Stats: Occasions when most players scored double digit scores in a Test inning

Indian captain Virat Kohli was the only one who failed to cross 10 in the team's first innings at Galle as he got out scoring just 3 runs.

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Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli leaves the pitch after being dismissed.
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Though India might not be happy with the way they prolonged their innings on the 2nd day after scoring 399 for loss of just 3 wickets on day 1. However, lower order contributions were the positive feature for the team as they added 83 runs for the last 2 wickets thanks to Hardik Pandya’s efforts with the tail after they lost 5 wickets for 118 runs before that on the morning of day 2.

This Indian inning witnessed 10 of the 11 players scoring in double digits which is the 10th such instance for them in Test cricket where 10 or more batsmen scored in the double digits in the same inning. Indian captain Virat Kohli was the only one who failed to cross 10 as he got out for just 3 runs. The last time more than 10 Indian players scored 10 or higher runs in an innings was in 2007 at The Oval where all the 11 Indian batsmen got into double digits in their first innings against England.

It was the 4th instance of all the 11 players scoring in double digits in a Test inning for India; the most such occurrences for any team. So far only 13 instances have been recorded in Test cricket where all 11 players of a side scored more than 10 runs in the same innings.

India’s innings at Galle is the 78th instance where exactly 10 players scored in double digits. Among those 78 instances, India’s innings was the only instance where the only player in a Test inning who couldn’t get into double digits was the team’s captain. This meant Virat Kohli became the first ever player to fail to get into double figures as a captain when the remaining 10 players managed it in the inning.

Instances when 10 and more players scored double digit scores for India in a Test inning:

Number of playersInnsOppositionVenueRuns scored by playersHS100s50sStart Date
112PakistanKolkata3721101112-Dec-1952
112New ZealandDunedin343800215-Feb-1968
111New ZealandKanpur498700618-Nov-1976
104AustraliaAdelaide410860428-Jan-1978
101PakistanKolkata301620229-Jan-1980
101EnglandThe Oval5671872223-Aug-1990
102EnglandLord’s3701311120-Jun-1996
102ZimbabweBulawayo5391402213-Sep-2005
111EnglandThe Oval610110*159-Aug-2007
101Sri LankaGalle5811902226-Jul-2017

 

All 11 players adding double digit scores in a Test inning:

TeamInnsOppositionVenueRuns scored by playersHS100s50sStart Date
England3AustraliaMelbourne4691731129-Dec-1894
South Africa1EnglandJohannesburg3601021110-Mar-1906
England2AustraliaSydney6262511214-Dec-1928
South Africa2AustraliaMelbourne3401111031-Dec-1931
Australia1IndiaMelbourne567153136-Feb-1948
India2PakistanKolkata3721101112-Dec-1952
India2New ZealandDunedin343800215-Feb-1968
India1New ZealandKanpur498700618-Nov-1976
Australia3Sri LankaColombo (SSC)413680417-Aug-1992
England1West IndiesThe Oval422720419-Aug-2004
India1EnglandThe Oval610110*159-Aug-2007
West Indies1AustraliaBridgetown422103*137-Apr-2012
South Africa1EnglandJohannesburg292460014-Jan-2016

 

(Stats as on July 27, 2017)

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