India vs South Africa in Tests: History in numbers

South Africa, at present, are the No.1 Test side in the Cricket world. The No.1 ODI team, India, after Sachin’s retirement in Tests and losing the ODI series against the Proteas are set to play a two test match series in South Africa.

MS Dhoni and Graeme Smith with the Test trophy

Below are the numbers between these two nations.Head to Head Summary

	Total	Ind	SA	Drawn
Overall	27	7	12	8
In Ind	12	5	5	2
In SA	15	2	7	6

South Africa has been more successful in their home than the Indian team in its home. South Africa won test matches regularly in India than India in South Africa. India, in their first 3 tours, couldn’t win even a single game. They managed to win 2 Tests in their last 2 tours.

Series Results in South Africa

Period	Winner	Margin	Tests	Captains	Player of the Series
1992/93	SA	1-0	4	KC Wessels, M Azharuddin	AA Donald
1996/97	SA	2-0	3	WJ Cronje, SR Tendulkar	AA Donald
2001/02	SA	1-0	2	SM Pollock, SC Ganguly	HH Gibbs
2006/07	SA	2-1	3	GC Smith, R Dravid	SM Pollock
2010/11	Drawn	1-1	3	GC Smith, MS Dhoni	JH Kallis

Series Results in India

Period	Winner	Margin	Tests	Captains	Player of the Series
1996/97	Ind	2-1	3	SR Tendulkar, WC Cronje	M Azharuddin
1999/00	SA	2-0	2	SR Tendulkar, WC Cronje	JH Kallis
2004/05	Ind	1-0	2	SC Ganguly, GC Smith	V Sehwag
2007/08	Drawn	1-1	3	A Kumble (2)/MS Dhoni (1), GC Smith	Harbhajan Singh
2009/10	Drawn	1-1	2	MS Dhoni, GC Smith	HM Amla

MS Dhoni will be the first Indian to captain two Test Series in South Africa. Azharuddin, Tendulkar, Ganguly and Dravid captained one.

Total Series: 10

India Won: 2

SA Won: 5

Drawn: 3

Highest Team Totals

Score	Overs	Team	Mat Inn	Venue	Match Date	Result
643/6 d	153.0	India	2	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010	Won
627	155.1	India	2	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Drawn
620/4 d	130.1	South Africa	2	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Won
563	143.0	South Africa	2	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Won
558/6 d	176.0	South Africa	1	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Won

Lowest Team Totals

Score	Overs	Team	Mat Inn	Venue	Match Date	Result
66	34.1	India	4	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Lost
76	20.0	India	1	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Lost
84	25.1	South Africa	2	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Lost
100	39.1	India	2	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Lost
105	38.5	South Africa	4	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Lost

Largest Wins

Criteria	Margin	Winner	Venue	Match Date	MOM
By Runs	329 runs	South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996	G Kirsten
By Inns	Inns & 90 runs	South Africa	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	AB de Villiers
By Wkts	9 wkts	South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992	AA Donald
	9 wkts	South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	SM Pollock

The Highest Successful run chase is 211/5 by South Africa at Cape Town in 2007. India have never won any match by chasing in the 4th inning whereas South Africa won 4.

Largest win for India being their Inn & 52 runs win at Kolkata in 2010, by 280 runs at Kanpur in 1996 and by 8 wickets at Kolkata in 2004 & Kanpur in 2008.

Individual Players and Captains

Most Matches		Most Matches as Captain
25	SR Tendulkar (Ind)	13	GC Smith (SA)
21	RS Dravid (Ind)	8	WJ Cronje (SA)
21	A Kumble (Ind)	8	SR Tendulkar (Ind)
19	VVS Laxman (Ind)	6	MS Dhoni (Ind)

Most Matches by a South African is 16 by JH Kallis.Batting Records:

Tendulkar and Kallis hold most of the batting records in Tests between these two nations

The respective batting legends, Tendulkar and Kallis, top the list of most runs between the two nations and also have scored most centuries.

Leading Run Getters

Runs	Batsman	Mat	Inns	Avg	100s	50	Best
1741	SR Tendulkar	25	45	42.46	7	5	169
1585	JH Kallis	16	28	72.04	6	5	201*
1306	V Sehwag	15	26	50.23	5	2	319
1252	R Dravid	21	40	33.83	2	5	148
1164	HM Amla	12	21	61.26	5	4	253*

Most runs by a South African in India is 823 by Hashim Amla @ 102.87 in 10 innings with 4 100s.Most runs by an Indian in South Africa is 1161 by Sachin Tendulkar @ 46.44 in 28 innings with 5 100s.Highest Batting Average (Min 500 runs)72.04 – JH Kallis61.26 – HM Amla52.92 – DJ Cullinan50.23 – V Sehwag43.33 – L Klusener

Double Centuries or more

Sehwag celebrates his 2nd Triple ton

Virender Sehwag scored his second triple century, this time the fastest in history, at Chennai in 2008. There have been 3 other double centuries.Kallis brought up his maiden test double century in his 143rd Test after having scored 37 100s with a highest score of 189* before.

Runs	Batsman	Balls	4s	6s	Venue	Match Date
319	V Sehwag	304	42	5	Chennai	26 Mar 08
253*	HM Amla	473	22	0	Nagpur	06 Feb 10
217*	AB de Villiers	333	17	2	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 08
201*	JH Kallis	270	15	5	Centurion	16 Dec 10

Herchelle Gibbs was out for 196 at Port Elizabeth in 2001 by Tendulkar.Most Centuries7 – SR Tendulkar6 – JH Kallis5 – HM Amla & V Sehwag4 – M Azharuddin3 – DJ CullinanNote: 5 of Tendulkar’s 7 100s were scored in South Africa. 4 of Amla’s 5 100s were scored in India. Centuries in Both innings of a match3 batsmen managed to score centuries in both test, all for South Africa.

102 & 133 – G Kirsten, Kolkata, 1996114 & 123* – HM Amla, Kolkata, 2010161 & 109* – JH Kallis, Cape Town, 2011Neil McKenzie scored 94 & 155* at Chennai in 2008.Best for India in a Test match is Dravid’s 148 & 81 at Johannesburg in 1997.

Most Runs in a SeriesJacques Kallis scored nearly 500 runs in the last series in South Africa with 3 100s at average of 166.00. Amla scored centuries in all the 3 innings South Africa batted in their Indian tour in 2009/10 and scored 490 runs at identical average.

Best for India were Azharuddin’s 388 runs in the series of 1996/97 in India. The best for India in South Africa is 326 by Sachin Tendulkar in 2010/11 at 81.50 conisting of 2 100s, including his 50th test century.

Among the top 5 aggregates in a series, 4 have been in India.

Runs	Batsman	Series	Mat	Inns	Avg	100s	Best
498	JH Kallis	2010/11 in SA	3	5	166.00	3	201*
490	HM Amla	2009/10 in Ind	2	3	490.00	3	253*
388	M Azharuddin	1996/97 in Ind	3	6	77.60	2	163*

Hashim Amla’s average of 490.00 in the 2009/10 series in India is second only to Wally Hammond’s 563.00 in New Zealand as the highest batting average in a Test Series.

Bowling Records:

Leading Wicket takers

Wkts	Bowler	Mat	Avg	S/R	5WI	10WM	BBI	BBM
84	A Kumble	21	31.79	81.3	3	0	6/53	8/113
64	J Srinath	13	24.48	51.7	4	0	6/21	8/68
60	Harbhajan Singh	11	28.40	59.4	4	0	7/87	9/141
57	AA Donald	11	17.31	43.7	3	1	7/84	12/139
53	DW Steyn	10	19.00	36.0	4	1	7/51	10/108
52	SM Pollock	12	19.63	52.1	2	1	6/56	10/147

Steyn’s bowling Strike Rate (36.0) and Donald’s bowling average (17.31) are second best among all those who took 50 or more wickets against India. England’s Fred Trueman’s Strike Rate of 33.6 and average of 14.84 are the highest against India.

10 wicket hauls

Figures	Overs	Bowler	Venue	Match Date
12/139	55.0	AA Donald	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
10/108	34.5	DW Steyn	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
10/147	48.4	SM Pollock	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
10/153	44.0	BKV Prasad	Durban	26 Dec 1996

Donald, Pollock and Steyn each picked one ten wicket haul for South Africa. Only 10 wicket haul for India was at Durban by Venkatesh Prased in 1996.Best bowling figures in an Innings

Klusener during his 8/64 on Test Debut

The best bowling figures between India and South Africa came from a debutant, Lance Klusener, in the 4th inning of the Kolkata tests of 1996. There have been 4 more 7 wicket hauls, 2 of those by Harbhajan Singh.

Figures	Overs	Bowler	Mat Inn	Venue	Match Date
8/64	21.3	L Klusener	4	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
7/51	16.4	DW Steyn	2	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
7/84	28.0	AA Donald	3	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
7/87	30.0	Harbhajan Singh	3	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
7/120	38.0	Harbhajan Singh	3	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011