India has almost an even success at Delhi
By
Keshavamurthy C
Tuesday, January 29 2002 16:00 Hrs (IST)
Delhi has so far hosted 13 Limited Overs Internationals (LOIs) at two grounds - 11 at Ferozshah Kotla Ground (FKG) and 2 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (JNS). The two matches held at JNS are between India-Australia in 1984/85 and India-South Africa in 1991/92.
Out of these 13 LOIs, two World Cup matches have been played here in both of which India has figured (vs Australia in 1987 and vs Sri Lanka in 1996) India had won against Australia but lost against Sri Lanka.
England has never played against India at this venue although it has appeared in an LOI and won a match here when it played against Sri Lanka in 1989/90. India has played in all but two matches (an Australia-Zimbabwe match was also held in 1997/98) and has almost an even success rate as it has won 6 and lost 5 matches.
The first match was held here way back in 1982/83 between India and Sri Lanka in which India triumphed. After over two years an LOI is staged here - the last encounter being on November 17 1999 when India had registered an easy victory over New Zealand.
The close encounters have been when India lost by 20 runs when it could not chase 196 in 45 overs vs West Indies in 1989/90 and Zimbabwe narrowly lost by 16 runs scaring Australia when it made 278 for nine while chasing a Australia's 294 for three.
Records given here under are confined to Delhi center irrespective of the two grounds. (All records are prior to the scheduled India-England match at this venue on 31st January 2002):
| Highest Total: |
| |
| For India |
289/6 |
-50 |
vs Australia |
1987/88 |
| |
289/3 |
-50 |
vs New Zealand |
1994/95 |
| Against India |
288/2 |
-50 |
by South Africa |
1991/92 |
However the highest total recorded for a visiting side in an LOI is by Australia (294/3 in 50.0 overs vs Zimbabwe in 1997/98) and highest by England is 196/5 vs Sri Lanka in 1989/90.
| Lowest Total: |
| |
| For India |
172 |
-40.5 |
vs Australia |
1984/85 |
| Against India |
182 |
-45.4 |
by New Zealand |
1994/95 |
| Highest Indiaividual Score: |
| |
| For India |
137 |
SR Tendulkar |
vs Sri Lanka |
1995/96 |
| Against India |
107 |
KC Wessels |
(Australia) |
1984/85 |
Highest by an England player is 81* by RA Smith vs Sri Lanka in 1989/90
| Other Centurions are: |
| |
| 102 |
RL Dias(SL) |
|
1982/83 |
| 109 |
RJ Shastri(Ind) |
vs South Africa |
1991/92 |
| 105 |
SV Manjrekar(Ind) |
vs South Africa |
1991/92 |
| 145 |
RT Ponting(Aus) |
vs Zimbabwe |
1997/98 |
Those who have narrowly missed the three figure mark are:
| For India |
95 |
K Srikkanth |
vs Sri Lanka |
1982/83 |
| |
90 |
A Jadeja |
vs New Zealand |
1994/95 |
| |
| Against India |
90 |
KC Wessels |
by South Africa |
1991/92 |
| Best Bowling: |
| |
| For India |
3/19 |
M Azharuddin |
vs Australia |
1987/88 |
| Against India |
6/41 |
IVA Richards |
by West Indies |
1989/90 |
CG Rackemann of Australia is the other player to take 4WI (4/41 vs India in 1984/85)
Best by an England player is 3/38 by PAJ De Freitas vs Sri Lanka in 1989/90
| Best Partnership for each wicket: |
| |
| 1st |
117 |
DJ Gandhi/SC Ganguly |
India/New Zealand |
1999/00 |
| 2nd |
219 |
RT Ponting/ME Waugh |
Australia/Zimbabwe |
1997/98 |
| 3rd |
175 |
M Azharuddin/SR Tendulkar |
India/Sri Lanka |
1995/96 |
| 4th |
110 |
AO Malhotra/SM Patil |
India/Sri Lanka |
1982/83 |
| 5th |
131* |
A Ranatunga/HP Tilakaratne |
Sri Lanka/India |
1995/96 |
| 6th |
51 |
Kapil Dev/RJ Shastri |
India/Australia |
1984/85 |
| 7th |
102* |
GC Dyer/SR Waugh |
Australia/India |
1986/87 |
| 8th |
29 |
ALF De Mel/HM Goonatilake |
Sri Lanka/India |
1982/83 |
| 9th |
11 |
Kapil Dev/CJ Sharma |
India/Australia |
1984/85 |
| 10th |
18* |
AG Huckle/HH Streak |
Zimbabwe/Australia |
1997/98 |
| Century Partnerships other than above: |
| |
| 1st wkt |
100 |
AD Jadeja/SR Tendulkar |
India/New Zealand |
1994/95 |
| |
| 2nd wkt |
175 |
RJ Shastri/SV Manjrekar |
India/South Africa |
1991/92 |
| |
170 |
RL Dias/S Wettimuny |
Sri Lanka/India |
1982/83 |
| |
134 |
K Srikkanth/DB Vengsarkar |
India/Sri Lanka |
1982/83 |
| |
128 |
KC Wessels/KJ Hughes |
Australia/India |
1984/85 |
| |
111 |
KC Wessels/PN Kirsten |
South Africa/India |
1991/92 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| 3rd wkt |
121 |
A Flower/GW Flower |
Zimbabwe/Australia |
1997/98 |
| |
105* |
PN Kirsten/AP Kuiper |
South Africa/India |
1991/92 |
| |
103 |
AJ Lamb/RA Smith |
England/Sri Lanka |
1989/90 |
| |
102 |
R Lamba/DB Vengsarkar |
India/Australia |
1986/87 |
| Most Dismisals (3 or more) |
| |
| For India: |
1 ct 2 st |
SC Khanna |
vs Australia |
1984/85 |
| Against India: |
2 ct 1 st |
W Phillips |
(Australia) |
1984/85 |
| Chronological order of matches played: |
| |
| 15.09.1982 |
Sri Lanka |
277/8 |
-50 |
|
India |
281/4 |
-40.5 |
|
India won by 6 wkts |
| 28.09.1984 |
Australia |
220/9 |
-48 |
|
India |
172 |
-40.5 |
|
Aus won by 48 runs |
| 02.10.1986 |
Australia |
238/6 |
-45 |
|
India |
241/7 |
-44 |
|
India won by 3 wkts |
| 13.01.1987 |
Sri Lanka |
208/6 |
-44 |
|
India |
209/4 |
-41.3 |
|
India won by 6 wkts |
| 27.10.1987 |
India |
289/6 |
-50 |
|
Australia |
233 |
-49 |
|
India won by 56 runs |
| 15.10.1989 |
Sri Lanka |
193 |
-48.3 |
|
England |
196/5 |
-48.4 |
|
Eng won by 5 wkts |
| 23.10.1989 |
WI |
196/9 |
-45 |
|
India |
176 |
-41.4 |
|
WI won by 20 runs |
| 14.11.1991 |
India |
287/4 |
-50 |
|
South Africa |
288/2 |
-46.4 |
|
SA won by 8 wkts |
| 03.11.1994 |
India |
289/3 |
-50 |
|
New Zealand |
182 |
-45.4 |
|
India won by 107 runs |
| 02.03.1996 |
India |
271/3 |
-50 |
|
Sri Lanka |
272/4 |
-48.4 |
|
SL won by 6 wkts |
| 11.04.1998 |
Australia |
294/3 |
-50 |
|
Zimbabwe |
278/9 |
-50 |
|
Aus won by 16 runs |
| 14.04.1998 |
India |
227 |
-49.3 |
|
Australia |
231/6 |
-48.4 |
|
Aus won by 4 wkts |
| 17.11.1999 |
New Zealand |
179/9 |
-50 |
|
India |
181/3 |
-44 |
|
India won by 7 wkts |
India/England's record after the match at Kanpur on 28.01.2002:
| |
P |
W |
L |
NR |
Td |
| INDIA: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Overall |
487 |
223 |
243 |
18 |
3 |
| At Home |
166 |
93 |
68 |
4 |
1 |
| Vs England |
40 |
19 |
20 |
1 |
- |
| |
| ENGLAND |
|
|
|
|
|
| Overall |
340 |
168 |
161 |
9 |
2 |
| In Abroad |
218 |
96 |
115 |
6 |
1 |
| |
| Captaincy: |
|
|
|
Toss Won |
Toss Lost |
| SC Ganguly |
55 |
28 |
27 |
24 |
31 |
| N Hussain |
26 |
15 |
11 |
8 |
18 |
| A Kumble |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
