Nagpur Test: Spineless South Africa Suffer Record Low in India
The second day of the third Test between in Nagpur witnessed a new low for South Africa as they were dismissed for their worst total in India. Here are some statistical highlights of Proteas' nightmarish performance.
South Africa were caught in a web of spin by Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja as they succumbed to a record low on Day 2 of the third Test against India in Nagpur. Here are some statistics that highlight South Africa's woeful showing. (SCORECARD) (BLOG)
- South Africa were dismissed for 79, which is their lowest total in Tests against India. Their previous lowest was 84 in Johannesburg in 2006.
- South Africa's score was also the record low for a visiting team in India, beating the previous mark of 82 set by Sri Lanka in Chandigarh in 1990.
- India have bowled out an opposition for under 100 seven times. In the previous six instances, India have gone on to win five games. Their only loss came against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2002 when they bowled them out for 94 but lost by four wickets.
- This was the 10th time in all Tests in India that teams have been bowled out for under 100. The hosts have been bundled out for under that score seven times while South Africa, Sri Lanka and Australia are the other teams. Australia were bowled out for 93 during the 2004 Test in Mumbai, which India won by 13 runs.
- Playing in his 101st Test, AB de Villiers was dismissed for a duck for only the fourth time in his career. However, out of the four ducks in his career, two have come against India.
- This is the second time that 25 wickets have fallen in the first five sessions of the Test match. The last time this happened was in 2007, during the Test match between South Africa and Pakistan in Cape Town.
- South Africa's most successful run-chase in India is 164/6, which was achieved at the Wankhede stadium in 2000. Overall, in India, the highest successful chase is 276/5 by the West Indies in 1987 at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
- 20 wickets have fallen in a day for the second time in Tests in India.The last time this happened was during the Test match between India and Australia at the Wankhede in 2004.