INDvBAN 2nd Test | Green Park, Kanpur - a stat look
The Chepauk episode is done and dusted. Now the cricket caravan moves up north to the Green Park in Kanpur for the second India vs Bangladesh Test scheduled to start on September 27. This is one of the oldest cricket grounds in India, and its history is rather fascinating.
As the fans are eagerly waiting for Team India to complete a clean sweep, let us crunch on the numbers game a little. Here is a look at some of the stats from all the Test matches played at Green Park till now. From the most runs to wickets and the team with the most wins, we have it all covered.
How teams fare
|
Team |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Drawn |
|
India |
23 |
7 |
3 |
13 |
|
West Indies |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
England |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Pakistan |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
New Zealand |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Most runs
|
Player |
Matches |
Runs |
Average |
|
Gundappa Viswanath |
7 |
776 |
86.22 |
|
Sunil Gavaskar |
9 |
629 |
44.92 |
|
Mohammad Azharuddin |
3 |
543 |
181.00 |
|
Kapil Dev |
7 |
430 |
47.77 |
|
Dilip Vengsarkar |
7 |
422 |
46.88 |
Most Hundreds
|
Player |
Matches |
Innings |
Hundreds |
|
Mohammad Azharuddin |
3 |
5 |
3 |
|
Gundappa Viswanath |
7 |
12 |
3 |
|
Virender Sehwag |
3 |
4 |
2 |
|
Polly Umrigar |
5 |
8 |
2 |
|
Kapil Dev |
7 |
9 |
2 |
Highest Individual score
|
Player |
Match |
High Score |
|
Faoud Bacchus (West Indies) |
India vs West Indies, 1979 |
250 |
|
Mohammad Azharuddin |
India vs Sri Lanka, 1986 |
199 |
|
Garry Sobers (West Indies) |
India v West Indies, 1958 |
198 |
|
Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) |
India v West Indies, 1983 |
194 |
|
Gundappa Viswanath |
India vs West Indies, 1979 |
179 |
Highest Partnership by runs
|
Players |
Match |
Wicket |
Partnership |
|
Kapil Dev and Mohammad Azharuddin |
India vs Sri Lanka, 1986 |
6th wicket |
272 |
|
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir |
India vs Sri Lanka, 2009 |
1st wicket |
233 |
|
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir |
India vs South Africa, 2004 |
1st wicket |
218 |
|
Ted Dexter and Ken Barrington |
India vs England, 1961 |
4th wicket |
206 |
|
Peter Parfitt and Barry Knight |
India vs England, 1964 |
4th wicket |
191 |
Most Wickets
|
Player |
Matches |
Wickets |
Average |
Strike Rate |
Five-wicket hauls |
Ten-wicket match hauls |
Best Bowling |
|
Kapil Dev |
7 |
25 |
27.84 |
53.16 |
1 |
- |
6/63 |
|
Anil Kumble |
3 |
21 |
19.76 |
53.04 |
2 |
1 |
6/67 |
|
Harbhajan Singh |
4 |
20 |
23.85 |
56.90 |
- |
- |
4/44 |
|
Subhash Gupte |
3 |
19 |
27.10 |
60.05 |
2 |
1 |
9/102 |
|
Ravichandran Ashwin |
2 |
16 |
21.37 |
52.06 |
1 |
1 |
6/132 |
Best Bowling figures in an innings
|
Player |
Match |
Best Bowling |
|
Jasubhai Patel |
India vs Australia, 1959 |
9/69 |
|
Subhash Gupte |
India v West Indies, 1958 |
9/102 |
|
Geoff Dymock (Australia) |
India vs Australia, 1979 |
7/67 |
|
Alan Davidson (Australia) |
India vs Australia, 1959 |
7/93 |
|
Roy Tattersall (England) |
India vs England, 1952 |
6/48 |
Best Bowling figures in a match
|
Player |
Match |
Best Bowling |
|
Jasubhai Patel |
India vs Australia, 1959 |
14/124 |
|
Alan Davidson (Australia) |
India vs Australia, 1959 |
12/124 |
|
Geoff Dymock (Australia) |
India vs Australia, 1979 |
12/166 |
|
Wes Hall (West Indies) |
India v West Indies, 1958 |
11/126 |
|
Anil Kumble |
India vs New Zealand, 1999 |
10/134 |
