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India-Pakistan Tests dossier

By Rajneesh Gupta
January 09, 2006 18:57 IST
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Test series summary
Season From To Host Tests Ind won Pak won Drawn Series won by
1952-53 16 Oct 1952 15 Dec 1952 Ind 5 2 1 2 Ind
1954-55 01 Jan 1955 01 Mar 1955 Pak 5 0 0 5 Drawn
1960-61 02 Dec 1960 13 Feb 1961 Ind 5 0 0 5 Drawn
1978-79 16 Oct 1978 19 Nov 1978 Pak 3 0 2 1 Pak
1979-80 21 Nov 1979 03 Feb 1980 Ind 6 2 0 4 Ind
1982-83 10 Dec 1982 04 Feb 1983 Pak 6 0 3 3 Pak
1983-84 14 Sep 1983 10 Oct 1983 Ind 3 0 0 3 Drawn
1984-85 17 Oct 1984 29 Oct 1984 Pak 2* 0 0 2 Drawn
1986-87 03 Feb 1987 17 Mar 1987 Ind 5 0 1 4 Pak
1989-90 15 Nov 1989 14 Dec 1989 Pak 4 0 0 4 Drawn
1998-99 28 Jan 1999 20 Feb 1999 Ind 2 1 1 0 Drawn
      Ind 1# 0 1 0 Pak
2003-04 10 Mar 2004 18 Apr 2004 Pak 3 2 1 0 Ind
2004-05 Ind 3 1 1 1 Drawn
TOTAL 53 8 11 34
In India 30 6 5 19
In Pakistan 23 2 6 15

* The third Test of the 1984-85 series was cancelled following the news of Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi's assassination in Delhi.

# This Test was part of the Asian Test Championship and was not counted as part of the preceding bilateral series.

Highest innings totals
India

Score Inns Test Venue Season
675-5d 1st 1st Multan 2003-04
600 1st 3rd Rawalpindi 2003-04
539-9d 1st 4th Chennai 1960-61
527-9d 1st 1st Chennai 1986-87
516 1st 1st Mohali 2004-05
509 1st 3rd Lahore 1989-90
500 1st 2nd Faisalabad 1984-85

Pakistan

Score Inns Test Venue Season
699-5 1st 3rd Lahore 1989-90
674-6 1st 2nd Faisalabad 1984-85
652 1st 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83
581-3d 1st 4th Hyderabad (Niaz) 1982-83
570 1st 3rd Bangalore 2004-05
539-6d 1st 2nd Lahore 1978-79
503-8d 1st 1st Faisalabad 1978-79

Lowest innings totals
India

Total Inn Tst Venue Season
106 1st 2nd Lucknow 1952-53
126 1st 2nd Delhi 1979-80
145 1st 5th Karachi 1954-55
145 1st 5th Bangalore 1986-87
148 1st 1st Dacca 1954-55
156 1st 1st Lahore 1984-85
160 2nd 3rd Mumbai 1979-80

Pakistan

Total Inn Tst Venue Season
116 1st 5th Bangalore 1986-87
150 1st 1st Delhi 1952-53
152 2nd 1st Delhi 1952-53
158 2nd 1st Dacca 1954-55

Batting records

Individual hundreds
India : 36 (17 in India, 19 in Pakistan)
Pakistan : 46 (14 in India, 32 in Pakistan)

Highest individual innings
India

Score Batsman Inns Test Venue Season
309 V Sehwag 1st 1st Multan 2003-04
270 R Dravid 1st 3rd Rawalpindi 2003-04
218 SV Manjrekar 1st 3rd Lahore 1989-90
201 AD Gaekwad 1st 2nd Jullundur 1983-84
201 V Sehwag 1st 3rd Bangalore 2004-05
194* SR Tendulkar 1st 1st Multan 2003-04
177* CG Borde 1st 4th Chennai 1960-61
173 V Sehwag 1st 1st Mohali 2004-05
166 SM Gavaskar 1st 5th Chennai 1979-80

Pakistan

Score Batsman Inns Test Venue Season
280* Javed Miandad 1st 4th Hyderabad (Niaz) 1982-83
267 Younis Khan 1st 3rd Bangalore 2004-05
235* Zaheer Abbas 1st 2nd Lahore 1978-79
231 Mudassar Nazar 1st 4th Hyderabad (Niaz) 1982-83
215 Zaheer Abbas 1st 1st Lahore 1982-83
210 Qasim Omar 1st 2nd Faisalabad 1984-85
203* Shoaib Mohammad 1st 3rd Lahore 1989-90
199 Mudassar Nazar 1st 2nd Faisalabad 1984-85
188* Saeed Anwar 2nd Only Kolkata 1998-99
186 Zaheer Abbas 1st 2nd Karachi 1982-83
184 Inzamam-ul-Haq 1st 3rd Bangalore 2004-05
176 Zaheer Abbas 1st 1st Faisalabad 1978-79
168* Zaheer Abbas 1st 1st Lahore 1984-85
168 Zaheer Abbas 1st 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83
160 Hanif Mohammad 1st 1st Mumbai 1960-61
154* Javed Miandad 1st 1st Faisalabad 1978-79
152* Mudassar Nazar 1st 5th Lahore 1982-83
152 Mudassar Nazar 1st 6th Karachi 1982-83

Carrying bat through a completed innings
India

Runs Batsman Score Inns Tst Venue Season
127* SM Gavaskar 286 2nd 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83

Pakistan

Runs Batsman Score Inns Tst Venue Season
124* Nazar Mohammad 331 1st 2nd Lucknow 1952-53
152* Mudassar Nazar 323 1st 5th Lahore 1982-83
188* Saeed Anwar 316 2nd Only Kolkata 1998-99

Nervous nineties
India

Score Batsman Inns Test Venue Season
99 ML Jaisimha 1st 2nd Kanpur 1960-61
97 SM Gavaskar 2nd 2nd Lahore 1978-79
97 NS Sidhu 2nd 4th Sialkot 1989-90
96 S Ramesh 2nd 2nd Delhi 1998-99
96 DB Vengsarkar 1st 1st Chennai 1986-87
96 SM Gavaskar 2nd 5th Bangalore 1986-87
94 SR Tendulkar 1st 1st Mohali 2004-05
93 CPS Chauhan 2nd 2nd Lahore 1978-79
93 KKD Karthik 2nd 2nd Kolkata 2004-05
92 NJ Contractor 1st 5th Delhi 1960-61
91 SM Gavaskar 1st 1st Chennai 1986-87
90 V Sehwag 2nd 2nd Lahore 2003-04

Pakistan

Score Batsman Inns Test Venue Season
99 Maqsood Ahmed 1st 3rd Lahore 1954-55
99 Javed Miandad 1st 1st Bangalore 1983-84
97 Waqar Hassan 2nd 5th Kolkata 1952-53
97 Wasim Raja 1st 2nd Delhi 1979-80
96 Zaheer Abbas 2nd 1st Faisalabad 1978-79
96 Hanif Mohammad 2nd 3rd Mumbai 1952-53
95 Shoaib Mohammad 2nd 1st Karachi 1989-90
94* Wasim Raja 1st 4th Kanpur 1979-80
94 Mohsin Khan 1st 1st Lahore 1982-83
94 Javed Miandad 1st 1st Chennai 1986-87
93 AH Kardar 2nd 5th Karachi 1954-55
91 Mohsin Khan 1st 6th Karachi 1982-83
91 Yasir Hameed 1st 1st Multan 2003-04
91 Asim Kamal 1st 1st Mohali 2004-05
90 Taslim Arif 1st 6th Kolkata 1979-80

Highest run-aggregate in a series
India

Runs Batsman Venue Series M I NO Ave HS 100 50 0
584 M Amarnath Pak 1982-83 6 10 2 73.00 120 3 3 0
569 SV Manjrekar Pak 1989-90 4 7 1 94.83 218 2 3 0
544 V Sehwag Ind 2004-05 3 6 0 90.66 201 2 1 0
529 SM Gavaskar Ind 1979-80 6 11 1 52.90 166 1 2 0

Pakistan

Runs Batsman Venue Series M I NO Ave HS 100 50 0
761 Mudassar Nazar Pak 1982-83 6 8 2 126.83 231 4 1 0
650 Zaheer Abbas Pak 1982-83 6 6 1 130.00 215 3 0 0
594 Javed Miandad Pak 1982-83 6 6 1 118.80 280* 2 1 0
583 Zaheer Abbas Pak 1978-79 3 5 2 194.33 235* 2 1 0
508 Younis Khan Pak 2004-05 3 6 1 101.60 267 2 1 1

Highest run-aggregate in India-Pakistan Tests
India

Runs Batsman M Inns NO Ave HS 100 50 0
2089 SM Gavaskar 24 41 4 56.46 166 5 12 1
1284 DB Vengsarkar 22 35 6 44.28 146* 2 8 2
1080 M Amarnath 18 28 4 45.00 120 4 5 1
1054 Kapil Dev 29 41 2 27.03 84 0 8 2
982 V Sehwag 6 10 0 98.20 309 3 2 1
911 PR Umrigar 15 19 2 53.59 117 5 2 0
855 SR Tendulkar 13 21 1 42.75 194* 2 5 2
804 R Dravid 9 15 0 53.60 270 3 2 1
801 RJ Shastri 15 22 1 38.14 139 3 3 3
769 M Azharuddin 12 19 0 40.47 141 3 3 1

Pakistan

Runs Batsman M Inns NO Ave HS 100 50 0
2228 Javed Miandad 28 39 6 67.52 280* 5 14 1
1740 Zaheer Abbas 19 25 5 87.00 235* 6 3 1
1431 Mudassar Nazar 18 25 2 62.22 231 6 3 0
1091 Imran Khan 23 29 8 51.95 135* 3 3 0
970 Hanif Mohammad 15 26 2 40.42 160 2 6 1
846 Salim Malik 22 29 5 35.25 107 3 2 2
753 Imtiaz Ahmed 15 27 1 28.96 135 1 6 4
713 Inzamam-ul-Haq 8 15 1 50.93 184 2 4 1

Record partnership for each wicket
India

Wkt Runs Batsmen Inn Tst Venue Season
1st 200 SM Gavaskar & K Srikkanth 1st 1st Chennai 1986-87
2nd 135 NS Sidhu & SV Manjrekar 2nd 1st Karachi 1989-90
3rd 336 V Sehwag & SR Tendulkar 1st 1st Multan 2003-04
4th 186 SV Manjrekar & RJ Shastri 1st 3rd Lahore 1989-90
5th 200 SM Patil & RJ Shastri 1st 2nd Faisalabad 1984-85
6th 143 M Azharuddin & Kapil Dev 1st 2nd Kolkata 1986-87
7th 155 RMH Binny & Madan Lal 1st 1st Bangalore 1983-84
8th 122 SMH Kirmani & Madan Lal 1st 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83
9th 149 PG Joshi & RB Desai 1st 1st Mumbai 1960-61
10th 109 HR Adhikari & Ghulam Ahmed 1st 1st Delhi 1952-53

Pakistan

Wkt Runs Batsmen Inn Tst Venue Season
1st 162 Hanif Mohammad & Imtiaz Ahmed 1st 4th Chennai 1960-61
2nd 250 Mudassar Nazar & Qasim Omar 1st 2nd Faisalabad 1984-85
3rd 451 Mudassar Nazar & Javed Miandad 1st 4th Hyderabad (Niaz) 1982-83
4th 287 Javed Miandad & Zaheer Abbas 1st 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83
5th 213 Zaheer Abbas & Mudassar Nazar 1st 2nd Karachi 1982-83
6th 207 Salim Malik & Imran Khan 1st 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83
7th 184 Abdul Razzaq & Kamran Akmal 2nd 1st Mohali 2004-05
8th 112 Imran Khan & Wasim Akram 1st 1st Chennai 1986-87
9th 70 Yousuf Youhana & Shoaib Akhtar 2nd 1st Multan 2003-04
  70 Mohammad Sami & Fazl-e-Akbar 1st 3rd Rawalpindi 2003-04
10th 104 Zulfiqar Ahmed & Amir Elahi 1st 4th Chennai 1952-53

Bowling records
Five wickets in an innings

India : 36 (21 in India, 15 in Pakistan)
Pakistan : 36 (24 in India, 12 in Pakistan)

Best bowling in an innings
India

Wkts Runs Bowler Inns Tst Venue Season
10 74 A Kumble 2nd 2nd Delhi 1998-99
8 52 MH Mankad 1st 1st Delhi 1952-53
8 85 Kapil Dev 1st 5th Lahore 1982-83
8 86 J Srinath 2nd Only Kolkata 1998-99
7 27 Maninder Singh 1st 5th Bangalore 1986-87
7 56 Kapil Dev 2nd 5th Chennai 1979-80
7 63 A Kumble 2nd 2nd Kolkata 2004-05
7 220 Kapil Dev 1st 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83

Pakistan

Wkts Runs Bowler Inns Tst Venue Season
8 60 Imran Khan 2nd 2nd Karachi 1982-83
8 69 Sikander Bakht 1st 2nd Delhi 1979-80
7 42 Fazal Mahmood 2nd 2nd Lucknow 1952-53

Best bowling in a match
India

Wkts Runs Bowler Tst Venue Season 1st 2nd
14 149 A Kumble 2nd Delhi 1998-99 4-75 10-74
13 131 MH Mankad 1st Delhi 1952-53 8-52 5-79
13 132 J Srinath Only Kolkata 1998-99 5-46 8-86
11 146 Kapil Dev 5th Chennai 1979-80 4-90 7-56
10 126 Maninder Singh 5th Bangalore 1986-87 7-27 3-99
10 161 A Kumble 2nd Kolkata 2004-05 3-98 7-63

Pakistan

Wkts Runs Bowler Tst Venue Season 1st 2nd
12 94 Fazal Mahmood 2nd Lucknow 1952-53 5-52 7-42
11 79 Imran Khan 2nd Karachi 1982-83 3-19 8-60
11 180 Imran Khan 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83 6-98 5-82
11 190 Sikander Bakht 2nd Delhi 1979-80 8-69 3-121
10 175 Iqbal Qasim 3rd Mumbai 1979-80 4-135 6-40
10 187 Saqlain Mushtaq 1st Chennai 1998-99 5-94 5-93
10 216 Saqlain Mushtaq 2nd Delhi 1998-99 5-94 5-122

Most wickets in a series
India

Wkts Bowler Venue Season Tests Balls Mdns Runs Best Ave 5WI 10WM
32 Kapil Dev Ind 1979-80 6 1271 53 566 7-56 17.69 3 1
25 MH Mankad Ind 1952-53 4 1592 100 514 8-52 20.56 3 1
24 Kapil Dev Pak 1982-83 6 1232 22 831 8-85 34.63 3 0
21 SP Gupte Pak 1954-55 5 1661 118 476 5-18 22.67 3 0
21 RB Desai Ind 1960-61 5 1295 34 625 4-66 29.76 0 0
21 A Kumble Ind 1998-99 2 587 24 312 10-74 14.86 2 1
20 Maninder Singh Ind 1986-87 4 1562 96 478 7-27 23.90 2 1

Pakistan

Wkts Bowler Venue Season Tests Balls Mdns Runs Best Ave 5WI 10WM
40 Imran Khan Pak 1982-83 6 1339 69 558 8-60 13.95 4 2
24 Sikander Bakht Ind 1979-80 5 1269 47 641 8-69 26.71 3 1
22 Khan Mohammad Pak 1954-55 4 1013 54 350 5-73 15.91 2 0
20 Fazal Mahmood Ind 1952-53 5 1374 74 512 7-42 25.60 2 1
20 Saqlain Mushtaq Ind 1998-99 2 899 37 403 5-93 20.15 4 2

Most wickets in India-Pakistan Tests
India

Wkts Bowler Tests Balls Mdns Runs Ave Best 5WI 10WM
99 Kapil Dev 29 5944 200 2982 30.12 8/85 7 1
54 A Kumble 9 2957 125 1484 27.48 10/74 4 2
37 MH Mankad 9 3172 230 913 24.68 8/52 4 1
34 SP Gupte 10 2753 182 852 25.06 5/18 3 -
27 DR Doshi 11 2438 103 1044 38.67 5/90 1 -
26 Maninder Singh 13 3200 142 1277 49.12 7/27 2 1
26 L Balaji 6 1354 43 821 31.58 5/76 1 -

Pakistan

Wkts Bowler Tests Balls Mdns Runs Ave Best 5WI 10WM
94 Imran Khan 23 5078 216 2260 24.04 8/60 6 2
45 Wasim Akram 12 2928 104 1299 28.87 5/96 2 -
44 Fazal Mahmood 14 3635 228 1080 24.55 7/42 4 1
39 Mahmood Hussain 14 3106 128 1293 33.15 6/67 2 -
36 Sarfraz Nawaz 9 2337 88 1058 29.39 5/70 1 -
34 Iqbal Qasim 15 3359 176 1334 39.24 6/40 2 1
28 Sikander Bakht 8 1737 60 952 34.00 8/69 3 1
27 Abdul Qadir 16 2559 74 1391 51.52 4/67 - -
26 Danish Kaneria 5 1647 47 847 32.58 6/150 2 -
25 Saqlain Mushtaq 4 1385 50 707 28.28 5/93 4 2

Allround records
A fifty and five wicket innings haul in same match
India

Player Performance Test Venue Season
Kapil Dev 84 & 7-56 5th Chennai 1979-80
Kapil Dev 73 & 5-102 2nd Karachi 1982-83
M Prabhakar 54* & 6-132 2nd Faisalabad 1989-90

Pakistan

Player Performance Test Venue Season
Imran Khan 117 & 6-98,5-82 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83

200 runs and 20 wickets in a series
India: Kapil Dev 278 runs (ave. 30.89) & 32 wickets (ave.17.69) 1979-80 in 6 Tests
Pakistan: Imran Khan 247 runs (ave.61.75) & 40 wickets (ave.13.95) 1982-83 in 6 Tests

Best career performances in India-Pakistan Tests
India : Kapil Dev 1054 runs (ave.27.03) & 99 wickets (ave.30.12) in 29 Tests
Pakistan: Imran Khan 1091 runs (ave.51.95) & 94 wickets (ave.24.04) in 23 Tests

Fielding records
Most catches in an innings
India :

Ct Fielder Inns Test Venue Season
5 M Azharuddin 1st 1st Karachi 1989-90

Pakistan : five players have taken three catches in the field

Most catches in a match
India :

Ct Fielder Test Venue Season
5 M Azharuddin 1st Karachi 1989-90

Pakistan :

Ct Fielder Test Venue Season
4 Imran Khan 4th Hyderabad (Niaz) 1982-83
4 Mudassar Nazar 3rd Nagpur 1983-84
4 Ijaz Ahmed 2nd Delhi 1998-99
4 Younis Khan 3rd Bangalore 2004-05

Most catches in India-Pakistan Tests

India : 19 SM Gavaskar 24 matches
  14 M Azharuddin 12 matches
  13 DB Vengsarkar 22 matches
  13 R Dravid 9 matches
  12 M Amarnath 18 matches
  12 VVS Laxman 9 matches
Pakistan : 18 Iqbal Qasim 15 matches
  18 Javed Miandad 28 matches
  17 Salim Malik 22 matches
  12 Mudassar Nazar 18 matches

Wicketkeeping records
Most dismissals in an innings
India

Dismissals Keeper Inns Test Venue Season
5 (all ct) SMH Kirmani 1st 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83
5 (all ct) NR Mongia 2nd Only Kolkata 1998-99

Pakistan : Two 'keepers have effected four dismissals on six occasions with Wasim Bari doing so five times

Most dismissals in a match
India

Dismissals Keeper Test Venue Season
8 (all ct) NR Mongia Only Kolkata 1998-99
6 (5 ct,1 st) NS Tamhane 5th Karachi 1954-55
6 (all ct) SMH Kirmani 5th Chennai 1979-80

Pakistan

Dismissals Keeper Test Venue Season
7 (6 ct,1 st) Wasim Bari 3rd Mumbai 1979-80
6 (5 ct,1 st) Kamran Akmal 2nd Lahore 2003-04
6 (5 ct,1 st) Kamran Akmal 2nd Kolkata 2004-05

Most dismissals in a series

India : 19 (12 ct,7 st) NS Tamhane 1954-55 in 5 Tests
  19 (17 ct,2 st) SMH Kirmani 1979-80 in 6 Tests
Pakistan : 17 (15 ct,2 st) Wasim Bari 1982-83 in 6 Tests
  16 (14 ct,2 st) Wasim Bari 1979-80 in 6 Tests

Most dismissals in India-Pakistan Tests
India : 50 (45 ct,5 st) SMH Kirmani 20 Tests
Pakistan: 55 (50 ct,5 st) Wasim Bari 18 Tests

Captaincy records:
India

Captain Tests Won Lost Drawn Start End Winning % Toss
L Amarnath 5 2 1 2 16 Oct 1952 15 Dec 1952 40.00 3
MH Mankad 5 0 0 5 01 Jan 1955 01 Mar 1955 0.00 1
NJ Contractor 5 0 0 5 02 Dec 1960 13 Feb 1961 0.00 1
BS Bedi 3 0 2 1 16 Oct 1978 19 Nov 1978 0.00 1
SM Gavaskar 13 2 3 8 21 Nov 1979 29 Oct 1984 15.38 6
GR Viswanath 1 0 0 1 29 Jan 1980 03 Feb 1980 0.00 1
Kapil Dev 8 0 1 7 14 Sep 1983 17 Mar 1987 0.00 4
K Srikkanth 4 0 0 4 15 Nov 1989 14 Dec 1989 0.00 2
M Azharuddin 3 1 2 0 28 Jan 1999 20 Feb 1999 33.33 1
R Dravid 2 1 1 0 28 Mar 2004 08 Apr 2004 50.00 2
SC Ganguly 4 2 1 1 13 Apr 2004 28 Mar 2005 50.00 3

Pakistan

Captain Tests Won Lost Drawn Start End Winning % Toss
AH Kardar 10 1 2 7 16 Oct 1952 01 Mar 1955 10.00 6
Fazal Mahmood 5 0 0 5 02 Dec 1960 13 Feb 1961 0.00 4
Mushtaq Mohammad 3 2 0 1 16 Oct 1978 19 Nov 1978 66.66 2
Asif Iqbal 6 0 2 4 21 Nov 1979 03 Feb 1980 0.00 3
Imran Khan 15 4 0 11 10 Dec 1982 14 Dec 1989 26.66 9
Zaheer Abbas 5 0 0 5 14 Sep 1983 29 Oct 1984 0.00 1
Wasim Akram 3 2 1 0 28 Jan 1999 20 Feb 1999 66.66 2
Inzamam-ul-Haq 6 2 3 1 28 Mar 2004 28 Mar 2005 33.33 1

Most appearances
India

Tests Player
29 Kapil Dev
24 SM Gavaskar
22 DB Vengsarkar
20 SMH Kirmani

Pakistan

Tests Player
28 Javed Miandad
23 Imran Khan
22 Salim Malik

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