India-SA Tests: How both teams fare

Rajneesh Gupta throws up all the numbers from Test encounters between India and South Africa.

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja celebrates Faf du Plessis's wicket with his team mates, day 2, fourth Test, India versus South Africa, December 4, 2015. Photograph: BCCI

Summary of results

	Tests	India	South Africa	Drawn
in India	16	8	5	3
in South Africa	20	3	10	7
Overall	36	11	15	10

Series summary

	Series	India	South Africa	Drawn
in India	6	3	1	2
in South Africa	7	0	6	1
Total	13	3	7	3

India-South Africa Test Series in India

Captains

Season	India	South Africa	Tests	India	South Africa	Drawn
1996-1997	Sachin Tendulkar	Hansie Cronje	3	2	1	0
1999-2000	Sachin Tendulkar	Hansie Cronje	2	0	2	0
2004-2005	Sourav Ganguly	Graeme Smith	2	1	0	1
2007-2008	Anil Kumble#	Graeme Smith	3	1	1	1
2009-2010	M S Dhoni	Graeme Smith	2	1	1	0
2015-2016	Virat Kohli	Hashim Amla	4	3	0	1

# M S Dhoni captained India in the third Test of the series.

India-South Africa Test Series in South Africa

Captains

Season	India	South Africa	Tests	India	South Africa	Drawn
1992-1993	Mohammad Azharuddin	Kepler Wessels	4	0	1	3
1996-1997	Rahul Dravid	Hansie Cronje	3	0	2	1
2001-2002	Sourav Ganguly	Shaun Pollock	2	0	1	1
2006-2007	Sachin Tendulkar	Graeme Smith	3	1	2	0
2010-2011	M S Dhoni	Graeme Smith	3	1	1	1
2013-2014	M S Dhoni	Graeme Smith	2	0	1	1
2017-2018	Virat Kohli	Faf du Plessis	3	1	2	0

Highest Innings Totals

India:

Score	Venue	Season
643/6d	Kolkata	2009-2010
627	Chennai	2007-2008
466	Kanpur	2004-2005
459	Centurion	2010-2011

South Africa:

Score	Venue	Season
620/4d	Centurion	2010-2011
563	Bloemfontein	2001-2002
558/6d	Nagpur	2009-2010
540	Chennai	2007-2008
529/7d	Cape Town	1996-1997
510/9d	Kanpur	2004-2005
500	Durban	2013-2014

Lowest Innings Totals

India:

Score	Venue	Season
66	Durban	1996-1997
76	Ahmedabad	2007-2008
100	Durban	1996-1997

South Africa:

Score	Venue	Season
79	Nagpur	2015-2016
84	Johannesburg	2006-2007
105	Ahmedabad	1996-1997

Highest Match Aggregate: 1,498 for 25 wickets Chennai, 2007-2008

Lowest Match Aggregate: 652 for 40 wickets, Nagpur, 2015-2016

Individual hundreds

India: 28 (14 in India, 14 in South Africa) (Most: 7 by Sachin Tendulkar)

South Africa: 33 (15 in India, 18 in South Africa) (Most: 7 by Jacques Kallis)

Highest Individual Innings

India:

IMAGE: Virender Sehwag hit his second triple hundred against the South Africans. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

	Runs	Venue	Season
Virender Sehwag	319	Chennai	2007-2008
Sachin Tendulkar	169	Cape Town	1996-1997
Virender Sehwag	165	Kolkata	2009-2010
Virender Sehwag	164	Kanpur	2004-2005
Mohammad Azharuddin	163*	Kanpur	1996-1997
Sachin Tendulkar	155	Bloemfontein	2001-2002
Cheteshwar Pujara	153	Johannesburg	2013-2014
Virat Kohli	153	Centurion	2017-2018

South Africa:

IMAGE: Hashim Amla, the elegant classicist. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

	Runs	Venue	Season
Hashim Amla	253*	Nagpur	2009-2010
A B de Villiers	217*	Ahmedabad	2007-2008
Jacques Kallis	201*	Centurion	2010-2011
Herschelle Gibbs	196	Port Elizabeth	2001-2002
Jacques Kallis	173	Nagpur	2009-2010
Andrew Hall	163	Kanpur	2004-2005
Jacques Kallis	161	Cape Town	2010-2011
Hashim Amla	159	Chennai	2007-2008
Neil McKenzie	155*	Chennai	2007-2008
Darryl Cullinan	153*	Kolkata	1996-1997

Most Runs in India-South Africa Tests

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar celebrates after India win the second Test against South Africa in Durban, December 31, 2010. Photograph: BCCI

	Tests	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100	50	0
Sachin Tendulkar	25	1,741	169	42.46	7	5	3
Jacques Kallis	18	1,734	201*	69.36	7	5	1
Hashim Amla	21	1,528	253*	43.65	5	7	4
A B de Villiers	20	1,334	217*	39.23	3	6	2
Virender Sehwag	15	1,306	319	50.23	5	2	2
Rahul Dravid	21	1,252	148	33.83	2	5	0
Graeme Smith	15	987	94	37.96	0	8	1
V V S Laxman	19	976	143*	37.53	1	6	1
Sourav Ganguly	17	947	87	33.82	0	7	4
Mohammad Azharuddin	11	779	163*	41.00	4	2	0

Record Wicket Partnerships: India

Wicket	Runs	Players	Venue	Season
1st	218	Virender Sehwag (164), Gautam Gambhir (96)	Kanpur	2004-2005
2nd	268	Virender Sehwag (319), Rahul Dravid (111)	Chennai	2007-2008
3rd	249	Virender Sehwag (165), Sachin Tendulkar (106)	Kolkata	2009-2010
4th	145	Rahul Dravid (148), Sourav Ganguly (73)	Johannesburg	1996-1997
5th	220	Sachin Tendulkar (155), Virender Sehwag (105)	Bloemfontein	2001-2002
6th	222	Sachin Tendulkar (169), Mohammad Azharuddin (115)	Cape Town	1996-1997
7th	259*	V V S Laxman (143), M S Dhoni (132)	Kolkata	2009-2010
8th	161	Mohammad Azharuddin (109), Anil Kumble (88)	Kolkata	1996-1997
9th	80	V V S Laxman (89), A Kumble (28)	Port Elizabeth	2001-2002
10th	52	Ajit Agarkar (41*), Murali Kartik (14)	Mumbai	1999-2000

Record Wicket Partnerships: South Africa

Wicket	Runs	Players	Venue	Season
1st	236	Andrew Hudson (146), Gary Kirsten (102)	Kolkata	1996-1997
2nd	212	Gary Kirsten (133), Daryl Cullinan (153*)	Kolkata	1996-1997
3rd	340	Hashim Amla (253*), Jacques Kallis (173)	Nagpur	2009-2010
4th	224	Jacques Kallis (201*), A B de Villiers (129)	Centurion	2009-2010
5th	256	Jacques Kallis (132), A B de Villiers (217*)	Ahmedabad	2007-2008
6th	144	Andrew Hall (163), Zander de Bruyn (83)	Kanpur	2004-2005
7th	121	Lance Klusener (108), Mark Boucher (47)	Bloemfontein	2001-2002
8th	147*	Brian McMillan (103), Lance Klusener (102)	Cape Town	1996-1997
9th	60	Fanie de Villiers (67*), Allan Donald (17)	Ahmedabad	1996-1997
10th	74	Brian McMillan (51*), Allan Donald (26)	Durban	1996-1997

5 wicket innings hauls

India: 25 (13 in India, 12 in South Africa) (Most: 4 each by Javagal Srinath, Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin)

South Africa: 19 (7 in India, 12 in South Africa) (Most: 5 by Dale Steyn)

Best Bowling in an Innings

India:

IMAGE: Virat Kohli, right, confers with star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Photograph: BCCI

	Figuress	Venue	Season
Ravichandran Ashwin	7/66	Nagpur	2015-2016
Harbhajan Singh	7/87	Kolkata	2004-2005
Harbhajan Singh	7/120	Cape Town	2010-2011
Javagal Srinath	6/21	Ahmedabad	1996-1097
Anil Kumble	6/53	Johannesburg	1992-1993
Javagal Srinath	6/76	Port Elizabeth	2001-2002
Venkatesh Prasad	6/104	Kolkata	1996-1997
Anil Kumble	6/131	Kanpur	2004-2005
Ravindra Jadeja	6/138	Durban	2013-2014
Anil Kumble	6/143	Bengaluru	1999-2000

South Africa:

	Figs	Venue	Season
Lance Klusener	8/64	Kolkata	1996-1997
Dale Steyn	7/51	Nagpur	2009-2010
Allan Donald	7/84	Port Elizabeth	1992-1993
Lungi Ngidi	6/39	Centurion	2017-2018
Vernon Philander	6/42	Cape Town	2017-2018
Dale Steyn	6/50	Durban	2010-2011
Paul Adams	6/55	Kanpur	1996-1997
Shaun Pollock	6/56	Bloemfontein	2001-2002
Dale Steyn	6/100	Durban	2013-2014

Best Bowling in a Match

India:

	Figures	Venue	Season
Ravichandran Ashwin	12/98	Nagpur	2015-2016
Venkatesh Prasad	10/153	Durban	1996-1997
Harbhajan Singh	9/141	Kolkata	2004-2005

South Africa:

IMAGE: Allan Donald, the great fast bowler. Photograph: Hamish Blair/Getty Images

	Figures	Venue	Season
Allan Donald	12/139	Port Elizabeth	1992-1993
Dale Steyn	10/108	Nagpur	2009-10
Shaun Pollock	10/147	Bloemfontein	2001-2002
Allan Donald	9/54	Durban	1996-1997
Vernon Philander	9/75	Cape Town	2017-2018
Dale Steyn	9/147	Durban	2013-2014

Most wickets

IMAGE: Anil Kumble celebrates taking a wicket. Photograph: Reuters

	Tests	Wickets	Best	Average	Strike Rate	5I	10M
Anil Kumble	21	84	6/53	31.79	81.31	3	0
Dale Steyn	14	65	7/51	21.53	41.86	5	1
Javagal Srinath	13	64	6/21	24.48	51.79	4	0
Harbhajan Singh	11	60	7/87	28.40	59.48	4	0
Morne Morkel	17	58	5/20	26.41	53.78	1	0
Allan Donald	11	57	7/84	17.31	43.75	3	1
Shaun Pollock	12	52	6/56	19.63	52.12	2	1
Zaheer Khan	12	40	4/62	36.42	66.28	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	7	38	7/66	17.57	44.71	4	1
Makhaya Ntini	10	36	5/48	28.97	51.94	1	0

Captains

	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Won%
Graeme Smith	15	6	5	4	40.00
Hansie Cronje	8	5	2	1	62.50
M S Dhoni	8	3	3	2	37.50
Sachin Tendulkar	8	2	5	1	25.00
Virat Kohli	7	4	2	1	57.14
Kepler Wessels	4	1	0	3	25.00
Sourav Ganguly	4	1	1	2	25.00
Mohammad Azharuddin	4	0	1	3	0.00
Hashim Amla	4	0	3	1	0.00
Faf du Plessis	3	2	1	0	66.66
Rahul Dravid	3	1	2	0	33.33
Shaun Pollock	2	1	0	1	50.00
Anil Kumble	2	0	1	1	0.00

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