I was looking at an old scorecard and spotted that India made 201 in both innings in Sydney in 1980-81. How often has a side made the same total in both innings?
India did indeed make 201 in both innings against Australia in Sydney in 1980-81, which turns out to be one of nine occasions that this has happened in Tests. India have done it three times in total: they
scored 136 and 136 v Australia in Calcutta in 1956-57, and 407 and 407 for 9 (the highest repeat total) against Pakistan in 2004-05, also at
Eden Gardens - but the real specialists are New Zealand, who have achieved the feat four times, while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have both
done it once.
Who has been Pakistan's most successful captain?
Going by matches won, in Tests it's Imran Khan and Javed Miandad, who were both in charge for 14 victories, ahead of Wasim Akram (12),
Inzamam-ul-Haq (11) and Waqar Younis (10). Miandad skippered in 34 Tests to Imran's 48, so his win percentage is better, although the
leader of those five is Waqar Younis, with 10 wins out of 17 or a 58.82% success rate. In one-day internationals it's the same quintet, but in a different order: Imran leads the way, with 75 victories (from 139 matches as captain), ahead of Akram (66 from 109), Inzamam (51 from 87), Waqar (37 from 62) and Miandad (26 from 62).
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