India vs SA: Records galore for Rohit, Jadeja, Ashwin

From Rohit Sharma's record 50-plus scoring sequence to Ravichandran Ashwin's Test records, here are all the stats from South Africa's tour of India.

India took the series against South Africa 3-0 to top the World Test Championships table.

7 The number of consecutive 50-plus scores by a batsman in Tests played in India. In the second innings at Visakhapatnam, Rohit Sharma became the first batsman in Test cricket to make seven 50-plus scores on Indian soil. Before him, three other batsmen had managed to make six 50s in a row. Sharma’s sequence began in the second innings of the Kolkata Test match against New Zealand in October 2016.

Rohit Sharma’s record 50-plus sequence at home
Scores	Against	Venue	Month, year	Result
2, 82	New Zealand	Kolkata	September/October 2016	Won
51*	New Zealand	Indore	October 2016	Won
102*	Sri Lanka	Nagpur	November 2017	Won
65, 50*	Sri Lanka	Delhi	December 2017	Drawn
176, 127	South Africa	Visakhapatnam	October 2018	Won

 

Six or more consecutive 50-plus Test scores on Indian soil
50-plus scores	Batsman	For	Runs	Average	Highest score	100s	50s	Period
7*	Rohit Sharma	India	653	163.25	176	3	4	September 30, 2016-October 6, 2019
6	Everton Weekes	West Indies	731	121.83	194	4	2	November 10, 1948-February 8, 1949
6	Rahul Dravid	India	464	77.33	93		6	November 26, 1997-March 21, 1998
6	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	717	239	232*	3	3	March 13, 1993-November 29, 2000

 

200 The number Test wickets claimed by Ravindra Jadeja in his career during the Visakhapatnam Test match against South Africa. He became the 75th bowler to achieve this landmark in Test cricket. He is also the 10th Indian bowler to take 200 wickets in Tests. As of date, only 13 left-arm bowlers have managed to claim 200 or more Test wickets, and among these 13 bowlers, Jadeja is the quickest to reach the landmark in terms of number of Test matches.

Fewest Tests to reach 200 wickets among left-arm bowlers
Tests	Innings	Bowler	Country	Achieved on	Wickets	Average	Strike rate	Bowling style
44	83	Ravindra Jadeja	India	October 4, 2019	200	24.27	60.26	Spinner
47	83	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	March 19, 2013	200	29.52	63.90	Spinner
49	92	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	December 26, 2012	200	30.86	55.04	Pacer
50	94	Mitchell Starc	Australia	January 24, 2019	201	28.83	51.04	Pacer
51	87	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	February 10, 1994	200	24.11	56.04	Pacer
51	88	Bishan Singh Bedi	India	January 14, 1977	203	27.49	81.62	Spinner

 

Note: The figures given above are updated until the end of the innings where the bowler claimed his 200th Test wicket.

350 The number Test wickets claimed by Ravichandran Ashwin in his career, which he reached during the Visakhapatnam Test match against South Africa. He became the 25th bowler and the fourth Indian to achieve this landmark in Test cricket. By doing so in his 66th Test match, Ashwin equalled the record of Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan to be the joint quickest to reach the landmark in terms of number of Test matches.

Fewest Tests to reach 350 wickets
Tests	Innings	Bowler	Country	Achieved on	Wickets	Average	Strike rate	Bowling style
66	106	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	September 8, 2001	350	24.79	61.81	Right-arm off-break
66	124	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	October 6, 2019	350	25.40	53.61	Right-arm off-break
69	125	Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	March 15, 1987	351	22.43	50.88	Right-arm pacer
69	130	Dale Steyn	South Africa	December 30, 2013	350	22.90	42.07	Right-arm pacer
70	131	Dennis Lillee	Australia	January 3, 1984	351	23.95	52.10	Right-arm pacer

 

Note: The figures given above are updated until the end of the innings where the bowler claimed his 350th Test wicket.

27 The number of sixes hit by Indian batsmen in both innings of the Visakhapatnam Test match against South Africa. This is now the most by one side in a match in Test cricket history.

Most sixes hit in a Test match by one team
Total sixes	Team	First innings	Second innings	Opponent	Venue	Month, year	Result
27	India	13	14	South Africa	Visakhapatnam	October 2019	Won
22	New Zealand	22	---	Pakistan	Sharjah	November 2014	Won
18	West Indies	8	10	England	St. John’s	April 1986	Won
18	Pakistan	11	7	India	Faisalabad	January 2006	Draw
18	South Africa	15	3	West Indies	Basseterre	June 2010	Draw
17	Australia	17	---	Zimbabwe	Perth	October 2003	Won
17	New Zealand	9	8	Bangladesh	Chittagong Dvn	October 2013	Draw

 

37 The number of sixes hit by batsmen of both sides in the Visakhapatnam Test match. This is now the most sixes ever hit in a Test match in cricket history.

Most sixes hit in a Test match by both sides
Total sixes	Team 1 (sixes)	Team 2 (sixes)	Venue	Month, year	Result
37	India (27)	South Africa (10)	Visakhapatnam	October 2019	Won by India
35	New Zealand (22)	Pakistan (13)	Sharjah	November 2014	Won by New Zealand
27	Pakistan (18)	India (9)	Faisalabad	January 2006	Draw
27	New Zealand (17)	Bangladesh (10)	Chittagong Dvn	October 2013	Draw
24	New Zealand (12)	Bangladesh (12)	Hamilton	February- March 2019	Won by New Zealand

 

13 The number of sixes hit by Rohit Sharma in Visakhapatnan is the most by any batsman in a Test match in cricket history.

Most sixes hit by a batman in both innings combined in a Test match
Sixes	First innings (score)	Second innings (score)	Batsman	Country	Opponent	Venue	Month, year	Result
13	6 (176)	7 (127)	Rohit Sharma	India	South Africa	Visakhapatnam	October 2019	Won
12	12 (257*)	---	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	October 1996	Draw
11	--- (10)	11 (222)	Nathan Astle	New Zealand	England	Christchurch	March 2002	Lost
11	11 (380)	---	Matthew Hayden	Australia	Zimbabwe	Perth	October 2003	Won
11	11 (202)	---	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Pakistan	Sharjah	November 2014	Won
11	11 (195)	---	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Christchurch	December 2014	Won
11	11 (258)	0 (26)	Ben Stokes	England	South Africa	Cape Town	January 2016	Draw

 

Queries Corner In the recent Ashes Test series, Australia’s Steve Smith batted in only seven innings. However, he top-scored for Australia in successive innings. Has any other player done better than Smith? – T. Ajit Krishnan, Chennai. Steven Smith top-scored in the first six innings he batted in the recent Ashes, which is a record for a series. However, the record for top-scoring in the most consecutive Test innings is held by West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who did so in seven consecutive innings between November 2006 and December 2007. How often has Pakistan been whitewashed in a Test series? – Aditya Prakash Tripathi, Kanpur. Pakistan has been whitewashed 0-3 on eight occasions in Test history, all of which came in away series. These were in Australia in 1972-73, 1999-2000, 2004-05, 2009-10 and 2016-17, against Australia in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates in 2002-03, and in South Africa in 2012-13 and 2018-19. What is the highest score by a batsman who has been stumped in Test cricket? – Alok Mitra, Hooghly. West Indian Seymour Nurse, incidentally appearing in his final Test match, made 258 before he was stumped by New Zealander Barry Milburn off the bowling of left-arm slow bowler Bryan Yuile at Christchurch in March 1969.

 

Note: All figures above are updated as of October 11, 2019.