India's home season 2019-20 began with a three-match T20I series against South Africa two weeks ago and now both the teams will face off each other in a three-Test series that starts from 2 October in Visakhapatnam.
India has been excellent in Test cricket especially at home for the last 4 years and given their recent form and team strength they should continue to enjoy their good run. This series is also the part of World Test Championship so all Test matches are important for both the sides.
In 2015's home series India beat South Africa by 3-0 while in 2018 away series they lost by 2-1. And now they will look to snatch back the Freedom trophy. Ahead of the series, we're looking at these two teams' Test rivalry in numbers.
All the numbers you need to know about India vs South Africa Test history :
Head to Head -
| Venue | Tests | Won by IND | Won by SA | Drawn | Tied |
| India | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| South Africa | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Highest team totals -
643/6d - India at Kolkata, 2010
627 - India at Chennai, 2008
620/4d - South Africa at Centurion, 2010
563 - South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2001
558/6d - South Africa at Nagpur, 2010
Lowest team totals -
66 - India at Durban, 1996
76 - India at Ahmedabad, 2008
79 - South Africa at Nagpur, 2015
84 - South Africa at Johannesburg, 2006
100 - India at Durban, 1996
Most runs -
1741 - Sachin Tendulkar
1734 - Jacques Kallis
1528 - Hashim Amla
1334 - AB de Villiers
1306 - Virender Sehwag
Highest individual scores -
319 - Virender Sehwag at Chennai, 2008
253* - Hashim Amla at Nagpur, 2010
217* - AB de Villiers at Ahmedabad, 2008
201* - Jacques Kallis at Centurion, 2010
196 - Herschelle Gibbs at Port Elizabeth, 2001
Highest batting averages (Min 500 runs) -
69.36 - Jacques Kallis
53.20 - Ajinkya Rahane
52.92 - Daryll Cullinan
50.23 - Virender Sehwag
47.37 - Virat Kohli
Most hundreds -
7 - Jacques Kallis / Sachin Tendulkar
5 - Hashim Amla / Virender Sehwag
4 - Mohammad Azharuddin
3 - Gary Kirsten / AB de Villiers
Most runs in a Test series -
498 - Jacques Kallis in SA, 2010/11
490 - Hashim Amla in IND, 2010
388 - Mohammad Azharuddin in IND, 1996/97
372 - Virender Sehwag in IND, 2008
341 - Neil McKenzie in IND, 2008
Most wickets -
84 - Anil Kumble
65 - Dale Steyn
64 - Javagal Srinath
60 - Harbhajan Singh
58 - Morne Morkel
Best bowling figures in an innings -
8/64 - Lance Klusener at Kolkata, 1996
7/51 - Dale Steyn at Nagpur, 2010
7/66 - R Ashwin at Nagpur, 2015
7/84 - Allan Donald at Port Elizabeth, 1992
7/87 - Harbhajan Singh at Kolkata, 2004
Best bowling averages (Min 25 wickets) -
13.89 - Ravindra Jadeja
17.31 - Allan Donald
17.57 - R Ashwin
18.82 - Vernon Philander
19.63 - Shaun Pollock
Most five wickets in an innings -
5 - Dale Steyn
4 - R Ashwin / Harbhajan Singh / Javagal Srinath
3 - R Jadeja / Venkatesh Prasad / Allan Donald / Anil Kumble
2 - Shaun Pollock / S Sreesanth
Most wickets in a Test series -
31 - R Ashwin in IND, 2015
23 - Ravindra Jadeja in IND, 2015
21 - Dale Steyn in SA, 2010/11
20 - Allan Donald in SA, 1996/97
20 - Allan Donald in SA, 1992/93
