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Australian batsmen DA Warner and UT Khawaja added 302 runs for the second wicket and New Zealand batsmen KS Williamson and LRPL Taylor added 265 runs for the third wicket in the ongoing test between Australia and New Zealand at Perth to provide the fourth occasion of rival teams posting 250 plus runs partnerships in the same test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Inns	Wkt	Runs	Player	Player	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	5th	267	JH Kallis	AG Prince	SAF	Win	St John’s	Apr 2005
	2	2nd	331	RR Sarwan	CH Gayle	Win	SAF	St John’s	Apr 2005
2	1	3rd	319	Mohd Yousuf	Younis Khan	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Jan 2006
	2	1st	410	V Sehwag	R Dravid	Ind	Pak	Lahore	Jan 2006
3	2	6th	307	MEK Hussey	BJ Haddin	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 2010
	3	2nd	329*	AN Cook	IJL Trott	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2010
4	1	2nd	302	DA Warner	UT Khawaja	Aus	NZl	Perth	Nov 2015
	2	3rd	265	KS Williamson	LRPL Taylor	NZL	Aus	Perth	Nov 2015

 

DA Warner of Australia scored centuries in three consecutive innings – 163 and 116 at Bribane and 253 at Perth against New Zealand in the ongoing test series to provide the 17^th occasion of a batsmen scoring three or more centuries in consecutive innings of which at least one is a double hundred. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	100s	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	R Dravid	4	115	3	Ind	v Eng	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
			148	1	Ind	v Eng	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
			217	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
			100*	1	Ind	v Win	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
2	GA Headley	3	270*	1	Win	v Eng	Kingston	14 Mar 1935
			106	1	Win	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
			107	3	Win	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
3	DCS Compton	3	163	3	Eng	v SAF	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
			208	1	Eng	v SAF	Lord’s	21 Jun 1947
			115	2	Eng	v SAF	Manchester	05 Jul 1947
4	DG Bradman	3	132	1	Aus	v Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
			127*	3	Aus	v Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
			201	1	Aus	v Ind	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
5	GS Sobers	3	365*	2	Win	v Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
			125	2	Win	v Pak	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
			109*	4	Win	v Pak	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
6	SM Gavaskar	3	117*	4	Ind	v Win	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971
			124	1	Ind	v Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
			220	3	Ind	v Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
7	SM Gavaskar	3	111	1	Ind	v Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
			137	3	Ind	v Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
			205	1	Ind	v Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
8	Zaheer Abbas	3	215	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	10 Dec 1982
			186	2	Pak	v Ind	Karachi	23 Dec 1982
			168	2	Pak	v Ind	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
9	Mudassar Nazar	3	231	1	Pak	v Ind	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
			152*	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
			152	2	Pak	v Ind	Karachi	30 Jan 1983
10	GA Gooch	3	333	1	Eng	v Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
			123	3	Eng	v Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
			116	1	Eng	v Ind	Manchester	9 Aug 1990
11	VG Kambli	3	224	2	Ind	v Eng	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993
			227	1	Ind	v Zim	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
			125	1	Ind	v Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
12	M Jayawardene	3	195	2	Srl	v Eng	Col-SSC	09 Dec 2007
			213*	1	Srl	v Eng	Galle	18 Dec 2007
			136	1	Srl	v Win	Providence	22 Mar 2008
13	HM Amla	3	253*	1	SAF	v Ind	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
			114	1	SAF	v Ind	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
			123*	3	SAF	v Ind	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
14	KC Sangakkara	3	137	3	Srl	v Ind	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
			103	1	Srl	v Ind	Galle	18 Jul 2010
			219	1	Srl	v Ind	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
15	KC Sangakkara	3	319	1	Srl	v Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			105	3	Srl	v Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			147	2	Srl	v Eng	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
16	Younis Khan	3	106	1	Pak	v Aus	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2014
			103*	3	Pak	v Aus	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2014
			213	1	Pak	v Aus	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
17	DA Warner	3	163	1	Aus	v NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
			116	3	Aus	v NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
			253	1	Aus	v NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015

SM Gavaskar of India and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka are the only two batsmen to have accomplished such a feat on two occasions.

No	Player	100s	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	SM Gavaskar	3	117*	4	Ind	v Win	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971
			124	1	Ind	v Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
			220	3	Ind	v Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
2	SM Gavaskar	3	111	1	Ind	v Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
			137	3	Ind	v Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
			205	1	Ind	v Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
1	KC Sangakkara	3	137	3	Srl	v Ind	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
			103	1	Srl	v Ind	Galle	18 Jul 2010
			219	1	Srl	v Ind	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
2	KC Sangakkara	3	319	1	Srl	v Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			105	3	Srl	v Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			147	2	Srl	v Eng	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014

VG Kambli of India is the only batsman to have accomplished such a feat with two double hundreds. His feat is listed below

No	Player	100s	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	VG Kambli	3	224	2	Ind	v Eng	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993
			227	1	Ind	v Zim	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
			125	1	Ind	v Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993

R Dravid of India in the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to score centuries in four consecutive innings of which one is a double century. His feat is furnished below

No	Player	100s	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	R Dravid	4	115	3	Ind	v Eng	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
			148	1	Ind	v Eng	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
			217	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
			100*	1	Ind	v Win	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002

DA Warner of Australia scored 253 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Perth against New Zealand to provide the 31^st occasion of an opening batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Sandham	325	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	WH Ponsford	266	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	L Hutton	364	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
4	DJ McGlew	255*	1	SAF	NZl	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
5	Hanif Mohammad	337	3	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
6	CC Hunte	260	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
7	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	JH Edrich	310*	1	Eng	NZl	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
9	GM Turner	259	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
10	DL Amiss	262*	3	Eng	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1974
11	LG Rowe	302	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
12	SFAF Bacchus	250	2	Win	Ind	Kanpur	02 Feb 1979
13	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
14	BA Young	267*	1	NZl	Srl	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
15	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
16	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
17	G Kirsten	275	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
18	JL Langer	250	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
19	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
20	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
21	ML Hayden	380	1	Aus	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
22	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
23	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
24	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
25	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
26	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
27	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
28	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
29	AN Cook	294	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
30	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
31	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015

DA Warner of Australia scored 253 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Perth against New Zealand to provide the sixth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WH Ponsford	266	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
2	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
3	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
4	JL Langer	250	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
5	ML Hayden	380	1	Aus	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
6	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015

DA Warner of Australia scored 253 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Perth against New Zealand to provide the third occasion of an opening batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings against New Zealand. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DJ McGlew	255*	1	SAF	NZl	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
2	JH Edrich	310*	1	Eng	NZl	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
3	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015

AN Cook {02}, CH Gayle {02}, GC Smith {02}, ST Jayasuriya {02} and V Sehwag {04} are the five opening batsmen who have scored 250 plus runs on two or more occasions. V Sehwag remains the only opening batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 250 plus runs on four occasions

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	294	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
2	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
1	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
2	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
1	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
1	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
2	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
1	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
2	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
3	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
4	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009

 

 

 

AB de Villiers has played 99 tests prior to the start of the test. Second test at Bangalore was be his 100^th test. He became the 63^rd cricketer to play 100 plus tests in the annals of test cricket. He would also become the seventh South African cricketer to play 100 plus tests. Others are JH Kallis {165}, MV Boucher {146}, GC Smith {116}, SM Pollock {108}, G Kirsten {101} and M Ntini {101}

AB de Villers became the second cricketer to play his 100^th test at Bangalore after Inzamam-ul-Huq of Paksitan.  Inzamam-ul-Huq scored 184 in his 100^th test against India in Mar 2005.

India won the toss and elected to field first in this test provide the 57^th occasion of India doing so. It also provides the 13^th occasion of India inserting the opposition in a test at home.

India won the toss and inserted the opposition in this test to provide the second occasion of India doing so in a test Bangalore. India had inserted the opposition in the first ever test at Bangalore against West Indies. India had lost the test by 267 runs

India won the toss and elected to field first in this test provide the fifth occasion of India doing so against South Africa. It also provides the first occasion of India doing so for the first time against South Africa in India

F du Plessis scored a duck in the first innings of this test to provide the 54^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a duck in an innings against India. It also provides the 24th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a duck in an innings against India in India.

F du Plessis scored a duck in the first innings of this test to provide his second duck against India in India. The other occasion was in the first innings at Mohali, the first test of this series. He became the third South African batsman to score a duck against India in India on two occasions. Others are HM Amla and M Ntini.

AB de Villers had scored 944 runs against India prior to the start of this test. He reached the milestone of completing 1000 runs against India when he was on 56 during his knock of 85 in this test. At the end of South Africa’s first innings, his run aggregate read 1039. He became the third South African batsman to total 1000 plus runs against India. Others are – JH Kallis {1734} and HM Amla {1257}

AB de Villiers scored 85 runs in the first innings of this test which was his 38^th half century. He now shares the second place with GC Smith for the most half centuries by a South African batsman. GC Smith has also scored 38 half centuries. JH Kallis with 58 half centuries holds the record for most half centuries by a South African batsman.

DA Elgar scored a boundary six in his innings of 38 in the first innings of this test to provide the 121^st occasion of a batsman scoring a boundary six in a test at Bangalore. He also became the fourth South African batsman to score a boundary six in a test at Bangalore. His boundary six in this test provides the fifth occasion of a South African batsman scoring a boundary six at Bangalore. Others are – JH Kallis {02}, DJ Cullinan {01} and L Klusener {01}.

As many as 1321 boundary sixes have been scored by batsmen of various teams against India which includes DA Elgar’s six in South Africa’s innings in this test.

K Rabada scored a duck in the first innings of this test to provide the 55^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a duck in an innings against India. It also provides the 25th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a duck in an innings against India in India.

RMH Binny and STR Binny became the first pair of father and son to represent India in a Bangalore test. RMH Binny has played three tests and Bangalore. He has a unique distinction of making his debut appearance and also his farewell appearance at Bangalore.

KA Abbot was dismissed run out for 14 in this game to provide the 18^th occasion of a South African batsman dismissed run out against India. He also became the 14^th South African batsman to be dismissed run out in a test innings against India.

AB de Villers scored eleven boundary fours in his knock of 85 runs in the first innings of this test to take his aggregate of boundary fours to 109 against India. He became the fourth South African batsman to score 100 plus boundary fours against India. Others are – JH Kallis {173}, HM Amla {149} and GC Smith {142}

AB de Villers scored 85 in the first innings of this test provide the 98^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India. It also provides the 36^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India in India.

 

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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