By IANS
Bangalore : India will be looking forward to rectifying the record of not having won any Test here since 1995, when they beat New Zealand. And worse, India have lost four of the last five they have played here.
Interestingly, seven of the 10 result-oriented Tests held here have been won by the side batting first.
Following are the statistical highlights of matches held at Chennai:
Test matches at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
First Test: vs West Indies – November 22-27, 1974 (WI won by 267 runs)
Last Test: vs Pakistan – March 24-28, 2005 (Pak won by 168 runs)
Results Summary:
Teams Played Won Lost Drawn Winning %
India 16 4 6 6 25.00
Pakistan 4 2 – 2 50.00
Australia 3 2 – 1 66.67
South Africa 1 1 – – 100.00
West Indies 2 1 – 1 50.00
England 3 – 1 2 0.00
New Zealand 2 – 2 – 0.00
Sri Lanka 1 – 1 – 0.00
Total: 16 10 10 6 62.50
Highest Innings Totals:
570 Pakistan vs. India 2004-05
541/6d India vs. Sri Lanka 1993-94
479 South Africa vs. India 1999-00
Lowest Innings Totals:
116 Pakistan vs. India 1986-87
118 India vs. West Indies 1974-75
145 India vs. Pakistan 1986-87
145 N.Zealand vs. India 1995-96
Highest match aggregate
1494/32 Pakistan 570 + 261/2d vs. India 449 + 214 in 2004-05
The top four individual innings:
267 Younis Khan (Pakistan) vs. India 2004-05
201 Virender Sehwag (India) vs. Pakistan 2004-05
184 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) vs. India 2004-05
177 Sachin Tendulkar(India) vs. Australia 1997-98
Most runs in a Test match:
351 (267 + 84*) Younis Khan (P) vs. India 2004-05
239 (201 + 38) Virender Sehwag (I) vs. Pak. 2004-05
215 (184 + 31*) Inzamam-ul-Haq (P) vs. India 2004-05
208 (177 + 31) Sachin Tendulkar(I) vs. Aust. 1997-98
200 ( 93 + 107) Gordon Greenidge(WI)vs. India 1974-75
99 in a Test innings:
99 Navjot Singh Sidhu (India) vs. S.Lanka 1993-94
99 Javed Miandad (Pakistan) vs. India 1983-84
Leading run-getters
For M I N.O. Runs H.S. Ave. 100 50
Sunil Gavaskar Ind. 8 12 1 600 172 54.55 2 3
Sachin Tendulkar Ind. 6 10 1 496 177 55.11 1 2
Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak. 6 8 2 450 161* 75.00 1 3
Mohinder Amarnath Ind. 6 9 – 438 108 48.67 2 1
Bowlers with six wickets in an innings:
7-27 Maninder Singh (India) vs. Pakistan 1986-87
6-53 Bob Willis (England) vs. India 1976-77
6-59 Narendra Hirwani (India) vs. New Zealand 1988-89
6-71 Bishan Singh Bedi (India) vs. England 1976-77
6-76 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar(India) vs. England 1976-77
6-78 Harbhajan Singh (India) vs. Australia 2004-05
6-98 Anil Kumble (India) vs. Australia 1997-98
6-143 Anil Kumble (India) vs. South Africa1999-00
6-152 Harbhajan Singh (India) vs. Pakistan 2004-05
The top four bowlers in a Test match:
11/224 Harbhajan Singh (India) vs. Australia 2004-05
10/126 Maninder Singh (India) vs. Pakistan 1986-87
9/120 Anil Kumble (India) vs. New Zealand 1995-96
9/121 Iqbal Qasim (Pakistan) vs. India 1986-87