Third day’s play

V Sehwag was finally dismissed for 293 – caught and bowled by M Muralithran. Muralitharan with this caught and bowled has equaled A Kumble’s record of most caught and bowled dismissals – 35

V Sehwag became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed for scores between 290 and 299. The other three are – MD Crowe of New Zealand for 299 vs Sri Lanka at Wellington in Jan 91, IVA Richards of England for 291 against England at The Oval in Aug 76 and RR Sarwan of West Indies for 291 against England at Bridgetown in Feb 09

Tendulkar was bowled for 53 in the first innings providing the 42^nd occasion of his getting bowled in a test innings. It is an Indian record for a batsman who has been dismissed bowled on most occasions. R Dravid and GR Viswanath have been dismissed bowled on 41 occasions.

SR Tendulakar’s 42 occasions of bowled dismissals put him on par with JH Kallis of South Africa who also has been dismissed bowled on 42 occasion, Only AR Border of Australia {53} and JR Reid of New Zealand {44} have been dismissed bowled on more occasions than SR Tendulkar and JH Kallis.

SR Tendulkar’s 53 in this innings was his 24^th fifty on home soil which puts him on par with R Dravid who also has 24 fifties on home soil.

SR Tendulkar’s 53 in this innings represent the 97^th fifty of his test career – the most fifties scored by a batsman in the annals of test cricket. AR Border {90}, RT Ponting {87} and R Dravid {86} are the other batsmen who have scored 85 plus fifties.

R Dravid’s 74 provide the 58^th half century of his test career and only AR Border with 63 half centuries is ahead of R Dravid in terms of half centuries.

SR Tendulkar’s 53 represent his 12^th fifty against Sri Lanka. He now shares the series record for most fifties which is 12 with R Dravid and DPMD Jayawardene

This test was SR Tendulakar’s 22^nd appearance against Sri Lanka and holds the Indian as welll as the series record for most appearances in the series. M Muralitharan with 21 appearances holds the record for most appearances by Sri Lankan cricketer in the series

SR Tedulkar at the end of his innings in this test, has an aggregate of 1605 runs which is a record for most runs by an Indian batsman and also the series record.

HMRKB Herath conceded 240 runs in this test providing 26^th occasion of a bowler conceding 200 plus runs in a test innings.

HMRKB Herath conceded 240 runs in this test which represents the most expensive bowling in a test innings against India. JJ Kreza of Australia with 8 for 215 on his test debut at Nagpur had conceded most runs against India prior to Herath

Herath is the second Sri Lankan bowler to concede 200 plus runs in a test innings, after M Muralitharan who had figures of 2 for 224 against Australia at Perth in Dec 95. Herath’s figures of 3 for 240 represent the most expensive bowler by a Sri Lankan bowler in a test innings

Muralitharan’s 4 for 195 in this test represent his second most expensive figures of his test career in terms of runs conceded. His figures of 2 for 224 against Australia at Perth in Dec 95 remain the most expensive bowling figures of his test career.

India’s 726 for 9 declared in this test represent its highest team total. The previous best was 705 for 7 declared against Australia at Sydney in Jan 04. These are the only tow occasions of India posting a total of 700 plus runs.

India’s 726 for 9 declared in this test represent the 18^th occasion of a team posting a total of 700 plus runs in the annals of test cricket

Indian innings contained six fifties – M Vijay {87}, V Sehwag {293}, R Dravid {74}, SR Tendulkar {53}, VVS Laxman {62} and MS Dhoni {100*} providing the 29^th occasion of a test innings containing six or more fifties in the annals of test cricket.

Indian batsmen are involved in such a feat on five occasions including the one in the test at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. The other five occasions were – against New Zealand at Kanpur in Nov 76, against Australia at Kolkata in Mar 98, against England at The Oval in Aug 07 and against Pakistan at Kolkata in Nov 07.

The total aggregate of six batsmen who have scored fifties is 669 and remains the highest aggregate in all the five occasions accomplished by Indian batsmen. The previous highest aggregate was 598 against Pakistan at Kolkata in Nov 97.

The total aggregate of six batsmen who have scored fifties is 669 and remains the second highest aggregate in all the 29 occasions accomplished in the annals of test cricket by Indian batsmen. The highest aggregate is 729 achieved by England batsman against West Indies at Kingston in Apr 1930.

The aggregate of 729 achieved by six England batsman who registered fifties against West Indies at Kingston in Apr 1930 contained a triple hundred 325 scored by A Sandham who opened the innings for England. In India’s aggregate of 669 against Sri Lanka at Mumbai {BS} when six batsmen scored fifties, V Sehwag scored 293. These are the only two occasions of a batsmen scoring more than 250 runs in four occasions of 600 plus aggregate detailed in the next paragraph.

There are four occasions of aggregates of 600 plus runs when six batsmen have scored fifties in a test innings. They are – 729 by England batsmen against West Indies at Kingston in Apr 30, 669 by Indian batsmen against Sri Lanka at Mum-BS in Dec 09, 645 by Pakistan batsmen against India at Lahore in Dec 89 and 618 by West Indies batsmen against New Zealand at Wellington in Feb 95

MS Dhoni scored 100 not out in this test which was his third test hundred. Other two hundreds are – 148 vs Pakistan at Lahore in Jan 06 and 110 vs Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad in Nov 09.

MS Dhoni’s 100 not out in this test represent the 13^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a hundred in a test innings. MS Dhoni with three hundreds to his credit has registered most hundred by an Indian wicket keeper batsman. BK Kunderan, FM Engineer and SMH Kirmani are the other three wicket keepers who had scored two test hundreds.

MS Dhoni’s 100 not out in this test represent the second hundred by a wicket keeper batsman at Mumbai-BS. FM Engineer with his 121 against England Feb 73 was the other wicket keeper batsman to score a hundred at Mumbai-BS

MS Dhoni’s 100 not out represent the 156^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a hundred in the annals of test cricket. His knock also provides the eighth occasion of wicket keeper batsman scoring a hundred against Sri Lanka.

MS Dhoni and A Flower are the two wicket keeper batsmen to register hundreds against Sri Lanka on two occasions. MS Dhoni’s two hundreds are – 110 at Ahmedabad in Nov 09 and 100 not out at Mumbai BS in Dec 09. A Flower’s two hundreds are at – 105* at Col-SSC in Jan 98 and 129 at Harare in Nov 99.

MS Dhoni’s 100 not out in this test provide the ninth occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper registering a hundred in a test innings.

MS Dhoni became the second captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman to register two or more hundreds in the annals of test cricket, other being A Flower of Zimbabwe who has scored three hundreds. MS Dhoni’s two hundreds are – 110 vs Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad in Nov 09 and 100 not out vs Sri Lanka at Mumbai BS in Dec 09. A Flower’s three hundreds are at – 156 vs Pakistan at Harare Jan 95, 129 vs Sri Lanka at Harare in Nov 99 and 113* vs West Indies at Trinidad in Mar 00.

At the end of the third day of this test, Muralitharan has an aggregate of 97 wickets against India which is the most against India surpassing Imran Khan’s 94 wickets.