SA vs IND: Virender Sehwag's shocking record, a look at India-South Africa Test statistics

 

The two-match Test series between India and South Africa (IND vs SA) is going to start from December 26. This series will be played under the ICC Test Championship. The Indian team will enter South Africa for the first time with the intention of winning the series.

So far 42 Test matches have been played between India and South Africa, in which India has won 15 Tests and South Africa has won 17 Tests, while 10 Tests have been drawn. Out of these 42 matches, 23 matches have been played in South Africa, in which the hosts have won 12 matches and India has won only 4 matches and 7 matches have been drawn. 19 matches have been played in India, in which India has won 11 and South Africa has won 5 and 3 matches have been drawn.

The first Test between India and South Africa was played in Durban on 13–17 November 1992 and that match was a draw. The last Test series between the two teams was played in South Africa in 2021–22, which the hosts won 2–1.

Now let's take a look at the key statistics of the Test matches between the two teams:

In 2019, India defeated South Africa 3-0

# Highest score in an innings

India - 643/6 (Kolkata, 2010)

South Africa – 620/4 (Centurion, 2010)

# Lowest score in the innings

India - 66 (Durban, 1996)

South Africa - 79 (Nagpur, 2015)

#biggest win

India - Innings and 202 runs (Ranchi, 2019), 337 runs (Delhi, 2015), 8 wickets (Kolkata, 2004 and Kanpur, 2008)

South Africa - innings and 90 runs (Ahmedabad, 2008), 329 runs (Kolkata, 1996), 10 wickets (Durban, 2013)

#smallest win

India - 63 runs (Johannesburg, 2018), 8 wickets (Kolkata, 2004 and Kanpur, 2008)

South Africa - 72 runs (Cape Town, 2018), 4 wickets (Mumbai, 2000)

batting record

Sachin Tendulkar

#most runs

Sachin Tendulkar (1741 runs, 25 matches)

Jacques Kallis (1734 runs, 18 matches)

# Highest score in the innings

Virender Sehwag - 319 (Chennai, 2008)

Hashim Amla - 253* (Nagpur, 2010)

#Most centuries

Sachin Tendulkar - 7 centuries

Jacques Kallis – 7 centuries

#Most half centuries

Graeme Smith - 8

Sourav Ganguly - 7

# Batsmen who got out on 0 most number of times

Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma - 5

Kagiso Rabada - 5

# Most runs in a series

Rohit Sharma - 529 runs, 3 matches (2019)

Jacques Kallis - 498 runs, 3 matches (2010-11)

bowling record

#Most wickets

Anil Kumble – 84 wickets, 21 matches

Dale Steyn – 65 wickets, 14 matches

# Best bowling in the innings

Shardul Thakur - 7/61 (Johannesburg, 2022)

Lance Klusener - 8/64 (Kolkata, 1996)

# Best bowling in test

Ravichandran Ashwin - 12/98 (Nagpur, 2015)

Allan Donald - 12/139 (Port Elizabeth, 1992)

# Most number of 5 wickets in an innings

Ravichandran Ashwin - 5

Dale Steyn - 5

# Most number of 10 wickets in a match

Ravichandran Ashwin and Venkatesh Prasad - 1

Allan Donald, Dale Steyn and Shaun Pollock - 1

# Most wickets in a series

Ravichandran Ashwin - 31 wickets, 4 matches (2015)

Dale Steyn - 21 wickets, 3 matches (2010-11)

other records

# most matches

Sachin Tendulkar - 25

Hashim Amla - 21

# Most matches as captain

Virat Kohli - 12

Graeme Smith - 15

#biggest partnership

Rohit Sharma - Mayank Agarwal (317 runs, 1st wicket, Visakhapatnam, 2019)

Hashim Amla - Jacques Kallis (340 runs, 3rd wicket, Nagpur, 2010)

#most catches

Rahul Dravid - 21 catches, 21 matches

AB de Villiers – 25 catches, 20 matches

# Most victims of wicketkeeper

Wriddhiman Saha – 29 wickets, 9 matches (26 catches, 3 stumps)

Mark Boucher – 60 wickets, 14 matches (58 catches, 2 stumpings)