By IANS
Kolkata : Following are the statistics of the Test matches played at Eden Gardens here.
Country Played Won Lost Drawn Winning percentage
India 34 8 8 18 23.53
West Indies 8 3 1 4 37.50
Australia 7 2 2 3 28.57
England 9 1 3 5 11.11
South Africa 2 1 1 – 50.00
Pakistan 6 1 1 4 16.67
New Zealand 2 – – 2 0.00
Total: 34 16 16 18 47.06
The side batting first has won 10 out of the 16 result-oriented Tests.
Biggest wins for India:
Result Opponents Series
An Innings & 219 runs Australia 1997-98
8 wickets England 1992-93
8 wickets South Africa 2004-05
195 runs Pakistan 2004-05
187 runs England 1961-62
171 runs Australia 2000-01
85 runs West Indies 1974-75
Biggest defeats for India:
Result Opponents Series
An Innings & 336 runs West Indies 1958-59
An Innings & 46 runs West Indies 1983-84
An Innings & 45 runs West Indies 1966-67
10 wickets Australia 1969-70
10 wickets England 1976-77
329 runs South Africa 1996-97
94 runs Australia 1956-57
India vs. Pakistan at Kolkata
Month/Year Toss Teams Scores Result Captains
Dec 1952 Ind. Pak. 257 & 236/7d Drawn A.H. Kardar (P)
Ind. 397 & 28/0 L. Amarnath (I)
Dec 1960 Pak. Pak. 301 & 146/3d Drawn Fazal Mahmood (P)
Ind. 180 & 127/4 Nari Contractor (I)
Jan 1980 Ind. Ind. 331 & 205 Drawn G.R. Viswanath (I)
Pak. 272/4d & 179/6 Asif Iqbal (P)
Feb 1987 Pak. Ind. 403 & 181/3d Drawn Kapil Dev (I)
Pak. 229 & 179/5 Imran Khan (P)
Feb 1999 Pak. Pak. 185 & 316 Pak – won Wasim Akram (P)
Ind. 223 & 232 by 46 runs Mohd. Azharuddin (I)
Mar 2005 Ind. Ind. 407 & 407/9d India – won Sourav Ganguly (I)
Pak. 393 & 226 by 195 runs Inzamam-ul-Haq (P)
Centuries
For India: 141 Mohammad Azharuddin 1986-87
135 & 110 Rahul Dravid 2004-05
110 Deepak Shodhan 1952-53
For Pakistan:188 Saeed Anwar 1998-99
147 Younis Khan 2004-05
104 Mohammad Yousuf 2004-05
Leading run-getters:
India: 282 (70.50) in 4 innings (2 Tests) Rahul Dravid
Pakistan: 188 (188.00) in 2 innings (1 Test) Saeed Anwar
Best Partnerships:
India: 165 (5th) Rahul Dravid & Dinesh Karthik 2004-05
Pakistan: 211 (3rd) Younis Khan & Mohammad Yousuf 2004-05
5 wickets in an innings:
India: 8/86 Javagal Srinath 1998-99
7/63 Anil Kumble 2004-05
6/56 Roger Binny 1986-87
5/46 Javagal Srinath 1998-99
5/72 Dattu Phadkar 1952-53
Pakistan: 5/26 Fazal Mahmood 1960-61
5/63 Imran Khan 1979-80
5/96 Wasim Akram 1986-87
The two best bowling figures in a Test match
India: 13/132 Javagal Srinath 1998-99
10/161 Anil Kumble 2004-05
Pakistan: 9/139 Imran Khan 1979-80
8/118 Shoaib Akhtar 1998-99
Javagal Srinath’s figures of 13 for 132 are the best by any bowler for a losing cause in a Test match.