By IANS
New Delhi : India have a good record in Test matches in the capital’s Ferozeshah Kotla stadium, having won nine out of 28 Test matches they played here.
India have lost six matches in Kotla, but none against Pakistan.
India won six test matches in a row between March 1993 and December 2005 at the Kotla.
A look at the figures:
Country P W Lost Draw Winning percentage
India 28 9 6 13 32.14
Against each country:
Country P W Lost Draw
England 7 0 3 4
West Indies 6 0 2 4
Australia 5 2 1 2
Pakistan 4 2 0 2
Zimbabwe 3 3 0 –
N Zealand 2 1 0 1
Sri Lanka 1 1 0 –
Total 28 9 6 13
Consecutive victories:
India won six matches in a row between March 13, 1993 and December 14, 2005
1. Defeated Zimbabwe by an innings and 13 runs in March 1993
2. Defeated Australia by 7 wickets in October 1996
3. Defeated Pakistan by 212 runs in February 1999
4. Defeated Zimbabwe by 7 wickets in November 2000
5. Defeated Zimbabwe by 4 wickets in February 2002
6. Defeated Sri Lanka by 188 runs in December 2005
Consecutive losses:
India lost three matches between December 20, 1972 and December 22, 1976
1. Lost to England by 6 wickets in December 1972
2. Lost to W. Indies by an innings and 17 runs in December 1974
3. Lost to England by an innings and 25 runs in December 1976
Highest Innings Totals:
Total For Opponents Series
644-8d West Indies India 1958-59
631 West Indies India 1948-49
566-8d India West Indies 1978-79
536-7d India Zimbabwe 1992-93
531-7d India New Zealand 1955-56
510-7d India Australia 1979-80
493 West Indies India 1974-75
487 India England 1981-82
Lowest Innings Totals:
75 India West Indies 1987-88
107 Australia India 1969-70
122 India England 1976-77
126 India Pakistan 1979-80
127 West Indies India 1987-88
135 India Australia 1959-60
Batting Records:
Highest Individual Innings:
Runs Batsman For Opponents Series
230* Brett Sutcliffe NZL India 1955-56
227 Vinod Kambli India Zimbabwe 1992-93
203* M.A.K. Pataudi India England 1963-64
200* Rahul Dravid India Zimbabwe 2000-01
Leading run-getters:
Batsman M I N.O. Runs H.S. Ave. 100 50
D Vengsarkar ((Ind) 8 12 2 671 159 67.10 4 1
Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) 9 14 – 668 121 47.71 3 2
Andy Flower (Zim) 3 6 2 522 183* 130.50 2 3
Bowling records:
Leading wicket-takers:
Bowler M Balls Runs Wkts. Ave. 5WI 10WM S.R.
Anil Kumble 5 1952 742 48 15.46 4 2 40.67
Kapil Dev 9 1874 849 32 26.53 3 – 58.56
B. Chandrasekhar 5 1411 601 23 26.13 1 – 61.35
Vinoo Mankad 4 1766 585 22 26.59 2 1 80.27
8 wickets in an innings:
Wkts. Bowler For Opponents Series
10/74 Anil Kumble India Pakistan 1998-99
8/52 Vinoo Mankad India Pakistan 1952-53
8/69 Sikander Bakht Pakistan India 1979-80
8/72 S.Venkataraghavan India New Zealand 1964-65
8/79 B.S.Chandrasekhar India England 1972-73
Most wickets in a Test match:
Wkts Bowler Team Against Year
14/149 Anil Kumble India Pakistan 1998-99
13/131 Vinoo Mankad India Pakistan 1952-53
12/152 S. Venkataraghavan India New Zealand 1964-65
All-round records:
50 Runs + 5 wickets in a Test
53 + 10 wkts. J.K. Lever (E) vs. India 1976-77. He took 7/46 and 3/24 in two innings