IMAGE: India's Ravindra Jadeja, centre, celebrates . Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Ravindra Jadeja made a memorable comeback to Test cricket with a five-wicket haul as India relied on the spinners to fashion a resounding 108-run victory against South Africa in the low-scoring first match to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series, in Mohali, on Saturday.
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PHOTOS: India vs South Africa, Mohali Test, Day Three
Chasing 218-run target on a turning track at the Punjab Cricket Association Inderjit Singh Bindra stadium, the visitors were bundled for 109 runs in 39.5 overs in the post-tea session as the match ended inside three days.
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 3:
- More numbers from the second Test: Day 1 ; Day 2
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Number of times a visiting side has made the highest score of the match in the fourth innings to beat India. South Africa also failed to do so.
2
Number of Indian captains to win their first home Test in three days – Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Both did so against South Africa!
4
Last four Tests on Indian soil have finished in three days, with India winning them all – last Test vs Australia at Delhi in March 2013, both Tests vs West Indies in November 2013….and this one.
7
Number of consecutive Tests India have won at home soil – all four vs Australia in February / March 2013, both Tests vs West Indies in November 2013….and this one.
13
Number of Tests taken by Ravindra Jadeja to complete his 50 wickets – least by an Indian left-arm spinner, with Pragyan Ojha.
15
Number of wickets taken by South African spinners in the Test. Only once have spinners taken more wickets for South Africa in a Test – 16 vs Australia at Melbourne in 1952-53.
34
Number of wickets taken by the spinners in this Test. There have been only three occasions when spinners took more wickets in a Test in India – 37 in India - New Zealand at Nagpur in 1969-70, 35 in India-Australia Test at Kolkata in 1956-57; and 35 also in India-Pakistan Test at Bangalore in 1986-87.
55.32
Ravichandran Ashwin’s strike-rate in Tests – best for any Indian with 100 wickets or more. His average of 27.54 is also the best of the lot.
67
Per cent of wickets the spin-twin - Ashwin and Jadeja – have accounted for in six Tests at home. These two have taken 75 wickets, while all other Indian bowlers have managed only 37.
109
South Africa’s total is the lowest by any visiting side at Mohali, beating England’s 181 in 2005-06 by a long distance.
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PHOTOS: India vs South Africa, Mohali Test, Day Three
