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MS Dhon’s 89 against Bangladesh at Mirpur was his 17^th half century by wicket keeper batsman. He now holds the record for most half centuries scored by an Indian wicket keeper batsman. The previous record was credited to FM Engineer who has scored 16 half centuries. The performance of these two wicket keepers are listed below

MS DHONI
No	Runs	Ins	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	51*	3	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	Dec 2005
2	64	2	v England	Mumbai	Mar 2006
3	69	3	v West Indies	St John’s	Jun 2006
4	51*	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	May 2007
5	76*	4	v England	Lord’s	Jul 2007
6	92	1	v England	The Oval	Aug 2007
7	57	2	v Pakistan	Delhi	Nov 2007
8	50*	1	v Pakistan	Kolkata	Nov 2007
9	52	3	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	Apr 2008
10	92	1	v Australia	Mohali	Oct 2008
11	68*	3	v Australia	Mohali	Oct 2008
12	56	1	v Australia	Nagpur	Nov 2008
13	55	3	v Australia	Nagpur	Nov 2008
14	53	2	v England	Chennai	Dec 2008
15	52	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	Apr 2009
16	56*	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	Apr 2009
17	89	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	Jan 2010
FM ENGINEER
No	Runs	Ins	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	65	1	v England	Chennai	Jan 1962
2	53	1	v West Indies	Kingston	Mar 1962
3	90	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	Feb 1965
4	87	3	v England	Leeds	Jun 1967
5	89	2	v Australia	Adelaide	Dec 1967
6	63	2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	Feb 1968
7	63	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	Feb 1968
8	77	1	v Australia	Kanpur	Nov 1969
9	59	2	v England	The Oval	Aug 1971
10	63	3	v England	Delhi	Dec 1972
11	75	1	v England	Kolkata	Dec 1972
12	66	3	v England	Mumbai (BS)	Feb 1973
13	86	2	v England	Lord’s	Jun 1974
14	64*	1	v England	Birmingham	Jul 1974
15	75	3	v West Indies	Delhi	Dec 1974
16	61	3	v West Indies	Kolkata	Dec 1974

MS Dhoni has scored three hundreds apart from his 17 half centuries and thus has a total of 20 fifties to his credit. The three centuries are – 148 vs Pakistan at Faisalabad in Jan 2006, 110 vs Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad in Nov 2009 and 100 not out vs Sri Lanka at Mumbai {BS} in Dec 2009.

FM Engineer has scored two hundreds apart from his 16 half centuries and thus has a total of 18 fifties to his credit. The two centuries are – 109 vs West Indies at Chennai in 1967 and 121 vs England at Mumbai {BS} in Feb 1973

MS Dhoni’s twenty fifties is the record for most fifties scored by an Indian wicket keeper batsman. The previous best was FM Engineer’s 18 fifties.

MS Dhoni’s 89 against Bangladesh at Mirpur was his tenth fifty as captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman. He emulated A Flower of Zimbabwe who has also scored ten fifties as wicket keeper cum captain.

As on date MS Dhoni and A Flower are the only two captains-cum-wicket keeper batsmen in the annals of test cricket to register ten fifties. The performance of these two batsmen are listed below

MS Dhoni of India
No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	92	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
2	68*	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
3	56	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
4	55	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
5	53	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
6	52	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
7	56*	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
8	110	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
9	100*	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
10	89	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24 Jan 2010
A Flower of Zimbabwe
No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	63	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Dec 1993
2	156	v Pakistan	Harare	31 Jan 1995
3	63	v South Africa	Harare	13 Oct 1995
4	58*	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Jan 1996
5	86	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
6	74	v Sri Lanka	Harare	26 Nov 1999
7	129	v Sri Lanka	Harare	26 Nov 1999
8	70*	v Sri Lanka	Harare	04 Dec 1999
9	113*	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000
10	66	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000

MS Dhoni’s 89 against Bangladesh at Mirpur was his eighth half century as captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman. He now holds the record for most half centuries by a captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman in the annals of test cricket. This record was previously credited to A Flower of Zimbambwe who had registered seven half centuries as captain-cum-wicket keeper

MS Dhoni with his eight dismissals against Bangladesh at Mirpur became the third captain-cum-wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to effect eight dismissals in a test match.

The other two captain-cum-wicket keepers who have effected eight dismissals in a test are – AJ Stewert of England {vs South Africa at Nottigham in Jul 98} and AC Gilchrist of Australia {vs Sri Lanka at Darwin in Jul 2004}

AC Gilchrist scored a half century {80} in the test against Sri Lanka in which he effected eight dismissals, while AJ Stewert did not score a half century in the match in which he effected eight dismissals. MS Dhoni scored a half century {89} against Bangladesh at Mirpur and effected eight dismissals in the test

Thus AC Gilchrist and MS Dhoni are the two wicket keeper captains in the annals of test cricket to score a fifty in an innings and effect eight dismissals in the test.

MS Dhoni’s 89 coupled with eight dismissals against Bangladesh at Mirpur provides the 13th occasion of a wicket keeper scoring fifty in an innings and effecting seven or more dismissals in a test match. All the 13 occasions are listed below

No	Wktkeepers	FI	SI	Total	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	DTLindsay	69	182	251	8	8	0	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec/1966
2	WasimBari	63	–	63	8	8	0	Pak	Eng	Leeds	Jul/1971
3	RWMarsh	56	–	56	8	8	0	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec/1975
4	SARSilva	111	–	111	9	8	1	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	Sep/1985
5	IAHealy	70	–	70	8	8	0	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	Jan/1996
6	MVBoucher	52	–	52	9	8	1	SAF	Pak	PElizabeth	Mar/1998
7	AJ Stewart	95	–	95	8	8	0	Eng	SAG	Durban	Dec/1999
8	ACGilchrist	75	–	75	10	10	0	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	Mar/2000
9	MV Boucher	63	–	63	8	8	0	SAF	Srl	Centurion	Nov/2002
10	ACGilchrist	–	80	80	8	8	0	Aus	Srl	Darwin	Jul/2004
11	ACGilchrist	62	–	62	9	8	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan/2007
12	BBMcCullum	89	–	89	8	8	1	NZl	Pak	Napier	Dec/2009
13	MSDhoni	89	–	89	8	5	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Australia vs Pakistan : Third one day game at Adelaide on 26.01.10. : Australia won by 40 runs

Younis Khan was playing his 200^th ODI game when he appeared in this game. He became the 12^th Pakistan cricketer to play 200 plus one day games. Others are – Inzamam-ul-Haq {378}, Wasim Akram {356}, Shahid Afridi {291}, Salim Malik {283}, Mohammad Yousuf {281}, Waqar Younis {262}, Izaz Ahmed {250}, Saeed Anwar {247}, Abdul Razzaq {237}, Javed Miandad {233} and Moin Khan {219}. Younis Khan scored 12 in his 200^th game.

CL White was playing his 50^th one day game when he appeared in this game. He scored 28 in this game.

SE Marsh’s 83 in this game represent his sixth one day half century and seventh one day fifty.

MJ Clarke scored 80 runs in this game which represents his 40^th one day half century and 44^th one day fifty.

RT Ponting failed to score in this game providing the 18^th occasion of his collecting duck in one day games. AC Gilchrist with 19 zeroes to his credit holds the record for most zeroes by an Australian batsman,

RT Ponting’s zero in this game was his eighth zero as captain of Australia. He is now on par with SR Waugh who also has scored eight zeroes while leading Australia.

Umar Gul conceded 80 runs in this game providing the 50th occasion of a Pakistan bowler conceding 70 plus runs in a one day game. It was the third occasion for Umar Gul to concede 70 plus runs. The other two are – against India at Kanpur on 11.01.07 when he had returned with figures of 10.0-0-70-1 and against Australia at Sydney on 24.01.10 when he retuned with figures of 10.0-0-70-1.

Umar Gul’s figures of 10.0-1.80-2 represent his most expensive one day figures. His figures represent the tenth occasion of a Pakistan bowler conceding 80 plus runs in a one day game

It is interesting to note that Umar Gul is the only bowler to bowl a maiden over amongst the Pakistan bowlers who have conceded 80 plus runs.

Umar Gul became the ninth bowler in the history of one day games to bowl a maiden over when a bowler has conceded 80 plus runs. The following table lists out all the nine occasions

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	KD Ghavri	11.0	1	83	0	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	07.06.75
2	MC Snedden	12.0	1	105	2	NZl	Eng	The Oval	09.06.83
3	PJW Allott	12.0	1	82	1	Eng	Srl	Taunton	11.06.83
4	B Lee	10.0	1	85	1	Aus	Pak	Cardiff	09.06.01
5	DJ Bravo	10.0	2	80	0	Win	Eng	Lord’s	06.07.04
6	R Telemachus	10.0	1	87	2	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	12.03.06
7	M Ntini	9.0	1	80	1	SAF	Win	Durban	01.02.08
8	Mahbubul Alam	9.0	1	84	2	Ban	Zim	Bulawayo	14.08.09
9	Umar Gul	10.0	1	80	2	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	26.01.10

RJ Harris captured 5 for 43 in this game. It was his second one day game. His figures of 10.0-0-43-5 represent the 323^rd occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games.

RJ Harris captured 5 for 43 in this game providing the 58th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. His figures also represent the 12^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets against Pakistan in an one day game

RJ Harris captured 5 for 43 in this game providing the 35th occasion of a bowler capturing five wickets in one day games against Pakistan. It is interesting to note that no bowler has captured five or more wickets against Pakistan in one day games.

Australia vs Pakistan: Second one day at Sydney on 24.01.10. Australia won by 140 runs

SR Watson and SE Marsh added 100 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 288^th occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions in one day games. Only India is ahead with 291 three figure partnerships.

SR Watson and SE Marsh added 100 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 67^th occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against various oppositions in one day games.

SR Watson and SE Marsh added 100 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the eighth occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against Pakistan in one day games.

SR Watson registered his 12^th ODI half century when he made 69 in this game. It was also his 15^th one day fifty.

CL White registered his sixth one day half century when he made 55 in this game. It was also his eighth one day fifty.

Umar Gul conceded 70 runs in this game providing the 49^th occasion of a Pakistan bowler conceding 70 plus runs in a one day game. It was the second occasion for Umar Gul to concede 70 plus runs. The first occasion was against India at Kanpur on 11.01.07 when he had returned with figures of 10.0-0-70-1

Mohammad Yousuf scored 58 in this game which was his 64^th one day half century and 79^th fifty.

Mohammad Yousuf scored 58 in this game providing the 105^th occasion of a Pakistan captain registering a fifty in one day games. It was the second fifty for Mohammad Yousuf as captain, the first being his 60 against South Africa at Rawalpindi on 10.10.03

Australia won this game by 140 runs providing the 48^th occasion of Australia winning a one day game by a margin of 100 plus runs. It is their third win against Pakistan by a margin of 100 plus runs. The three occasions are listed below

No	Aus	Won	Margin	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Aus	won	224 runs	Pak	Nairobi/G	30.08.02
2	Aus	won	152 runs	Pak	Sydney	04.02.00
3	Aus	won	140 runs	Pak	Sydney	24.01.10

Younis Khan was playing his 199^th one day game and scored zero. It was his 18^th zero in one day games.

Mahmudullah scored 96 not out and zero in the second test at Mirpur against India providing the 51^st occasion of a batsman scoring zero and ninety in the annals of test cricket.

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Tean	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	GHSTrott	0	92	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug/1893
2	C Hill	0	98	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan/1912
3	SJMcCabe	0	93	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec/1936
4	JHardstaffjnr	98	0	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Jan/1948
5	TWGraveney	92	0*	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar/1954
6	PBH May	0	91	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/1954
7	JW Guy	91	0	NZl	Ind	Kolkata	Dec/1955
8	RA McLean	93	0	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Feb/1957
9	P Roy	0	99	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Dec/1959
10	RBSimpson	92	0	Aus	Win	Brisbane	Dec/1960
11	PBH May	95	0	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul/1961
12	CG Borde	93	0	Ind	Win	Kingston	Mar/1962
13	Hanumant Singh	0	94	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Oct/1964
14	C Milburn	0	94	Eng	Win	Manchester	Jun/1966
15	JM Parks	91	0	Eng	Win	Lord’s	Jun/1966
16	ALWadekar	0	91	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun/1967
17	MAKPataudi	95	0	Ind	Aus	Mum-BS	Nov/1969
18	MushtaqMohammad	99	0	Pak	Eng	Karachi	Mar/1973
19	RB McCosker	0	95*	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Aug/1975
20	GJ Gilmour	95	0	Aus	Win	Adelaide	Jan/1976
21	GP Howarth	94	0	NZl	Eng	The Oval	Jul/1978
22	GA Gooch	0	91*	Eng	NZl	The Oval	Jul/1978
23	G Boycott	0	99*	Eng	Aus	Perth	Dec/1979
24	DL Haynes	92	0*	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	Apr/1983
25	S Wettimuny	0	96	Srl	Aus	Kandy	Apr/1983
26	DB Vengsarkar	94	0	Ind	Win	Antigua	Apr/1983
27	N Kapil Dev	98	0*	Ind	Win	Antigua	Apr/1983
28	KC Wessels	90	0	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec/1984
29	MW Gatting	0	96	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan/1987
30	K Srikkanth	94	0	Ind	NZl	Mumbai	Nov/1988
31	WV Raman	0	96	Ind	NZl	Christchurch	Feb/1990
32	AR Border	0	91*	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Jan/1992
33	KC Wessels	0	95*	SAF	Ind	PElizabeth	Dec/1992
34	GW Flower	96	0	Zim	Ind	Delhi	Mar/1993
35	BA Young	0	94	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	Jun/1994
36	A Ranatunga	0	90	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	Mar/1995
37	GP Thorpe	94	0	Eng	Win	Manchester	Jul/1995
38	SP Fleming	91	0	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	Nov/1997
39	MW Goodwin	0	91	Zim	Aus	Harare	Oct/1999
40	AM Blignaut	0	92	Zim	Win	Harare	Jul/2001
41	A Flower	92	0	Zim	Ind	Delhi	Feb/2002
42	AJ Hall	0	99*	SAF	Eng	Leeds	Aug/2003
43	Mohd Ashraful	98	0	Ban	Zim	Harare	Feb/2004
44	JA Rudolph	93*	0	SAF	NZl	Wellington	Mar/2004
45	T Taibu	92	0	Zim	Ban	Chittagong	Jan/2005
46	Shahid Afridi	92	0	Pak	Eng	Faisalabad	Nov/2005
47	IK Pathan	0	93	Ind	Srl	Delhi	Dec/2005
48	MohdYousuf	0	97	Pak	Ind	Karachi	Jan/2006
49	HH Gibbs	0	92	SAF	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug/2006
50	KP Pietersen	0	96	Eng	Pak	The Oval	Aug/2006
51	Mahmudullah	96*	0	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Mahmadullah is the second Bangladesh batsman to register a zero and ninety in a test after Mohammad Ashraful who had scored 98 and Zero against Zimbabwe at Harare in Feb 2004

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Tot	Tean	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	MohdAshraful	98	0	98	Ban	Zim	Harare	Feb/2004
2	Mahmudullah	96*	0	96	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Third day and Fourh day’s highlights

MS Dhoni effected five dismissals {03 ct plus 02 st} and scored 89 against Bangladesh at Mirpur providing the sixth occasion of a wicket keeper effective five or more dismissals and scoring fifty in the annals of test cricket.

MS Dhoni has achieved such a feat for the second occasion, the first occasion was against New Zealand when he scored 52 and 56 not out and effected six dismissals.

MS Dhoni and AC Gilchrist are the only two wicket keepers to have performed such a feat on two occasions.

Tamim Iqbal scored zero and 151 in this test providing the 133^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a zero and hundred in the annals of test cricket. His zero and 151 in this test provides the 28^th occasion of a batsman scoring zero and 150 in a test.

Raquibul Hasan of Bangladesh returned with figures of 1.0-1-0-1 in India’s first innings which made him the fifth bowler in the annals of test cricket to have captured a wicket in the only bowled by a bowler to capture a wicket without conceding a run. Others are AW Nourse of South Africa {vs Eng} BAG Murray of New Zealand {vs India}, Wasim Raja of Pakistan {vs Aus} and DR Martyn of Australia {vs Eng}

Rubel Hossain returned with figures of 28.0-1-115-0 in this game providing the 21^st occasion of Bangladesh bowler conceding 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket.

Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique added 200 runs for the second wicket providing the first occasion of Bangladesh batsmen posting 200 runs partnership for any wicket in tests. Their previous best was 191 runs for the sixth wicket between Mohammad Ashraful and Mushfiqur Rahim against Sri Lanka in Jul 2007

Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique added 200 runs for the second wicket providing the first occasion of Bangladesh batsmen posting 200 runs partnership for any wicket in tests on home soi. Their previous best on home soil was 187 runs for the second wicket between Habibul Bashar and Shahriar Nafees against Australia at Fatullah in Apr 2006.

Thus the 200 runs partnership between Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique represents not only the highest three figure partnership for any wicket but also for the second wicket.

Tamim Iqbal’s 151 in the third innings of the test match between Bangladesh and Ind at Mirpur went in vain providing the 19^th occasion that a batsman’s 150 plus runs scored in third innings of test was in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket.

Tamim Iqbal’s 151 in the test match between Bangladesh and Ind at Mirpur went in vain providing the 24th occasion of an opening batsman’s 150 plus runs scored in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket.

In this test rival teams posted 200 plus runs partnerships. R Dravid and SR Tendulkar posted 222 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket {before R Dravid was retired hurt} in India’s first innings, while Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddiqe added 200 runs for the second wicket in Bangladesh’s second innings. This instance provides 28^th occasion of rival teams posting 200 plus runs in the annals of test cricket

Zaheer Khan’s 7 for 87 in the second innings of this test provides the eighth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing seven or more wickets in an innings on away soil. Zaheer Khan is the first Indian bowler to achieve the feat against Bangladesh on away soil. All the seven occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ins	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	SP Gupte	7	162	2	Win	Port of Spain	Jan/53
2	EAS Prasanna	8	76	3	NZl	Auckland	Jan/76
3	N Kapil Dev	7	220	2	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan/83
4	N Kapil Dev	8	85	1	Pak	Lahore	Jan/83
5	N Kapil Dev	8	106	1	Aus	Adelaide	Dec/85
6	A Kumble	8	141	2	Aus	Sydney	Jan/04
7	IK Pathan	7	59	1	Zim	Harare	Sep/05
8	Z Khan	7	87	3	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10

Zaheer Khan earned the distinction of becoming the tenth Indian bowler to capture ten or more wickets on away soil with his ten wickets in this test . He is the second bowler after Irfan Pathan to capture ten plus wickets against Bangladesh. Irfan Pathan has captured 11 for 96 at Dhaka in Dec 2004. BS Chandrashekhar has the best figures of 12 for 104 against Australia at Melbourne in Dec 1977 in this category of statistics. All the ten occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	Runs	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	EAS Prasanna	11	140	NZl	Auckland	Jan/76
2	BS Bedi	10	194	Aus	Perth	Dec/77
3	BSChandrasekhar	12	104	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/77
4	C Sharma	10	188	Eng	Birmingham	Jul/86
5	BKV Prasad	10	153	SAF	Durban	Dec/96
6	A Kumble	12	279	Aus	Sydney	Jan/04
7	IK Pathan	11	96	Ban	Dhaka	Dec/04
8	IK Pathan	12	126	Zim	Harare	Sep/05
9	HarbhajanSingh	10	153	Srl	Galle	Jul/08
10	Z Khan	10	149	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10

Zaheer Khan’s ten wicket haul – 10 for 149 – in this test represents his best match bowling effort and his first ten wickets hauls in a test. His previous best match effort was 9 for 134 against England at Nottingham in July 07. His previous best on home soil was at Bangalore against 6 for 137 against New Zealand in Dec 2002

Zaheer Khan’s ten wicket haul – 10 for 149 – in this test represents the 39^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets. Zaheer Khan became the 22^nd Indian bowler to capture ten or more wickets in a test match

Zaheer Khan’s 7 for 87 in the second innings of this test represent his ninth five wicket haul and also his best innings bowling effort. His previous best was 5 for 29 against New Zealand at Hamilton in Dec 2002. All his nine five wicket hauls are furnished below

No	O	M	R	W	Ins	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	20.3	2	87	7	3	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10
2	13.2	4	29	5	2	NZl	Hamilton	Dec/02
3	10.0	1	34	5	2	Ban	Dhaka	May/07
4	25.0	8	53	5	2	NZl	Wellington	Dec/02
5	18.0	2	65	5	2	NZl	Wellington	Apr/09
6	21.0	5	72	5	3	Srl	MumBS	Dec/09
7	27.0	10	75	5	3	Eng	Nottingham	Jul/07
8	29.5	4	91	5	1	Aus	Bangalore	Oct/08
9	23.0	2	95	5	1	Aus	Brisbane	Dec/03

Mahmudullah scored 96 not out and zero in this test providing the 51^st occasion of a batsman scoring zero and ninety in a test match. Mahmadullah is the second Bangladesh batsman to register a zero and ninety in a test after Mohammad Ashraful who had scored 98 and Zero against Zimbabwe at Harare in Feb 2004

MS Dhoni’s 89 coupled with seven dismissals in this provides the 27^th occasion of a wicket keeper scoring fifty in an innings and effecting seven or more dismissals in a test match.

India won this test by ten wickets providing the seventh occasion of India winning a test by ten wickets. The following table lists out all seven occasions

No	Margin	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	10 wkts	Pak	Mum-BS	Nov 1952
2	10 wkts	Pak	Chennai	Jan 1980
3	10 wkts	NZl	Hyd-Ind	Dec 1988
4	10 wkts	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2001
5	10 wkts	Zim	Harare	Sep 2005
6	10 wkts	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 2009
7	10 wkts	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2010

In the second test between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur, rival teams posted 200 plus runs partnerships. R Dravid and SR Tendulkar posted 222 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket {before R Dravid was retired hurt} in India’s first innings, while Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddiqe added 200 runs for the second wicket in Bangladesh’s second innings. This instance provides 28^th occasion of rival teams posting 200 plus runs in the annals of test cricket. All these 28 occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	HLCollins/JMGregory	3	209	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov/21
	CNFrank/AWNourse	4	206	3	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Nov/21
2	LEGAmes/ASandham	4	249	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	Apr/30
	GAHeadley/RKNunes	2	227	4	Win	Eng	Kingston	Apr/30
3	AMelville/ADNourse	3	319	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Jun/47
	DCSCompton/NWDYardley	5	237	3	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Jun/47
4	EDWeekes/FMMWorrell	4	283	2	Win	Eng	Nottingham	Jul/50
	RTSimpson/CWashbrook	1	212	3	Eng	Win	Nottingham	Jul/50
5	CLWalcott/FMMWorrell	4	213	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	Mar/53
	VLManjrekar/PRoy	2	237	3	Ind	Win	Kingston	Mar/53
6	RGArcher/KRMiller	6	206	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	May/55
	DSAtkinson/CCDepeiaza	7	347	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May/55
7	WMLawry/RBSimpson	1	382	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	May/65
	RBKanhai/SMNurse	3	200	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May/65
8	RCFredericks/LGRowe	2	269	1	Win	NZl	Kingston	Feb/72
	GMTurner/KJWadsworth	6	220	2	NZl	Win	Kingston	Feb/72
9	GSChappell/IMChappell	3	264	1	Aus	NZl	Wellington	Mar/74
	BECongdon/BFHastings	4	229	2	NZl	Aus	Wellington	Mar/74
10	GSChappell/GNYallop	4	217	1	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	Mar/80
	JavedMiandad/TaslimArif	3	223*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar/80
11	CGGreenidge/DLHaynes	1	296	2	Win	Ind	Antigua	Apr/83
	PJLDujon/CHLloyd	6	207	2	Win	Ind	Antigua	Apr/83
	MAmarnath/ADGaekwad	2	200	3	Ind	Win	Antigua	Apr/83
12	SMPatil/RJShastri	5	200	1	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Oct/84
	M Nazar/QasimUmar	2	250	2	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct/84
13	MAmarnath/SMGavaskar	2	224	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan/86
	DCBoon/GRMarsh	1	217	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	Jan/86
14	JavedMiandad/SaleemMalik	4	322	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	Jun/92
	RASmith/AJStewart	3	227	2	Eng	Pak	Birmingham	Jun/92
15	SChanderpaul/BCLara	5	219	1	Win	Eng	Antigua	Apr/94
	MAAtherton/RASmith	3	303	2	Eng	Win	Antigua	Apr/94
16	MAzharuddin/SRTendulkar	4	221	1	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	Aug/97
	STJayasuriya/RSMahanama	2	576	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	Aug/97
17	JHKallis/GKirsten	2	238	1	SAF	Eng	Manchester	Jul/98
	MAAtherton/AJStewart	3	226	3	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul/98
18	JLLanger/MATaylor	2	279	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct/98
	IjazAhmed/SaeedAnwar	2	211	2	Pak	Aus	Peshawar	Oct/98
18	RDravid/SRTendulkar	3	249	1	Ind	Zim	Nagpur	Nov/00
	ADRCampbell/AFlower	4	209	3	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	Nov/00
20	HHGibbs/GKirsten	2	227	1	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Sep/03
	GPThorpe/METrescothick	3	268	2	Eng	SAF	The Oval	Sep/03
21	ABdeVilliers/GCSmith	1	245	1	SAF	Win	Antigua	Apr/05
	JHKallis/AGPrince	5	267	1	SAF	Win	Antigua	Apr/05
	CHGayle/RRSarwan	2	331	2	Win	SAF	Antigua	Apr/05
22	MohdYousuf/YounisKhan	3	319	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Jan/06
	RDravid/VSehwag	1	410	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	Jan/06
23	MSDhoni/IKPathan	6	210	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan/06
	MohdYousuf/YounisKhan	3	242	3	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Jan/06
24	IRBell/KPPietersen	4	286	1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jul/08
	NDMcKenzie/GCSmith	1	204	3	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	Jul/08
25	ANCook/AJStrauss	1	229	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Feb/09
	DRamdin/RRSarwan	6	261	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Feb/09
26	PDCollingwood/MJPrior	5	218	1	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar/09
	SCChanderpaul/BPNash	5	234	2	Ein	Eng	Trinidad	Mar/09
27	MSDhoni/RDravid	6	224	1	Ind	Srl	Ahmedabad	Nov/09
	MJayawardene/PJayawardene	6	351	2	Srl	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov/09
28	RDravid/SRTendulkar	3	222*	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10
	JunaidSiddique/TamimIqbal	2	200	3	Win	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/10

Tamim Iqbal’s 151 in the test match between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur went in vain providing the 24th occasion of an opening batsman’s 150 plus runs scored in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket. All the 24 occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	JWZulch	150	3	SAF	Aus	Sydney	Mar/1911
2	JBHobbs	154	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Jan/1925
3	HSutcliffe	176	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Jan/1925
4	AJackson	164	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Feb/1929
5	HSutcliffe	161	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug/1930
6	LHutton	202*	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	Aug/1950
7	LHutton	156*	2	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Feb/1951
8	MHMankad	184	3	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jun/1952
9	DLAmiss	174	3	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	Feb/1974
10	DLAmiss	203	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	Aug/1976
11	ACHudson	163	2	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	Apr/1992
12	SLCampbell	170	1	Win	NZl	Hamilton	Dec/1999
13	VVSLaxman	167	3	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2000
14	MLHayden	203	1	Aus	Ind	Chennai	Mar/2001
15	GKirsten	153	3	SAF	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2002
16	MPVaughan	177	1	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Nov/2002
17	MLHayden	177	3	Aus	Win	St John’s	May/2003
18	HHGibbs	183	1	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Sep/2003
19	VSehwag	195	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/2003
20	HHGibbs	161	2	SAF	Eng	Johannesburg	Jan/2005
21	VSehwag	201	2	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	Mar/2005
22	METrescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov/2005
23	FawadAlam	168	3	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul/2009
24	TamimIqbal	151	3	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010