Wanderers cricket stadium Test records: Johannesburg will host the second Test match between South Africa and India from Monday.
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The second Test match of the ongoing India’s tour of South Africa will be played in Johannesburg from tomorrow. India playing a whole Test match on weekdays will be a rare occasion in modern-day cricket.
The Wanderers, which had last hosted a Test match exactly a year ago against Sri Lanka, will be hosting India after four years. Already 1-0 up in the series, India are a victory away from registering their maiden Test series victory in South Africa.
Coming on the back of a 113-run victory in Centurion, India would be confident of doing well in Johannesburg for two out of their four Test victories in South Africa have come here in the past. An even bigger morale-booster is the fact that India have never lost a Test match in Johannesburg.
South Africa, on the other hand, have won 18, lost 13 and drawn 11 out of their 42 Tests at The Wanderers till date. Having said that, the hosts will have to improve significantly in order to defeat an in-form Indian Test team.
Wanderers cricket stadium Test records
In Jacques Kallis (1,148), Hashim Amla (1,144), Graeme Smith (910), AB de Villiers (775) and Hansie Cronje (683), the Top five highest run-scorers in Johannesburg Tests are all former South Africans captains.
Former New Zealand batter John Reid (316), who had played a couple of Tests between 1961-62, is the highest run-scorer among overseas cricketers at this venue. Below is the list of Top five run-scorers in Johannesburg Tests among active players:
| Batter | Matches | Runs | Highest | Average | 100 | 50 |
| Dean Elgar (SA) | 8 | 523 | 127 | 43.58 | 1 | 2 |
| Aiden Markram (SA) | 4 | 347 | 157 | 49.57 | 1 | 1 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 2 | 310 | 119 | 77.50 | 1 | 2 |
| Temba Bavuma | 6 | 236 | 95* | 29.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Root | 2 | 231 | 110 | 77 | 1 | 2 |
Struggling to reach to the three-figure mark in Test cricket for quite a long time now, India batter Cheteshwar Pujara (229) is behind captain Virat Kohli among active Indian players with most runs in Johannesburg.
Much like the batters, the Top five highest wicket-takers here are also former South African bowlers namely Makhaya Ntini (53), Shaun Pollock (53), Dale Steyn (50), Allan Donald (44) and Vernon Philander (41). Below is the list of Top five wicket-takers in Centurion Tests among active players:
| Bowler | Matches | Wickets | Average | SR | 5 |
| Kagiso Rabada (SA) | 5 | 24 | 20.54 | 36.8 | 1 |
| Anrich Nortje (SA) | 2 | 15 | 19.4 | 27.4 | 2 |
| Duanne Olivier (SA) | 2 | 13 | 14 | 21.2 | 1 |
| Stuart Broad (ENG) | 3 | 13 | 18.07 | 40.2 | 1 |
| Mohammed Shami IND) | 2 | 11 | 20.81 | 38.4 | 1 |
In addition to Shami, Ishant Sharma (8), Jasprit Bumrah (7) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4) are the other active Indian bowlers with Test wickets in Johannesburg.
