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Rahul Dravid Test record against South Africa

1996-11-20 – 2011-01-02 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 21 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 40 batting innings and 0 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
Discipline	Innings	Runs	Wickets / outs	Average	Strike rate
Batting	40	1,252	37	33.83	34.86
Bowling	0	0	0	N/A	N/A

Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.

Batting milestones in this sample: 2 centuries and 5 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 3,591.

CAREER BY FORMAT

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by year

1996209 runs
1997243 runs
200094 runs
2001102 runs
2004181 runs
200649 runs
200776 runs
2008178 runs
201084 runs
201136 runs

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2011	1	2	36	31	18.00	28.12	0	0	4	128	N/A	N/A	N/A
2010	2	4	84	43	21.00	37.16	0	0	11	226	N/A	N/A	N/A
2008	3	5	178	111	44.50	36.10	1	0	25	493	N/A	N/A	N/A
2007	1	2	76	47	38.00	39.58	0	0	10	192	N/A	N/A	N/A
2006	2	4	49	32	12.25	35.00	0	0	8	140	N/A	N/A	N/A
2004	2	3	181	80	90.50	34.15	0	2	17	530	N/A	N/A	N/A
2001	2	4	102	87	25.50	36.55	0	1	12	279	N/A	N/A	N/A
2000	2	4	94	37	23.50	27.48	0	0	15	342	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	2	4	243	148	60.75	40.70	1	1	33	597	N/A	N/A	N/A
1996	4	8	209	56	29.85	31.47	0	1	29	664	N/A	N/A	N/A

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
Setting	Matches	Bat inns	Runs	Bat avg	Bat SR	Bowl inns	Wickets	Bowl avg
Home	10	18	628	39.25	32.48	0	0	N/A
Away	11	22	624	29.71	37.63	0	0	N/A

SCORECARD MILESTONES

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1996-11-20
First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Narendra Modi Stadium
1997-01-16
Highest recorded innings · 148 runs
Test v South Africa · The Wanderers Stadium
2011-01-02
Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Newlands

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
Date	Venue	Innings	Runs	Balls	Wickets	Conceded
2011-01-02	Newlands	4	31	112	-	-
2011-01-02	Newlands	2	5	16	-	-
2010-12-26	Kingsmead	3	2	7	-	-
2010-12-26	Kingsmead	1	25	68	-	-
2010-12-16	SuperSport Park	3	43	109	-	-
2010-12-16	SuperSport Park	1	14	42	-	-
2008-04-11	Green Park	4	18	29	-	-
2008-04-11	Green Park	2	29	106	-	-
2008-04-03	Narendra Modi Stadium	3	17	41	-	-
2008-04-03	Narendra Modi Stadium	1	3	26	-	-
2008-03-26	MA Chidambaram Stadium	2	111	291	-	-
2007-01-02	Newlands	3	47	134	-	-
2007-01-02	Newlands	1	29	58	-	-
2006-12-26	Kingsmead	4	5	25	-	-
2006-12-26	Kingsmead	2	11	23	-	-
2006-12-15	The Wanderers Stadium	3	1	9	-	-
2006-12-15	The Wanderers Stadium	1	32	83	-	-
2004-11-28	Eden Gardens	4	47	104	-	-
2004-11-28	Eden Gardens	2	80	247	-	-
2004-11-20	Green Park	2	54	179	-	-

This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.