Arun Jaitley Stadium Test records: Delhi Test match records and highest successful run chase

Dixit Bhargav | 16/02/2023
Arun Jaitley Stadium Test records: Delhi Test match records and highest successful run chase

The second Test match of the ongoing Australia’s tour of India in Delhi will commence from tomorrow after a three-day break got converted into a five-day break due to the hasty culmination of the first Test match in Nagpur last week.

Arun Jaitley Stadium, which had hosted South Africa for matches in both the white-ball formats last year, will be hosting a Test match after more than half-a-decade.

India, who’ve played each one of the 35 Tests in the national capital starting from 1948, have won 13 and lost six while drawing the remaining 15 matches over the years.

Australia, on the other hand, have won one and lost three out of their seven Test matches here. Set to play a Test at this venue after a decade, senior Australian cricketers namely David Warner, Steven Smith and Nathan Lyon were part of their Playing XI in 2013.

Arun Jaitley Stadium Test records

Highest Test run-scorers at the Arun Jaitley Stadium are Sachin Tendulkar (759), Dilip Vengsarkar (671), Sunil Gavaskar (668), Rahul Dravid (635) and Sourav Ganguly (582). Best Test batters here among active cricketers are:

Batter Matches Runs Highest Average 100 50
Virat Kohli (IND) 3 467 243 77.83 1 2
Cheteshwar Pujara (IND) 3 248 82* 49.6 0 2
Ajinkya Rahane (IND) 3 246 127 49.2 2 0
Dinesh Chandimal (SL) 1 200 164 100 1 0
Shikhar Dhawan (IND) 2 144 67 36 0 1

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Unlike the batters, there are a couple of active cricketers in the list of highest wicket-takers in Test matches played at this stadium. Historically, Anil Kumble (58), Kapil Dev (32), Ravichandran Ashwin (28), Bhagwath Chandrasekar (23) and Vinoo Mankad (22). As far as current cricketers are concerned, the best bowlers are:

Bowlers Matches Wickets Average Economy SR
Ravichandran Ashwin (IND) 4 27 20.11 2.35 51.2
Ravindra Jadeja (IND) 3 19 16.89 1.72 58.7
Nathan Lyon (AUS) 1 9 18.33 4.26 25.7
Ishant Sharma (IND) 5 9 49.11 2.86 103
Umesh Yadav (IND) 2 7 18.42 2.18 50.5

Highest innings totals in Delhi Test matches and highest successful run chase

Score Overs Team Opposition Year
644/8d 214 West Indies India 1959
631 183.4 West Indies India 1948
613/7d 161 India Australia 2008
577 179.3 Australia India 2008
566/8d 142.2 India West Indies 1979

A total of 11 run-chases have been sealed in the 35 Tests played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The record for the highest successful run-chase is jointly shared by West Indies (in 1987) and India (in 2011) for chasing down a 276-run target against one another.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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