Monday, November 26, 2007
Highlights:
# India registered their seventh victory in succession at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi between March 13, 1993 & November 26, 2007 as under:
1. Defeated Zimbabwe by an Innings & 13 runs March 1993
2. Defeated Australia by 7 wickets October 1996
3. Defeated Pakistan by 212 runs February 1999
4. Defeated Zimbabwe by 7 wickets November 2000
5. Defeated Zimbabwe by 4 wickets February 2002
6. Defeated Sri Lanka by 188 runs December 2005
7. Defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets November 2007
# India's aforesaid win is their 10th in 29 Tests at Feroz Shah Kotla - the second most by India at one ground, next only to the 11 victories at Chepauk, Chennai.
# Feroz Shah Kotla is the only ground in the world where India have recorded seven Test victories in succession.
# India's triumph on Monday is their third in 5 Tests against Pakistan at Feroz Shah Kotla.
# Overall, India have won 9 out of 57 played against Pakistan (Lost 12 and Drawn 36).
# India have won 7, lost 5 and drawn 19 out of 31 played against Pakistan in India.
# India's Results Summary at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi is as under:
Country Played Won Lost Drawn Winning %
India 29 10 6 13 34.48
England 7 3 - 4 42.86
West Indies 6 2 - 4 33.33
Australia 5 1 2 2 20.00
Pakistan 5 - 3 2 0.00
Zimbabwe 3 - 3 - 0.00
New Zealand 2 - 1 1 0.00
Sri Lanka 1 - 1 - 0.00
Total: 29 16 16 13 55.17
# Tendulkar's 46th fifty is his sixth against Pakistan.
# Tendulkar has been on the winning side 45 times now - the msot by an Indian player.
# Tendulkar has also extended his record for most runs by an Indian for a winning cause - 3793 in 71 innings at an average of 64.28, including 13 centuries and 14 fifties.
# Shoaib Akhtar (4/58), for the third time in his career, has claimed 4 wickets in an innings against India. In the 1998-99 Kolkata Test, he had figures of 4/47 + 4/71.
# Anil Kumble has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the tenth time - the second time against Pakistan. Kumble has now equalled Sachin Tendulkar's Indian record for most Man of the Match awards.
Pakistan in Test Cricket(after the Delhi Test)
Results Summary
Opponents Played Won Lost Drawn Winning %
Australia 52 11 24 17 21.15
Bangladesh 6 6 - - 100.00
England 67 12 19 36 17.91
India 57 12 9 36 21.05
New Zealand 45 21 6 18 46.67
South Africa 16 3 8 5 18.75
Sri Lanka 32 15 7 10 46.88
West Indies 44 15 14 15 34.09
Zimbabwe 14 8 2 4 57.14
Total: 333 103 89 141 30.93
Home: 149 56 22 71 37.58
Away: 184 47 67 70 25.54
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