India suffer fourth innings defeat against Proteas (First Test highlights)
December 20th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Centurion, Dec 20 (IANS) India’s loss to South Africa in the first cricket Test at the Super Sport Park here Monday was their fourth innings defeat against the Proteas.Other highlights of the match:
* India (459) posted their highest total against South Africa in South Africa, surpassing the 414 at Cape Town in 2006-07.
* India’s 459 is the highest when they have lost a Test match by an innings.
* Against India, South Africa have won four Tests by an innings margin but their first against India at home.
* South Africa’s victory by an innings and 25 runs is their third biggest against India in Tests - the two largest are by an innings and 90 runs at Ahmedabad in April 2008 and by an innings and 71 runs at Bangalore in 1999-2000.
* South Africa’s victory Monday is their 12th in 25 Tests against India - six lost and seven drawn for a 48 percent success rate.
* Under Graeme Smith’s leadership, South Africa have won 38, lost 23 and drawn 20 out of 81 Tests played - a 46.91 winning percentage.
* Sachin Tendulkar (37 & 111*) top-scored in both the innings in the Centurion Test - a feat recorded by him five times. He has top-scored 47 times in an innings.
* Tendulkar has posted 20 centuries for a winning cause, 11 for a losing cause and 19 in drawn games.
* Jacques Kallis received his first Man Of the Match award against India and his 21st overall.
* Kallis became the third South African all-rounder to register a double hundred and claim two wickets in the same Test match - the first two were Aubrey Faulkner against Australia at Melbourne in 1910-11 and Eddie Barlow against Australia at Adelaide in 1963-64.
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