kmhouseindia: 2015 India Vs South Africa First Test Match @ Mohali Thursday Nov 05-09,2015

Four games possibly involving 20 match days are left on a tour where the visitors have dominated a host feeling embarrassed at the receiving end in home comfort.

It's 5-2 in favour of South Africa, who already have the T20I (2-0) and ODI trophies (3-2) in the bag having swept the limited-overs leg on a marathon 72-day tour, dominating in equal measure with both bat and ball.

Virat Kohli leading India for the first time at home and only the seventh time overall

Hashim Amla has been in charge for just eight matches, and has not lost yet. His own form, though, is under scrutiny. Amla has not scored a fifty on this tour of India and is struggling for runs

India v South Africa test series is now called as 'The Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela Series' for the Freedom Trophy, from 2015 onwards.

Head to Head :
29 tests = 13 won by South Africa, 7 by India + 9 draws.
In India = 12 = 5 won by India, 5 by South Africa, 2 draws.
In South Africa = 17 = 8 won by South Africa, 2 by India, 7 draws

India vs South Africa, Head to head all test match list - most recent first.
Match No.	Winner	Margin	Venue	Date
29th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	10 wkts	Durban	26 Dec 2013
28th India v South Africa test match	Draw		Jo'burg	18 Dec 2013
27th India v South Africa test match	Draw		Cape Town	2 Jan 2011
26th India v South Africa test match	India	87 runs	Durban	26 Dec 2010
25th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	inn + 25 runs	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
24th India v South Africa test match	India	inn + 57 runs	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
23rd India v South Africa test match	South Africa	inn + 6 runs	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010
22nd India v South Africa test match	India	8 wickets	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008
21st India v South Africa test match	South Africa	inn + 90 runs	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008
20th India v South Africa test match	Draw		Chennai	26 Mar 2008
19th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	5 wickets	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007
18th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	174 runs	Durban	26 Dec 2006
17th India v South Africa test match	India	123 runs	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006
16th India v South Africa test match	India	8 wickets	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
15th India v South Africa test match	Draw		Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
14th India v South Africa test match	Draw		Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
13th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	9 wickets	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001
12th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	inn + 71 runs	Bangalore	2 Mar 2000
11th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	4 wickets	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
10th India v South Africa test match	Draw		Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
9th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	282 runs	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997
8th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	328 runs	Durban	26 Dec 1996
7th India v South Africa test match	India	280 runs	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996
6th India v South Africa test match	South Africa	329 runs	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
5th India v South Africa test match	India	64 runs	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
4th India v South Africa test match	Draw		Cape Town	2 Jan 1993
3rd India v South Africa test match	South Africa	9 wickets	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2nd India v South Africa test match	Draw		Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992
1st India v South Africa test match	Draw		Durban	13 Nov 1992

Smallest Victories
India : 64 runs, Ahmedabad, 20 November 1996.
India : 123 runs, Johannesburg, 15 Dec 2006.

Largest victories
RSA : inns & 90 runs, Ahmedabad, April 2008.
RSA : inns & 71 runs, Bangalore, 2 Mar 2000.
RSA : 329 runs, Kolkata, November 1996.
Ind : 280 runs, Kanpur, December 1996.

Lowest Totals
066 : India, Durban, December 1996.
076 : India, Ahmedabad, April 2008.
084 : South Africa, Johannesburg, December 2006.
100 : India, Durban, December 1996.
105 : South Africa, Ahmedabad, November 1996.

Partnerships
340 = Hashim Amla + Jacques Kallis, Nagpur, February 2010 : 3rd wkt.
268 = Virendra Sehwag + Rahul Dravid, Chennai, March 2008 : 2nd wkt.
259* = VVS Laxman + MS Dhoni, Kolkata, February 2010 : 7th wkt.
256 = Jacques Kallis + AB de Villiers, Ahmedabad, April 2008 : 5th wkt.

Best bowling
Allan Donald : 55-15-139-12, Port Elizabeth, December 1992.
Dale Steyn : 34.5-7-108-10, Nagpur, February 2010.
Shaun Pollock : 48.4-18-147-10, Bloemfontein, November 2001.
Venkatesh Prasad : 44-10-153-10, Durban, December 1996.
In an Innings
Lance Klusner : 21.3-4-64-8, Kolkata, November 1996.

Most wickets
Anil Kumble = 21 tests, 84 wickets
Javagal Srinath = 13 tests, 64 wickets
Allan Donald = 11 tests, 57 wickets

Highest scores
319 : Virendra Sehwag (304b, 42x4, 5x6), Chennai, March 2008.
253* : Hashim Amla (473b, 22x4, 0x6), Nagpur, February 2008.
217* : AB de Villiers (333b, 17x4, 2x6), Ahmedabad, April 2008.
173 : Jacques Kallis (351b, 15x4, 2x6), Nagpur, Febuary 2010.
196 : Herschelle Gibbs (354b, 25x4, 1x6), Port Elizabeth, November 2001.
169 : Sachin Tendulkar (254b, 26x4), Cape Town, January 1997.

Most runs
1415 = 22 tests = Sachin Tendulkar
1162 = 12 tests = Virendra Sehwag
1132 = 18 tests = Rahul Dravid
1087 = 13 tests = Jacques Kallis
0947 = 17 tests = Sourav Ganguly.

Highest totals
643/6d = India = 153.0 ovs = Kolkata, February 2010.
627/10 = India = 155.1 ovs = Chennai, March 2008.
563/10 = RSA = 143.o ovs = Bloemfontein, November 2001.
558/6d = RSA = 176.0 ovs = Nagpur, February 2010..

Stats and Trivia

India have only lost one home Tess series in the last 11 years, to England in 2012. Between November 2004 and November 2015, they played 17 series at home, winning 12 and drawing five. They have not had any home Tests for the last two years.
South Africa's unbeaten nine-year streak on the road has included 13 series in all 10 Test countries other than their own where Test cricket is hosted, including Pakistan. Of those, there are only two places where South Africa have not won, but drawn series: India and the UAE, both twice.

Squads

India: Virat Kohli (capt), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wkt), Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Lokesh Rahul, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron.

South Africa: Hashim Amla (captain), AB de Villiers (vice-captain), Temba Bavuma, Jean-Paul Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Simon Harmer, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Stiaan van Zyl, Dane Vilas (wkt).

Day One Thursday Nov 05,2015

India won the toss and chose to bat first

Virat Kohli won the toss on his 27th birthday and chose to bat, India v South Africa, 1st Test, Mohali, 1st day, November 5, 2015

India scored 201/10 in 68 Overs
Fall of Wickets(India)
Shikhar Dhawan        00(4 Balls)
Cheteshwar Pujara     31(66 Balls 4x6)
Virat Kohli                 01(4 Balls)
Ajinkya Rahane          15(48 Balls 4x2)
Wriddhiman Saha       00(1 Ball)
Murali Vijay               75(136 Balls 4x12)
Amit Mishra               06(8 Balls 4x1)
Ravindra Jadeja           38(92 Balls 4x4)
Umesh Yadav              05(7 Balls 4x1)
Varun Aaron                00(3 Balls)
Ravichandran Ashwin   20*(42 Balls)

Wicket Takers(South Africa)
Dean Elgar 4/22(8 Overs)
Imran Tahir    2/23(10 Overs)
Vernon Phikander 2/38(15 Overs)
Kagiso Rabada      1/30(10 Overs)
Simon Harmer       1/51(14 Overs)

South Africa scored 28/2 in 20 Overs
Fall of Wickets(SA)
Stiaan van Zyl       05(23 Balls 4x1)
Faf du Plesis         00(4 Balls)
Dean Elgar            13*
Hasim Amla           09*

Cheteshwar Pujara was unbeaten at 63 and Virat Kohli at 11 on the second day of the first Test against South Africa in Mohali on Friday Nov 06,2015

Virat Kohli Cheteshwar Pujara partnership

Resuming on 125-2 in a low-scoring match, India's hopes of batting the visitors out of the contest received a boost when a groin injury prevented Proteas pace spearhead Dale Steyn from adding his considerable weight to the tourists' attack.

Overnight batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli began well, looking largely untroubled in their 66-run stand.

Part-timer Van Zyl claimed the vital breakthrough for South Africa when he induced an edge from Kohli (29) and Vilas, standing up, took a good catch behind the stumps.

Tahir struck a crucial blow with his first delivery of the day to dismiss Pujara, whose 77 turned out to be the highest individual score in the spinner-dominated contest.

Harmer then joined the party and dismissed Ajinkya Rahane, Jadeja and Mishra in quick succession.

18 wickets tumbled on an extraordinary third day as South Africa wobbled quickly in their pursuit of a 218-run victory target before being shot out for just 109 as India took a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.

Virat Kohli has now won three Test matches in a row, including his first at home. This 108-run victory was India's fourth in a row at home inside three days.

Ravindra Jadeja took five second innings wickets and his match haul of eight wickets, to go with the 38 crucial runs he had contributed to India's first innings, earned him the man-of-the-match award