India will host South Africa for the first Test of the 3-match Gandhi-Mandela Trophy at Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. This will be the second Test at the home of Andhra Cricket Association, after the one against England in 2016-17. However, the ground has also hosted 8 ODIs and 2 T20Is.
Brief scores of only Test: India 455 (Virat Kohli 167, Cheteshwar Pujara 119; James Anderson 3/62) and 204 (Virat Kohli 81; Stuart Broad 4/33, Adil Rashid 4/82) beat England 255 (Ben Stokes 70; R Ashwin 5/67) and 158 (Alastair Cook 54; Jayant Yadav 3/30) by 246 runs. Player of the Match: Virat Kohli.
Here are the numbers from the Test.
Visakhapatnam | vs India | India |
Tests | 1 | 1 |
Runs/90 overs | 185 | 307 |
4s/90 overs | 22.0 | 30.7 |
6s/90 overs | 0.0 | 2.8 |
50+ scores/Test | 4.00 | 4.00 |
100s/Test | 0.00 | 2.00 |
SR (B/W) | 57.8 | 63.2 |
5WIs/Test | 0.00 | 1.00 |
10WMs/Test | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Below are the First-Class records on the ground.
Highest First-Class total | 522 | Hyderabad |
Lowest First-Class total | 69 | Assam |
Highest First-Class score | 193 | Manprit Juneja |
Best First-Class figures | 7/26 | Ashok Dinda |