India vs Zimbabwe in Tests
- 1992 to 2000

As India get set for their Test series against Zimbabwe, Mohandas Menon, comes up with a statistical breakdown of the matches between the two countries.

India have a pathetic record abroad, having won only five series in their cricketing histroy.

Captains: DL Houghton (Zim), M Azharuddin (Ind)
1992-93 India v Zinbabwe Result: India 1-0 (1 match)

Test	Winner	Margin	Scores
1st	India	innings & 13 runs	I 7/536, Z 322, Z 201

Captains: M Azharuddin (Ind), DL Houghton (Zim)
1998-99 Zimbabwe v India Result: Zimbabwe 1-0 (1 match)

Test	Winner	Margin	Scores
1st	Zimbabwe	61 runs	Z 221, I 280, Z 293, I 173

Captains: ADR Campbell (Zim), M Azharuddin (Ind)
2000-01 India v ZimbabweResult: India 1-0 (2 matches)

Test	Winner	Margin	Scores
1st	India	7 wickets	Z 9/422, I 4/458, Z 225, I 3/190
2nd	drawn	-	I 6/609, Z 382, Z 6/503

Captains: SC Ganguly (Ind), HH Streak (Zim)

Highest individual innings
For India (8 hundreds)

Players	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
VG Kambli	227	1st	1st	1992-93	Delhi
SR Tendulkar	201*	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
RS Dravid	200*	1st	1st	2000-01	Delhi
RS Dravid	162	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
SR Tendulkar	122	1st	1st	2000-01	Delhi
RS Dravid	118	1st	1st	1998-99	Harare
SS Das	110	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
SV Manjrekar	104	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare

For Zimbabwe (6 hundreds)

Players	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
A Flower	232*	2nd	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
A Flower	183*	1st	1st	2000-01	Delhi
DL Houghton	121	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare
A Flower	115	1st	1st	1992-93	Delhi
GW Flower	106*	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
ADR Campbell	102	2nd	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur

Highest run aggregates
For India

Players	M	I	No	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
RS Dravid	3	5	2	594	200*	198.00	3	1	-
SR Tendulkar	5	7	1	465	201*	77.50	2	1	1
VG Kambli	1	1	0	227	227	227.00	1	-	-
SC Ganguly	3	5	1	205	65*	51.25	-	1	-

For Zimbabwe

Players	M	I	No	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
A Flower	5	10	5	848	232*	169.60	3	4	-
ADR Campbell	5	10	0	347	102	34.70	1	2	2
GW Flower	4	8	1	306	106*	43.71	1	2	3
GJ Rennie	3	6	0	200	84	33.33	-	1	1

Best Partnerships for each wicket
For India

Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
SS Das & S Ramesh	1st	72	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
SS Das & RS Dravid	2nd	155	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
RS Dravid & SR Tendulkar	3rd	249	1st	2nd	2000-01	Nagpur
RS Dravid & SC Ganguly	4th	110*	2nd	1st	2000-01	Delhi
RS Dravid & SC Ganguly	5th	67	2nd	1st	1998-99	Harare
SV Manjrekar & Kapil Dev	6th	96	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare
RS Dravid & RR Singh	7th	44	1st	1st	1998-99	Harare
SV Manjrekar & KS More	8th	68	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare
RS Dravid & J Srinath	9th	12	1st	1st	1998-99	Harare
J Srinath & Harbhajan Singh	10th	40	2nd	1st	1998-99	Harare

For Zimbabwe

Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
GJ Rennie & CB Wishart	1st	138	2nd	1st	1998-99	Harare
SV Carlisle & GJ Whittall	2nd	101	1st	2nd	2001-01	Nagpur
ADR Campbell & SV Carlisle	3rd	119	1st	1st	2001-01	Delhi
ADR Campbell & A Flower	4th	209	2nd	2nd	2001-01	Nagpur
A Flower & GW Flower	5th	96	1st	2nd	2001-01	Nagpur
A Flower & DL Houghton	6th	165	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare
A Flower & HH Streak	7th	98*	2nd	2nd	2001-01	Nagpur
A Flower & BA Murphy	8th	46	1st	1st	2001-01	Delhi
AG Huckle & HK Olonga	9th	33	1st	1st	1998-99	Harare
A Flower & HK Olonga	10th	97*	1st	1st	2001-01	Delhi

Five-wicket hauls in an innings by a bowler
For India (2)

Players	Wkt	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
J Srinath	5	60	2nd	1st	2001-01	Delhi
A Kumble	5	70	2nd	1st	1992-93	Delhi
Best in Zimbabwe:
A Kumble	4	87	2nd	1st	1998-99	Harare

For Zimbabwe (2)

Players	Wkt	Runs	Inn	Tst	Series	Venue
HK Olonga	5	70	1st	1st	1998-99	Harare
AJ Traicos	5	86	1st	1st	1992-93	Harare

Highest wicket aggregates
For India

Players	M	Balls	Md	Runs	W	Ave	Best	5	10	SR	R/o
J Srinath	4	1145	50	481	20	24.05	5/60	1	-	57.25	2.52
A Kumble	3	1079	47	383	18	21.28	5/70	1	-	59.94	2.13

For Zimbabwe

Players	M	Balls	Md	Runs	W	Ave	Best	5	10	SR	R/o
HK Olonga	3	516	16	313	8	39.13	5/70	1	-	64.50	3.64
HH Streak	3	654	29	294	8	36.75	3/62	-	-	81.75	2.70
AJ Traicos	2	600	20	272	8	34.00	5/86	1	-	75.00	2.72

Compiled by
MOHANDAS MENON