Stats: Teams with highest percentage of dot balls in an innings since 2000

India vs South Africa final Test of a four-match Test series at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi created many records in Test cricket. One of the records was the highest percentage of dot balls in an innings since 2000.

Now, South Africa holds the record of playing percentage of dot balls the most in an innings in the Delhi match after the innings ended at 91.96% of dot balls in the fourth innings. They played 790 dot balls out of 859 balls faced. Though they failed to draw the match but showed a respectable fight on a tough pitch.

Actually, The Protease team traditionally holds the records of playing most percentage of dot balls in an innings since 2000. They are in all of the top five lists while Bangladesh is at no.6 position. All of these South African innings came in the last innings of the match just like the Delhi match, while Bangladesh innings was the 1^st innings of the match.

Here is the list of highest percentage of dot balls played by a team innings since 2000:

Highest percentage of dot balls in a team innings since 2000 (Minimum: 600 balls)
Team	Against	Balls	Dots	Dot%	Venue	Year
South Africa	India	859	790	91.96	Delhi	2015
South Africa	Sri Lanka	669	589	88.04	Colombo (SSC)	2014
South Africa	West Indies	975	843	86.46	Georgetown	2005
South Africa	Australia	889	762	85.71	Adelaide	2012
South Africa	Australia	812	696	85.71	Cape Town	2014
Bangladesh	New Zealand	733	626	85.40	Chittagong	2008

 

As per the list, South Africa drew successfully in the second, third and fourth match against Sri Lanka, West Indies and Australia respectively in the above list; while they lost against Australia at Cape Town  just like this Delhi match. Bangladesh lost the match against New Zealand.