Stats highlights from the fourth day of the Delhi Test
Bharath Seervi06-Dec-20154 Number of Indian batsmen who have scored centuries in each innings of a Test before Ajinkya Rahane in this match – Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar (thrice), Rahul Dravid (twice) and Virat Kohli. Rahane followed his 127 in the first innings with an unbeaten 100 in the second innings.8 Number of batsmen, before Rahane, who had scored centuries in each innings of a Test when coming in to bat at No. 5 or lower. Rahane batted at No.5 in the first innings, and at No.6 in the second. Rahane is the first Indian to achieve this feat.7 Number of sixes hit by Rahane in this match – four in the first innings and three in the second. It is the joint second-highest by an India batsman in a Test. Navjot Sidhu holds the record with eight sixes against Sri Lanka in Lucknow in 1993-94. Rahane is only the second India batsman after Harbhajan Singh to hit three or more sixes in both innings of a Test.481 Target set by India in this Test; it is their highest against South Africa, going past the 461 they set against them in Kanpur in 1996-97. Against all teams, it is the fifth-highest target India have ever set.1 South Africa’s run rate at the end of the fourth day – they scored 72 in as many overs. It is the second-lowest by any team in a Test innings of at least 50 overs. It is also the slowest by any team against India (with a 50-over cut-off).72 South Africa’s score, which is the fewest runs scored by any team after 72 overs in a Test innings since 2002. The next three lowest scores after 72 overs during this period are also by South Africa: they twice scored 104 – against Sri Lanka in Colombo, and against Australia in Cape Town, both of which happened in 2014 – and also made 105 against West Indies in Georgetown in 2005.45 Number of dot balls Hashim Amla played before scoring his first run in this innings; it is the second-highest by a South African batsman in Tests. The highest is 46, by Clive Eksteen against New Zealand in Auckland in 1994-95. The overall record is 79 balls by John Murray for England against Australia in Sydney in 1962-63.11.11 Amla’s strike rate in this innings at the end of the fourth day; it is the lowest in any innings in which a batsman has faced 200 or more deliveries.0.78 The runs scored per over in the 23-run stand between Amla and AB de Villiers; it is the lowest among all partnerships of 175 or more balls (among all partnerships where balls-faced data is available). Amla and de Villiers have added these runs in 176 balls (29.2 overs). Before this partnership, Amla added 44 off 232 balls with Temba Bavuma at a run rate of 1.13, which is the is fourth-lowest. De Villiers features four times in the ten slowest partnerships of 175 or more balls, and also features twice in the ten fastest partnerships of 175-plus balls.43 Number of maiden overs bowled by India, out of the 72 overs till the end of the fourth day. It is the joint-highest maiden overs in an innings of 72 or fewer overs. There were 43 maiden overs by England bowlers in the fourth innings against West Indies in Birmingham in 1957.
