MS Dhoni was ruled out for play and V Sehwag led India in this test. V Sehwag was leading India for the third occasion. The other two occasions were against Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad in Dec 2005 and against New Zealand at Napier in Mar 2009.

V Sehwag registered his first half century as captain when he scored 52 in this game. It was also his first fifty as a captain opener.

V Sehwag’s 52 in this game represent the 19^th half century by an Indian captain opener in a test innings. The break up read thus – NJ Contractor {04}, SM Gavaskar {14} and V Sehwag {01}

V Sehwag’s 52 in this game represent the 32^nd fifty by an Indian captain opener in a test innings. The break up read thus – NJ Contractor {04}, SM Gavaskar {25}, R Dravid {02}, and V Sehwag {01}

SR Tendulkar was playing his 266^th test innings in this test. He has now played most test innings in the annals of test cricket surpassing AR Border’s 265 test innings.

R Dravid was dismissed bowled in the first innings of this test. He has been dismissed bowled on 42 occasions in his test career. He is now on par with SR Tendulkar who also has been dismissed bowled on 42 occasions. R Dravid and SR Tendulkar share the Indian record of bowled dismissals. AR Border {53}, JR Reid {44} and JH Kallis {43} are the three batsmen who have been dismissed bowled on more occasions than R Dravid and SR Tendulkar.

R Dravid with his bowled dismissal in the first innings of this test went past GR Viswanath’s record of 41 bowled dismissals.

R Dravid’s dismissal for 4 in the first innings of this test provide the 46h occasion of his being dismissed in single digits in a test innings.

VVS Laxman was playing is 100^th test innings on away soil. He became the 24^th batsman overall and sixth Indian batsman in the annals of test cricket to play 100 test innings on away soil. The other five Indian batsmen are – SR Tendulkar {147}, R Dravid {129}, SM Gavaskar {106}, DB Vengsarkar {105} and SC Ganguly {104}.

SR Tendulkar completed 13000 test runs when he was on 30 during his first innings knock of 76 not out. At the end of the first day’s play, he had an aggregate of 13046 runs. He became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to complete 13000 runs in tests

VVS Laxman dismissal stumped in the first innings of this test provides the fourth occasion of his being dismissed stumped in his test career. The other three occasions are – for 45 against West Indies at Mumbai in Oct 2002, for 24 against Pakistan at Kolkata in Mar 2005 and for 25 against Sri Lanka at Col-PSS in Aug 2008

VVS Laxman joins the following Indian batsmen who have been dismissed stumped on four or more occasions – A Kumble {06}, FM Engineer {05}, SC Ganguly {04}, N Kapil Dev {04}, GS Ramchand {04}, DB Vengsarkar {04} and GR Viswanath {04}

KRD Karthik’s dismissal for zero in the first innings of this test provides the 62^nd occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring zero in test innings. He is the first Indian wicket keeper batsman to score a duck against Bangladesh.

SR Tendulkar registered his 98^th fifty when he scored 76 not out in the first innings of this test – {43 centuries and 55 half centuries}. AR Border {90 – 27 C plus 63 HC} and RT Ponting {90 – 39 C plus 51 HC } are the other two batsmen who have registered 90 plus fifties.

SR Tendulkar’s half century – 76 not out – in the first innings of this test is his 55^th half century. AR Border {63} and R Dravid {58} are the other two batsmen who have scored more half centuries than SR Tendulkar.

SR Tendulkar was playing his 91st test on away soil. His fifty – 76 not out – in the first innings of this test provide the 55^th fifty. His 55 fifties have taken him 50 tests on away soil

SR Tendulkar’s 76 not out in the first innings of this test provide the 55^th fifty on away soil – {24 C plus 31 HC}. R Dravid is the only other batsman to register 50 fifties on away soil {16 C plus 34 HC}