Fond memories for Laxman and Harbhajan
Going by past stats at Eden Gardens, VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh could be in for more runs and wickets in the second Test against South Africa
Tests | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
India, overall | 35 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
India, since 1990 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Batsman | Tests | Runs | Average | 100s/ 50s |
MS Dhoni | 1 | 87 | 87.00 | 0/ 1 |
VVS Laxman | 8 | 898 | 81.63 | 3/ 3 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 9 | 637 | 45.50 | 1/ 5 |
Virender Sehwag | 3 | 239 | 39.83 | 0/ 2 |
Dinesh Karthik | 3 | 196 | 39.20 | 0/ 1 |
Gautam Gambhir | 2 | 63 | 15.75 | 0/ 0 |
Bowler | Tests | Wickets | Average | Strike rate | 5WI/ 10WM |
Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 38 | 23.10 | 54.1 | 5/ 1 |
Zaheer Khan | 3 | 6 | 51.00 | 102.0 | 0/ 0 |
Wickets | Average | Stike rate | 5WI/ 10WM | |
Pace | 140 | 37.26 | 72.6 | 4/ 1 |
Spin | 134 | 37.13 | 77.2 | 7/ 2 |
1st innings | 2nd innings | 3rd innings | 4th innings |
39.38 | 38.54 | 43.53 | 25.47 |
S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo