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8226; The other batsmen who have scored more than 30 hundreds in Tests before Kallis include Sachin Tendulkar India, 39 in 147 Tests, Sunil Gavaskar India,34 in 125, Brian Lara West Indies, 34 in 131, Ricky Ponting Australia, 34 in 116, Steve Waugh Australia, 32 in 168 and Matthew Hayden Australia, 30 in 94

8226; Kallis has scored 15 centuries in 107 innings in 65 Test matches at home and the other 15 in 93 innings and 53 away Tests.

8226; Abraham de Villiers became the first South African batsman to score a double hundred against India in Tests. The right-handed middle-order batsman is unbeaten on 217 off 333 balls with 17 fours and two sixes.

8226; Herschelle Gibbs, who made 196 at Port Elizabeth in 2001-02, held the previous record of highest individual score for South Africa against India in Tests.

8226; De Villiers also became the 13th South African batsman to score a double hundred in Tests. His previous highest score in Test cricket was 178 in 551 minutes off 352 balls with 15 fours and a six against the West Indies in Bridgetown in 2004-05.

8226; Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers set a new record for the highest partnership for South Africa against India by adding 256 for the fifth wicket. Andrew Hudson and Gary Kirsten 236 for the first wicket at Kolkata in 1996-97 held the previous record.

8226; The previous record for the best fifth-wicket stand for South Africa against India was held by Kallis and Lance Klusener. They added 164 runs in Bangalore 1999-2000.

8226;Their partnership was the second-best fifth-wicket stand overall for South Africa in Tests after Kallis and Ashwell Prince8217;s 267 against West Indies at St John8217;s in 2004-05.

30 OR MORE CENTURIES IN TESTS

Batsman 100s Mts Inngs Rate

S Tendulkar Ind 39 147 238 3.76

B Lara WI 34 131 232 3.85

S Gavaskar Ind 34 125 214 3.67

R Ponting Aus 34 116 193 3.41

S Waugh Aus 32 168 260 5.25

M Hayden Aus 30 94 167 3.13

J Kallis SA 30 118 200 3.93

Rate = No. of Tests/ No. of centuries

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Opponent M Inns Runs 100s

Australia 18 35 1188 3

Bangladesh 4 5 277 1

England 20 32 1412 5

India 10 18 868 2

New Zealand 14 23 1356 5

Pakistan 13 22 1149 4

Sri Lanka 12 21 639 8211;

West Indies 21 37 2073 7

Zimbabwe 6 7 679 3

Total 118 200 9641 30

At home 65 107 5235 15

Away 53 93 4406 15

HIGHEST SCORES SA vs IND

Score Batsman Venue/Season

217 AB de Villiers Ahmedabad, 2007-08

196 H Gibbs Port Elizabeth 2001-02

163 Andrew Hall Kanpur, 2004-05

159 Hashim Amla Chennai, 2007-08

155 Neil McKenzie Chennai, 2007-08

153 Daryll Cullinan Kolkata, 1996-97