South Africa, at present, are the No.1 Test side in the Cricket world. The No.1 ODI team, India, after Sachin's retirement in Tests and losing the ODI series against the Proteans are set to play a two test match series in South Africa.
Below are the numbers between these two nations.
Head to Head Summary
Largest Wins
The Highest Successful run chase is 211/5 by South Africa at Cape Town in 2007. India have never won any match by chasing in the 4th inning whereas South Africa won 4.
Largest win for India being their Inn & 52 runs win at Kolkata in 2010, by 280 runs at Kanpur in 1996 and by 8 wickets at Kolkata in 2004 & Kanpur in 2008.
Individual Players and Captains
Double Centuries or more
Virender Sehwag scored his second triple century, this time the fastest in history, at Chennai in 2008. There have been 3 other double centuries.
Kallis brought up his maiden test double century in his 143rd Test after having scored 37 100s with a highest score of 189* before.
Herchelle Gibbs was out for 196 at Port Elizabeth in 2001 by Tendulkar.
Most Centuries
7 - SR Tendulkar
6 - JH Kallis
5 - HM Amla & V Sehwag
4 - M Azharuddin
3 - DJ Cullinan
Note: 5 of Tendulkar's 7 100s were scored in South Africa. 4 of Amla's 5 100s were scored in India.
Centuries in Both innings of a match
3 batsmen managed to score centuries in both test, all for South Africa.
102 & 133 - G Kirsten, Kolkata, 1996
114 & 123* - HM Amla, Kolkata, 2010
161 & 109* - JH Kallis, Cape Town, 2011
Neil McKenzie scored 94 & 155* at Chennai in 2008.
Best for India in a Test match is Dravid's 148 & 81 at Johannesburg in 1997.
Most Runs in a Series
Jacques Kallis scored nearly 500 runs in the last series in South Africa with 3 100s at average of 166.00. Amla scored centuries in all the 3 innings South Africa batted in their Indian tour in 2009/10 and scored 490 runs at identical average.
Best for India were Azharuddin's 388 runs in the series of 1996/97 in India. The best for India in South Africa is 326 by Sachin Tendulkar in 2010/11 at 81.50 conisting of 2 100s, including his 50th test century.
Among the top 5 aggregates in a series, 4 have been in India.
Hashim Amla's average of 490.00 in the 2009/10 series in India is second only to Wally Hammond's 563.00 in New Zealand as the highest batting average in a Test Series.
Bowling Records:
Leading Wicket takers
Steyn's bowling Strike Rate (36.0) and Donald's bowling average (17.31) are second best among all those who took 50 or more wickets against India. England's Fred Trueman's Strike Rate of 33.6 and average of 14.84 are the highest against India.
10 wicket hauls
Donald, Pollock and Steyn each picked one ten wicket haul for South Africa. Only 10 wicket haul for India was at Durban by Venkatesh Prased in 1996.
Best bowling figures in an Inning
The best bowling figures between India and South Africa came from a debutant, Lance Klusener, in the 4th inning of the Kolkata tests of 1996. There have been 4 more 7 wicket hauls, 2 of those by Harbhajan Singh.
Below are the numbers between these two nations.
Head to Head Summary
Total
|
Ind
|
SA
|
Drawn
|
|
Overall
|
27
|
7
|
12
|
8
|
In Ind
|
12
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
In SA
|
15
|
2
|
7
|
6
|
South Africa has been more successful in their home than the Indian team in its home. South Africa won test matches regularly in India than India in South Africa. India, in their first 3 tours, couldn't win even a single game. They managed to win 2 Tests in their last 2 tours.
Series Results in South Africa
Period
|
Winner
|
Margin
|
Tests
|
Captains
|
Player of the Series
|
1992/93
|
SA
|
1-0
|
4
|
KC Wessels, M Azharuddin
|
AA Donald
|
1996/97
|
SA
|
2-0
|
3
|
WJ Cronje, SR Tendulkar
|
AA Donald
|
2001/02
|
SA
|
1-0
|
2
|
SM Pollock, SC Ganguly
|
HH Gibbs
|
2006/07
|
SA
|
2-1
|
3
|
GC Smith, R Dravid
|
SM Pollock
|
2010/11
|
Drawn
|
1-1
|
3
|
GC Smith, MS Dhoni
|
JH Kallis
|
Series Results in India
Period
|
Winner
|
Margin
|
Tests
|
Captains
|
Player of the Series
|
1996/97
|
Ind
|
2-1
|
3
|
SR Tendulkar, WC Cronje
|
M Azharuddin
|
1999/00
|
SA
|
2-0
|
2
|
SR Tendulkar, WC Cronje
|
JH Kallis
|
2004/05
|
Ind
|
1-0
|
2
|
SC Ganguly, GC Smith
|
V Sehwag
|
2007/08
|
Drawn
|
1-1
|
3
|
A Kumble (2)/MS Dhoni (1), GC Smith
|
Harbhajan Singh
|
2009/10
|
Drawn
|
1-1
|
2
|
MS Dhoni, GC Smith
|
HM Amla
|
MS Dhoni will be the first Indian to captain two Test Series in South Africa. Azharuddin, Tendulkar, Ganguly and Dravid captained one.
Total Series: 10
India Won: 2
SA Won: 5
Drawn: 3
Highest Team Totals
Score
|
Overs
|
Team
|
Mat
Inn
|
Venue
|
Match
Date
|
Result
|
643/6
d
|
153.0
|
India
|
2
|
Kolkata
|
14 Feb 2010
|
Won
|
627
|
155.1
|
India
|
2
|
Chennai
|
26 Mar 2008
|
Drawn
|
620/4
d
|
130.1
|
South Africa
|
2
|
Centurion
|
16 Dec 2010
|
Won
|
563
|
143.0
|
South Africa
|
2
|
Bloemfontein
|
03 Nov 2001
|
Won
|
558/6
d
|
176.0
|
South Africa
|
1
|
Nagpur
|
06 Feb 2010
|
Won
|
Lowest Team Totals
Score
|
Overs
|
Team
|
Mat
Inn
|
Venue
|
Match
Date
|
Result
|
66
|
34.1
|
India
|
4
|
Durban
|
26 Dec 1996
|
Lost
|
76
|
20.0
|
India
|
1
|
Ahmedabad
|
03 Apr 2008
|
Lost
|
84
|
25.1
|
South Africa
|
2
|
Johannesburg
|
15 Dec 2006
|
Lost
|
100
|
39.1
|
India
|
2
|
Durban
|
26 Dec 1996
|
Lost
|
105
|
38.5
|
South Africa
|
4
|
Ahmedabad
|
20 Nov 1996
|
Lost
|
Largest Wins
Criteria
|
Margin
|
Winner
|
Venue
|
Match
Date
|
MOM
|
By
Runs
|
329
runs
|
South Africa
|
Kolkata
|
27 Nov 1996
|
G Kirsten
|
By
Inns
|
Inns
& 90 runs
|
South Africa
|
Ahmedabad
|
03 Apr 2008
|
AB de Villiers
|
By
Wkts
|
9
wkts
|
South Africa
|
Port Elizabeth
|
26 Dec 1992
|
AA Donald
|
9
wkts
|
South Africa
|
Bloemfontein
|
03 Nov 2001
|
SM Pollock
|
The Highest Successful run chase is 211/5 by South Africa at Cape Town in 2007. India have never won any match by chasing in the 4th inning whereas South Africa won 4.
Largest win for India being their Inn & 52 runs win at Kolkata in 2010, by 280 runs at Kanpur in 1996 and by 8 wickets at Kolkata in 2004 & Kanpur in 2008.
Individual Players and Captains
Most
Matches
|
Most
Matches as Captain
|
||
25
|
SR Tendulkar (Ind)
|
13
|
GC Smith (SA)
|
21
|
RS Dravid (Ind)
|
8
|
WJ Cronje (SA)
|
21
|
A Kumble (Ind)
|
8
|
SR Tendulkar (Ind)
|
19
|
VVS Laxman (Ind)
|
6
|
MS Dhoni (Ind)
|
Most Matches by a South African is 16 by JH Kallis.
Batting Records:
The respective batting legends, Tendulkar and Kallis, top the list of most runs between the two nations and also have scored most centuries.
Leading Run Getters
Most runs by a South African in India is 823 by Hashim Amla @ 102.87 in 10 innings with 4 100s.
Most runs by an Indian in South Africa is 1161 by Sachin Tendulkar @ 46.44 in 28 innings with 5 100s.
Highest Batting Average (Min 500 runs)
72.04 - JH Kallis
61.26 - HM Amla
52.92 - DJ Cullinan
50.23 - V Sehwag
43.33 - L Klusener
Batting Records:
 |
| Tendulkar and Kallis hold most of the batting records in Tests between these two nations |
The respective batting legends, Tendulkar and Kallis, top the list of most runs between the two nations and also have scored most centuries.
Leading Run Getters
Runs
|
Batsman
|
Mat
|
Inns
|
Avg
|
100s
|
50
|
Best
|
1741
|
SR Tendulkar
|
25
|
45
|
42.46
|
7
|
5
|
169
|
1585
|
JH Kallis
|
16
|
28
|
72.04
|
6
|
5
|
201*
|
1306
|
V Sehwag
|
15
|
26
|
50.23
|
5
|
2
|
319
|
1252
|
R Dravid
|
21
|
40
|
33.83
|
2
|
5
|
148
|
1164
|
HM Amla
|
12
|
21
|
61.26
|
5
|
4
|
253*
|
Most runs by a South African in India is 823 by Hashim Amla @ 102.87 in 10 innings with 4 100s.
Most runs by an Indian in South Africa is 1161 by Sachin Tendulkar @ 46.44 in 28 innings with 5 100s.
Highest Batting Average (Min 500 runs)
72.04 - JH Kallis
61.26 - HM Amla
52.92 - DJ Cullinan
50.23 - V Sehwag
43.33 - L Klusener
Double Centuries or more
 |
| Sehwag celebrates his 2nd Triple ton |
Virender Sehwag scored his second triple century, this time the fastest in history, at Chennai in 2008. There have been 3 other double centuries.
Kallis brought up his maiden test double century in his 143rd Test after having scored 37 100s with a highest score of 189* before.
Runs
|
Batsman
|
Balls
|
4s
|
6s
|
Venue
|
Match
Date
|
319
|
V Sehwag
|
304
|
42
|
5
|
Chennai
|
26 Mar 08
|
253*
|
HM Amla
|
473
|
22
|
0
|
Nagpur
|
06 Feb 10
|
217*
|
AB de Villiers
|
333
|
17
|
2
|
Ahmedabad
|
03 Apr 08
|
201*
|
JH Kallis
|
270
|
15
|
5
|
Centurion
|
16 Dec 10
|
Herchelle Gibbs was out for 196 at Port Elizabeth in 2001 by Tendulkar.
Most Centuries
7 - SR Tendulkar
6 - JH Kallis
5 - HM Amla & V Sehwag
4 - M Azharuddin
3 - DJ Cullinan
Note: 5 of Tendulkar's 7 100s were scored in South Africa. 4 of Amla's 5 100s were scored in India.
Centuries in Both innings of a match
3 batsmen managed to score centuries in both test, all for South Africa.
102 & 133 - G Kirsten, Kolkata, 1996
114 & 123* - HM Amla, Kolkata, 2010
161 & 109* - JH Kallis, Cape Town, 2011
Neil McKenzie scored 94 & 155* at Chennai in 2008.
Best for India in a Test match is Dravid's 148 & 81 at Johannesburg in 1997.
Most Runs in a Series
Jacques Kallis scored nearly 500 runs in the last series in South Africa with 3 100s at average of 166.00. Amla scored centuries in all the 3 innings South Africa batted in their Indian tour in 2009/10 and scored 490 runs at identical average.
Best for India were Azharuddin's 388 runs in the series of 1996/97 in India. The best for India in South Africa is 326 by Sachin Tendulkar in 2010/11 at 81.50 conisting of 2 100s, including his 50th test century.
Among the top 5 aggregates in a series, 4 have been in India.
Runs
|
Batsman
|
Series
|
Mat
|
Inns
|
Avg
|
100s
|
Best
|
498
|
JH Kallis
|
2010/11 in SA
|
3
|
5
|
166.00
|
3
|
201*
|
490
|
HM Amla
|
2009/10 in Ind
|
2
|
3
|
490.00
|
3
|
253*
|
388
|
M Azharuddin
|
1996/97 in Ind
|
3
|
6
|
77.60
|
2
|
163*
|
Hashim Amla's average of 490.00 in the 2009/10 series in India is second only to Wally Hammond's 563.00 in New Zealand as the highest batting average in a Test Series.
Bowling Records:
Leading Wicket takers
Wkts
|
Bowler
|
Mat
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
5WI
|
10WM
|
BBI
|
BBM
|
84
|
A Kumble
|
21
|
31.79
|
81.3
|
3
|
0
|
6/53
|
8/113
|
64
|
J Srinath
|
13
|
24.48
|
51.7
|
4
|
0
|
6/21
|
8/68
|
60
|
Harbhajan Singh
|
11
|
28.40
|
59.4
|
4
|
0
|
7/87
|
9/141
|
57
|
AA Donald
|
11
|
17.31
|
43.7
|
3
|
1
|
7/84
|
12/139
|
53
|
DW Steyn
|
10
|
19.00
|
36.0
|
4
|
1
|
7/51
|
10/108
|
52
|
SM Pollock
|
12
|
19.63
|
52.1
|
2
|
1
|
6/56
|
10/147
|
Steyn's bowling Strike Rate (36.0) and Donald's bowling average (17.31) are second best among all those who took 50 or more wickets against India. England's Fred Trueman's Strike Rate of 33.6 and average of 14.84 are the highest against India.
10 wicket hauls
Figures
|
Overs
|
Bowler
|
Venue
|
Match
Date
|
12/139
|
55.0
|
AA Donald
|
Port Elizabeth
|
26 Dec 1992
|
10/108
|
34.5
|
DW Steyn
|
Nagpur
|
06 Feb 2010
|
10/147
|
48.4
|
SM Pollock
|
Bloemfontein
|
03 Nov 2001
|
10/153
|
44.0
|
BKV Prasad
|
Durban
|
26 Dec 1996
|
Donald, Pollock and Steyn each picked one ten wicket haul for South Africa. Only 10 wicket haul for India was at Durban by Venkatesh Prased in 1996.
Best bowling figures in an Inning
 |
| Klusener during his 8/64 on Test Debut |
The best bowling figures between India and South Africa came from a debutant, Lance Klusener, in the 4th inning of the Kolkata tests of 1996. There have been 4 more 7 wicket hauls, 2 of those by Harbhajan Singh.
Figures
|
Overs
|
Bowler
|
Mat
Inn
|
Venue
|
Match
Date
|
8/64
|
21.3
|
L Klusener
|
4
|
Kolkata
|
27 Nov 1996
|
7/51
|
16.4
|
DW Steyn
|
2
|
Nagpur
|
06 Feb 2010
|
7/84
|
28.0
|
AA Donald
|
3
|
Port Elizabeth
|
26 Dec 1992
|
7/87
|
30.0
|
Harbhajan Singh
|
3
|
Kolkata
|
28 Nov 2004
|
7/120
|
38.0
|
Harbhajan Singh
|
3
|
Cape Town
|
02 Jan 2011
|
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