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.
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
India thrash South Africa by 337 runs in Delhi Test, win series 3-0
Virat Kohli won his fourth consecutive toss in the series, India v South Africa, 4th Test, 1st day, Delhi, December 3, 2015
By winning all the four tosses in the series, Virat became the second Indian captain to win all the tosses in a series of four or more Tests. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi had won all the five tosses vs England in 1963-64.
South Africans played excruciatingly slow to take the match to a draw and Hashim Amla (25 runs off 244 balls) and AB de Villiers (43 off 297 balls) led Proteas’ resistance for a considerable time, but their bid failed as India changed the face of the match post tea, taking five wickets in 5.1 overs
AB de Villiers who has fastest 50, 100 and 150 runs in ODIs to his name, De Villiers curbed his aggression and played an innings which kept his team’s hope of a draw alive till tea on Day 5, despite they being at the receiving end till the last moment.
At tea, South Africa were 136 for 5 in 138 overs with De Villiers batting at 43 off 296 and Dane Vilas at 13 off 45.A boring affair till tea suddenly became lively when Dane Vilas and De Villiers were sent to pavilion within seven deliveries into the third session, and it ensued a collapse which forced South Africa to lose
Scorecard
India 334 and 267/5 Declared
South Africa 121 and 143
Match Result -India won by 337 Runs
MOM - Ajinkya Rahane for his 127 and 100*
Series Result - India won the 4-Match Test Series 3-0
Player of the Series -Ravichandran Ashwin who got 31 wickets - 5th Man of the Series
In between Mohali and Kotla, Ashwin bowled 164.4 overs, conceded 345 runs and picked up a whopping 31 wickets at an average of 11.12 and an average of 2.09. He was the unanimous choice for the Man of the Series award and no one got closer
With four five-wicket hauls in this series and one 10-wicket haul, it is safe to say that Ashwin has owned the Proteas in this series.
Virat Kohli takes off after his first Test series win as captain at home
Ajinkya Rahane's Century in each innings
5th Indian Cricketer to do so after Vijay Hazare,Sunil Gavaskar,Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli
Ajinkya Rahane on Sunday Dec 06,2015 achieved the rare distinction of scoring a century in both the innings of a Test. he acheived this feat on the fourth day of the final Test. He scored 127 in India's first innings before hitting 100 in the second innings on Sunday
Ajinkya Rahane has scored a century each in Australia, New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka before hitting two tons against South Africa in New Delhi.
Statistical Highlights of the 4th Test Match
Ajinkya Rahane (89 not out off 155 balls) has recorded
the highest score by any batsman in the current rubber, bettering the 85
off 105 balls by Abraham de Villiers at M Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Bangalore last month.
Ajinkya Rahane's knock is his first fifty in seven Test innings in India - his eighth in Tests.
Ajinkya Rahane had managed just 47 runs in his previous six innings in Tests
on Indian soil - the sequence of scores being 7, 1, 15, 2, 13 & 9.
Ferozshah Kotla is the only ground where in all the 33 instances, a
captain winning the toss has opted to bat. Among the Test ground with
more than 10 Tests, Ferozshah Kotla is the only ground to enjoy such a
record.
India (231/7) have registered the highest score of the current series,
eclipsing the 215 by India at Nagpur in the third Test last month.
Virat Kohli (44) has recorded his highest Test score at Ferozshah Kotla, bettering the 41 vs Australia in March 2013.
The partnership of 70 between Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane is the
first fifty-plus stand for the fourth wicket in the present series.
The stand of 59 between Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja is the first fifty-plus stand for the seventh wicket in the present rubber.
Kyle Abbot (3/23 off 17 overs) has registered his second best bowling
figures in Tests next only to the 7 for 29 vs Pakistan at Centurion in
February 2013.
Kyle Abbot's superb economy rate of 1.35 is the best by any bowler
delivering atleast 15 overs in an innings at Ferozshah Kotla, bettering
the 1.36 produced by New Zealand's Harry Cave during his figures of
50-28-68-1 in December 1955
Dane Piedt (4/101), playing in his second Test, in three consecutive
innings, has taken four wickets in an innings. Against Zimbabwe on his
debut at Harare last year, he had taken 4 for 90 & 4 for 62.
By winning all the four tosses in the series, Virat became the second
Indian captain to win all the tosses in a series of four or more Tests.
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi had won all the five tosses vs England in
1963-64.
41 wickets to have fallen on the first days of four Tests has equalled
a record for most wickets that have fallen on the first days of a
bilateral series of four or fewer Tests - the last such instance being
in the 1895-96 series between England and South Africa.
Virat Kohli (44) has recorded his highest Test score at Ferozshah Kotla in Tests, bettering the 41 vs Australia in March 2013.
Rohit Sharma's first duck in India is his fourth in Tests. He has
posted two ducks vs South Africa (both golden ducks) and one each vs New
Zealand and Australia.
Rohit Sharma is averaging 6.50 in the present series - his tally being 26 in
four innings at a strike rate of 35.13. Both his batting average
(minimum two innings) and strike rate are his worst in a Test series.
As number three batsman, Rohit Sharma is averaging 21.40 in Tests - his tally
being 107 in five innings, including a fifty - 53 vs Australia at
Sydney in January 2015.
Ajinkya Rahane has managed 179 runs (127 + 52 not out) - the second
highest in a Test match by him behind the 195 (147 + 48) vs Australia at
Melbourne in December 2014.
Ajinkya Rahane, with his aforesaid tally in the Delhi Test, has established an
Indian record for a number five batsman in a Test match vs South
Africa, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's 178 (169 & 9) at Cape Town in
January 1997.
Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten fifty is his third vs South Africa - his eighth in Tests.
Ajinkya Rahane is the fourth Indian batsman after Mohammad Azharuddin (109
& 52 at Kolkata in 1996-97), Rahul Dravid (148 & 81 at
Johannesburg in 1996-97) and Virat Kohli (119 & 96 at Johannesburg
in 2013-14) to post a century and a fifty in the same Test match vs
South Africa.
Cheteshwar Pujara has amassed 202 runs at an average of 33.66 in six
innings - his lowest aggregate in a four-Test series at home.
Virat Kohli (2989 runs at an average of 44.61 in 41 Tests), including
11 hundreds and 12 fifties in 41 Tests, is all set to complete his 3000
runs in Tests.
Thanks to his unbeaten 83, Virat Kohli is averaging fifty-plus (51.88) vs
South Africa in Tests - his tally being 467 in ten innings, including a
hundred and two fifties.
Virat Kohli, at 27 years 28 days, is the third youngest Indian captain to
post a fifty-plus at Ferozshah Kotla. At the age of 23 years 34 days,
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi had made an unbeaten 203 vs England at this
venue in February 1964.
During the course of his aforesaid innings, Kohli has completed his
1,000 runs in Tests in India - his tally being 1054 (ave.47.90),
including three centuries and seven fifties, in 17 Tests.
Virat Kohli has totalled 891 runs at an average of 55.68, including
four hundreds and two fifties - the second highest tally by an Indian
skipper after ten Tests next only to Sunil Gavaskar's 1031 (ave.79.31)
including five hundreds and three fifties.
Virat Kohli and Rahane put on 133 (unfinished)- India's highest for the
fifth wicket vs South Africa in Tests in India, surpassing the 110
between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly at Ahmedabad in April
2008.
The aforesaid partnership is the second highest for India for the
fifth wicket vs South Africa behind the 220 between Virender Sehwag and
Sachin Tendulkar at Bloemfontein in November 2001. The said unbroken
stand of 133 is the first century partnership for any wicket in the
current rubber.
With Ajinkya Rahane, Kohli has managed 1094 runs in 21 innings at an
average of 54.70 in 21 innings, including three century partnerships.
With Cheteshwar Pujara, he has managed 1135 runs at an average of 49.34,
including 3 stands of 100 or more.
Ajinkya Rahane is the first Indian batsman to record a hundred in each
innings of a Test match vs South Africa. In all, he is the fifth Indian
batsman to post a century in each innings of a Test match, joining
Sunil Gavaskar (3 times), Rahul Dravid (twice), Vijay Hazare and Virat
Kohli.
Ajinkya Rahane hit four sixes during his 127 in first innings and three in the
course of his unbeaten 100 in the second to become the second Indian
batsman after Harbhajan Singh to record at least three sixes in each
innings of a Test match.
Seven sixes posted by Rahane in Delhi Test is the joint second highest
by an Indian batsman in a Test behind the eight by Navjot Singh Sidhu
during his innings of 124 vs Sri Lanka at Lucknow in January 1994.
Besides Rahane and Sidhu, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan have hit seven
sixes in a Test match.
Ajinkya Rahane has totalled 227 runs (127 + 100 not out) - the highest tally
in a Test match by him, eclipsing the 195 (147 + 48) vs Australia at
Melbourne in December 2014.
With 266 runs at an average of 53.20, Ajinkya Rahane is the leading run-getter
on either side in the series. He is the only one to register two
hundreds in the present series. No other batsman has recorded even one.
He became the first Indian batsman to post three Test centuries this
year.
Ajinkya Rahane has registered six centuries in Tests - one each vs Australia,
Sri Lanka, England and New Zealand and two vs South Africa.
Virat Kohli (2994 runs at an average of 44.02 in 41 Tests, including
11 hundreds and 12 fifties) needs six runs to complete his 3000 runs in
Tests. With his splendid 88, Kohli is averaging 47.20 vs South Africa in
Tests - his aggregate being 472 in ten innings, including a hundred and
two fifties.
In the course of his knock, Kohli has completed his 1,000 runs in
Tests in India - his aggregate being 1059 (ave.46.04), including three
centuries and seven fifties, in 17 Tests.
Virat Kohli has managed 896 runs at an average of 52.70, including four
centuries and two fifties - the second highest tally by an Indian
skipper after ten Tests behind Sunil Gavaskar's 1031 (ave. 79.31)
including five hundreds and three fifties.
Hasim Amla's strike rate of 11.11 is the lowest by any batsman in a Test innings of 200 or more balls.
Hasim Amla and AB de Villiers have recorded run rate of 0.78 during their unbroken partnership of 23 off 176 balls - the lowest by any pair with at least 175 balls, surpassing the 0.91 during their stand of 27 off 177 balls between de Villiers and Kyle Abbott vs Australia at Cape Town in March 2014
India climb to No. 2 in ICC Test rankings with 3-0 win over SA
India have moved up to the second place in the ICC Rankings and Test Championship table after winning the four-Test series against South Africa by 3-0.The series result has helped Virat Kohli’s side gain 10 points, which has lifted it from 100 points to 110 points, ahead of Australia and Pakistan who have slipped one place each to third and fourth, respectively.
South Africa has retained its number-one Test ranking but its lead at the top has been slashed from 16 points to just four.
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