Batsmen with twin 50 plus scores in a Test match against South Africa

Batsmen with twin 50 plus scores in a Test match against South Africa: Ajinkya Rahane silenced all his critics by completing twin centuries at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on the fourth day of the ongoing Test. In the first innings, batting at number five, Rahane scored a fighting 127 runs and ended his bad run in India at the same venue where he made his debut. He had become a subject of criticism for his inability to score runs in home conditions.

Rahane again came back to bat and played really well with skipper Virat Kohli to help India reach a score of 267 runs in the second innings. Together, they shared a partnership of 154 runs, the best in the series. With the help of this partnership, India reached 211/5 from being in a little worrisome position of 57/4.

Rahane ended day three at the score of 52 not out. This instance of Rahane reaching twin fifties was the 100th occasion of a batsman scoring twin fifties in a Test against South Africa. He came out to bat the next day morning in a little different mood as he scored runs little faster than he was doing on day three. Eventually, he went on to complete his second consecutive century and ended unbeaten at the score 100 after India declared the innings on 267/5.

The first player to achieve this feat was Australia’s Clem Hill (76, 142) almost 113 years ago. Before Ajinkya Rahane, the most recent player to hit twin fifties against South Africa was Angelo Matthews (63, 63*) in 2014 at Colombo.

Ajinkya Rahane proceeded to convert his fifties into twin hundreds in this Test. The last time a batsman managed to do a similar feat was David Warner (135, 145) at Cape Town. Likewise, the first batsman to hit twin century against South Africa in a Test was England’s Jack Russell (140, 111) in 1923.

Here is the list of Batsmen with twin 50 plus scores in a Test match against South Africa:

Stats by HR Gopala Krishna

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