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Stats: Sreesanth's 3-45 best in 7 Tests this year

December 30, 2010 09:21 IST

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Statistical highlights on the fourth day of the second cricket Test between India [ Images ] and South Africa [ Images ] in Durban, on Wednesday. India won the Test by 87 runs to level the three-match series 1-1.

# India registered their second win against South Africa in South Africa. India won the 2006-07 Johannesburg Test by 123 runs.

# India's aforesaid victory is their seventh (lost 12 and drawn seven) out of 26 played against South Africa - success percentage 26.92.

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# India have won eight, lost three and drawn three out of 14 played this year -- success percentage 57.14.

# India's tally of eight wins this year is exceeded only by England [ Images ] -- 9 wins, three losses and two drawn --- out of 14 played -- winning percentage 64.28.

# South Africa have lost three Tests in succession at Kingsmead, Durban -- to Australia [ Images ] by 175 runs in March 2009, to England by an innings and 98 runs in December 2009 and to India by 87 runs in December 2010.

# S Sreesanth [ Images ] (3/45) registered his best performance in seven Tests this year, obliterating the 3 for 121 against New Zealand [ Images ] at Hyderabad last month.

# Zaheer Khan [ Images ] (47 at 21.97) and Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] (43 at 40.69) are the leading wicket-takers for India in 2010.

# India have recorded 14 wins against three losses and six drawn games out of 23 played under Dhoni's captaincy -- success percentage 60.86.

# Amongst the captains with a minimum of 15 Tests as captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ], with a success percentage of 60.86 is the fourth in the history of Test cricket, next only to Steve Waugh [ Images ] (71.92), Don Bradman (62.50) and Ricky Ponting [ Images ] (62.33).

# Dhoni is the first Indian captain to record a winning percentage of 60.00.

# VVS Laxman [ Images ] received the Man of the Match award for the fifth time in Tests -- his first against South Africa.

# The two leading run-getters in the present series are - Jacques Kallis [ Images ] -- 228 (avg 114.00) and Hashim Amla [ Images ] -- 189 (avg 63.00).

# Dale Steyn [ Images ] (15 at 16.60) and Morne Morkel [ Images ] (12 at 19.08) and Harbhajan Singh (8 at 31.12) are the three leading wicket-takers in the series so far.

# Laxman's 96 is his second highest for a winning cause against South Africa, next only to the 143 not out at Kolkata [ Images ] in February this year.

# Laxman's highest ever for a winning cause is his career-best 281 against Australia at Kolkata in March 2001.

# Dhoni is the leading run-getter for India in the present series, aggregating 179 in four innings.