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Indian team after losing the first Test match in Centurion unfortunately have lost another opportunity to win a Test series on South African soil, but they would at least look to level the two-match series by 1-1 margin. Here in this article, we will have a look at some stats and numbers ahead of start of the 2nd Test.
0 - Indian team have never won a Test match at Cape Town so far.
Indian team results in Test cricket on Cape Town:
- Played - 6
- Won - 0
- Lost - 4
- Draw - 2
India ended up drawing a Test match at Cape Town against South Africa on Jan 1993 & Jan 2011.
4 - Dean Elgar needs 4 more runs to complete 1000 runs against India in Test cricket.
Most runs for South Africa vs India in Test cricket:
- Jacques Kallis - 1734 (31 inns)
- Hashim Amla - 1528 (37 inns)
- AB de Villiers - 1334 (35 inns)
- Dean Elgar - 996 (26 inns)
- Graeme Smith - 987 (27 inns)
5 - Since 2022, India have lost all five Test matches that they played on SENA countries.
India in their last five Test matches on SENA Countries:
- Lost to SA by 7 wickets at Johannesburg, 2022
- Lost to SA by 7 wickets at Cape Town, 2022
- Lost to ENG by 7 wickets at Birmingham, 2022
- Lost to AUS by 209 runs at The Oval, WTC 2023 Finals
- Lost to SA by inns & 32 runs at Centurion, 2023
6 - Shubman Gill needs 6 more runs to complete the milestone of reaching 1000 runs in Test cricket.
10 - Ravichandran Ashwin needs 10 more wickets to complete the milestone of taking 500 wickets in Test cricket.
12.8 - Rohit Sharma averages 12.8 with the bat in Test cricket on South African soil. He has scored only 128 runs from 10 innings at South African venues so far.
19 - Dean Elgar will become 19th player to play his last match for South Africa as captain in Test cricket.
Graeme Smith was the last player for SA to play final match of his Test career as captain itself.
20 - South Africa team have lost only two of their last 20 Test matches at Cape Town venue so far.
South Africa in last 20 Test matches at Cape Town:
- Won - 14
- Lost - 2
- Draw - 4
South Africa have lost those two games against Australia by 245 runs in 2014 and against England by 189 runs in 2020.
30 - Jasprit Bumrah has taken 30 wickets against South Africa in Test cricket on South African soil.
Most wickets for IND vs SA on SA soil:
- Anil Kumble - 45 (24 inns)
- Javagal Srinath - 43 (16 inns)
- Mohammed Shami - 35 (16 inns)
- Zaheer Khan - 30 (15 inns)
- Jasprit Bumrah - 30 (13 inns)
- Sreesanth - 27 (11 inns)
42 - Kagiso Rabada has taken 42 wickets in Test cricket against India on Indian soil.
Most wickets for SA vs IND on SA soil in Test cricket:
- Kagiso Rabada - 42 (14 inns)
- Allan Donald - 40 (13 inns)
- Shaun Pollock - 39 (16 inns)
- Dale Steyn - 39 (14 inns)
- Morne Morkel - 37 (18 inns)
Most wickets for SA vs IND in Test cricket:
- Dale Steyn - 65 (23 inns)
- Morne Morkel - 58 (31 inns)
- Allan Donald - 57 (20 inns)
- Shaun Pollock - 52 (23 inns)
- Kagiso Rabada - 51 (23 inns)
167 - Virat Kohli need 167 more runs to complete the milestone of 1000 Test runs against South Africa on South Africa soil.
Most runs for IND vs SA in Test cricket on SA soil:
- Sachin Tendulkar - 1161 (28 inns)
- Virat Kohli - 833 (16 inns)
- Rahul Dravid - 624 (22 inns)
2011 - Only time India didn't lose a Test series against South Africa on South Africa soil was way back in 2010/11 period.
