India v/s South Africa: Statistical highlights for Day 4 of the 4th Test

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Dec 07, 2015, 09:44 AM IST

Ajinkya Rahane batting on Day 4

Rahane hit four sixes during his 127 in first innings and three in the course of his unbeaten 100 in the second to become the second Indian batsman after Harbhajan Singh to record at least three sixes in each innings of a Test match.

Statistical highlights on the fourth day of the final cricket Test between India and South Africa in Delhi on Sunday.

# Ajinkya Rahane is the first Indian batsman to record a hundred in each innings of a Test match vs South Africa. In all, he is the fifth Indian batsman to post a century in each innings of a Test match, joining Sunil Gavaskar (3 times), Rahul Dravid (twice), Vijay Hazare and Virat Kohli.

# Rahane hit four sixes during his 127 in first innings and three in the course of his unbeaten 100 in the second to become the second Indian batsman after Harbhajan Singh to record at least three sixes in each innings of a Test match.

# Seven sixes posted by Rahane in Delhi Test is the joint second highest by an Indian batsman in a Test behind the eight by Navjot Singh Sidhu during his innings of 124 vs Sri Lanka at Lucknow in January 1994. Besides Rahane and Sidhu, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan have hit seven sixes in a Test match.

# Rahane has totalled 227 runs (127 + 100 not out) - the highest tally in a Test match by him, eclipsing the 195 (147 + 48) vs Australia at Melbourne in December 2014.

# With 266 runs at an average of 53.20, Rahane is the leading run-getter on either side in the series. He is the only one to register two hundreds in the present series. No other batsman has recorded even one. He became the first Indian batsman to post three Test centuries this year.

# Rahane has registered six centuries in Tests - one each vs Australia, Sri Lanka, England and New Zealand and two vs South Africa.

# Virat Kohli (2994 runs at an average of 44.02 in 41 Tests, including 11 hundreds and 12 fifties) needs six runs to complete his 3000 runs in Tests. With his splendid 88, Kohli is averaging 47.20 vs South Africa in Tests - his aggregate being 472 in ten innings, including a hundred and two fifties.

# In the course of his knock, Kohli has completed his 1,000 runs in Tests in India - his aggregate being 1059 (ave.46.04), including three centuries and seven fifties, in 17 Tests.

# Kohli has managed 896 runs at an average of 52.70, including four centuries and two fifties - the second highest tally by an Indian skipper after ten Tests behind Sunil Gavaskar's 1031 (ave. 79.31) including five hundreds and three fifties.

# Amla's strike rate of 11.11 is the lowest by any batsman in a Test innings of 200 or more balls.

# Amla and de Villiers have recorded run rate of 0.78 during their unbroken partnership of 23 off 176 balls - the lowest by any pair with at least 175 balls, surpassing the 0.91 during their stand of 27 off 177 balls between de Villiers and Kyle Abbott vs Australia at Cape Town in March 2014.