India will face New Zealand in a three-match Test series. The series opener is scheduled to take place at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from Wednesday (October 15). Rohit Sharma-led Team India would like to come up with a big show in the series opener and get the better of Kiwis to go 1-0 up in the series. India has won the last three Tests played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, and the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 leaders will be eager to make it four wins in a row.
Ahead of the start of the first India-New Zealand Test, here’s a look at top performers and record-holders for India in 24 Tests played so far at M Chinnaswamy Stadium:
- Result summary: 9 wins, 6 defeats, and 9 draws in 24 Tests.
- Highest total: 626 for 10 in 150.2 overs against Pakistan in December 2007.
- Lowest total: 118 all out in 42.5 overs against the West Indies in November 1974.
- Biggest win (by innings): India beat Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs in June 2018.
- Biggest win (by runs): India beat Sri Lanka by 238 runs in March 2022.
- Biggest win (by wickets): India beat New Zealand by 8 wickets in October 1995.
- Most runs: 869 runs in nine Tests by Sachin Tendulkar.
- Highest score: 239 runs from 361 balls by Sourav Ganguly against Pakistan in December 2007.
- Highest average (min 5 innings): 94.00 by Navjot Singh Sidhu (376 runs in three Tests).
- Most 100s: 2 centuries each by Murali Vijay, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sunil Gavaskar, and Sachin Tendulkar.
- Most 50s: 3 half-centuries each by KL Rahul, Gundappa Viswanath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sunil Gavaskar, and Sachin Tendulkar.
- Most ducks: 3 zeros in four Tests by Dilip Doshi.
- Most sixes: 10 sixes in three Tests by Navjot Singh Sidhu.
- Most wickets: 41 wickets in nine Tests by Anil Kumble.
- Best bowling figures (innings): 7 wickets for 27 runs in 18.2 overs by Maninder Singh against Pakistan in March 1987.
- Best bowling figures (match): 11 wickets for 224 runs in 71.1 overs by Harbhajan Singh against Australia in October 2004.
- Most five-wicket hauls: 4 fifers in nine Tests by Anil Kumble.
- Most 10 wickets in a match: 1 each by Maninder Singh and Harbhajan Singh.
- Most dismissals: 12 each by MS Dhoni and Syed Kirmani.
- Most catches: 9 catches in nine matches by Sachin Tendulkar.
- Highest partnership: 308 runs for the third wicket between Murali Vijay and Sachin Tendulkar against Australia in October 2010.
- Most matches: 9 each by Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble.
- Most wins as captain: 2 wins each by MS Dhoni and Mohammad Azharuddin.
In the last Test match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from March 12-14, 2022, Rohit Sharma-led side crushed Sri Lanka by 238 runs.
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