Eerie similarities between Tests at Cape Town and Melbourne featuring India

The Bharat Army — India’s answer to England’s Barmy Army — have shared an interesting similarities about India’s ongoing Melbourne Test against Australia and India’s 1997 Test against South Africa at Cape Town.   In 1997 at Cape Town, hosts South Africa batted first and scored 529 in their first innings. In 2014 at Melbourne,...

The Bharat Army — India’s answer to England’s Barmy Army — have shared an interesting similarities about India’s ongoing Melbourne Test against Australia and India’s 1997 Test against South Africa at Cape Town.

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In 1997 at Cape Town, hosts South Africa batted first and scored 529 in their first innings.
In 2014 at Melbourne, hosts Australia batted first and scored 530 in their first innings.

In 1997 at Cape Town, India’s # 4 batsman, Sachin Tendulkar, scored 169 in the first innings.
In 2014 at Melbourne, India’s #4 batsman, Virat Kohli, scored 169 in the first innings.

In 1997 at Cape Town, when Sachin Tendulkar, India’s best batsman, scored his hundred, he had only three hundreds at home.
In 2014 at Melbourne, when Virat Kohli, India’s best batsman, scored his hundred, he had only three hundreds at home.

In 1997 at Cape Town, a player from Karnataka [Dodda Ganesh] made his Test debut.
In 2014 at Melbourne, a player from Karnataka [Lokesh Rahul] made his Test debut.

In 1997 at Cape Town, Nayan Mongia, the Indian wicketkeeper, took four catches in the South African first innings.
In 2014 at Melbourne, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian wicketkeeper, took four catches in the Australian first innings.

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