2015 India Vs South Africa Third Test Match @ Vidarbha CA Stadium,Jamtha,Nagpur Nov 25 - 29,2015

 

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.

India face South Africa in the third and penultimate Test in Nagpur from November 25,2015

In the first Test @ Mohali India secured 108-run victory and a 1-0 lead with more than two days to spare.
In the Second Test @ Benglauru India dismissed the South Africans for 214 on the opening day of the second Test that, however, is best remembered for four days of washout that followed

Both in Mohali and Bangalore,Ravichandran Ashwin, the leader of the country's spin attack, was well supported by Jadeja. The spin twins worked in tandem to torment the visitors and further exposed their already known limitations of handling spin.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who has pocketed 12 wickets in the series so far, has been one of India's best match-winners at home in recent times. Ever since he made his debut in 2011, the offie has made an impact in every home series.
In the 30 Tests he has played yet in his career, Ashwin has so far won three Man-of-the-Match awards and four Man of the Series: West Indies in India (2011/12) - 22 wickets, New Zealand in India (2012) - 18 wickets, Border Gavaskar Trophy (2013) - 29 wickets, India in Sri Lanka (2015) - 21 wickets

4-Match Test Series Result

First Test @ Mohali Nov 05-09,2015

India 201 and 200

South Africa 184 and 109(Target 218 Runs)

Match Result -India won by 108 Runs

MOM - Ravindra Jadeja for his 38 Runs and 3/55(18 Overs in the 1st Innings and 5/21 in 11.5 Overs in the 2nd Innings

Series Result -  India led the 4-match series 1-0

Second Test @ Bengaluru Nov 14-18,2015
South Africa 214/10 in 59 Overs
India 80/0 in 22 Overs
Rain Washed Out play of 4 days 
Match Result - Draw
Series Result - India lead the 4-Match Test Series 1-0

Third Test @ Nagpur Nov 25-29,2015
Scorecard
India -215/10 and 173/10
South Africa 79/10 and 185/10(Target 310 Runs)
Match Result -India won by 124 Runs
Series Result - India lead the 4- Match Test Series 2-0


Day One Wednesday Nov 25,2015

India won the toss and chose to bat first

India scored  215/10 in 78.2 Overs
 Fall of Wickets(India)
Shikar Dhawan           12(23 Balls 4x2)
Murali Vijay                40(84 Balls 4x3 and 6x1)
Cheteshwar Pujara       21(43 Balls 4x2)
Ajinkya Rahane            13(25 Balls 6x1)

Virat Kohli                   22(55 Balls 4x2)
Rohit Sharma               02(28 Balls)
Ravindra Jadeja             34(56 Balls 4x6)
Wriddhiman Saha          32(106 Balls 4x4)
Ravichandran Ashwin    15(44 Balls 4x1)
Amit Mishra                  03(9 Balls)
Ishant Sharma                00*(0 Ball)
Wicket Takers(SA)
Simon Harmer               4/78(27.2 Overs)

Morne Morkel                3/35(16.1 Overs)
Dean Elgar                     1/07(4 Overs)
Kagiso Rabada                1/30(17 Overs)
Imran Tahir                     1/41(12.5 Overs)
South Africa scored 11/2 in 9 Overs
Fall of Wickets(SA)
Stiaan van Zyl               00(7 Ball)
Imran Tahir                  04(12 Balls 4x1)

Dean Elgar                   07*
Hasim Amla                  00*

Day Two Thursday Nov 26,2015 in numbers

• India have never bowled a side out for fewer than the 82 made by Sri Lanka at Chandigarh in 1990
• Only once before have 20 wickets fallen in a day in India Vs Australia in Mumbai in 2004
• South Africa's 79 was their lowest total since they made 72 against England in Cape Town in 1957
• South Africa's first innings lasted 33.1 overs, their third shortest innings since returning to Test cricket in 1992
• Ashwin is only the second spinner to bowl unchanged through a completed innings, following England's Monty Panesar against India at Mumbai in 2012
• Never before have 32 wickets in the first two days of a Test in India
• South Africa, chasing 310 runs, were 32 for two at stumps on the second day, their nine-year unbeaten record on the road under serious threat.The Proteas need a further 278 for a win with eight second innings wickets in hand. 

 Day Three Friday Nov 27,2015

For South Africa the target of 310 proved too steep a mountain to climb on a challenging track. In the end, the Nagpur Test finished as another three-day affair, with another five-for from R Ashwin taking India to a 124-run win and in the process end a 10-year wait to beat South Africa in a Test series.

Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla forged a dogged resistance, but scoring runs was always a task as the duo's stand clearly showed - 72 runs in 46.2 overs. 

And once Amit Mishra removed both the set batsmen for 39 each, it was a backward counting to the end of South Africa's nine-year unbeaten streak in away Test series. 

In the end, South Africa was sent packing for 185 in 89.5 overs in the second innings to wrap up the match 52 minutes after the tea session, which meant they are yet to touch the 200 mark in the series, which included the embarrassing 79 all out in the first innings at Nagpur

For the first time since 2006, South Africa lost two Tests in an away series

India needed eight wickets for win on the third day, and they achieved the task in style

India have won 8 of their last 9 home Tests - the other being the rain hit drawn 2nd Test Match @ Bengaluru

All 8 of those India victories - 4-0 against Australia, 2-0 against West Indies and the two wins in this series - have come inside three days



It was also Virat Kohli's first home Test series win as skipper

 Virat Kohli, who achieved his first home series win as Test captain, credited Ashwin for the win. "It is very pleasing to beat a tough team like South Africa. We have been positive throughout the entire series. Ashwin is a world class spinner, probably the best in the world. He is the reason why we have been winning consistently,"

The star of the show was Ashwin, who scripted his 15th five-wicket haul to help India win the match and the series

The star of the show was Ashwin, who scripted his 15th five-wicket haul to help India win the match and the series

Ravichandran Ashwin completed his 4th 10—wicket haul in a match in his 31st Test.

Ravichandran Ashwin displayed his magic yet again to record a career-best figures of 7/66  and Ravichandran Ashwin had a superb match haul of 12 for 98

Ravichandran Ashwin’s second innings victims included three left— handers — the opening duo of Dean Elgar, Stiaan van Zyl and Jean—Paul Duminy — apart from the prize wicket of AB de Villiers, the visitors’ most successful batsman on this visit.

He fittingly took the last wicket, by clean bowling last man Morne Morkel through the gate in his final devastating spell of 4 for 16 in 19 ball

A total of 33 of the 40 wickets in the Test, including all 20 South African wickets, fell to spinners, with man of the match Ashwin taking 12 in the game

Scorecard
India -215/10 and 173/10
South Africa 79/10 and 185/10(Target 310 Runs)
Match Result -India won by 124 Runs
Series Result - India lead the 4- Match Test Series 2-0