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Chinawamy Stadium, Bangalore (Third Test)

Chinaswamy

Mohali - 1st Test | Motera - 2nd Test

Bangalore is one of India's most modern cities with its moderate temperature throughout the year. The stadium in itself is well-equipped as far as the infrastructure is concerned, it also houses the National Cricket Academy colts. The Chinaswamy Stadium wicket is very sporting, it has something in it for the seamers on the first day, gets easy on the batters subsequently with the ball coming nicely on to the bat, and stars turning on the fourth and fifth days an ideal Test match wicket.

The Chinaswamy Stadium has been a witness to many famous battles where most of the Tests have had a result. Sir Vivian Richards made an uneventful Test debut here in 1974-75 when the West Indies dumped India by 267 runs in the first-ever Test on this ground. When Tony Greig's Englishmen played here in the '76-77 series, India won the Test by 140 runs. In the '81-82 series, India and England played a boring draw marked by Sunil Gavaskar's 172 spanning 708 minutes. Ian Botham's Test bowling record of 373 wickets was broken here in '88-89 when Sir Richard Hadlee got Indian batsman Arun Lal's wicket.

In December there will be some chill in the air, though it will be nothing like cold enough to detract from the visitors enjoyment of Bangalore as the city can offer much for the visitors apart from cricket.

Mohandas Menon provides some statistical information on those matches.

Tests played: 13 ; ODIs played: 11.

Match Summary

Summary of Matches
Nos Start date End date Countries Result
1 22nd Nov 1974 27th Nov 1974 Ind v WI WI won by 267 runs
2 28th Jan 1977 2nd Feb 1977 Ind v Eng Ind won by 140 runs
3 15th Dec 1978 20th Dec 1978 Ind v WI Drawn
4 19th Sep 1979 24th Sep 1979 Ind v Aus Drawn
5 21st Nov 1979 26th Nov 1979 Ind v Pak Drawn
6 9th Dec 1981 14th Dec 1981 Ind v Eng Drawn
7 14th Sep 1983 19th Sep 1983 Ind v Pak Drawn
8 13th Mar 1987 17th Mar 1987 Ind v Pak Pak won by 16 runs
9 12th Nov 1988 17th Nov 1988 Ind v NZ Ind won by 172 runs
10 26th Jan 1994 30th Jan 1994 Ind v SL Ind won by an inn & 95 runs
11 18th Oct 1995 20th Oct 1995 Ind v NZ Ind won by 8 wickets
12 25th Mar 1998 28th Mar 1998 Ind v Aus Aus won by 8 wickets
13 2nd Mar 2000 6th Mar 2000 Ind v SA SA won by an inn & 71 runs

Highest Team Totals
Total For vs Series
6/541 India Sri Lanka 1993-94
479 South Africa India 1999-00
5/457 India Australia 1979-80

Lowest Team Totals
Total For vs Series
116 Pakistan India 1986-87
8/118 India West Indies 1974-75
145 India Pakistan 1986-87
145 New Zealand India 1995-96
158 India South Africa 1999-00

Best Individual Batting Performances
Player Runs For vs Series
SR Tendulkar 177 Ind Aus 1997-98
SM Gavaskar 172 Ind Eng 1981-82
CH Lloyd 163 WI Ind 1974-75
GR Viswanath 161* Ind Aus 1979-80
ME Waugh 153* Aus Ind 1997-98
Mudassar Nazar 126 Pak Ind 1979-80
AI Kallicharran 124 WI Ind 1974-75
NS Sidhu 116 Ind NZ 1988-89
DB Vengsarkar 112 Ind Aus 1979-80
M Azharuddin 108 Ind SL 1993-94
CG Greenidge 107 WI Ind 1974-75
SM Gavaskar 103* Ind Pak 1983-84
MA Taylor 102* Aus Ind 1997-98
M Azharuddin 102 Ind SA 1999-00

Best Individual Bowling Performances
Player Wkts For vs Series Ave
Maninder Singh 7-27 Ind Pak 1986-87 3.86
RGD Willis 6-53 Eng Ind 1976-77 8.83
ND Hirwani 6-59 Ind NZ 1988-89 9.83
BS Bedi 6-71 Ind Eng 1976-77 11.83
BS Chandrasekhar 6-76 Ind Eng 1976-77 12.67
A Kumble 6-98 Ind Aus 1997-98 16.33
A Kumble 6-143 Ind SA 1999-00 23.83
MS Kasprowicz 5-28 Aus Ind 1997-98 5.60
Iqbal Qasim 5-48 Pak Ind 1986-87 9.60
KD Ghavri 5-51 Ind WI 1978-79 10.20
Tauseef Ahmed 5-54 Pak Ind 1986-87 10.80
RJ Hadlee 5-65 NZ Ind 1988-89 13.00
N Kapil Dev 5-68 Ind Pak 1983-84 13.60
Tahir Naqqash 5-76 Pak Ind 1983-84 15.20
A Kumble 5-81 Ind NZ 1995-96 16.20
N Boje 5-83 SA Ind 1999-00 16.60
JK Lever 5-100 Eng Ind 1981-82 20.00
ST Clarke 5-126 WI Ind 1978-79 25.20

Best Partnerships for each Wicket
Players Wkts Runs For vs Series
AD Gaekwad & SM Gavaskar 1st 176* Ind Pak 1983-84
AD Gaekwad & DB Vengsarkar 2nd 170 Ind WI 1978-79
NS Sidhu & DB Vengsarkar 3rd 174* Ind NZ 1988-89
CG Greenidge & CH Lloyd 4th 207 WI Ind 1974-75
JH Kallis & L Klusener 5th 164 SA Ind 1999-00
M Azharuddin & A Kumble 6th 96 Ind SA 1999-00
RMH Binny & S Madan Lal 7th 155 Ind Pak 1983-84
KS More & RJ Shastri 8th 84 Ind NZ 1988-89
GR Dilley & RW Taylor 9th 69 Eng Ind 1981-82
SD Anurasiri & M Muralitharan 10th 26 SL Ind 1993-94

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