India vs South Africa 2nd Test venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

India vs South Africa 2nd Test venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Pune

After winning the first Test at Visakhapatnam by 203 runs, India will host South Africa for the second Test of the 3-match Gandhi-Mandela Trophy at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. This will be the second Test at the home of Maharashtra Cricket Association, after the one against Australia in 2016-17. However, the ground has also hosted 4 ODIs and 2 T20Is.

Brief scores of only Test: Australia 260 (Matt Renshaw 68, Umesh Yadav 4/32) and 285 (Steven Smith 109; R Ashwin 4/119) beat India 105 (KL Rahul 64; Steve O’Keefe 6/35) and 107 (Cheteshwar Pujara 31; Steve O’Keefe 6/35) by 333 runs. Player of the Match: Steve O’Keefe.

Here are the numbers from the Test.

Punevs IndiaIndia
Tests11
Runs/90 overs269257
4s/90 overs30.627.9
6s/90 overs4.41.2
50+ scores/Test3.001.00
100s/Test1.000.00
SR (B/W)22.254.5
5WIs/Test2.001.00
10WMs/Test1.000.00

Below are the First-Class records on the ground.

Highest First-Class total764/6 decl.Maharashtra
Lowest First-Class total85Jammu and Kashmir
Highest First-Class score327Kedar Jadhav
Best First-Class figures7/52Sachin Chaudhari