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Stats Analysis

Spin 34, pace 6

Stats highlights from the third day of the first Test between India and South Africa, in Mohali

Bharath Seervi
07-Nov-2015
South Africa lost only their second Test loss on the road since 2010  •  BCCI

South Africa lost only their second Test loss on the road since 2010  •  BCCI

1 Away Tests South Africa had lost since their defeat against India at Eden Gardens in 2010. South Africa lost to Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in 2013-14, and the loss in Mohali was only their second in 19 away Tests in the last five years.
2 Tests won by India after being bowled out for 201 or less in both innings of a Test. The last such win was against West Indies in Kingston in 2006, when India scored 200 and 171 in their two innings. Overall, this was only the eighth Test win for India when they have made 201 or fewer in the first innings.
8-76 Ravindra Jadeja's bowling figures in this match, the best in his 13 Tests, bettering his figures of 7 for 98 against Australia in Delhi in 2013.
19 Wickets taken by India's spinners in this Test, only the ninth time that they took 19 or all 20 wickets in a Test. Only three times have India's spinners taken all the 20 wickets in a Test.
13 Number of matches Jadeja has taken to complete 50 Test wickets, the joint least taken by an India left-arm spinner. Hashim Amla in South Africa's second innings was Jadeja's 50th scalp. Pragyan Ojha had also taken 13 Tests to reach 50 wickets. Jadeja is the 10th India left-arm spinner to take 50 or more Test wickets. Overall, he is the eighth fastest left-arm spinner to take 50 Test wickets, the fastest being Alf Valentine (West Indies) in eight Tests.
26 Total runs made by the four opening stands in this Test. This was the second lowest contribution by the first wicket in a Test in India. The lowest is 25, added on two different instances - in the Test between India and New Zealand at Brabourne in 1964-65, and in the India-England Test at the Wankhede in 1981-82.
9The highest opening partnership in this Test, the first instance in Tests in India when none of the four innings saw the first wicket add runs in double digits. Of the highest opening partnerships in a Test in India, these nine runs are the lowest. The previous-lowest was 13, during the Brabourne Test of 1964-65 between India and New Zealand.
15 Wickets taken by South Africa spinners, the most they have taken in a Test since 1952. Overall, the most wickets the South Africa spinners have taken in any Test is the 16 they took against Australia at the MCG in 1952-53. On that occasion, Hugh Tayfield alone took 13 wickets.
15.93Bowling average of the South Africa spinners in this Test. Among all the previous instances of a visiting team's spinners taking 15 or more wickets, the average of 15.93 is the sixth best in a Test match in India. The best was by Australia's spinners, who averaged 12.17 in the Eden Gardens Test of 1956-57, where the spinners led by Richie Benaud took 17 wickets.
39 Runs added by India's last seven wickets in the second innings. India lost the third wicket for 161 runs and the last wicket fell for 200 runs. This is the second-fewest runs added by the last seven wickets in an innings for India in home Tests.
1 Runs scored by Faf du Plessis in the this Test. In his 23 Tests, this was his worst performance when he has batted in both innings. Only once had he aggregated fewer than 20 runs in any Test before this - scores of 1 and 9 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in 2013-14.
4 Consecutive Tests in India - each having been won by the hosts - that have ended inside three days, including this Mohali Test. This is the longest consecutive sequence of three-day Tests in any country. Since the last of the officially scheduled three-day Tests was played back in 1949, there have been four instances of three-match long sequence of Tests ending inside three days, one each in New Zealand, Australia, England and Bangladesh. India's current sequence of four consecutive wins inside three days is the longest for any country at home since 1950.
2008 The last time South Africa lost a Test inside three days, which was also against India, in Kanpur. Since their return to Test cricket, the Kanpur Test was the third such defeat for South Africa, with the previous two having come against Australia, in Cape Town in 2006 and in Johannesburg in 2002.

Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @SeerviBharath