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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No Player O M R w Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 J Srinath 11.5 4 21 6 4 v South Africa Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996
2 BKV Prasad 35.0 6 104 6 1 v South Africa Kolkata 27 Nov 1996
3 A Kumble 68.4 15 143 6 2 v South Africa Bangalore 2 Mar 2000
4 A Kumble 54.0 13 131 6 1 v South Africa Kanpur 20 Nov 2004
5 Harbhajan Singh 30.0 3 87 7 3 v South Africa Kolkata 28 Nov 2004
6 Harbhajan Singh 44.5 4 164 5 1 v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008
7 Harbhajan Singh 48.3 23 59 5 3 v South Africa Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
8 R Ashwin 24.0 5 51 5 2 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015
9 RA Jadeja 11.5 4 21 5 4 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015

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

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

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

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

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

An Indian opening batsman collects a pair in a test at home after forty years

An Indian opening batsman collects a pair in a test at home after forty years

S Dhawan collected a pair at Mohali in the first test against South Africa to provide the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting a pair in tests. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman collecting a pair at home. The first such occasion was FM Engineer’s pair against West Indies at Mumbai in Jan 1975. Thus after almost after forty years an Indian opening batsman collected a pair on home soil

 

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 P Roy 0 0 v England Manchester 17 Jul 1952
2 FM Engineer 0 0 v West Indies Mumbai 23 Jan 1975
3 W Jaffer 0 0 v Bangladesh Chittagong 18 May 2007
4 V Sehwag 0 0 v England Birmingham 10 Aug 2011
5 S Dhawan 0 0 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015

S Dhawan’s pair in this test provide the 54th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a pair in a test. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting a pair in a test against South Africa.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 J Srinath 0 0 v South Africa Mumbai 24 Feb 2000
2 Z Khan 0 0 v South Africa Bloemfontein 03 Nov 2001
3 A Mishra 0 0 v South Africa Nagpur 06 Feb 2010
4 S Dhawan 0 0 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015
R Ashwin achieves a feat which no bowler has achieved in the last 105 years of test cricket

R Ashwin achieves a feat which no bowler has achieved in the last 105 years of test cricket

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

No Player Team Span M I Balls Runs W BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 H Trumble Aus 1893-1904 15 25 4291 1512 93 8/65 12/089 16.25 8 3
2 R Peel Eng 1884-1896 17 31 4361 1520 88 7/31 11/068 17.27 4 1
3 C Blythe Eng 1902-1910 13 24 3241 1319 74 8/59 15/099 17.82 8 4
4 GE Palmer Aus 1880-1885 11 19 3347 1204 62 7/65 11/165 19.41 5 2
5 R Ashwin Ind 2011-2015 12 15 1888 1018 50 6/47 12/198 20.38 6 2

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

No Player Team Span M I Balls Runs W BBI BBM Ave 5 10
1 H Trumble Aus 1893-1904 15 25 4291 1512 93 8/65 12/089 16.25 8 3
2 GE Palmer Aus 1880-1885 11 19 3347 1204 62 7/65 11/165 19.41 5 2
3 R Ashwin Ind 2011-2015 12 15 1888 1018 50 6/47 12/198 20.38 6 2

 

Teams posting 150 plus runs for the consecutive first and second wickets in a test innings

Teams posting 150 plus runs for the consecutive first and second wickets in a test innings

JA Burns-DA Warner added 161 runs for the first wicket and DA Warner-UT Khwaja added 150 runs for the second wicket in the ongoing first test between Australia and New Zealand at Brisbane to provide the 14th occasion of a team posting 150 plus runs for the consecutive first and second wickets in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Mon/Year
1 WH Ponsford/WM Woodfull 1 162 2 Aus Eng Lord’s Jun 1930
  DG Bradman/WM Woodfull 2 231 2 Aus Eng Lord’s Jun 1930
                 
2 DL Amiss/D Lloyd 1 157 2 Eng Ind Birmingham Jul 1974
  MH Denness/D Lloyd 2 211 2 Eng Ind Birmingham Jul 1974
                 
3 CPS Chauhan/SM Gavaskar 1 213 4 Ind Eng The Oval Aug 1979
  SM Gavaskar/DB Vengsarkar 2 153 4 Ind Eng The Oval Aug 1979
                 
4 J Arun Lal/SM Gavaskar 1 156 2 Ind Srl Chennai Sep 1982
  SM Gavaskar/DB Vengsarkar 2 173 2 Ind Srl Chennai Sep 1982
                 
5 G Fowler/RT Robinson 1 178 2 Eng Ind Chennai Jan 1985
  G Fowler/MW Gatting 2 241 2 Eng Ind Chennai Jan 1985
                 
6 SM Gavaskar/K Srikkanth 1 191 1 Ind Aus Sydney Jan 1986
  M Amarnath/SM Gavaskar 2 224 1 Ind Aus Sydney Jan 1986
                 
7 HH Gibbs/G Kirsten 1 256 1 SAF Zim Harare Sep 2001
  JH Kallis/G Kirsten 2 199 1 SAF Zim Harare Sep 2001
                 
8 MH Richardson/L Vincent 1 231 1 NZl Ind Mohali Oct 2003
  MH Richardson/SB Styris 2 151 1 NZl Ind Mohali Oct 2003
                 
9 W Jaffer/V Sehwag 1 213 2 Ind SAF Chennai Mar 2008
  R Dravid/V Sehwag 2 268 2 Ind SAF Chennai Mar 2008
                 
10 V Sehwag/M Vijay 1 221 2 Ind Srl Mum-BS Dec 2009
  R Dravid/V Sehwag 2 237 2 Ind Srl Mum-BS Dec 2009
                 
11 AN Cook/AJ Strauss 1 188 3 Eng Aus Brisbane Nov 2010
  AN Cook/IJL Trott 2 329* 3 Eng Aus Brisbane Nov 2010
                 
12 NRD Compton/AN Cook 1 165 2 Eng Ind Kolkata Dec 2012
  AN Cook/IJL Trott 2 173 2 Eng Ind Kolkata Dec 2012
                 
13 A Shehzad/Mohd Hafeez 1 178 1 Pak NZl Abu Dhabi Nov 2014
  A Shehzad/Azhar Ali 2 169 1 Pak NZl Abu Dhabi Nov 2014
                 
14 JA Burns/DA Warner 1 161 1 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2015
  UT Khawaja/DA Warner 2 150 1 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2015

 

First test at Mohali – India vs South Africa – First day’s highlights

First test at Mohali – India vs South Africa – First day’s highlights

South Africa capped K Rabada for this game. He became the 320th cricketer to represent South Africa in tests. He also became the 18th South African cricketer to make his test debut against India.

There were five South African cricketers in the playing eleven who were making their first appearance in tests against India – DL Elgar, S van Zyl, SP Harmer, K Rabada and DJ Vilas. The total number of South African cricketers who have played against India numbers to 58

VR Aaron and UT Yadav are the two Indian cricketers in the playing eleven who were making their first appearance in tests against South Africa. The total number of Indian cricketers who have played against South Africa numbers to 62.

For this test and also for the series – both the teams had new captains and also wicket keepers – For India V Kohli and WP Saha are the new captain and wicket keepers against South Africa and for South Africa – HM Amla and DJ Vilas were the new captain and wicket keeper against India

V Kohli became the seventh Indian captain to lead India against South Africa, while HM Amla would became the fifth South African captain to lead South Africa against India. Thus both the teams will be playing under new captains.

DJ Vilas donned the gloves in this test for South Africa to become the fourth South African wicket keeper to keep wickets against India. Others are DJ Richardson, MV Boucher and TL Tsolekele.

WP Saha donned the gloves in this series for India to become the sixth Indian wicket keeper to keep wickets against South Africa. Others are – KS More, NR Mongia, D Dasgupta and KD Karthik

S Dhawan scored a duck in this game to provide the 54th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against South Africa. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck against South Africa.

S Dhawan scored a duck in this game to provide the 21st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against South Africa at home. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck against South Africa at home. VVS Laxman’s duck at Mumbai in Feb 2000 provides the first occasion.

V Kohli scored one run in this game to provide the 30th occasion of an Indian captain scoring one in a test innings. It also provides the third such occasion against South Africa in a test innings. The other two occasions – M Azharuddin at Johannesburg in Nov 92 and R Dravid at Johannesburg in Dec 2006. Thus V Kohli became the first Indian captain to be dismissed for one against South Africa at home.

S Dhawan, WP Saha and VR Aaron scored ducks in India’s first innings to provide the 54th, 55th and 56th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a duck against South Africa

WP Saha scored a duck in this game to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck against South Africa. The following table lists all the four occasions.

No Player Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KS More 0 6 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 1993
2 NR Mongia 0 1 1 v South Africa Mumbai 24 Feb 2000
3 MS Dhoni 0 3 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
4 WP Saha 0 1 1 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015

WP Saha collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 13th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a first ball duck against South Africa.

WP Saha collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman dismissed for a first ball duck against South Africa at home. NR Mongia had collected the first ball duck at Mumbai in Feb 2000

No Player Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 NR Mongia 0 1 1 v South Africa Mumbai 24 Feb 2000
2 WP Saha 0 1 1 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015

S Dhawan, WP Saha and VR Aaron scored ducks in India’s first innings to provide the seventh occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring a ducks in an innings against South Africa

S Dhawan scored a duck in this test to provide the third duck of his test career of 16 tests and 27 innings. The other two occasions were – against New Zealand at Auckland in Feb 2014 and against Australia at Melbourne in Dec 2014. This he collected his first home duck in this test

WP Saha scored a duck in this test to provide his third duck of his test career of eight tests and 14 innings. The other two occasions were – against South Africa at Nagpur in Feb 2010 {his debut test innings} and against Australia at Sydney in Jan 2015.

VR Aaron scored a duck in this test to provide the first duck of his test career of eight tests and 13 innings.

WP Saha scored a duck in this test to provide the 71st occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings. It also provides the 33rd occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a duck in a test innings at home and the second such occasion in a test at Mohali. MS Dhoni was the other wicket keeper. He had scored a duck against England at Mohali in Dec 2008.

M Vijay scored 75 in this test to provide the 20th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa. It also provides his second fifty as an opening batsman against South Africa. Other occasion was – his 97 at Durban in Dec 2013.

M Vijay scored 75, while S Dhawan scored a duck in this test to provide the second occasion of Indian openers scoring a fifty and duck in an innings against South Africa. Both such occasions are listed below

No No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 D Dasgupta 63 4 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
  2 SS Das 0 4 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
               
2 1 M Vijay 75 1 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015
  2 S Dhawan 0 1 v South Africa Mohali 05 Nov 2015

D Elgar returned with figures of 4 for 22 in this test to provide his best innings bowling effort. His previous best was 1 for 3 against Pakistan at Dubai (DSC) in Oct 2013.

South African innings was opened by two left handers in this game – D Elgar and S van Zyl – to provide the 24th occasion of two left handers opening the innings for South Africa. It also provides the second such occasion for South Africa against India. The earlier such occasion was witnessed at Nagpur in Feb 2010, when GC Smith and AG Prince had opened the innings for South Africa.

F du Plessis scored a duck in this game to provide the 52nd occasion of a South African batsman scoring a duck against India. It also provides the eighth occasion of a South African batsman batting at number three scoring a duck against India.

F du Plessis scored a duck in this test to provide his second duck in test career of 23 tests and 34 innings. The other occasion of his scoring a duck in a test innings was against West Indies in the first innings of the test at Centurion in Feb 2014.

 

150 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings by Australian batsmen

150 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings by Australian batsmen

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing first test against New Zealand at Brisbane which started today [05.11.15} to provide the 47th occasion of Australian batsmen concerned in a partnership of 150 plus for the first wicket. The following table lists all such occasions.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start
1 W Bardsley, SE Gregory 1 180 3 v England The Oval 09 Aug 1909
2 WH Ponsford, WM Woodfull 1 162 2 v England Lord’s 27 Jun 1930
3 WH Ponsford, WM Woodfull 1 159 2 v England The Oval 16 Aug 1930
4 A Jackson, WH Ponsford 1 172* 4 v West Indies Adelaide 12 Dec 1930
5 WA Brown, JHW Fingleton 1 233 1 v South Africa Cape Town 01 Jan 1936
6 WA Brown, JHW Fingleton 1 162 2 v South Africa Durban 28 Feb 1936
7 J Moroney, AR Morris 1 214 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 10 Feb 1950
8 CC McDonald, AR Morris 1 191 2 v West Indies Port of Spain 11 Apr 1955
9 JW Burke, CC McDonald 1 190 1 v South Africa Cape Town 31 Dec 1957
10 JW Burke, CC McDonald 1 171 1 v England Adelaide 30 Jan 1959
11 WM Lawry, IR Redpath 1 219 2 v South Africa Melbourne 01 Jan 1964
12 WM Lawry, RB Simpson 1 201 1 v England Manchester 23 Jul 1964
13 WM Lawry, RB Simpson 1 382 1 v West Indies Bridgetown 5 May 1965
14 WM Lawry, RB Simpson 1 244 2 v England Adelaide 28 Jan 1966
15 WM Lawry, RB Simpson 1 191 2 v India Melbourne 30 Dec 1967
16 IR Redpath, KR Stackpole 1 161 3 v West Indies Kingston 16 Feb 1973
17 DC Boon, GR Marsh 1 217 2 v India Sydney 02 Jan 1986
18 DC Boon, GR Marsh 1 162 3 v England Sydney 29 Jan 1988
19 GR Marsh, MA Taylor 1 329 1 v England Nottingham 10 Aug 1989
20 GR Marsh, MA Taylor 1 157* 4 v England Brisbane 23 Nov 1990
21 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 260 1 v England Lord’s 17 Jun 1993
22 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 198 3 v New Zealand Perth 12 Nov 1993
23 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 176 1 v Pakistan Rawalpindi 05 Oct 1994
24 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 208 4 v England Sydney 01 Jan 1995
25 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 228 2 v Sri Lanka Perth 08 Dec 1995
26 GS Blewett, MJ Slater 1 269 2 v Pakistan Brisbane 05 Nov 1999
27 ML Hayden, MJ Slater 1 156 2 v West Indies Adelaide 15 Dec 2000
28 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 158 1 v England The Oval 23 Aug 2001
29 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 224 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 08 Nov 2001
30 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 223 1 v New Zealand Hobart 22 Nov 2001
31 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 202 2 v South Africa Melbourne 26 Dec 2001
32 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 219 1 v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 2002
33 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 195 1 v England Melbourne 26 Dec 2002
34 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 242 3 v West Indies St John’s 09 May 2003
35 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 255 1 v Sri Lanka Cairns 09 Jul 2004
36 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 185 2 v England The Oval 08 Sep 2005
37 ML Hayden, MEK Hussey 1 231 2 v West Indies Hobart 17 Nov 2005
38 ML Hayden, PA Jaques 1 159 2 v India Adelaide 24 Jan 2008
39 PA Jaques, SM Katich 1 223 3 v West Indies Bridgetown 12 Jun 2008
40 PJ Hughes, SM Katich 1 184 1 v South Africa Durban 06 Mar 2009
41 SM Katich, SR Watson 1 174 2 v West Indies Adelaide 04 Dec 2009
42 SM Katich, SR Watson 1 182 1 v Pakistan Melbourne 26 Dec 2009
43 PJ Hughes, SR Watson 1 174 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 17 Nov 2011
44 EJM Cowan, DA Warner 1 214 2 v India Perth 13 Jan 2012
45 CJL Rogers, DA Warner 1 157 3 v England Perth 13 Dec 2013
46 CJL Rogers, DA Warner 1 200 1 v India Sydney 06 Jan 2015
47 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 161 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing first test against New Zealand at Brisbane which started today [05.11.15} to provide the 47th occasion of Australian batsmen concerned in a partnership of 150 plus for the first wicket against New Zealand. The following table lists all such occasions.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start
1 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 198 3 v New Zealand Perth 12 Nov 1993
2 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 224 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 08 Nov 2001
3 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 223 1 v New Zealand Hobart 22 Nov 2001
4 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 161 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing first test against New Zealand at Brisbane which started today [05.11.15} to provide the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen concerned in a partnership of 150 plus for the first wicket in a test at Briabane. The following table lists all such occasions.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start
1 GR Marsh, MA Taylor 1 157* 4 v England Brisbane 23 Nov 1990
2 GS Blewett, MJ Slater 1 269 2 v Pakistan Brisbane 05 Nov 1999
3 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 224 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 08 Nov 2001
4 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 161 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing first test against New Zealand at Brisbane which started today [05.11.15} to provide the 25th occasion of batsmen concerned in a partnership of 150 plus for the first wicket against New Zealand. The following table lists all such occasions.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 JAJ Christy, B Mitchell 1 196 2 SAF NZl Christchurch 27 Feb 1932
2 AF Rae, JB Stollmeyer 1 197 1 Win NZl Auckland 15 Feb 1952
3 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 Ind NZl Chennai 06 Jan 1956
4 CG Greenidge, DL Haynes 1 225 3 Win NZl Christchurch 22 Feb 1980
5 G Fowler, CJ Tavare 1 223 3 Eng NZl The Oval 14 Jul 1983
6 CG Greenidge, DL Haynes 1 150 2 Win NZl Wellington 20 Feb 1987
7 MA Atherton, GA Gooch 1 170 1 Eng NZl Birmingham 05 Jul 1990
8 Rameez Raja, Shoaib Mohd 1 172 2 Pak NZl Karachi 10 Oct 1990
9 MJ Slater, MA Taylor 1 198 3 Aus NZl Perth 12 Nov 1993
10 GW Flower, GJ Rennie 1 156 3 Zim NZl Harare 18 Sep 1997
11 DJ Gandhi, S Ramesh 1 162 2 Ind NZl Kanpur 22 Oct 1999
12 SL Campbell, AFG Griffith 1 276 1 Win NZl Hamilton 16 Dec 1999
13 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 224 1 Aus NZl Brisbane 08 Nov 2001
14 ML Hayden, JL Langer 1 223 1 Aus NZl Hobart 22 Nov 2001
15 A Chopra, V Sehwag 1 164 2 Ind NZl Mohali 16 Oct 2003
16 HH Gibbs, GC Smith 1 177 1 SAF NZl Auckland 18 Mar 2004
17 AJ Strauss, ME Trescothick 1 190 2 Eng NZl Lord’s 20 May 2004
18 AJ Strauss, ME Trescothick 1 153 2 Eng NZl Leeds 03 Jun 2004
19 J Siddique, Tamim Iqbal 1 161 3 Ban NZl Dunedin 04 Jan 2008
20 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 160 2 Ind NZl Hyd-RGS 12 Nov 2010
21 CH Gayle, KOA Powell 1 254 2 Win NZl North Sound 25 Jul 2012
22 NRD Compton, AN Cook 1 231 3 Eng NZl Dunedin 06 Mar 2013
23 A Shehzad, Mohd Hafeez 1 178 1 Pak NZl Abu Dhabi 09 Nov 2014
24 AN Cook, A Lyth 1 177 2 Eng NZl Leeds 29 May 2015
25 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 161 1 Aus NZl Brisbane 05 Nov 2015

 

Approaching milestones ahead of India-South Africa test series

Approaching milestones ahead of India-South Africa test series

V Kohli would become the seventh Indian captain to lead India against South Africa, while HM Amla would become the fifth South African captain to lead South Africa against India. Thus both the teams will be playing under new captains.

 

AB de Villiers has played 98 tests prior to the start of this series. Second test at Bangalore would be his 100th test. He would then become the 63rd 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 Villiers has an aggregate of 865 runs against India prior to the start of the series. He requires 135 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he gets them, he would then become the third South African batsman to total 1000 plus runs against India. Others are JH Kallis {1734} and HM Amla {1207}. He would also become the sixth batsman to total 1000 plus runs in India-South Africa test series.

 

HM Amla has scored 142 boundary fours against India. He needs eight more boundary fours for his 150 boundary fours. If he gets them, he would then become the second South African batsman to score 150 plus boundary fours against India after JH Kallis. JH Kallis has scored 173 boundary fours.

 

AB de Villiers has scored eight boundary sixes against India prior to the start of the series. He needs two more boundary sixes for his ten boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the second South African batsman to score ten or more boundary sixes against India after JH Kallis. JH Kallis has scored eleven boundary sixes

 

AB de Villiers has scored eight boundary sixes against India prior to the start of the series. He needs four more boundary sixes for his twelve boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would own the record of most boundary sixes by South African batsman against India. He would go part JH Kallis has scored eleven boundary sixes on his way to own the record

 

AB de Villiers has scored ninety boundary fours against India prior to the start of the series. He needs ten more boundary fours for his 100 boundary fours. If he scores them, then he would become the fourth South African batsman to score 100 or more boundary fours against India. Others are JH Kallis {173}, HM Amla {142} and GC Smith {142}.

 

HM Amla has scored nine fifties against India prior to the start of the series. He needs one more fifty for his tenth fifty. If he gets them, he would then become the second South African batsman to score ten or more fifties against India after JH Kallis. JH Kallis has scored twelve fifties.

 

HM Amla has scored nine fifties against India prior to the start of the series. He needs one more fifty for his tenth fifty. If he gets them, he would then become the third batsman to score ten or more fifties in India-South Africa test series after JH Kallis and SR Tendulkar. JH Kallis and SR Tendulkar have scored twelve fifties

 

HM Amla has scored five centuries against India prior to the start of the series. He needs two more centuries to share the record of most centuries scored by a South African batsman against India which is held by JH Kallis. JH Kallis has scored seven centuries against India.

 

HM Amla has scored two centuries against India prior to the start of the series. He needs two more centuries to share the record of most centuries scored by a batsman in India-South Africa test series which is held by JH Kallis and SR Tendulkar. JH Kallis and SR Tendulkar have scored seven centuries

 

HM Amla has scored four half centuries against India prior to the start of the series. He needs one more half century for his fifth half century. If he gets it, he would then become the fifth South African batsman to score five or more half centuries against India. Others are – GC Smith {08}, AC Hudson {06}, MV Boucher {05} and JH Kallis {05}

 

DJ Vilas is expected to don the gloves in this series for South Africa. If he does so at Mohali, he would then become the fourth South African wicket keeper to keep wickets against India. Others are DJ Richardson, MV Boucher and TL Tsolekele.

 

WP Saha is expected to don the gloves in this series for India. If he does so at Mohali, then he would become the sixth Indian wicket keeper to keep wickets against South Africa. Others are – KS More, NR Mongia, D Dasgupta and KD Karthik

 

Thus this series will be played with new captains and new wicket keepers for both the teams when India and South Africa meet each other.  For India – V Kohli is the captain and WP Saha is the wicket keeper and for South Africa – HM Amla is the captain and DJ Vilas is the wicket keeper

 

AB de Villiers has an aggregate of 7606 runs prior to the start of this series. He needs 394 runs for his 8000 runs. If gets it, he would then become the third South African batsman to score 8000 plus runs. Others are – JH Kallis {13206} and GC Smith {6253}

 

HM Amla has scored 23 centuries prior to the start of this series. He needs two more centuries for his 25 centuries. If he scores, he would then become the third South African batsman to score 25 or more centuries. Others are – JH Kallis {45} and GC Smith {27}

 

AB de Villiers has scored 57 fifties prior to the start of this series. He needs three more fifties for his sixty fifties. If hs gets them, he would he would then become the third South African batsman to score 60 or more fifties. Others are – JH Kallis {103} and GC Smith {65}

 

AB de Villiers has scored 38 half centuries prior to the start of this series. He needs four more half centuries for his forty half centuries.  If he gets them, he would he would then become the second South African batsman to score 40 or more half centuries after JH Kallis.  JH Kallis has scored 58 half centuries.

 

HM Amla has scored 19 fifties on away soil prior to the start of this series. He needs one more fifty for his 20th fifty. If he gets it, he would then become the sixth South African batsman to score 20 or more fifties. Others are – JH Kallis {43}, GC Smith {34}, G Kirsten {31}, AB de Villiers {22} and HH Gibbs {21}.

 

M Morkel has taken 36 wickets against India prior to the start of this series. He needs four more wickets for his 40 wickets. If he gets them, he would then become the fourth South African bowler to capture 40 plus wickets against India. Others are – DW Steyn {63}, AA Donald {57} and SM Pollock {52}.

 

DW Steyn has captured five five wickets innings haul against India prior to the start of this series. One more such haul would be his sixth five wicket innings haul which would make him to become the fourth bowler to take six five wickets innings haul against India. Others are IT Botham, Imran Khan and MD Marshall

 

DW Steyn has captured five five wickets innings haul against India prior to the start of this series. Two more such hauls would fetch him his seventh five wicket innings haul which would make him to share the most five wicket innings hauls against India with Muralidharan. M Muralidharan has seven five wicket innings hauls against India.

 

DW Steyn has captured five five wickets innings haul against India prior to the start of this series. Two more such hauls would fetch him his seventh five wicket innings haul which would make him to own the record for most five wicket innings hauls against India by a pace bowler.

 

Indian batsmen have posted 22 three figure partnerships against South Africa. There more such stands would give India 25 three figure partnerships.

India – South Africa Test series statistics

India – South Africa Test series statistics

India and South Africa has played eleven test series and the ensuing four test series would be the twelfth series between the two teams. This is the second occasion of two teams clashing in a four test series, the first one being the first ever series between the two teams in 1992-93. This series was played in South Africa and hence the ensuing four test series is the first four test series between the two teams played in India.  The ensuing four test series will be the seventh test series played between the two teams in India.

 

Of the eleven test series played between the two teams, India has won two series, South Africa has won six series and three series have ended in a draw.

 

India and South Africa have played 29 tests so far. India has won seven tests, South Africa has won thirteen tests and nine tests have ended in a draw.

 

India’s 627 at Chennai in Mar 2008 is its highest team total against South Africa and also provides the only occasion of India posting a total of 500 plus runs against South Africa. South Africa on its part has posted 500 plus total on eight occasions against India and 643 for 6 declared at Kolkata in Mar 2010 is its highest team total against India.

 

India has been dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs on two occasions against South Africa, while South Africa has been dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs against India only once. India’s lowest total in a completed innings against South Africa is its 66 at Durban in Dec 1996, while South Africa’s lowest total in a completed innings against India is its 84 at Johannesburg in Dec 1996.

 

Three Indian batsmen – SR Tendulkar {1741}, V Sehwag {1306} and R Dravid {1252} – have scored 1000 plus runs against South Africa. Two South African batsmen – JH Kallis {1734} and HM Amla {1207} have scored 1000 plus runs against India. SR Tendulkar’s 1741 runs is the highest aggregate by a batsman in India-South Africa test series.

 

As many as 25 centuries have been scored by Indian batsmen against South Africa. V Sehwag’s 319 at Chennai in Mar 2008 is the highest individual score by an Indian batsman against South Africa. SR Tendulkar has scored most centuries against South Africa. He has scored seven centuries. There are eleven occasion of an Indian batsman’s century in a losing cause against South Africa. SR Tendulkar has witnessed four of his centuries going in vain against South Africa.

 

SR Tendulkar – 169 at Cape Town in Jan 1997 and MS Dhoni – 132 not out at Kolkata in Feb 2010 are the two Indian captains to score centuries against South Africa.

 

MS Dhoni – 132 not out at Kolkata in Feb 2010 is the only Indian wicket keeper batsman to score a century against South Africa.

 

There are eight occasions of Indian batsmen scoring nineties against South Africa. SR Tendulkar – 97 at Mumbai in Feb 2010 and MS Dhoni – 90 at Centurion in Dec 2010 – are the two Indian captains to score nineties against South Africa. MS Dhoni – 90 at Centurion in Dec 2010 is the only wicket keeper batsman to score a ninety against South Africa.

 

As many as 33 centuries have been scored by South African batsmen against India which includes three double centuries. HM Amla {253 not out at Nagpur in Feb 2010}, AB de Villiers {217 not out at Ahmedabad in Apr 2008} and HH Gibbs {201 not out at Centurion in Dec 2010} are the three batsmen who have scored double centuries. HM Amla’s 253 not out at Nagpur in Feb 2010 represent the highest individual score by a South African batsman against India. JH Kallis with seven centuries to his credit holds the record for most hundreds by a South African batsman against India. There are four occasions of a South African batsman’s century in a losing cause against India.

 

KC Wessels – 118 at Durban in Nov 1992 is the only South African captain to score a century against India. AB de Villiers – 103 at Johannesburg is the only South African wicket keeper to score a century against India.

 

There are eight occasions of South African batsmen scoring nineties against India. KC Wessels – 95 not out at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992 and GC Smith – 94 at Cape Town in Jan 2007 – are the two South African captain to score nineties against India. No South African wicket keeper has scored a ninety against India.

 

V Sehwag with 17 boundary sixes to his credit holds the record for most boundary sixes by an Indian batsman against South Africa, while JH Kallis with eleven boundary sixes to his credit holds the record for most boundary sixes by a South African batsman against India. V Sehwag holds the record for most boundary sixes in India-South Africa test series. V Sehwag and JH Kallis are the only two batsmen to score ten or more boundary sixes in India-South Africa test series.

 

SR Tendulkar with 242 boundary fours holds the record for most boundary fours by an Indian batsman against South Africa, while JH Kallis with 173 boundary fours hold the record for most boundary fours by a South African batsman against India. SR Tendulkar holds the record for most boundary fours in India-South Africa test series. SR Tendulkar and JH Kallis are the only two batsmen to score 150 plus boundary fours in India-South Africa test series.

 

SR Tendulkar and JH Kallis are the only two batsmen to score ten or more fifties in India-South Africa test series. Both the batsmen have scored 12 fifties. Both have scored seven centuries and five half centuries.

 

Zaheer Khan holds the record for most ducks by an Indian batsman against South Africa. He has failed to open his account in five innings. M Ntini with four ducks to his credit hold the record for most ducks by South African batsman against India. S Sreesanth, J Srinath, SC Ganguly and A Kumble are the other four Indian batsmen to score four ducks against South Africa. Zaheer Khan’s five ducks represents the most ducks by a batsman in India-South Africa test series.

 

JH Kallis with an aggregate of 498 runs in the three test series against India in 2010-11 holds the record for most runs in a series by a South African batsman against India. Mohd Azharuddin with 388 runs in the three test series against South Africa in 1996-97 holds the record for most runs in a series by an Indian batsman against South Africa. It is interesting to note that no batsman from either side has aggregated 500 plus runs in a test series between the two teams.

 

Three Indian bowlers – A Kumble {84}, J Srinath {64} and Harbhajan Singh {60} – have an aggregate of 50 plus wickets against South Africa. Three South African bowlers – DL Steyn {63}, AA Donald {57} and SM Pollock {52} – have an aggregate of 50 plus wickets against India.  A Kumble with 84 wickets hold the record for most wickets by a bowler in India-South Africa test series.

 

L Klusner’s 8 for 63 at Kolkata in Nov 1996 represent the best innings bowling effort by a South African bowler against India. It also represents the best innings bowling effort by a bowler in India-South Africa test series. L Klusener is the only bowler to capture eight wickets in India-South Africa test series. Harbhajan Singh with 7 for 87 at Kolkata in Nov 2004 holds the record for the best innings bowling effort by an Indian bowler against South Africa.

 

Indian bowlers have captured five or more wickets in an innnings on 17 occasions against South Africa.  Harbhahan Singh and J Srinath share the record for most five wicket hauls against South Africa. Both the bowlers have taken five plus wickets in an innings on four occasions.

 

South African bowlers have captured five or more wickets in an innings on 15 occasions against India. DW Steyn with five five or more wicket hauls holds the record for most five wicket hauls against India. DE Steyn’s five five or more wicket hauls is a record for most five wicket hauls by a bowler in India-South Africa test series.

 

AA Donald – 12 for 139 at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992, DW Steyn – 10 for 108 at Nagpur in Feb 2010 and SM Pollock – 10 for 147 at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001 – are the three South African bowlers who have captured ten or more wickets in a test against India. BKV Prasad with his 10 for 153 at Durban in Dec 1996 is the only Indian bowler who have captured ten or more wickets in a test against South Africa.

 

A Donald’s 12 for 139 at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992 represent the best bowling effort in a test by a South African bowler against India. It also represents the best bowling effort in a test by a bowler in India-South Africa test series. BKV Prasad’s 10 for 153 at Durban in Dec 1996 represent the best bowling effort in a test by an Indian bowler against South Africa.

 

There are 36 occasions of Indian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in an innings against South Africa. Harabhajan Singh’s 2 for 169 at ct Centurion in Dec 2010 provide the most expenisve bowling figures in an innings by an Indian bowler against South Africa. A Kumble holds the record for conceding 100 plus runs in an innings on most occasions by an Indian bowler against South Africa. He has conceded 100 plus runs in an innings on eight occasions.

 

DW Steyn of holds the record for conceding 100 plus runs on most occasions by a South African bowler against India. He has conceded 100 plus runs in five innings. There are 19 occasions of a South African bowler conceding 100 plus runs in an innings against India. PL Harris’s 3 for 203 at Chennai in Mar 2008 provide the most expensive bowling figures by a South African bowler against India in terms of runs conceded

PL Harris remains the only bowler to concede 200 plus runs in India-South Africa test series and also his figures of 3 for 203 at Chennai in Mar 2008 represent the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded in India-South Africa test series.

 

DW Steyn is the only South African bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings conceding 100 plus runs against India. He returned with figures of 6 for 100 at Durban in Dec 2013.

 

The following table lists the nine occasions of Indian bowlers capturing five or more wickets in an innings conceding 100 plus runs against South Africa.

 

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Harbhajan Singh 38.0 1 120 7 3 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
2 BKV Prasad 35.0 6 104 6 1 v South Africa Kolkata 27 Nov 1996
3 A Kumble 54.0 13 131 6 1 v South Africa Kanpur 20 Nov 2004
4 RA Jadeja 58.2 15 138 6 2 v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2013
5 A Kumble 68.4 15 143 6 2 v South Africa Bangalore 02 Mar 2000
6 J Srinath 25.1 5 104 5 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
7 S Sreesanth 29.0 0 114 5 1 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
8 J Srinath 33.0 6 140 5 2 v South Africa Bloemfontein 03 Nov 2001
8 Harbhajan Singh 44.5 4 164 5 1 v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008

 

There are five occasions of Indian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket in an innings against South Africa. A Mishra’s none for 140 at Nagpur in Feb 2010 provides the most expensive bowling figures in an innings by an Indian bowler against South Africa in this category of statistics.

 

There are three occasions of South African bowlers conceding 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket against India. M Ntini’s none for 107 at Cape Town in Jan 2007 provide the most expensive bowling figures in an innings by a South African bowler against India in this category of statistics.

 

There are only two occasions of South Africa losing a test when its bowlers had captured five or more wickets in an innings. PR Adam’s 6 for 55 at Kanpur in Dec 2010 and DW Steyn’s 6 for 50 at Durban in Dec 2010 are the two occasions.

 

The following are the six occasions of India losing a test against South Africa when its bowlers had captured five or more wickets in an innings.

 

No Player O M R W Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 A Kumble 68.4 15 143 6 2 SAF Bangalore 02 Mar 2000
2 J Srinath 33.0 6 140 5 2 SAF Bloemfontein 03 Nov 2001
3 RA Jadeja 58.2 15 138 6 2 SAF Durban 26 Dec 2013
4 BKV Prasad 35.0 6 104 6 1 SAF Kolkata 27 Nov 1996
5 BKV Prasad 25.0 4 93 5 3 SAF Durban 26 Dec 1996
6 BKV Prasad 19.0 6 60 5 1 SAF Durban 26 Dec 1996

 

BKV Prasad’s – 10 for 153 at Durban in Dec 1996 – provide the only occasion of an Indian bowler’s ten wicket haul in a test going in vain against South Africa. It also provides the only occasion of a bowler’s ten wicket haul in a losing cause in India-South Africa test series.

 

JH Kallis holds the record for most catches by a South African fieldsman against India. He has pouched 23 catches. R Dravid with 21 catches to his credit holds the record for most catches by an Indian fieldsman against South Africa.

 

As many as six Indian fieldsmen have taken ten or more catches against South Africa while as many as eight South African fieldsmen have pouched ten or more catches against India. JH Kallis with 23 catches to his credit holds the record for most catches by a fieldsman in India-South Africa test series.

 

MV Boucher with 60 dismissals {58 ct plus 02 st} holds the record for most dismissals by a South African wicket keeper against India. He also holds the record for most dismissals by a wicket keeper in India-South Africa test series. MS Dhoni with 28 dismissals {27 ct plus 01 st} holds the record for most dismissals by an Indian wicket keeper against South Africa.

 

NR Mongia {five dismissals – all caught} at Durban in Dec 1996 and MS Dhoni {five dismissals – all caught} at Cape Town in Jan 2011 are the two Indian wicket keepers who have effected five dismissals in an innings against South Africa.

 

DJ Richardson, MV Boucher {twice} and AB de Villiers are the three wicket keepers who have effected five or more dismissals in an innings against India. The four occasions are listed below.

 

No Player Dis Ct St Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 DJ Richardson 5 5 0 3 v India Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 1992
2 MV Boucher 5 5 0 3 v India Mumbai 24 Feb 2000
3 MV Boucher 5 5 0 1 v India Durban 26 Dec 2010
4 AB de Villiers 5 5 0 1 v India Durban 26 Dec 2013

 

Indian batmen have posted 22 three figure partnerships against India which includes eight partnerships of 200 plus runs. 268 runs partnership for the second wicket between V Sehwag and R Dravid denotes the highest partnership by Indian batsmen against South Africa.

 

The feat of very first occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the first and second wickets in the same innings n the annals of test cricket has been credited to Indian batsmen. W Jaffer and V Sehwag added 213 runs for the first wicket at Chennai in Mar 2008. This was followed by a 268 runs partnership between V Sehwag and R Dravid in the same innings.

Partners Wkt Runs Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
W Jaffer, V Sehwag 1 213 2 SAF Chennai 26 Mar 2008
V Sehwag, R Dravid 2 268 2 SAF Chennai 26 Mar 2008

 

South African batsmen have posted 34 three figure partnerships against India which includes eight 200 plus runs partnerships. 340 runs partnership between HM Amla and JH Kallis for the third wicket at Nagpur in Feb 2010 provides the highest partnership by South African batsmen against India. This partnership not only represent the highest partnership in India-South Africa test series but also provides the only occasion of a 300 plus partnership in India-South Africa test series.