India vs South Africa in Tests: History in Numbers

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

	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:

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

Consecutive Opening Partnerships of 100+ in ODIs

Consecutive Opening Partnerships of 100+ in ODIs

Here is the list of all the consecutive Opening Partnerships of 100+ in ODIs for each team. 

There is only one instance when a team had 4 opening partnerships of over 100 in 4 consecutive ODIs

Yasir Hameed/Imran Farhat

115 vs NZ - Lahore - 1 Dec 2003

142 vs NZ - Faisalabad - 3 Dec 2003

134 vs NZ - Rawalpindi - 5 Dec 2003

197 vs NZ - Rawalpindi - 7 Dec 2003

Farhat/Hameed - The only Opening pair
to add 4 consecutive century
partnerships in ODIs

Also only one instance of 3 consecutive 100+ opening partnerships

Geoff Boycott/Peter Willey

135 vs WI - Lord's - 30 May 1980

Geoff Boycott/Graham Gooch

108 vs Aus - The Oval - 20 Aug 1980

154 vs Aus - Birmingham - 22 Aug 1980

32 occasions of 2 consecutive 100+ opening partnerships for teams

AUSTRALIA

David Boon/Tom Moody

107 vs WI - MCG - 18 Mar 1992

Mark Taylor/Tom Moody

109 vs SL - PSS - 15 Aug 1992

Adam Gilchrist/Mark Waugh

114 vs NZ - Dunedin - 23 Feb 2000

189 vs NZ - Christchurch - 26 Feb 2000

Michael Clarke/Brad Haddin

129 vs SA - Port Elizabeth - 13 Apr 2009

127 vs SA - Johannesburg - 17 Apr 2009

ENGLAND

Geoff Cook/Graham Gooch

109 vs SL - SSC - 14 Feb 1982

Chris Tavare/Barry Wood

133 vs Ind - Leeds - 2 Jun 1982

Nick Knight/Marcus Trescothick

165 vs Aus - Hobart - 11 Jan 2003

115 vs SL - SCG - 13 Jan 2003

INDIA

Rama Lamba/Kris Srikkanth

115 vs Aus - Bangalore - 27 OCt 1989

120 vs Pak - Kolkata - 28 Oct 1989

Ajay Jadeja/Sachin Tendulkar

100 vs NZ - Delhi - 3 Nov 1994

108 vs WI - Kolkata - 5 Nov 1994

Sourav Ganguly/Sachin Tendulkar

101 vs SA - East London - 19 Oct 2001

258 vs Ken - Paarl - 24 Oct 2001

 

Only pair to put on 4 consecutive opening partnership in ODIs THRICE

Virender Sehwag/Sachin Tendulkar

107 vs Eng - Chennai - 25 Jan 2002

134 vs Eng - Kanpur - 28 Jan 2002

Virender Sehwag/Sachin Tendulkar

103 vs Aus - Bangalore - 12 Nov 2003

182 vs NZ - Hyderabad - 15 Nov 2003

Virender Sehwag/Sachin Tendulkar

103 vs Aus - MCG - 9 Jan 2004

130 vs Zim - Hobart - 14 Jan 2004

Sourav Ganguly/Sachin Tendulkar

116 vs Eng - Leeds - 2 Sep 2007

150 vs Eng - The Oval - 5 Sep 2007

Shikhar Dhawan/Rohit Sharma

127 vs SA - Cardiff - 6 Jun 2013

101 vs WI - The Oval - 11 Jun 2013

Shikhar Dhawan/Rohit Sharma

178 vs Aus - Nagpur - 30 Oct 2013

112 vs Aus - Bangalore - 02 Nov 2013

NEW ZEALAND

Bruce Edgar/Glenn Turner

101 vs Eng - Auckland - 19 Feb 1983

152 vs Eng - Christchurch - 23 Feb 1983

Nathan Astle/Llorne Howell

125 vs Zim - Christchurch - 4 Mar 1998

147 vs Zim - Napier - 6 Mar 1998

Nathan Astle/Stephen Fleming

122 vs Eng - Bristol - 4 Jul 2004

120 vs WI - Lord's - 10 Jul 2004

Brendon McCullum/Jesse Ryder

166 vs Ind - Christchurch - 8 Mar 2009

102 vs Ind - Hamilton - 11 Mar 2009

Martin Guptill/Rob Nicol

131 vs Zim - Whangarei - 6 Feb 2012

153 vs Zim - Napier - 9 Feb 2012

PAKISTAN

Rameez Raza/Saeed Anwar

132 vs SL - Sharjah - 2 Feb 1993

204 vs SL - Sharjah - 4 Feb 1993

Saleem Elahi/Taufeeq Umar

159 vs Zim - Bulawayo - 24 Nov 2002

154 vs ZIm - Harare - 27 Nov 2002

SOUTH AFRICA

 

Amla/de kock are the second pair after Saleem Elahi/T Umar
 to put on 2 consecutive opening partnerships of 150+

Andrew Hudson/Kepler Wessels

151 vs Eng - MCG - 12 Mar 1992

Andrew Hudson/Peter Kirsten

128 vs Ind - Adelaide - 15 Mar 1992

AB de Villiers/Graeme Smith

173 vs Ind - Centurion - 3 Dec 2006

140 vs Pak - Centurion - 4 Feb 2007

AB de Villiers/Graeme Smith

134 vs Sco - Basseterre - 20 Mar 2007

160 vs Aus - Basseterre - 24 Mar 2007

Hashim Amla/Quinton de Kock

152 vs Ind - Johannesburg - 05 Dec 2013

194 vs Ind - Durban - 08 Dec 2013

SRI LANKA

Marvan Atapattu/Sanath Jayasuriya

171 vs Ban - SSC - 22 Jul 1997

137 vs Ind - RPS - 26 Jul 1997

Tillakaratne Dilshan/Upul Tharanga

188 vs Ind - Rajkot - 15 Dec 2009

102 vs Ind - Nagpur - 18 Dec 2009

Tillakaratne Dilshan/Upul Tharanga

122 vs Zim - Harare - 7 Jun 2010

160 vs Zim - Harare - 9 Jun 2010

WEST INDIES

Gordon Greenidge/Desmond Haynes

134 vs NZ - Auckland - 21 Mar 1987

192*vs NZ - Christchurch - 28 Mar 1987

Kieron Powell/Johnson Charles

168 vs ZIm - St George's - 22 Feb 2013

Kieron Powell/Ramnaresh Sarwan

111 vs Zim - St George's - 24 Feb 2013

ZIMBABWE

Andy Flower/Grant Flower

124 vs NZ - Harare - 8 Nov 1992

121 vs Pak - Sharjah - 1 Feb 1993

Andy Flower/Grant Flower

124 vs Ken - Nairobi (Aga Khan) - 16 Oct 1997

154 vs Ken - Nairobi (Gymkhana) - 18 Oct 1997

Trivia:

# Dhawan/Rohit and Turner/Edgar did it in their first 2 matches opening together.

# Sehwag/Tendulkar are the only pairs to put consecutive 100+ opening partnership thrice in ODIs.

# AB de Villiers/G Smith did it in ICC World Cup 2007 and Dhawan/Rohit in ICC Champions Trophy 2013. These are the only 2 instances in ICC tournaments.

# First pairs to achieve this were Gooch/Boycott in 1980.

# Saleem Elahi/Taufiq Umar and Hashim Amla/Quinton de Kock are the only pairs to put on 150+ opening partnerships in 2 consecutive ODIs.

Most Centuries by Indians in First Class Cricket

In the Ranji Season of 2013/14, Wasim Jaffer scored 2 centuries, 111 vs Punjab & 139 vs Vidarbha, and reached 50 centuries in his First Class Career. He became only the 8th Indian player to score 50 centuries in First Class Cricket. The leaders are Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar with 81 centuries each. Rahul Dravid (68), Vijay Hazare (60), Dilip Vengsarkar (55), VVS Laxman (55) and Mohammad Azharuddin (54) are the other Indians to score 50 centuries in their respective First Class Career.

Jaffer becomes the 8th Indian to score 50 centuries in First Class Cricket

Wasim Jaffer began his First Class Career in the 1996/97 Ranji Trophy season and soon made a mark by scoring a Triple Century in only his second First Class match making him the youngest Indian and second youngest after Javed Miandad to score a triple century in First Class Cricket. He smashed another 300 in 2008/09 season and 5 more double centuries in his First Class Cricket Career (2 of those in Tests for India).

Wasim Jaffer is the leading run getter in all the major First Class Tournaments in India - Ranji Trophy (9504), Duleep Trophy (2545) & Irani Trophy (1008).

Jaffer reached the 50 centuries mark in the 356th inning of his First Class Career. Quickest (in terms of Innings) Indian to this mark is Vijay Hazare who scored his 50th first class century in his 253rd inning (155 vs England in December 1951). Slowest being VVS Laxman who got to his 50th First Class Century in a County match for Lancashire vs Somerset in June 2009 in his 377th inning (Rahul Dravid scored his 50th century in his 376th inning).

On the other end of the country Subramaniam Badrinath smashed his 30th century in First Class Career with his 5th double century, a 248 vs Madhya Pradesh in Indore. He became the 37th Indian to score 30 or more centuries in First Class Career.

Mithun Manhas scored his 25th century in First Class Career with his 100 against Vidarbha. He does became the 50th Indian to score 25 Centuries in First Class Career.



Below is the list of all the 50 Indians who scored 25 or more centuries in their First Class Cricket Career sorted in the descending order of 100s.

100s	Batsman	Span	Mat	Innings	Runs	Avg	Best
81	Sunil Gavaskar	1966-1987	348	563	25834	51.46	340
81	Sachin Tendulkar	1988-2013	310	490	25396	57.84	248*
68	Rahul Dravid	1990-2012	298	497	23794	55.33	270
60	Vijay Hazare	1934-1967	238	367	18740	58.38	316*
55	VVS Laxman	1992-2012	267	436	19730	51.64	353
55	Dilip Vengsarkar	1975-1992	260	390	17868	52.86	284
54	Mohammad Azharuddin	1981-2000	229	343	15855	51.98	226
51	Wasim Jaffer	1996-Present	219	361	16747	51.37	314*
49	Polly Umrigar	1944-1963	243	350	16155	52.28	252*
45	Vijay Merchant	1929-1951	150	234	13470	71.64	359*
44	Gundappa Viswanath	1967-1988	308	486	17970	40.93	247
38	Vijay Mankrekar	1949-1973	198	295	12832	49.92	283
38	Virender Sehwag	1997-Present	178	296	13456	47.22	319
38	Ajay Sharma	1984-2001	129	166	10120	67.46	259*
37	Brijesh Patel	1969-1988	203	311	11911	45.63	216
36	Ajit Wadekar	1958-1975	237	360	15380	47.03	323
36	Gautam Gambhir	1999-Present	154	260	12145	51.02	233*
35	Vinod Kambli	1989-2004	129	181	9965	59.67	262
34	Ravi Shastri	1979-1994	245	356	13202	44	217
34	Anshuman Gaekwad	1969-1992	206	326	12136	41.56	225
33	MAK Pataudi	1957-1976	310	499	15425	33.67	203*
33	Sourav Ganguly	1989-2011	254	399	15687	44.18	239
33	ML Jaisimha	1954-1977	245	388	13516	37.44	259
33	Pankaj Roy	1946-1968	185	295	11868	42.38	202*
33	Vikram Rathour	1988-2003	146	239	11473	49.66	254
33	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	1994-Present	146	222	10400	52.26	290
32	Sridharan Sriram *	1993-2011	133	194	9539	52.99	288
31	Ashok Mankad	1963-1983	218	326	12980	50.9	265
31	Lala Amarnath	1929-1964	186	286	10426	41.37	262
31	Sanjay Manjrekar	1984-1998	147	217	10252	55.11	377
31	Raman Lamba	1978-1998	121	175	8776	53.84	320
30	Chandu Borde	1959-1973	251	370	12805	40.91	207*
30	Mohinder Amarnath	1966-1989	248	379	13747	43.22	207
30	Mushtaq Ali	1930-1964	226	384	13213	35.9	233
30	Amol Muzumdar *	1993-Present	171	260	11167	48.13	260
30	Arun Lal	1974-1996	156	240	10421	46.94	287
30	Subramaniam Badrinath	2000-Present	117	167	8754	59.95	250
29	Hanumant Singh	1956-1979	207	331	12338	43.9	213*
29	Aakash Chopra	1997-2012	162	266	10839	45.35	301*
28	Surendra Bhave *	1986-2001	97	154	7971	58.18	292
27	Navjot Sidhu	1981-2000	157	228	9571	44.31	286
27	Sridharan Sharath *	1992-2008	139	203	8700	51.17	224
27	Dinesh Mongia *	1995-2007	121	183	8028	48.95	308*
27	Amarjit Kaypee *	1980-2000	117	175	7894	52.27	210*
26	Vinoo Mankad	1935-1962	233	361	11591	34.7	231
26	Pankaj Dharmani *	1992-2011	147	213	9312	50.06	305*
26	Cheteshwar Pujara	2005-Present	90	145	7693	63.57	352
25	Dilip Sardesai	1960-1973	179	271	10230	41.75	222
25	Abhijit Kale *	1993-2007	93	145	7134	54.45	248*

25

Mithun Manhas *

1997-Present

138

213

8767

47.64

205*

* - Never represented India in Test Matches

Number of Innings to score 50 First Class Centuries

253 – Vijay Hazare

273 – Sachin Tendulkar

311 – Mohammad Azharuddin

312 – Sunil Gavaskar

342 – Dilip Vengsarkar

356 – Wasim Jaffer

376 – Rahul Dravid

377 – VVS Laxman 

Least Innings per century (30 or more centuries)

4.36 - Ajay Sharma

5.17 - Vinod Kambli

5.20 - Vijay Merchant
5.50 - Surendra Bhave

5.56 - Subramaniam Badrinath

Least Innings per century (40 or more centuries)

5.20 - Vijay Merchant

6.05 - Sachin Tendulkar

6.11 - Vijay Hazare

6.35 - Mohammad Azharuddin

6.95 - Sunil Gavaskar

Most Innings per century (25 or more centuries)
15.12 - MAK Pataudi
13.88 - Vinoo Mankad
12.80 - Mushtaq Ali
12.63 - Mohinder Amarnath
12.33 - Chandu Borde

All Stats in the table updated till 25th December 2013

Records of Sir Don Bradman in Test Cricket

Here are some of the records held by Sir Don Bradman in Test Cricket who is known to be the greatest man to have played Cricket.

Most Runs in a Series - 974 vs Eng, 1930 (In England)

Most Runs in a Series by a Captain - 810 vs Eng, 1936/37

Most Double Centuries - 12 (Next best is 9 by Lara)

Most 250+ scores - 5 (334, 304, 299*, 270, 254)  (Next Best is Sehwag with 4 such scores)

Most Centuries against one team - 19 vs Eng (Next Best is 13 by Gavaskar vs WI)

Most Runs against one team - 5028 vs Eng (Next Best is 3636 by Hobbs vs Aus)

His Batting average of 99.94 is the highest for any batsman who has played more than 2 test matches.

His Batting average of 101.51 as a Captain in Tests is the highest for any batsman who captained more than 2 test matches.

Quickest to score 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 runs (Very quick!)

Most Centuries in Consecutive Matches - 6

First player to score 2 triple centuries in Tests (Lara, Sehwag and Gayle are the others to achieve this)

First player to be involved in 2 partnerships of 400+ (Sangakkara and Jayawardene are the other 2)

Averages 70+ against all opponents he batted (vs Eng, Ind, WI, SA)

 Courtesy: Evening News

Most Runs in a day - 309 (Only player to aggregate 300+ runs in a day in Test Cricket)

Only player to score 200+ runs in a day on 5 occasions.

Only player to score 3 200s in a single Test Series.

Highest Inning batting at No.7 - 270 vs Eng, Melbourne, Jan 1937.

Holds the record for fastest to score a double centuries in terms of time. He reached his double century in 214 minutes vs Eng at Leeds in 1930.

He finished his Test Career with 29 centuries in 1948. It was a record until Sunil Gavaskar overcame by scoring his 30th century in 1983.

Check out records compilation of other legends like SIR GARRY SOBERS  and GRAHAM GOOCH

This was written in a hurry. He holds many records in First Class Cricket - will be posted later. 

Last Ball Six to win an ODI

Last Ball Six to win an ODI 

List of instances in ODIs when a batsman hit a six off the last ball to win the match. 

01. Javed Miandad to Chetan Sharma (4 runs were required off last ball)
Pak vs Ind, Sharjah, 18 April 1986

02. Lance Klusener to Dion Nash (4 runs were required off last ball)
SA vs NZ, Napier, 26 March 1999

03. Brendan Taylor to Mashrafe Mortaza (5 runs required off last ball)
Zim vs Ban, Harare, 2 August 2006

04. Shivnarine Chanderpaul to Chaminda Vaas (6 runs were required off last ball)
WI vs SL, Port of Spain, 10 April 2008

05. Ed Rainsford to Kevin O'Brien (1 run was required off last ball)
Zim vs Ire, Harare, 26 September 2010

06. Ryan McLaren to James Franklin (3 runs were required off last ball)
SA vs NZ, Potchefstroom, 25 January 2013

07. Nathan McCullum to Rangana Herath (1 run was required off last ball)
NZ vs SL, Hambantota, 12 Nov 2013

Also see
MS Dhoni holds the record of completing most ODIs with a six - Eight of those !
Full list of those 8 innings 

Centuries by Indians on their Test Debut

Centuries by Indians on their Test Debut

Rohit Sharma became the 14th Indian and 96th overall to score a century on Test Debut. 

118 - Lala Amarnath vs Eng, Mumbai, Dec 1933
110 - Deepak Shodhan vs Pak, Kolkata, Dec 1952
100*-AG Kripal Singh vs NZ, Hyderabad, Nov 1955
112 - Abbas Ali Baig vs Eng, Manchester, Jul 1959
105 - Hanumant Singh vs Eng, Delhi, Feb 1964
137 - Gundappa Viswanath vs Aus, Kanpur, Nov 1969
124 - Surinder Amarnath vs NZ, Auckland, Jan 1976
110 - Mohammad Azharuddin vs Eng, Kolkata, Dec 1984
103 - Pravin Amre vs SA, Durban, Nov 1992
131 - Sourav Ganguly vs Eng, Lord's, Jun 1996
105 - Virender Sehwag vs SA, Bloemfontein, Nov 2001
120 - Suresh Raina vs SL, Colombo SSC, Jul 2010
187 - Shikhar Dhawan vs Aus, Mohali, Mar 2013
177 - Rohit Sharma vs WI, Kolkata, Nov 2013

Facts and Records of Centuries by Indians on their Test Debut

# 14 Indians scored a century on their test debut.

# 8 in India and 6 outside India.

# Gundappa Viswanath scored a duck and 137 on his debut.

# Gundappa Viswanath and Virender Sehwag also scored a century in their debut First Class inning.

# Mohammad Azharuddin scored 3 centuries in his first 3 Test matches. Ganguly scored 2 centuries in his first 2 tests.

# Surinder and Lala, Amarnath, are the only father-son pair to score century on Test Debut. 

# Sehwag and Rohit Sharma have scored a double century in ODIs and a Triple Century in their First Class career. 

# Dhawan completed his century in 85 balls, which is the fastest by any player on his Test Debut. 

Distributions of Centuries by Indians on their Test Debut: 

Opposition wise Distribution: 
5 - England
2 - Australia
2 - New Zealand
2 - South Africa
1 - Pakistan
1 - Sri Lanka
1 - West Indies

Batting Order wise Distribution:
Openers - 1
No.3 - 4
No.4 - 1
No.5 - 3
No.6 - 4
No.8 - 1

Result wise Distribution:
Wins - 2
Lost - 3
Drawn - 8
(Rohit's is not included in this)

Innings wise Distribution:
Match inning:
1st Inning - 4
2nd Inning - 7
3rd Inning - 2
4th Inning - 1

Team Inning:
1st Inning - 11
2nd Inning - 3

Youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy

Vijay Zol with his double century on debut is the 7th youngest player to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy history at age of 18 years and 340 days. Sanju Samson also reached his double century in Ranji Trophy on the same day at age of 18 years and 352 days, he is the 8th youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy. 

Youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy

17 years, 17 days - 200* - Reetinder Singh Sodhi
Punjab vs Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala, 1997/98

17 years, 55 days - 210 - Ambatti Rayudu
Hyderabad vs Andhra, Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, 2002/03

18 years, 62 days - 217* - Pinal Shah
Baroda vs Services, Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi, 2005/06

18 years, 265 days - 314* - Wasim Jaffer
Mumbai vs Saurashtra, Municipal Stadium, Rajkot, 1996/97

18 years, 273 days - 230 - Gundappa Viswanath
Andhra vs Mysore, Police Parade Ground, Vijayawada, 1967/68

18 years, 303 days - 300* - Abhinav Mukund
Tamil Nadu vs Maharashtra, Golf Club Ground, Nasik, 2008/09

18 years, 340 days - 200*- Vijay Zol
Maharashtra vs Tripura, Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune, 2013/14

18 years, 352 days - 211 - Sanju Samson
Kerala vs Assam, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, 2013/14

Facts & Trivia:

# Among the 7 players, 5 of their's was their maiden First Class Century.

# RS Sodhi achieved this feat in his 4th match and 6th inning of his First Class Career.

# Ambatti Rayudu played this knock in his 3rd match and 4th inning of his FC Career. In previous 3 innings he aggregated only 34 runs (33, 1 & 0). In this match (his 4th) he scored 210 & 159*. He averaged 11.33 after his second match and after his 3rd match his average was 100.75 !

# Rayudu's occasion was only the 2nd time in Ranji Trophy that a batsman scored 150+ in both innings of a match. The other A Kaypee (152 & 173) for Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in Quarter Final of 1990/91.

# Only 2 more Indians have scored 150+ in both innings of a First Class match - Dinesh Karthik (183 & 150) for South Zone vs West Zone in the Duleep Trophy Final of 2009/10 and Shikhar Dhawan (177 & 155) for Rest Of India vs Rajasthan in the Irani Trophy 2011/12.

# Rayudu's aggregate of 369 runs in the match is the 5th highest aggregate in a Ranji Trophy match. The top 4 being 443 Nimbalkar (443*), 389 Pujara (37 & 352), 377 S Manjrekar (377) and 372 Laxman (353 & 19). 

# Pinal Shah managed to achieve this in his 4th match and 6th inning of FC career. But he scored his next century in his 30th inning (also only 2 half centuries till then) and 3rd century in his 62nd inning. Overall in his FC career he has 3 centuries in 82 innings he has batted averaging 32.36. 

# Wasim Jaffer scored his 314* at age of 18 years and 265 days in only his second First Class Inning. He is the youngest Indian and 2nd youngest after Javed Miandad to score a Triple Century in First Class Cricket. Third youngest is also an Indian, featuring in the above list, Abhinav Mukund.
Read More Trivia on Triple Centuries by Indians in First Class Cricket

# Mukund, before reaching this double century mark and converting it into a triple ton, scored 2 100s and 2 50s (a 96) in his first ten innings. His Triple century came in his 11th inning and 7th match of FC career. 

Also check the list of players scoring a Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut

Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut

Vijay Zol scored 200* on his Ranji Trophy Debut for Maharashtra vs Tripura at MCA Stadium, Pune. He is the 8th player to score a Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut.
Also at age of 18 years and 340 days he is the 7th youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy.

8th player to score a Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut

Double Centuries on Ranji Trophy Debut

210 - George Abell, Northern India vs Army
Lawrence Gardens, Lahore, 1934/35

205 - Budhi Kunderan, Railways vs Jammu and Kashmir
Karnail Stadium, Delhi, 1959/60

230 - Gundappa Viswanath, Andhra vs Mysore
Police Parade Ground, Vijayawada, 1967/68

260 - Amol Muzumdar, Bombay vs Haryana
Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad, 1993/94

209*- Anshuman Pandey, Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh
Jayanti Stadium, Bhilai, 1995/96

201*- Manpreet Juneja, Gujarat vs Tamil Nadu
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, 2011/12

213 - Jiwanjot Singh, Punjab vs Hyderabad
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, 2012/13

200*- Vijay Zol, Maharashtra vs Tripura
Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune, 2013/14

Facts & Trivia:

# George Abell was an England born player. He scored only 1 run in his Debut First Class Inning.

# Abell & Budhi Kunderan is the only Wicket Keeper among the above players

# Except Abell, Kunderan and Zol, all others were making their First Class Debut too.

# Budhi Kunderan played 5 First Class Matches, including 3 for India, before making his Ranji Trophy Debut and scoring the double ton on debut. Vivek Razdan and Parthiv Patel are the only 2 other players to play Test Cricket before India before making the debut in Ranji Trophy. 

# Gundappa Viswanath also scored a century on his Test Debut. His 137 on test debut was a record until Shikhar Dhawan overcame it with his 187 in 2013.

# Amol Muzumdar went on to score over 9000 runs in Ranji Trophy and over 11000 in his First Class Career still never played for India.

# Muzumdar's 260 is the highest individual inning on First Class Debut while Viswanath's 230 is the 4th highest. Other 2 in middle are 240 by WFE Marx and 232* by SJE Loxton. 

# Jiwanjot Singh aggregated 995 runs in his Ranji Trophy Debut Season. That is the highest aggregate by any player in his debut Ranji Season.

# GEB Abell, Budhi Kunderan and Anshuman Pandey never scored another Double Century in their First Class Career while Anshuman Pandey's was his only century in First Class Career (He played 6 matches in his career).

# Vijay Zol also scored a century on his Debut First Class Inning - 110 for India A vs New Zealand A, Aug 2013.

Also check the list list of Triple Centuries by Indians in First Class Cricket and the youngest players to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy