
4
R Benaud
46.0
18
076
5
3
Ind
Delhi
12 Dec 1959
5
R Benaud
32.1
14
43
5
2
Ind
Chennai
13 Jan 1960
6
R Benaud
27.0
05
096
5
1
Win
Adelaide
27 Jan 1961
7
R Benaud
32.0
11
070
6
4
Eng
Manchester
27 Jul 1961
8
R Benaud
42.0
12
115
6
2
Eng
Brisbane
30 Nov 1962
9
R Benaud
33.0
10
068
5
2
SAF
Brisbane
06 Dec 1963
1
PJ Cummins
13.1
03
038
5
1
Eng
Brisbane
08 Dec 2021
2
PJ Cummins
24.0
08
056
5
2
Pak
Lahore
21 Mar 2022
3
PJ Cummins
12.4
03
042
5
3
SAF
Brisbane
17 Dec 2022
4
PJ Cummins
18.0
01
091
6
2
Eng
Leeds
06 Jul 2023
5
PJ Cummins
20.0
01
048
5
2
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
6
PJ Cummins
18.0
02
049
5
4
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
The following table lists the Australian captains who have captured five or more wickets in an innings on home soil.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
G Giffen
78.2
21
155
6
3
Eng
Melbourne
29 Dec 1894
2
G Giffen
28.0
11
076
5
2
Eng
Adelaide
11 Jan 1895
3
G Giffen
15.0
07
026
5
3
Eng
Sydney
01 Feb 1895
4
H Trumble
25.0
04
062
5
2
Eng
Melbourne
28 Feb 1902
5
MA Noble
41.1
10
100
7
1
Eng
Sydney
26 Feb 1904
6
R Benaud
33.4×8
10
083
5
1
Eng
Sydney
09 Jan 1959
7
R Benaud
27.0×8
06
091
5
2
Eng
Adelaide
30 Jan 1959
8
R Benaud
27.0
05
096
5
1
Win
Adelaide
27 Jan 1961
9
R Benaud
42.0
12
115
6
2
Eng
Brisbane
30 Nov 1962
10
R Benaud
33.0
10
068
5
2
SAF
Brisbane
06 Dec 1963
11
AR Border
26.0
10
046
7
1
Win
Sydney
26 Jan 1989
12
PJ Cummins
13.1
03
038
5
1
Eng
Brisbane
08 Dec 2021
13
PJ Cummins
12.4
03
042
5
3
SAF
Brisbane
17 Dec 2022
14
PJ Cummins
20.0
01
048
5
2
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
15
PJ Cummins
18.0
02
049
5
4
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney are the three grounds to witness four occasions of Australian bowlers capturing five or more wickets in an innings.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
R Benaud
42.0
12
115
6
2
Eng
Brisbane
30 Nov 1962
2
R Benaud
33.0
10
068
5
2
SAF
Brisbane
06 Dec 1963
3
PJ Cummins
13.1
03
038
5
1
Eng
Brisbane
08 Dec 2021
4
PJ Cummins
12.4
03
042
5
3
SAF
Brisbane
17 Dec 2022
1
G Giffen
78.2
21
155
6
3
Eng
Melbourne
29 Dec 1894
2
H Trumble
25.0
04
062
5
2
Eng
Melbourne
28 Feb 1902
3
PJ Cummins
20.0
01
048
5
2
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
4
PJ Cummins
18.0
02
049
5
4
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
1
G Giffen
15.0
07
026
5
3
Eng
Sydney
01 Feb 1895
2
MA Noble
41.1
10
100
7
1
Eng
Sydney
26 Feb 1904
3
R Benaud
33.4×8
10
083
5
1
Eng
Sydney
09 Jan 1959
4
AR Border
26.0
10
046
7
1
Win
Sydney
26 Jan 1989
R Benaud {five occasions} and PJ Cummins {four occasions} are the two Australian captains who have captured five or more wickets in an innings on four or more occasions.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
R Benaud
33.4×8
10
083
5
1
Eng
Sydney
09 Jan 1959
2
R Benaud
27.0×8
06
091
5
2
Eng
Adelaide
30 Jan 1959
3
R Benaud
27.0
05
096
5
1
Win
Adelaide
27 Jan 1961
4
R Benaud
42.0
12
115
6
2
Eng
Brisbane
30 Nov 1962
5
R Benaud
33.0
10
068
5
2
SAF
Brisbane
06 Dec 1963
1
PJ Cummins
13.1
03
038
5
1
Eng
Brisbane
08 Dec 2021
2
PJ Cummins
12.4
03
042
5
3
SAF
Brisbane
17 Dec 2022
3
PJ Cummins
20.0
01
048
5
2
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
4
PJ Cummins
18.0
02
049
5
4
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
The following table lists the thirteen captains in the annals of test cricket who have captured ten wickets in a match with five or more wickets in both innings of test. It is interesting to note that PJ Cummins became the first Australian captain to accomplish the feat.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
CA Walsh
36.0
15
055
13
Win
NZl
Wellington
10 Feb 1995
2
Waqar Younis
56.0
15
135
13
Pak
Zim
Karachi
01 Dec 1993
3
HMRKB Herath
49.0
10
152
13
Srl
Zim
Harare
06 Nov 2016
4
Fazal Mahmood
45.3
19
100
12
Pak
Win
Dhaka
06 Mar 1959
5
AER Gilligan
34.3
10
090
11
Eng
SAF
Birmingham
14 Jun 1924
6
JO Holder
23.1
04
103
11
Win
Ban
Kingston
12 Jul 2018
7
Rashid Khan
41.3
09
104
11
Afg
Ban
Chattogram
05 Sep 2019
8
EP Nupen
51.4
04
150
11
SAF
Eng
Johannesburg
24 Dec 1930
9
Imran Khan
55.5
15
180
11
Pak
Ind
Faisalabad
03 Jan 1983
10
GOB Allen
35.0
08
078
10
Pak
Ind
Lord’s
27 Jun 1936
11
PJ Cummins
38.0
03
097
10
Aus
PAK
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
12
Intikhab Alam
95.4
39
182
10
Pak
NZl
Dhaka
08 Nov 1969
13
BS Bedi
61.2X8
12
194
10
Ind
Aus
Perth
16 Dec 1977
The following table lists the twenty-one captains in the annals of test cricket who have captured ten wickets in a match.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
AER Gilligan
34.3
10
090
11
Eng
SAF
Birmingham
14 Jun 1924
2
EP Nupen
51.4
04
150
11
SAF
Eng
Johannesburg
24 Dec 1930
3
GOB Allen
35.0
08
078
10
Eng
Ind
Lord’s
27 Jun 1936
4
Fazal Mahmood
45.3
19
100
12
Pak
Win
Dhaka
06 Mar 1959
5
Intikhab Alam
95.4
39
182
10
Pak
NZl
Dhaka
08 Nov 1969
6
Intikhab Alam
39.4X8
05
130
11
Pak
NZl
Dunedin
07 Feb 1973
7
BS Bedi
61.2X8
12
194
10
Ind
Aus
Perth
16 Dec 1977
8
Imran Khan
32.2
10
079
11
Pak
Ind
Karachi
23 Dec 1982
9
Imran Khan
55.5
15
180
11
Pak
Ind
Faisalabad
03 Jan 1983
10
N Kapil Dev
57.3
15
135
10
Ind
Win
Ahmedabad
12 Nov 1983
11
Imran Khan
38.1
08
077
10
Pak
Eng
Leeds
02 Jul 1987
12
Imran Khan
37.2
02
121
11
Pak
Win
Georgetown
02 Apr 1988
13
AR Border
44.4
13
096
11
Aus
Win
Sydney
26 Jan 1989
14
Waqar Younis
56.0
15
135
13
Pak
Zim
Karachi
01 Dec 1993
15
CA Walsh
36.0
15
055
13
Win
NZl
Wellington
10 Feb 1995
16
Wasim Akram
38.4
12
106
10
Pak
Zim
Faisalabad
24 Oct 1996
17
SM Pollock
48.4
18
147
10
SAF
Ind
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
19
HMRKB Herath
49.0
10
152
13
Srl
Zim
Harare
06 Nov 2016
19
JO Holder
23.1
04
103
11
Win
Ban
Kingston
12 Jul 2018
20
Rashid Khan
41.3
09
104
11
Afg
Ban
Chattogram
05 Sep 2019
21
PJ Cummins
38.0
03
097
10
Aus
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
It is interesting to note that PJ Cummins became the second Australian captain to accomplish the feat after AR Border
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
AR Border
44.4
13
096
11
Aus
Win
Sydney
26 Jan 1989
2
PJ Cummins
38.0
03
097
10
Aus
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
The following table lists the eleven captains in the annals of test cricket who have captured fivr omore wickets in an innings against Pakistan.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
MH Mankad
54.0
26
064
5
3
Ind
Pak
Peshawar
12 Feb 1955
2
R Benaud
49.5
17
093
5
1
Aus
Pak
Karachi
04 Dec 1959
3
N Kapil Dev
29.0
06
068
5
2
Ind
Pak
Bengaluru
14 Sep 1983
4
CA Walsh
32.0
09
078
5
2
Win
Pak
Peshawar
17 Nov 1997
5
CA Walsh
43.1
06
143
5
2
Win
Pak
Rawalpindi
29 Nov 1997
6
A Kumble
14.0
02
060
5
4
Ind
Pak
Bengaluru
08 Dec 2007
7
DJG Sammy
17.0
07
029
5
4
Win
Pak
Providence
12 May 2011
8
JO Holder
17.3
05
030
5
3
Win
Pak
Sharjah
30 Oct 2016
9
PJ Cummins
24.0
08
056
5
2
Aus
Pak
Lahore
21 Mar 2022
10
PJ Cummins
20.0
01
048
5
2
Aus
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
11
PJ Cummins
18.0
o2
049
5
4
Aus
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
PJ Cummins owns the record for most five wicket hauls in an innings by a captain against Pakistan. He has achieved on three occasions. He went past CA Walsh of West Indies who had taken five wickets in an innings against Pakistan.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
CA Walsh
32.0
09
078
5
2
Win
Pak
Peshawar
17 Nov 1997
2
CA Walsh
43.1
06
143
5
2
Win
Pak
Rawalpindi
29 Nov 1997
1
PJ Cummins
24.0
08
056
5
2
Aus
Pak
Lahore
21 Mar 2022
2
PJ Cummins
20.0
01
048
5
2
Aus
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
3
PJ Cummins
18.0
o2
049
5
4
Aus
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
Australia and West Indies are the two teams to have five wickets in an innings on four occasions by their captains.
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
R Benaud
49.5
17
093
5
1
Aus
Pak
Karachi
04 Dec 1959
2
PJ Cummins
24.0
08
056
5
2
Aus
Pak
Lahore
21 Mar 2022
3
PJ Cummins
20.0
01
048
5
2
Aus
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
4
PJ Cummins
18.0
o2
049
5
4
Aus
Pak
Melbourne
26 Dec 2023
1
CA Walsh
32.0
09
078
5
2
Win
Pak
Peshawar
17 Nov 1997
2
CA Walsh
43.1
06
143
5
2
Win
Pak
Rawalpindi
29 Nov 1997
3
DJG Sammy
17.0
07
029
5
4
Win
Pak
Providence
12 May 2011
4
JO Holder
17.3
05
030
5
3
Win
Pak
Sharjah
30 Oct 2016
Bowlers who have captured four plus wickets in an innings on two occasions in two separate bilateral one day international series
The following table lists the nine bowlers who have captured four plus wickets in an innings on two occasions in two separate bilateral one day international series
Arshdeep Singh of India captured four plus wickets on two occasions in a bilateral one day international series. He captured five for 37 against South Africa at Johannesburg on 17.12.2023 and four for 30 at Paarl on 21.12.23. His feat provides the ninth occasion of an Indian bowler performing such a feat and also the 68th such occasion in the annals of one day internationals.
No
No
Player
O
M
R
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
1
K Srikkanth
7.0
0
27
5
1
v New Zealand
Visakhapatnam
10 Dec 1988
2
K Srikkanth
6.0
0
32
5
2
v New Zealand
Indore
15 Dec 1988
2
1
A Mishra
10.0
0
47
4
1
v Zimbabwe
Harare
28 Jul 2013
2
A Mishra
8.5
0
48
6
1
v Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
03 Aug 2013
3
1
Mohammed Shami
9.0
1
66
4
1
v West Indies
Kochi
08 Oct 2014
2
Mohammed Shami
9.3
0
36
4
2
v West Indies
Delhi
11 Oct 2014
4
1
JJ Bumrah
9.5
2
28
4
1
v Zimbabwe
Harare
11 Jun 2016
2
JJ Bumrah
10.0
1
22
4
1
v Zimbabwe
Harare
15 Jun 2016
5
1
JJ Bumrah
10.0
2
43
4
1
V Sri Lanka
Palekkele
24 Aug 2017
2
JJ Bumrah
10.0
2
27
5
1
V Sri Lanka
Palekkele
27 Aug 2017
6
1
YS Chahal
8.2
1
22
5
1
v South Africa
Centurion
04 Feb 2018
2
YS Chahal
9.0
0
46
4
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
07 Feb 2018
7
1
Kuldeep Yadav
9.0
1
23
4
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
07 Feb 2018
2
Kuldeep Yadav
10.0
0
57
4
2
v South Africa
Gqeberha
13 Feb 2018
8
1
Kuldeep Yadav
10.0
1
39
4
1
v New Zealand
Napier
23 Jan 2019
2
Kuldeep Yadav
10.0
0
45
4
2
v New Zealand
Mount Maunganui
26 Jan 2019
9
1
Arshdeep Singh
10.0
0
37
5
1
v South Africa
Johannesburg
17 Dec 2023
2
Arshdeep Singh
9.0
1
30
4
2
v South Africa
Paarl
21 Dec 2023
He became the third Indian bowler to perform such a feat against South Africa in one day internationals and seventh occasion of a bowler performing such a feat against South Africa in the annals of one day internationals
No
No
Player
O
M
R
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
1
YS Chahal
8.2
1
22
5
1
v South Africa
Centurion
04 Feb 2018
2
YS Chahal
9.0
0
46
4
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
07 Feb 2018
2
1
Kuldeep Yadav
9.0
1
23
4
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
07 Feb 2018
2
Kuldeep Yadav
10.0
0
57
4
2
v South Africa
Gqeberha
13 Feb 2018
3
1
Arshdeep Singh
10.0
0
37
5
1
v South Africa
Johannesburg
17 Dec 2023
2
Arshdeep Singh
9.0
1
30
4
2
v South Africa
Paarl
21 Dec 2023
South Africa – India Test series statistics – Part Two
Indian bowlers capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa on 30 occasions with SN Thakur’s seven for 61 at Johannesburg in Oct 2019 being the best innings bowling effort by an Indian bowler against South Africa. South African bowlers have captured five or more wickets in an innings against India with L Klusner’s eight for 64 at Eden Gardens in Nov 1996 being the best innings bowling effort by a South African bowler against India
FIVE PLUS WICKETS – INDIAN BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
A Kumble
44.0
22
53
6
3
v South Africa
Johannesburg
26 Nov 1992
2
J Srinath
11.5
4
21
6
4
v South Africa
Ahmedabad
20 Nov 1996
3
BKV Prasad
35.0
6
104
6
1
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
4
BKV Prasad
19.0
6
60
5
1
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
5
BKV Prasad
25.0
4
93
5
3
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
6
J Srinath
25.1
5
104
5
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
7
A Kumble
68.4
15
143
6
2
v South Africa
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
8
J Srinath
33.0
6
140
5
2
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
9
J Srinath
30.0
6
76
6
1
v South Africa
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
10
A Kumble
54.0
13
131
6
1
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
11
Harbhajan Singh
30.0
3
87
7
3
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
12
S Sreesanth
10.0
3
40
5
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
15 Dec 2006
13
Harbhajan Singh
44.5
4
164
5
1
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
14
Harbhajan Singh
48.3
23
59
5
3
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
15
S Sreesanth
29.0
0
114
5
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
16
Harbhajan Singh
38.0
1
120
7
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
17
RA Jadeja
58.2
15
138
6
2
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2013
18
R Ashwin
24.0
5
51
5
2
v South Africa
Mohali
05 Nov 2015
19
RA Jadeja
11.5
4
21
5
4
v South Africa
Mohali
05 Nov 2015
20
R Ashwin
16.1
6
32
5
2
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
21
R Ashwin
29.5
7
66
7
4
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
22
RA Jadeja
12.0
2
30
5
2
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
23
R Ashwin
49.1
26
61
5
4
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
24
JJ Bumrah
18.5
2
54
5
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
24 Jan 2018
25
Mohammed Shami
12.3
2
28
5
4
v South Africa
Johannesburg
24 Jan 2018
26
R Ashwin
46.2
11
145
7
2
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
27
Mohammed Shami
10.5
2
35
5
4
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
28
Mohammed Shami
16.0
5
44
5
2
v South Africa
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
29
SN Thakur
17.5
3
61
7
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
03 Jan 2022
30
JJ Bumrah
23.3
8
42
5
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
11 Jan 2022
FIVE PLUS WICKETS – SOUTH AFRICAN BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
AA Donald
27.0
11
55
5
1
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
2
AA Donald
28.0
4
84
7
3
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
3
L Klusener
21.3
4
64
8
4
v India
Eden Gardens
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
Bengaluru
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
Gqeberha
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
17
KJ Abbott
24.5
7
40
5
1
v India
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
18
VD Philander
15.4
4
42
6
4
v India
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
19
L Ngidi
12.2
3
39
6
4
v India
Centurion
13 Jan 2018
20
L Ngidi
24.0
5
71
6
1
v India
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
The following table lists out the Indian bowlers have captured five or more wickets in an innings on three or more occasions against South Africa and the South African bowlers who have captured five or more wickets in an innings on three or more occasions against India
FIVE PLUS WICKETS – INDIAN BOWLERS – THREE OR MORE OCCASIONS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
RA Jadeja
58.2
15
138
6
2
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2013
2
RA Jadeja
11.5
4
21
5
4
v South Africa
Mohali
05 Nov 2015
3
RA Jadeja
12.0
2
30
5
2
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
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
3
R Ashwin
29.5
7
66
7
4
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
4
R Ashwin
49.1
26
61
5
4
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
5
R Ashwin
46.2
11
145
7
2
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
1
Mohammed Shami
12.3
2
28
5
4
v South Africa
Johannesburg
24 Jan 2018
2
Mohammed Shami
10.5
2
35
5
4
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
3
Mohammed Shami
16.0
5
44
5
2
v South Africa
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
1
J Srinath
11.5
4
21
6
4
v South Africa
Ahmedabad
20 Nov 1996
2
J Srinath
25.1
5
104
5
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
3
J Srinath
33.0
6
140
5
2
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
4
J Srinath
30.0
6
76
6
1
v South Africa
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
1
Harbhajan Singh
30.0
3
87
7
3
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
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
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
4
Harbhajan Singh
38.0
1
120
7
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
1
BKV Prasad
35.0
6
104
6
1
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2
BKV Prasad
19.0
6
60
5
1
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
3
BKV Prasad
25.0
4
93
5
3
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
1
A Kumble
44.0
22
53
6
3
v South Africa
Johannesburg
26 Nov 1992
2
A Kumble
68.4
15
143
6
2
v South Africa
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
3
A Kumble
54.0
13
131
6
1
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
FIVE PLUS WICKETS – SOUTH AFRICAN BOWLERS – THREE OR MORE OCCASSIONS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
DW Steyn
8.0
2
23
5
1
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
2
DW Steyn
16.4
6
51
7
2
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
3
DW Steyn
19.0
6
50
6
1
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2010
4
DW Steyn
31.0
11
75
5
2
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
5
DW Steyn
30.0
9
100
6
1
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
1
AA Donald
27.0
11
55
5
1
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
2
AA Donald
28.0
4
84
7
3
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
3
AA Donald
16.0
5
40
5
2
v India
Durban
26 Dec 1996
R Ashwin of India and DW Steyn of South Africa are the two bowlers to capture five or more wickets on five occasions in India-South Africa test series.
FIVE PLUS WICKETS – INDIAN BOWLERS – FIVE OCCASIONS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
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
3
R Ashwin
29.5
7
66
7
4
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
4
R Ashwin
49.1
26
61
5
4
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
5
R Ashwin
46.2
11
145
7
2
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
FIVE PLUS WICKETS – SOUTH AFRICAN BOWLERS – FIVE OCCASSIONS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
DW Steyn
8.0
2
23
5
1
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
2
DW Steyn
16.4
6
51
7
2
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
3
DW Steyn
19.0
6
50
6
1
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2010
4
DW Steyn
31.0
11
75
5
2
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
5
DW Steyn
30.0
9
100
6
1
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
There are five occasions of Indian bowlers capturing seven or more wickets in an innings against South Africa. Harbhajan Singh and R Ashwin has taken seven plus wickets in an innings on two occasions against South Africa on two occasions. South African bowlers have captured seven or more wickets in an innings against India on three occasions.
SEVEN PLUS WICKETS – INDIAN BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
Harbhajan Singh
30.0
3
87
7
3
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
2
Harbhajan Singh
38.0
1
120
7
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
3
R Ashwin
29.5
7
66
7
4
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
4
R Ashwin
46.2
11
145
7
2
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
5
SN Thakur
17.5
3
61
7
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
03 Jan 2022
SEVEN PLUS WICKETS – SOUTH AFRICAN BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
L Klusener
21.3
4
64
8
4
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2
AA Donald
28.0
4
84
7
3
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
3
DW Steyn
16.4
6
51
7
2
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
Eight occasions of Indian bowler’s five plus wickets hauls have gone in vain, while five South Afrcan bowlers have witnessed their five plus wicket hauls in a losing cause
FIVE PLUS WICKETS – INDIAN BOWLERS – LOSING CAUSE
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
BKV Prasad
35.0
6
104
6
1
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2
BKV Prasad
19.0
6
60
5
1
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
3
BKV Prasad
25.0
4
93
5
3
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
4
A Kumble
68.4
15
143
6
2
v South Africa
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
5
J Srinath
33.0
6
140
5
2
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
6
RA Jadeja
58.2
15
138
6
2
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2013
7
SN Thakur
17.5
3
61
7
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
03 Jan 2022
8
JJ Bumrah
23.3
8
42
5
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
11 Jan 2022
FIVE PLUS WICKETS – SOUTH AFRICAN BOWLERS – LOSING CAUSE
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
PR Adams
19.1
6
55
6
1
v India
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
2
DW Steyn
19.0
6
50
6
1
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2010
3
Imran Tahir
11.3
2
38
5
3
v India
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
4
KJ Abbott
24.5
7
40
5
1
v India
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
5
L Ngidi
24.0
5
71
6
1
v India
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
The following table lists the five plus wickets in an innings by pace and spin bowlers from both the teams – India and South Africa
FIVE PLUS WICKETS IN AN INNINGS – INDIAN PACE BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
J Srinath
P
11.5
4
21
6
4
v South Africa
Ahmedabad
20 Nov 1996
2
BKV Prasad
P
35.0
6
104
6
1
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
3
BKV Prasad
P
19.0
6
60
5
1
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
4
BKV Prasad
P
25.0
4
93
5
3
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
5
J Srinath
P
25.1
5
104
5
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
6
J Srinath
P
33.0
6
140
5
2
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
7
J Srinath
P
30.0
6
76
6
1
v South Africa
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
8
S Sreesanth
P
10.0
3
40
5
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
15 Dec 2006
9
S Sreesanth
P
29.0
0
114
5
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
10
JJ Bumrah
P
18.5
2
54
5
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
24 Jan 2018
11
Mohammed Shami
P
12.3
2
28
5
4
v South Africa
Johannesburg
24 Jan 2018
12
Mohammed Shami
P
10.5
2
35
5
4
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
13
Mohammed Shami
P
16.0
5
44
5
2
v South Africa
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
14
SN Thakur
P
17.5
3
61
7
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
03 Jan 2022
15
JJ Bumrah
P
23.3
8
42
5
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
11 Jan 2022
FIVE PLUS WICKETS IN AN INNINGS – INDIAN SPIN BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
A Kumble
S
44.0
22
53
6
3
v South Africa
Johannesburg
26 Nov 1992
2
A Kumble
S
68.4
15
143
6
2
v South Africa
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
3
A Kumble
S
54.0
13
131
6
1
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
4
Harbhajan Singh
S
30.0
3
87
7
3
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
5
Harbhajan Singh
S
44.5
4
164
5
1
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
6
Harbhajan Singh
S
48.3
23
59
5
3
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
7
Harbhajan Singh
S
38.0
1
120
7
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
8
RA Jadeja
S
58.2
15
138
6
2
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2013
9
R Ashwin
S
24.0
5
51
5
2
v South Africa
Mohali
05 Nov 2015
10
RA Jadeja
S
11.5
4
21
5
4
v South Africa
Mohali
05 Nov 2015
11
R Ashwin
S
16.1
6
32
5
2
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
12
R Ashwin
S
29.5
7
66
7
4
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
13
RA Jadeja
S
12.0
2
30
5
2
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
14
R Ashwin
S
49.1
26
61
5
4
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
15
R Ashwin
S
46.2
11
145
7
2
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
FIVE PLUS WICKETS IN AN INNINGS – SOUTH AFRICAN PACE BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
AA Donald
P
27.0
11
55
5
1
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
2
AA Donald
P
28.0
4
84
7
3
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
3
L Klusener
P
21.3
4
64
8
4
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
4
AA Donald
P
16.0
5
40
5
2
v India
Durban
26 Dec 1996
5
SM Pollock
P
21.4
10
56
6
3
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
6
SM Pollock
P
16.0
3
40
5
2
v India
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
7
M Ntini
P
19.0
6
48
5
4
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2006
8
DW Steyn
P
8.0
2
23
5
1
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
9
DW Steyn
P
16.4
6
51
7
2
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
10
M Morkel
P
12.4
5
20
5
1
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
11
DW Steyn
P
19.0
6
50
6
1
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2010
12
DW Steyn
P
31.0
11
75
5
2
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
13
DW Steyn
P
30.0
9
100
6
1
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
14
KJ Abbott
P
24.5
7
40
5
1
v India
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
15
VD Philander
P
15.4
4
42
6
4
v India
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
16
L Ngidi
P
12.2
3
39
6
4
v India
Centurion
13 Jan 2018
17
L Ngidi
P
24.0
5
71
6
1
v India
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
FIVE PLUS WICKETS IN AN INNINGS – SOUTH AFRICAN SPIN BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
PR Adams
S
19.1
6
55
6
1
v India
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
2
N Boje
S
38.0
14
83
5
3
v India
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
3
Imran Tahir
S
11.3
2
38
5
3
v India
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
BKV Prasad and R Ashwin are the two Indian bowlers to capture ten or more wickets in a match against South Afirca, while AA Donald, SM Pollock and DW Steyn are the three South African bowlers to capture ten or more wickets in a match against India
TEN PLUS WICKETS IN A MATCH – INDIAN BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
BKV Prasad
44.0
10
153
10
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
2
R Ashwin
46.0
13
98
12
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
TEN PLUS WICKETS IN A MATCH – SOUTH AFRICAN BOWLERS
No
Player
Overs
M
Runs
W
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
AA Donald
55.0
15
139
12
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
2
SM Pollock
48.4
18
147
10
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
3
DW Steyn
34.5
7
108
10
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
The following table lists the 31 three figure partnerships posted by Indian batsmen against South Africa and 40 three figure partnerships posted by South African batsmen against India
THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS – INDIA
No
Partners
Wkt
Runs
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
PK Amre, KS More
8
101
v South Africa
Durban
13 Nov 1992
2
M Azharuddin, A Kumble
8
161
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
3
M Azharuddin, R Dravid
6
165
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
4
M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar
6
222
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
5
R Dravid, SC Ganguly
4
145
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
6
R Dravid, SC Ganguly
4
108
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
7
V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar
5
220
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
8
D Dasgupta, R Dravid
2
171
v South Africa
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
9
G Gambhir, V Sehwag
1
218
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
10
R Dravid, V Sehwag
2
127
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
11
W Jaffer, KD Karthik
1
153
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
12
W Jaffer, V Sehwag
1
213
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
13
R Dravid, V Sehwag
2
268
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
14
MS Dhoni, SC Ganguly
5
110
v South Africa
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
15
S Badrinath, V Sehwag
4
136
v South Africa
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
16
V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar
3
249
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
17
MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman
7
259*
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
18
G Gambhir, V Sehwag
1
137
v South Africa
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
19
MS Dhoni, SR Tendulkar
7
172
v South Africa
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
20
G Gambhir, SR Tendulkar
3
176
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
21
V Kohli, CA Pujara
3
222
v South Africa
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
22
CA Pujara, M Vijay
2
157
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2013
23
V Kohli, AM Rahane
5
154
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
24
MA Agarwal, RG Sharma
1
317
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
25
CA Pujara, RG Sharma
2
169
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
26
MA Agarwal, CA Pujara
2
138
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
27
V Kohli, AM Rahane
4
178
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
28
RA Jadeja, V Kohli
5
225
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
29
AM Rahane, RG Sharma
4
267
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
30
MA Agarwal, KL Rahul
1
117
v South Africa
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
31
CA Pujara, AM Rahane
3
111
v South Africa
Johannesburg
03 Jan 2022
THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS – SOUTH AFRICA
No
Partners
Wkt
Runs
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
WJ Cronje, AC Hudson
2
117
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
2
AC Hudson, G Kirsten
1
236
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
3
DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten
2
212
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
4
AM Bacher, AC Hudson
2
111
v India
Durban
26 Dec 1996
5
DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten
3
114
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
6
L Klusener, BM McMillan
8
147*
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
7
BM McMillan, SM Pollock
7
101*
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
8
BM McMillan, SM Pollock
6
112
v India
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
9
DJ Cullinan, L Klusener
8
127
v India
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
10
N Boje, G Kirsten
2
161
v India
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
11
JH Kallis, L Klusener
5
164
v India
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
12
HH Gibbs, G Kirsten
1
189
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
13
JH Kallis, ND McKenzie
3
130
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
14
MV Boucher, L Klusener
7
121
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
15
HH Dippenaar, HH Gibbs
4
105
v India
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
16
Z de Bruyn, AJ Hall
6
144
v India
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
17
JH Kallis, JA Rudolph
3
109
v India
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
18
MV Boucher, AG Prince
5
100
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2006
19
HM Amla, GC Smith
2
159
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
20
ND McKenzie, GC Smith
1
132
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
21
HM Amla, ND McKenzie
2
157
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
22
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
5
256
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
23
HM Amla, JH Kallis
3
340
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
24
HM Amla, AB de Villiers
4
108
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
25
HM Amla, AN Petersen
2
209
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
26
AN Petersen, GC Smith
1
111
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
27
HM Amla, JH Kallis
3
230
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
28
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
4
224
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
29
MV Boucher, JH Kallis
7
103
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
30
AN Petersen, GC Smith
1
108
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
31
AB de Villiers, F du Plessis
5
205
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
32
AN Petersen, GC Smith
1
103
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
33
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
4
127
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
34
F du Plessis, RJ Peterson
8
110
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
35
AB de Villiers, F du Plessis
4
114
v India
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
36
AB de Villiers, D Elgar
3
141
v India
Centurion
13 Jan 2018
37
HM Amla, D Elgar
2
119
v India
Johannesburg
24 Jan 2018
38
F du Plessis, D Elgar
5
115
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
39
Q de Kock, D Elgar
6
164
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
40
KA Maharaj, VD Philander
9
109
v India
Pune
10 Oct 2019
The following table lists the 21 150 plus runs partnerships posted by Indian batsmen against South Africa and14 150 plus runs partnerships posted by South African batsmen against India
150 PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS – INDIA
No
Partners
Wkt
Runs
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
MA Agarwal, RG Sharma
1
317
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
2
R Dravid, V Sehwag
2
268
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
3
AM Rahane, RG Sharma
4
267
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
4
MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman
7
259*
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
5
V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar
3
249
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
6
RA Jadeja, V Kohli
5
225
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
7
M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar
6
222
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
8
V Kohli, CA Pujara
3
222
v South Africa
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
9
V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar
5
220
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
10
G Gambhir, V Sehwag
1
218
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
11
W Jaffer, V Sehwag
1
213
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
12
V Kohli, AM Rahane
4
178
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
13
G Gambhir, SR Tendulkar
3
176
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
14
MS Dhoni, SR Tendulkar
7
172
v South Africa
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
15
D Dasgupta, R Dravid
2
171
v South Africa
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
16
CA Pujara, RG Sharma
2
169
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
17
M Azharuddin, R Dravid
6
165
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
18
M Azharuddin, A Kumble
8
161
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
19
CA Pujara, M Vijay
2
157
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2013
20
V Kohli, AM Rahane
5
154
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
21
W Jaffer, KD Karthik
1
153
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
150 PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS – SOUTH AFRICA
No
Partners
Wkt
Runs
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
HM Amla, JH Kallis
3
340
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
2
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
5
256
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
3
AC Hudson, G Kirsten
1
236
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
4
HM Amla, JH Kallis
3
230
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
5
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
4
224
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
6
DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten
2
212
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
7
HM Amla, AN Petersen
2
209
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
8
AB de Villiers, F du Plessis
5
205
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
9
HH Gibbs, G Kirsten
1
189
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
10
JH Kallis, L Klusener
5
164
v India
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
11
Q de Kock, D Elgar
6
164
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
12
N Boje, G Kirsten
2
161
v India
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
13
HM Amla, GC Smith
2
159
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
14
HM Amla, ND McKenzie
2
157
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
Indian batsmen created a world record by posting 200 plus runs partnerships for the first two wickets in an innings in India-South Africa test series.
W Jaffer-V Sehwag posted 213 runs for the first wicket and it was followed by 268 plus runs partnership for the second wicket between V Sehwag-R Dravid at Chennai in Mar 2008
No
Partners
Wkt
Runs
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
W Jaffer, V Sehwag
1
213
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
2
R Dravid, V Sehwag
2
268
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
The following table furnish the wicket wise three figure partnerships by Indian batsmen against South Africa and by South African batsmen against India.
THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS – INDIA – WICKET WISE
No
Partners
Wkt
Runs
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
G Gambhir, V Sehwag
1
218
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
2
W Jaffer, KD Karthik
1
153
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
3
W Jaffer, V Sehwag
1
213
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
4
G Gambhir, V Sehwag
1
137
v South Africa
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
5
MA Agarwal, RG Sharma
1
317
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
6
MA Agarwal, KL Rahul
1
117
v South Africa
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
1
D Dasgupta, R Dravid
2
171
v South Africa
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
2
R Dravid, V Sehwag
2
127
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
3
R Dravid, V Sehwag
2
268
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
4
CA Pujara, M Vijay
2
157
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2013
5
CA Pujara, RG Sharma
2
169
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
6
MA Agarwal, CA Pujara
2
138
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
1
V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar
3
249
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
2
G Gambhir, SR Tendulkar
3
176
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
3
V Kohli, CA Pujara
3
222
v South Africa
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
4
CA Pujara, AM Rahane
3
111
v South Africa
Johannesburg
03 Jan 2022
1
R Dravid, SC Ganguly
4
145
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
2
R Dravid, SC Ganguly
4
108
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
3
S Badrinath, V Sehwag
4
136
v South Africa
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
4
V Kohli, AM Rahane
4
178
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
5
AM Rahane, RG Sharma
4
267
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
1
V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar
5
220
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
2
MS Dhoni, SC Ganguly
5
110
v South Africa
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
3
V Kohli, AM Rahane
5
154
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
4
RA Jadeja, V Kohli
5
225
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
1
M Azharuddin, R Dravid
6
165
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
2
M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar
6
222
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
1
MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman
7
259*
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
2
MS Dhoni, SR Tendulkar
7
172
v South Africa
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
1
PK Amre, KS More
8
101
v South Africa
Durban
13 Nov 1992
2
M Azharuddin, A Kumble
8
161
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS – SOUTH AFRICA – WICKET WISE
No
Partners
Wkt
Runs
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
AC Hudson, G Kirsten
1
236
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2
HH Gibbs, G Kirsten
1
189
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
3
ND McKenzie, GC Smith
1
132
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
4
AN Petersen, GC Smith
1
111
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
5
AN Petersen, GC Smith
1
108
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
6
AN Petersen, GC Smith
1
103
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
1
WJ Cronje, AC Hudson
2
117
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
2
DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten
2
212
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
3
AM Bacher, AC Hudson
2
111
v India
Durban
26 Dec 1996
4
N Boje, G Kirsten
2
161
v India
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
5
HM Amla, GC Smith
2
159
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
6
HM Amla, ND McKenzie
2
157
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
7
HM Amla, AN Petersen
2
209
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
8
HM Amla, D Elgar
2
119
v India
Johannesburg
24 Jan 2018
1
DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten
3
114
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
2
JH Kallis, ND McKenzie
3
130
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
3
JH Kallis, JA Rudolph
3
109
v India
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
4
HM Amla, JH Kallis
3
340
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
5
HM Amla, JH Kallis
3
230
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
6
AB de Villiers, D Elgar
3
141
v India
Centurion
13 Jan 2018
1
HH Dippenaar, HH Gibbs
4
105
v India
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
2
HM Amla, AB de Villiers
4
108
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
3
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
4
224
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
4
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
4
127
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
5
AB de Villiers, F du Plessis
4
114
v India
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
1
JH Kallis, L Klusener
5
164
v India
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
2
MV Boucher, AG Prince
5
100
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2006
3
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
5
256
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
4
AB de Villiers, F du Plessis
5
205
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
5
F du Plessis, D Elgar
5
115
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
1
BM McMillan, SM Pollock
6
112
v India
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
2
Z de Bruyn, AJ Hall
6
144
v India
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
3
Q de Kock, D Elgar
6
164
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
1
BM McMillan, SM Pollock
7
101*
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
2
MV Boucher, L Klusener
7
121
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
3
MV Boucher, JH Kallis
7
103
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
1
L Klusener, BM McMillan
8
147*
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
2
DJ Cullinan, L Klusener
8
127
v India
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
3
F du Plessis, RJ Peterson
8
110
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
1
KA Maharaj, VD Philander
9
109
v India
Pune
10 Oct 2019
The following table lists the highest partnerships for each wicket in India-South Africa Test Series
HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET IN THE SERIES
Wkt
Runs
Partners
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1st
317
RG Sharma, MA Agarwal
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
2nd
268
V Sehwag, R Dravid
India
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
3rd
340
JH Kallis, HM Amla
South Africa
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
4th
267
RG Sharma, AM Rahane
India
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
5th
256
JH Kallis, AB de Villiers
South Africa
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
6th
222
SR Tendulkar, M Azharuddin
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
7th
259*
VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
8th
161
A Kumble, M Azharuddin
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
9th
109
VD Philander, KA Maharaj
South Africa
v India
Pune
10 Oct 2019
10th
074
BM McMillan, AA Donald
South Africa
v India
Durban
26 Dec 1996
The following table lists the highest partnerships for each wicket by Indian batsmen in India-South Africa Test Series
HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET BY INDIAN BATSMEN
Wkt
Runs
Partners
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1st
317
RG Sharma, MA Agarwal
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
2nd
268
V Sehwag, R Dravid
India
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
3rd
249
V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
4th
267
RG Sharma, AM Rahane
India
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
5th
225
V Kohli, RA Jadeja
India
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
6th
222
SR Tendulkar, M Azharuddin
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
7th
259*
VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
8th
161
A Kumble, M Azharuddin
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
9th
080
VVS Laxman, A Kumble
India
v South Africa
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2021
10th
052
A Agarkar, M Karthik
India
v South Africa
Wankhede
24 Feb 2000
The following table lists the highest partnerships for each wicket by South African in India-South Africa Test Series
HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKET BY SOUTH AFRICAN BATSMEN
Wkt
Partners
Runs
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1st
AC Hudson, G Kirsten
236
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2nd
DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten
212
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
3rd
HM Amla, JH Kallis
340
South Africa
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
4th
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
224
South Africa
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
5th
AB de Villiers, JH Kallis
256
South Africa
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
6th
Q de Kock, D Elgar
164
South Africa
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
7th
MV Boucher, L Klusener
121
South Africa
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
8th
L Klusener, BM McMillan
147*
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
9th
KA Maharaj, VD Philander
109
South Africa
v India
Pune
10 Oct 2019
10th
AA Donald, BM McMillan
074
South Africa
v India
Durban
26 Dec 1996
Seven Indian wicket keepers have effected ten or more dismissals against India and two South African wicket keepers have effected ten or more dismissals against South Africa
WICKET KEEPERS – INDIA – TEN OR MORE DISMISSALS
No
Player
Span
Mat
Inns
Dis
Ct
St
1
WP Saha
2015-2019
8
15
29
26
3
2
MS Dhoni
2006-2013
12
21
28
27
1
3
NR Mongia
1996-2000
8
15
20
19
1
4
KD Karthik
2004-2007
3
6
14
14
0
5
RR Pant
2021-2022
3
6
13
13
0
6
KS More
1992-1993
4
8
11
11
0
7
PA Patel
2018-2018
2
4
10
10
0
WICKET KEEPERS – SAF – TEN OR MORE DISMISSALS
No
Player
Span
Mat
Inns
Dis
Ct
St
1
MV Boucher
2000-2011
14
27
60
58
2
2
DJ Richardson
1992-1997
10
19
32
31
1
The series has witnessed four occasions of Indian wicket keepers effecting five or more dismissals in an innings against South Africa and six occasions of South African wicket keepers effecting five dismissals in an innings against India.
FIVE PLUS DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGS – INDIAN WICKET KEEPERS
No
Player
Dis
Ct
St
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
NR Mongia
5
5
0
1
India
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
2
MS Dhoni
5
5
0
1
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
3
WP Saha
5
5
0
1
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
4
WP Saha
5
5
0
3
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
FIVE PLUS DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGS – SOUTH AFRICAN WICKET KEEPERS
No
Player
Dis
Ct
St
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
DJ Richardson
5
5
0
3
South Africa
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
2
MV Boucher
5
5
0
3
South Africa
v India
Wankhede
24 Feb 2000
3
MV Boucher
5
5
0
1
South Africa
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2010
4
AB de Villiers
5
5
0
1
South Africa
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
5
Q de Kock
5
5
0
1
South Africa
v India
Johannesburg
24 Jan 2018
6
K Verreynne
5
5
0
1
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
11 Jan 2022
WP Saha of India and MV Boucher of South Africa are the two wicket keepers in the series who have effected five dismissals in an innings on two occasions.
FIVE PLUS DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGS – INDIAN WICKET KEEPERS – TWO OCCASIONS
No
Player
Dis
Ct
St
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
WP Saha
5
5
0
1
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
2
WP Saha
5
5
0
3
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
FIVE PLUS DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGS – SAF WICKET KEEPERS – TWO OCCASIONS
No
Player
Dis
Ct
St
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
MV Boucher
5
5
0
3
South Africa
v India
Wankhede
24 Feb 2000
2
MV Boucher
5
5
0
1
South Africa
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2010
WP Saha is the only wicket keeper in the series to have effected ten dismissals in a match. He effected five dismissals in each innings at Cape Town in Jan 2018
TEN PLUS DISMISSALS IN MATCH – INDIAN WICKET KEEPER
No
Player
Dis
Ct
St
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
WP Saha
5
5
0
1
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
2
WP Saha
5
5
0
3
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
There are ten occasions of Indian fieldsmen taking ten or more catches against South Africa and eleven occasions of South African fieldsmen taking ten or more catches against India. Alls such occasions are tabulated below
TEN OR MORE CATCHES BY INDIAN FIELDSMEN
No
Player
Team
Span
Mat
Inns
Dis
Ct
St
1
R Dravid
India
1996-2011
21
39
21
21
0
2
VVS Laxman
India
1996-2011
19
36
18
18
0
3
CA Pujara
India
2010-2022
17
33
16
16
0
4
AM Rahane
India
2013-2022
13
25
16
16
0
5
M Azharuddin
India
1992-2000
11
21
13
13
0
6
SR Tendulkar
India
1992-2011
25
47
13
13
0
7
V Sehwag
India
2001-2011
15
27
12
12
0
8
W Jaffer
India
2000-2008
8
14
10
10
0
9
V Kohli
India
2013-2022
14
27
10
10
0
10
M Vijay
India
2010-2018
12
22
10
10
0
TEN OR MORE CATCHES BY SOUTH AFRICAN FIELDSMEN
No
Player
Team
Span
Mat
Inns
Dis
Ct
St
1
AB de Villiers
South Africa
2006-2018
17
32
25
25
0
2
JH Kallis
South Africa
2000-2013
18
33
23
23
0
3
BM McMillan
South Africa
1992-1997
10
19
21
21
0
4
HM Amla
South Africa
2004-2018
21
39
19
19
0
5
GC Smith
South Africa
2004-2013
15
27
19
19
0
6
F du Plessis
South Africa
2013-2019
12
21
14
14
0
7
AC Hudson
South Africa
1992-1997
10
19
14
14
0
8
D Elgar
South Africa
2015-2022
13
23
12
12
0
9
HH Gibbs
South Africa
1996-2007
10
20
12
12
0
10
L Klusener
South Africa
1996-2001
9
18
10
10
0
11
AG Prince
South Africa
2006-2011
11
20
10
10
0
Four Indian fieldsmen have pouched three catches in an innings against South Africa and eight occasions of South African South African fieldsmen taking three or more catches against India. BM McMillan of South Africa is the only fieldsman in the series to pouch three catches in an innings on three occasions. AC Hudson of South Africa is the only fieldsman in the series to pouch four catches in an innings. He pouched four catches in the second innings – India’s first innings – of the Cape Town Test in Jan 1993
THREE OR MORE CATCHES IN AN INNINGS BY INDIAN FIELDSMEN
No
Player
Dis
Ct
St
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
VVS Laxman
3
3
0
2
India
v South Africa
Wankhede
24 Feb 2000
2
W Jaffer
3
3
0
2
India
v South Africa
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
3
CA Pujara
3
3
0
1
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
4
AM Rahane
3
3
0
4
India
v South Africa
Mohali
05 Nov 2015
THREE OR MORE CATCHES IN AN INNINGS BY INDIAN FIELDSMEN
No
Player
Dis
Ct
St
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
AC Hudson
4
4
0
2
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1993
2
BM McMillan
3
3
0
1
South Africa
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
3
BM McMillan
3
3
0
3
South Africa
v India
Ahmedabad
20 Nov 1996
4
BM McMillan
3
3
0
4
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
5
AB de Villiers
3
3
0
2
South Africa
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2006
6
JH Kallis
3
3
0
2
South Africa
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
7
HM Amla
3
3
0
1
South Africa
v India
Mohali
05 Nov 2015
8
KD Petersen
3
3
0
1
South Africa
v India
Johannesburg
03 Jan 2022
South Africa-India Test Series Statistics – Part One
South Africa and India have played 15 test series so far and the ensuing test series would be the 16th test series between the two teams. Both the teams have played eight test series in South Africa and seven test series in India. The ensuing test series between the two teams in South Africa would be the ninth test series to be played in South Africa.
SERIES RESULTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
No
Series/Tournament
Season
Winner
Margin
1
India in South Africa Test Series
1992/93
South Africa
1-0 (4)
2
India in South Africa Test Series
1996/97
South Africa
2-0 (3)
3
India in South Africa Test Series
2001/02
South Africa
1-0 (2)
4
India in South Africa Test Series
2006/07
South Africa
2-1 (3)
5
India in South Africa Test Series
2010/11
drawn
1-1 (3)
6
India in South Africa Test Series
2013/14
South Africa
1-0 (2)
7
Freedom Trophy (India in South Africa)
2017/18
South Africa
2-1 (3)
8
Freedom Trophy (India in South Africa)
2021/22
South Africa
2-1 (3)
SERIES RESULTS IN INDIA
No
Series/Tournament
Season
Winner
Margin
1
South Africa in India Test Series
1996/97
India
2-1 (3)
2
South Africa in India Test Series
1999/00
South Africa
2-0 (2)
3
South Africa in India Test Series
2004/05
India
1-0 (2)
4
South Africa in India Test Series
2007/08
drawn
1-1 (3)
5
South Africa in India Test Series
2009/10
drawn
1-1 (2)
6
Freedom Trophy (South Africa in India)
2015/16
India
3-0 (4)
7
Freedom Trophy (South Africa in India)
2019/20
India
3-0 (3)
South Africa and India has played 42 tests so far. India has won 15 tests, South Africa has won 17 tests and ten tests are drawn.
TESTS WON BY INDIA
No
Team
Res
Margin
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
India
won
064 runs
v South Africa
Ahmedabad
20 Nov 1996
2
India
won
280 runs
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
3
India
won
008 wkts
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
4
India
won
123 runs
v South Africa
Johannesburg
15 Dec 2006
5
India
won
008 wkts
v South Africa
Kanpur
11 Apr 2008
6
India
won
inns & 57 runs
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
7
India
won
087 runs
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 2010
8
India
won
108 runs
v South Africa
Mohali
05 Nov 2015
9
India
won
124 runs
v South Africa
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
10
India
won
337 runs
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
11
India
won
063 runs
v South Africa
Johannesburg
24 Jan 2018
12
India
won
203 runs
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
13
India
won
inns & 137 runs
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
14
India
won
inns & 202 runs
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
15
India
won
113 runs
v South Africa
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
TESTS WON BY SOUTH AFRICA
No
Team
Res
Margin
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
South Africa
won
009 wkts
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
2
South Africa
won
329 runs
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
3
South Africa
won
328 runs
v India
Durban
26 Dec 1996
4
South Africa
won
282 runs
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
5
South Africa
won
004 wkts
v India
Wankhede
24 Feb 2000
6
South Africa
won
inns & 71 runs
v India
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
7
South Africa
won
009 wkts
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
8
South Africa
won
174 runs
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2006
9
South Africa
won
005 wkts
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
10
South Africa
won
inns & 90 runs
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
11
South Africa
won
inns & 6 runs
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
12
South Africa
won
inns & 25 runs
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
13
South Africa
won
010 wkts
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
14
South Africa
won
72 runs
v India
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
15
South Africa
won
135 runs
v India
Centurion
13 Jan 2018
16
South Africa
won
007 wkts
v India
Johannesburg
03 Jan 2022
17
South Africa
won
007 wkts
v India
Cape Town
11 Jan 2022
DRAWN TESTS
No
Team
Res
Margin
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Durban
13 Nov 1992
2
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Johannesburg
26 Nov 1992
3
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1993
4
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
5
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
6
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
7
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
8
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
9
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
10
India
draw
–
v South Africa
Bengaluru
14 Nov 2015
India has posted a team total of 400 plus runs in an innings on twelve occasions against South Africa. India’s 643 for 6d at Eden Gardens in Feb 2010 is the highest team total against South Africa. South Africa has posted a team total of 400 plus runs in an innings on twelve occasions against India. India’s 643 for 6d at Eden Gardens in Feb 2010 is the highest team total against South Africa. South Africa’s 620 for 4d at Centurion in Dec 2010 is the highest team total against India.
TEAM TOTALS – INDIA – 400 PLUS RUNS
No
Team
Score
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
India
400/7d
3
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
2
India
410
1
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
3
India
466
2
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
4
India
411
2
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
5
India
414
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
6
India
627
2
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
7
India
643/6d
2
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
8
India
459
3
v South Africa
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
9
India
421
3
v South Africa
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
10
India
502/7d
1
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
11
India
601/5d
1
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
12
India
497/9d
1
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
TEAM TOTALS – SOUTH AFRICA– 400 PLUS RUNS
No
Team
Score
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
South Africa
428
1
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2
South Africa
529/7d
1
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
3
South Africa
479
2
v India
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
4
South Africa
563
2
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
5
South Africa
510/9d
1
v India
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
6
South Africa
540
1
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
7
South Africa
494/7d
2
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
8
South Africa
558/6d
1
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
9
South Africa
620/4d
2
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
10
South Africa
450/7
4
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
11
South Africa
500
2
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
12
South Africa
431
2
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
The following table lists the occasions of India and South Africa dismissed all out for a total less than 150 runs. India’s 66 in the fourth innings of the Durban test in Dec 1996 is its lowest team total in a completed innings against South Africa. South Africa’ 79 in the second innings of the Nagpur Test in Nov 2015 is its lowest team total in a completed innings against India.
TEAM TOTALS – INDIA – DISMISSED ALL OUT FOR LESS THAN 150 RUNS
No
Team
Score
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
India
137
4
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2
India
100
2
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
3
India
66
4
v South Africa
Durban
26 Dec 1996
4
India
144
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
5
India
113
3
v South Africa
Wankhede
24 Feb 2000
6
India
76
1
v South Africa
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
7
India
136
1
v South Africa
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
8
India
135
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
TEAM TOTALS – SAF – DISMISSED ALL OUT FOR LESS THAN 150 RUNS
No
Team
Score
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
South Africa
105
4
v India
Ahmedabad
20 Nov 1996
2
South Africa
84
2
v India
Johannesburg
15 Dec 2006
3
South Africa
121
3
v India
Kanpur
11 Apr 2008
4
South Africa
131
2
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2010
5
South Africa
109
4
v India
Mohali
05 Nov 2015
6
South Africa
79
2
v India
Nagpur
25 Nov 2015
7
South Africa
121
2
v India
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
8
South Africa
143
4
v India
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
9
South Africa
130
3
v India
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
10
South Africa
133
3
v India
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
India-South Africa test series has witnessed 72 centuries. Indian batsmen have scored 37 centuries while South African batsmen have scored 35 centuries.
CENTURIONS – INDIA
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
PK Amre
103
2
India
v South Africa
Durban
13 Nov 1992
2
SR Tendulkar
111
2
India
v South Africa
Johannesburg
26 Nov 1992
3
N Kapil Dev
129
3
India
v South Africa
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
4
M Azharuddin
109
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
5
M Azharuddin
163*
3
India
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
6
SR Tendulkar
169
2
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
7
M Azharuddin
115
2
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
8
R Dravid
148
1
India
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
9
M Azharuddin
102
3
India
v South Africa
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
10
SR Tendulkar
155
1
India
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
11
V Sehwag
105
1
India
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
12
V Sehwag
164
2
India
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
13
W Jaffer
116
1
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
14
V Sehwag
319
2
India
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
15
R Dravid
111
2
India
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
16
V Sehwag
109
2
India
v South Africa
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
17
SR Tendulkar
100
3
India
v South Africa
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
18
V Sehwag
165
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
19
SR Tendulkar
106
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
20
VVS Laxman
143*
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
21
MS Dhoni
132*
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
22
SR Tendulkar
111*
3
India
v South Africa
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
23
SR Tendulkar
146
2
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
24
V Kohli
119
1
India
v South Africa
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
25
CA Pujara
153
3
India
v South Africa
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
26
AM Rahane
127
1
India
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
27
AM Rahane
100*
3
India
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
28
V Kohli
153
2
India
v South Africa
Centurion
13 Jan 2018
29
MA Agarwal
215
1
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
30
RG Sharma
176
1
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
31
RG Sharma
127
3
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
32
MA Agarwal
108
1
India
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
33
V Kohli
254*
1
India
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
34
RG Sharma
212
1
India
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
35
AM Rahane
115
1
India
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
36
KL Rahul
123
1
India
v South Africa
Centurion
26 Dec 2021
37
RR Pant
100*
3
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
11 Jan 2022
CENTURIONS – SOUTH AFRICA
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
KC Wessels
118
1
South Africa
v India
Durban
13 Nov 1992
2
WJ Cronje
135
2
South Africa
v India
Gqeberha
26 Dec 1992
3
AC Hudson
146
1
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
4
G Kirsten
102
1
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
5
G Kirsten
133
3
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
6
DJ Cullinan
153*
3
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
7
G Kirsten
103
1
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
8
BM McMillan
103*
1
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
9
L Klusener
102*
1
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
10
DJ Cullinan
122*
4
South Africa
v India
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
11
HH Gibbs
107
2
South Africa
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
12
L Klusener
108
2
South Africa
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
13
HH Gibbs
196
1
South Africa
v India
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
14
AJ Hall
163
1
South Africa
v India
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
15
JH Kallis
121
1
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
16
AG Prince
121
1
South Africa
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2006
17
HM Amla
159
1
South Africa
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
18
ND McKenzie
155*
3
South Africa
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
19
JH Kallis
132
2
South Africa
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
20
AB de Villiers
217*
2
South Africa
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
21
HM Amla
253*
1
South Africa
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
22
JH Kallis
173
1
South Africa
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
23
AN Petersen
100
1
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
24
HM Amla
114
1
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
25
HM Amla
123*
3
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
26
HM Amla
140
2
South Africa
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
27
JH Kallis
201*
2
South Africa
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
28
AB de Villiers
129
2
South Africa
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
29
JH Kallis
161
1
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
30
JH Kallis
109*
3
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
31
F du Plessis
134
4
South Africa
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
32
AB de Villiers
103
4
South Africa
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
33
JH Kallis
115
2
South Africa
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
34
D Elgar
160
2
South Africa
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
35
Q de Kock
111
2
South Africa
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
The following table lists the Indian and South African batsmen who have scored centuries on two or more centuries. SR Tendulkar and JH Kallis own the record for most centuries by a batsman for India and South Africa respectively with seven centuries to their credit
CENTURIONS – INDIA – TWO OR MORE
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
AM Rahane
127
1
India
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
2
AM Rahane
100*
3
India
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
1
M Azharuddin
109
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2
M Azharuddin
163*
3
India
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
3
M Azharuddin
115
2
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
4
M Azharuddin
102
3
India
v South Africa
Bengaluru
02 Mar 2000
1
MA Agarwal
215
1
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
2
MA Agarwal
108
1
India
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
1
R Dravid
148
1
India
v South Africa
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
2
R Dravid
111
2
India
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
1
RG Sharma
176
1
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
2
RG Sharma
127
3
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
3
RG Sharma
212
1
India
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
1
SR Tendulkar
111
2
India
v South Africa
Johannesburg
26 Nov 1992
2
SR Tendulkar
169
2
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
3
SR Tendulkar
155
1
India
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
4
SR Tendulkar
100
3
India
v South Africa
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
5
SR Tendulkar
106
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
6
SR Tendulkar
111*
3
India
v South Africa
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
7
SR Tendulkar
146
2
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
1
V Kohli
119
1
India
v South Africa
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
2
V Kohli
153
2
India
v South Africa
Centurion
13 Jan 2018
3
V Kohli
254*
1
India
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
1
V Sehwag
105
1
India
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
2
V Sehwag
164
2
India
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
3
V Sehwag
319
2
India
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
4
V Sehwag
109
2
India
v South Africa
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
5
V Sehwag
165
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
CENTURIONS – SOUTH AFRICA – TWO OR MORE
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
AB de Villiers
217*
2
South Africa
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
2
AB de Villiers
129
2
South Africa
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
3
AB de Villiers
103
4
South Africa
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
1
DJ Cullinan
153*
3
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2
DJ Cullinan
122*
4
South Africa
v India
Johannesburg
16 Jan 1997
1
G Kirsten
102
1
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
2
G Kirsten
133
3
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
3
G Kirsten
103
1
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
1
HH Gibbs
107
2
South Africa
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
2
HH Gibbs
196
1
South Africa
v India
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
1
HM Amla
159
1
South Africa
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
2
HM Amla
253*
1
South Africa
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
3
HM Amla
114
1
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
4
HM Amla
123*
3
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
5
HM Amla
140
2
South Africa
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
1
JH Kallis
121
1
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
28 Nov 2004
2
JH Kallis
132
2
South Africa
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
3
JH Kallis
173
1
South Africa
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
4
JH Kallis
201*
2
South Africa
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
5
JH Kallis
161
1
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
6
JH Kallis
109*
3
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
7
JH Kallis
115
2
South Africa
v India
Durban
26 Dec 2013
1
L Klusener
102*
1
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
2
L Klusener
108
2
South Africa
v India
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
Indian batsmen have scored 150 plus runs against South Africa on twelve occasions and South African batsmen have scored 150 plus runs in an innings on eleven occasions. V Sehwag’s 310 at Chennai in Mar 2008 is the highest individual innings by an Indian batsman against South Africa. HM Amla’s 253 not out at Nagpur in Feb 2010 is the highest individual innings by a South African batsman against India.
CENTURIONS – INDIA – 150 PLUS RUNS
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
V Sehwag
319
2
India
v South Africa
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
2
V Kohli
254*
1
India
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
3
MA Agarwal
215
1
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
4
RG Sharma
212
1
India
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
5
RG Sharma
176
1
India
v South Africa
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
6
SR Tendulkar
169
2
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
7
V Sehwag
165
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
8
V Sehwag
164
2
India
v South Africa
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
9
M Azharuddin
163*
3
India
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
10
SR Tendulkar
155
1
India
v South Africa
Bloemfontein
03 Nov 2001
11
CA Pujara
153
3
India
v South Africa
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
12
V Kohli
153
2
India
v South Africa
Centurion
13 Jan 2018
CENTURIONS – SOUTH AFRICA – 150 PLUS RUNS
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
HM Amla
253*
1
South Africa
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
2
AB de Villiers
217*
2
South Africa
v India
Ahmedabad
03 Apr 2008
3
JH Kallis
201*
2
South Africa
v India
Centurion
16 Dec 2010
4
HH Gibbs
196
1
South Africa
v India
Gqeberha
16 Nov 2001
5
JH Kallis
173
1
South Africa
v India
Nagpur
06 Feb 2010
6
AJ Hall
163
1
South Africa
v India
Kanpur
20 Nov 2004
7
JH Kallis
161
1
South Africa
v India
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
8
D Elgar
160
2
South Africa
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
9
HM Amla
159
1
South Africa
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
10
ND McKenzie
155*
3
South Africa
v India
Chennai
26 Mar 2008
11
DJ Cullinan
153*
3
South Africa
v India
Eden Gardens
27 Nov 1996
The following table lists the centuries scored by Indian captains against South Africa and South African captain against India
CENTURIONS – INDIA – CAPTAINS
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
M Azharuddin
115
2
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1997
2
MS Dhoni
132*
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
3
V Kohli
153
2
India
v South Africa
Centurion
13 Jan 2018
4
V Kohli
254*
1
India
v South Africa
Pune
10 Oct 2019
CENTURIONS – SOUTH AFRICA – CAPTAINS
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
KC Wessels
118
1
South Africa
v India
Durban
13 Nov 1992
The following table lists the centuries scored by Indian wicket keeper batsmen against South Africa and South African wicket keeper batsmen against India
CENTURIONS – INDIA – WICKET KEEPER BATSMEN
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
MS Dhoni
132*
2
India
v South Africa
Eden Gardens
14 Feb 2010
2
RR Pant
100*
3
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
11 Jan 2022
CENTURIONS – SOUTH AFRICA – WICKET KEEPER BATSMEN
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
AB de Villiers
103
4
South Africa
v India
Johannesburg
18 Dec 2013
2
Q de Kock
111
2
South Africa
v India
Visakhapatnam
02 Oct 2019
The series has witnessed 13 occasions of Indian batsmen’s centuries in losing cause against South Africa and six occasion of South African batsmen’s centuries in a losing cause against India. All such occasions are tabulated below
DA Warner’s 164 against Pakistan at Perth in the just concluded test represent his 20th century on home soil while opening the innings. He became the second opening batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 20 plus centuries on home soil. ML Hayden is the other opening batsman to score 20 plus centuries on homs soil. He has scored 21 centuries on home soil. This is a record for Australian opening batsmen also. Incidentally. both ML Hayden and DA Warner are left handed opening batsmen. The centuries scored by these two batsmen are tabulated below
No
Player
Runs
Pos
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
ML Hayden
125
2
2
v West Indies
Adelaide
25 Jan 1997
2
ML Hayden
136
2
1
v New Zealand
Brisbane
08 Nov 2001
3
ML Hayden
131
2
3
v South Africa
Adelaide
14 Dec 2001
4
ML Hayden
138
2
2
v South Africa
Melbourne
26 Dec 2001
5
ML Hayden
105
2
1
v South Africa
Sydney
02 Jan 2002
6
ML Hayden
197
2
1
v England
Brisbane
07 Nov 2002
7
ML Hayden
103
2
3
v England
Brisbane
07 Nov 2002
8
ML Hayden
102
2
1
v England
Melbourne
26 Dec 2002
9
ML Hayden
380
2
1
v Zimbabwe
Perth
09 Oct 2003
10
ML Hayden
101*
2
4
v Zimbabwe
Sydney
17 Oct 2003
11
ML Hayden
136
2
2
v India
Melbourne
26 Dec 2003
12
ML Hayden
117
2
1
v Sri Lanka
Cairns
09 Jul 2004
13
ML Hayden
132
2
3
v Sri Lanka
Cairns
09 Jul 2004
14
ML Hayden
111
2
1
v ICC World XI
Sydney
14 Oct 2005
15
ML Hayden
118
2
3
v West Indies
Brisbane
03 Nov 2005
16
ML Hayden
110
1
2
v West Indies
Hobart
17 Nov 2005
17
ML Hayden
137
1
3
v South Africa
Melbourne
26 Dec 2005
18
ML Hayden
153
2
2
v England
Melbourne
26 Dec 2006
19
ML Hayden
124
2
1
v India
Melbourne
26 Dec 2007
20
ML Hayden
123
2
3
v India
Sydney
02 Jan 2008
21
ML Hayden
103
2
2
v India
Adelaide
24 Jan 2008
No
Player
Runs
Pos
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
DA Warner
123*
2
4
v New Zealand
Hobart
09 Dec 2011
2
DA Warner
180
2
2
v India
Perth
13 Jan 2012
3
DA Warner
119
1
1
v South Africa
Adelaide
22 Nov 2012
4
DA Warner
124
2
3
v England
Brisbane
21 Nov 2013
5
DA Warner
112
2
3
v England
Perth
13 Dec 2013
6
DA Warner
145
2
1
v India
Adelaide
09 Dec 2014
7
DA Warner
102
2
3
v India
Adelaide
09 Dec 2014
8
DA Warner
101
2
1
v India
Sydney
06 Jan 2015
9
DA Warner
163
2
1
v New Zealand
Brisbane
05 Nov 2015
10
DA Warner
116
2
3
v New Zealand
Brisbane
05 Nov 2015
11
DA Warner
253
2
1
v New Zealand
Perth
13 Nov 2015
12
DA Warner
122*
1
2
v West Indies
Sydney
03 Jan 2016
13
DA Warner
144
2
2
v Pakistan
Melbourne
26 Dec 2016
14
DA Warner
113
2
1
v Pakistan
Sydney
03 Jan 2017
15
DA Warner
103
2
1
v England
Melbourne
26 Dec 2017
16
DA Warner
154
1
2
v Pakistan
Brisbane
21 Nov 2019
17
DA Warner
335*
1
1
v Pakistan
Adelaide
29 Nov 2019
18
DA Warner
111*
1
3
v New Zealand
Sydney
03 Jan 2020
19
DA Warner
200
1
2
v South Africa
Melbourne
26 Dec 2022
20
DA Warner
164
1
1
v Pakistan
Perth
14 Dec 2023
At the end of the Perth test against Pakistan, DA Warner owns the Australian record for most runs by an opening batsman on home soil. His aggregate read 5292. He went past ML Hayden’s 5210 during his knock of 164 in the first innings.
Player
Span
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
0
DA Warner
2011-2023
56
96
7
5292
335*
59.46
20
14
6
ML Hayden
1996-2009
56
98
8
5210
380
57.88
21
16
5
DA Warner’s second innings zero was his sixth zero while opening the innings on home soil. He now owns the record for most zeroes by an Australian opening batsman on home soil. The other three opening Australian opening batsmen who have scored five zeroes on home soil are – ML Hayden, DC Boon and GM Wood
Pakistan dismissed for a total less than 100 runs in a test innings
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 89 by Australia in the just concluded test at Perth to provide the 236th occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 54th occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in a test innings against Australia in the annals of test cricket.
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 89 by Australia in the just concluded test at Perth to provide the 18th occasion of Pakistan dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Team
Score
Overs
I
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1
Pakistan
87
83.5
1
v England
Lord’s
10 Jun 1954
2
Pakistan
90
56.5
2
v England
Manchester
22 Jul 1954
3
Pakistan
62
21.2
2
v Australia
Perth
13 Nov 1981
4
Pakistan
77
44.5
3
v West Indies
Lahore
07 Nov 1986
5
Pakistan
97
41.1
2
v Australia
Brisbane
09 Nov 1995
6
Pakistan
92
37.3
4
v South Africa
Faisalabad
24 Oct 1997
7
Pakistan
59
31.5
1
v Australia
Sharjah
11 Oct 2002
8
Pakistan
53
24.5
3
v Australia
Sharjah
11 Oct 2002
9
Pakistan
72
31.3
4
v Australia
Perth
16 Dec 2004
10
Pakistan
90
36.0
1
v Sri Lanka
Col-PSS
12 Jul 2009
11
Pakistan
80
29.0
4
v England
Nottingham
29 Jul 2010
12
Pakistan
72
39.3
1
v England
Birmingham
06 Aug 2010
13
Pakistan
74
33.0
2
v England
Lord’s
26 Aug 2010
14
Pakistan
99
44.1
1
v England
Dub-DSC
03 Feb 2012
15
Pakistan
49
29.1
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
01 Feb 2013
16
Pakistan
99
36.4
1
v South Africa
Dub-DSC
23 Oct 2013
17
Pakistan
81
34.4
4
v West Indies
Bridgetown
30 Apr 2017
18
Pakistan
89
30.2
4
v Australia
Perth
14 Dec 2023
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 89 by Australia in the just concluded test at Perth to provide the fifth occasion of Pakistan dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in a test innings by Australia in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Team
Score
Overs
I
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1
Pakistan
62
21.2
2
v Australia
Perth
13 Nov 1981
2
Pakistan
97
41.1
2
v Australia
Brisbane
09 Nov 1995
3
Pakistan
59
31.5
1
v Australia
Sharjah
11 Oct 2002
4
Pakistan
53
24.5
3
v Australia
Sharjah
11 Oct 2002
5
Pakistan
72
31.3
4
v Australia
Perth
16 Dec 2004
6
Pakistan
89
30.2
4
v Australia
Perth
14 Dec 2023
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 89 by Australia in the just concluded test at Perth to provide the fifth occasion of Pakistan dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in a test innings by in the annals of test cricket in the fourth innings of a test match All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Team
Score
Overs
I
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1
Pakistan
92
37.3
4
v South Africa
Faisalabad
24 Oct 1997
2
Pakistan
72
31.3
4
v Australia
Perth
16 Dec 2004
3
Pakistan
80
29.0
4
v England
Nottingham
29 Jul 2010
4
Pakistan
81
34.4
4
v West Indies
Bridgetown
30 Apr 2017
5
Pakistan
89
30.2
4
v Australia
Perth
14 Dec 2023
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 89 by Australia in the just concluded test at Perth to provide the second occasion of Pakistan dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in a test innings by Australia in the annals of test cricket. in the fourth innings of a test match. Both such occasions are tabulated below
No
Team
Score
Overs
I
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1
Pakistan
72
31.3
4
v Australia
Perth
16 Dec 2004
2
Pakistan
89
30.2
4
v Australia
Perth
14 Dec 2023
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 89 by Australia in the just concluded test at Perth to provide the third occasion of Pakistan dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in a test innings at Perth All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Team
Score
Overs
I
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1
Pakistan
62
21.2
2
v Australia
Perth
13 Nov 1981
2
Pakistan
72
31.3
4
v Australia
Perth
16 Dec 2004
3
Pakistan
89
30.2
4
v Australia
Perth
14 Dec 2023
Batsmen scoring 150 plus runs and zero in a test match
DA Warner of Australia scored 164 and zero in the recently concluded test against Pakistan at Perth to provide the 38th occasion of a batsman scoring 150 plus runs and zero in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below.DA Warner became the first Australian batsman to perform such a feat against Pakistan in a test.
No
Player
FI
SI
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1
WL Murdoch
0
153*
Australia
v England
The Oval
06 Sep 1880
2
C Hill
188
0
Australia
v England
Melbourne
29 Jan 1898
3
GB Legge
196
0
England
v New Zealand
Auckland
21 Feb 1930
4
AD Nourse
0
231
South Africa
v Australia
Johannesburg
24 Dec 1935
5
ML Apte
0
163*
India
v West Indies
Port of Spain
19 Feb 1953
6
Imtiaz Ahmed
209
0
Pakistan
v New Zealand
Lahore
26 Oct 1955
7
Hanif Mohammad
160
0
Pakistan
v India
Brabourne
02 Dec 1960
8
SM Nurse
201
0
West Indies
v Australia
Bridgetown
05 May 1965
9
DL Amiss
158
0
England
v Pakistan
Hyd-Pak
16 Mar 1973
10
Asif Iqbal
0
152*
Pakistan
v Australia
Adelaide
24 Dec 1976
11
DW Randall
0
150
England
v Australia
Sydney
06 Jan 1979
12
IVA Richards
0
182*
West Indies
v England
Bridgetown
13 Mar 1981
13
IVA Richards
208
0
West Indies
v Australia
Melbourne
22 Dec 1984
14
MD Crowe
174
0
New Zealand
v Pakistan
Wellington
10 Feb 1989
15
AC Hudson
163
0
South Africa
v West Indies
Bridgetown
18 Apr 1992
16
KLT Arthurton
157*
0
West Indies
v Australia
Brisbane
27 Nov 1992
17
NR Mongia
152
0
India
v Australia
Delhi
10 Oct 1996
18
MW Goodwin
0
166*
Zimbabwe
v Pakistan
Bulawayo
14 Mar 1998
19
DJ Cullinan
168
0
South Africa
v West Indies
Cape Town
02 Jan 1999
20
Saeed Anwar
0
188*
Pakistan
v India
Eden Gardens
16 Feb 1999
21
TM Dilshan
163*
0
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Harare
26 Nov 1999
22
SL Campbell
170
0
West Indies
v New Zealand
Hamilton
16 Dec 1999
23
MP Vaughan
0
183
England
v Australia
Sydney
02 Jan 2003
24
RT Ponting
242
0
Australia
v India
Adelaide
12 Dec 2003
25
SP Fleming
192
0
New Zealand
v Pakistan
Hamilton
19 Dec 2003
26
BC Lara
153
0
West Indies
v Pakistan
Kingston
03 Jun 2005
27
AJ Strauss
0
177
England
v New Zealand
Napier
22 Mar 2008
28
Tamim Iqbal
0
151
Bangladesh
v India
Mirpur
24 Jan 2010
29
MJ Clarke
161*
0
Australia
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Mar 2014
30
DPMD Jayawardene
165
0
Sri Lanka
v South Africa
Col-SSC
24 Jul 2014
31
FDM Karunaratne
0
152
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Christchurch
26 Dec 2014
32
Shoaib Malik
245
0
Pakistan
v England
Abu Dhabi
13 Oct 2015
33
Shakib Al Hasan
217
0
Bangladesh
v New Zealand
Wellington
12 Jan 2017
34
Shan Masood
156
0
Pakistan
v England
Manchester
05 Aug 2020
35
Najmul Hossain Shanto
163
0
Bangladesh
v Sri Lanka
Pallekele
21 Apr 2021
36
AD Mathews
199
0
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Chattogram
15 May 2022
37
HC Brook
186
0
England
v New Zealand
Wellington
24 Feb 2023
38
DA Warner
164
0
Australia
v Pakistan
Perth
14 Dec 2023
DA Warner became the fifth Australian batsman to score 150 plus runs and a zero in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
FI
SI
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1
WL Murdoch
0
153*
Australia
v England
The Oval
06 Sep 1880
2
C Hill
188
0
Australia
v England
Melbourne
29 Jan 1898
3
RT Ponting
242
0
Australia
v India
Adelaide
12 Dec 2003
4
MJ Clarke
161*
0
Australia
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Mar 2014
5
DA Warner
164
0
Australia
v Pakistan
Perth
14 Dec 2023
DA Warner became the sixth batsman to score 150 plus runs and a zero in a test match against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
FI
SI
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1
DL Amiss
158
0
England
v Pakistan
Hyd-Pak
16 Mar 1973
2
MD Crowe
174
0
New Zealand
v Pakistan
Wellington
10 Feb 1989
3
MW Goodwin
0
166*
Zimbabwe
v Pakistan
Bulawayo
14 Mar 1998
4
SP Fleming
192
0
New Zealand
v Pakistan
Hamilton
19 Dec 2003
5
BC Lara
153
0
West Indies
v Pakistan
Kingston
03 Jun 2005
6
DA Warner
164
0
Australia
v Pakistan
Perth
14 Dec 2023
IVA Riachrds of West Indies is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to perform the feat on two occasions. Both the occasions are listed below
No
Player
FI
SI
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
1
IVA Richards
0
182*
West Indies
v England
Bridgetown
13 Mar 1981
2
IVA Richards
208
0
West Indies
v Australia
Melbourne
22 Dec 1984
The following table lists the seven occasions of batsmen scoring 200 plus runs and zero in a test match