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 14^th 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

 

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 30^th 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 54^th, 55^th and 56^th 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 71^st occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings. It also provides the 33^rd 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 20^th 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 24^th 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.

 

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 47^th 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 47^th 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

 

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 100^th test. He would then become 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 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 20^th 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 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.