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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. All the 19 occasions are listed below

Nov	Batsmen	Runs	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	WLMurdoch	153*	3	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep/1880
2	KSRanjitsinhji	154*	3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul/1896
3	VTTrumper	185*	3	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec/1903
4	JWZulch	150	3	SAF	Aus	Sydney	Mar/1911
5	DCSCompton	184	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Jun/1948
6	MHMankad	184	3	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jun/1952
7	SaeedAhmed	166	3	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Nov/1959
8	PRUmrigar	172*	3	Ind	Win	Trinidad	Apr/1962
9	DLAmiss	174	3	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Feb/1974
10	DBVengsarkar	157	3	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jun/1982
11	ARBorder	152*	3	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov/1985
12	VVSLaxman	167	3	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2000
13	GJWhittall	188*	3	Zim	NZl	Harare	Sep/2000
14	AFlower	199*	3	Zim	SAF	Harare	Sep/2001
15	GKirsten	153	3	SAF	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2002
16	MLHayden	177	3	Aus	Win	St John’s	May/2003
17	JARudolph	154*	3	SAF	NZl	Auckland	Mar/2004
18	FawadAlam	168	3	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul/2009
19	TamimIqbal	151	3	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Zaheer Khan earned the distinction of becoming the tenth Indian bowler to capture ten or more wickets on away soil with his 10 for 149 at Mirpur in the second test against Bangladesh. 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/1976
2	BS Bedi	10	194	Aus	Perth	Dec/1977
3	BSChandrasekhar	12	104	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/1977
4	C Sharma	10	188	Eng	Birmingham	Jul/1986
5	BKV Prasad	10	153	SAF	Durban	Dec/1996
6	A Kumble	12	279	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2004
7	IK Pathan	11	96	Ban	Dhaka	Dec/2004
8	IK Pathan	12	126	Zim	Harare	Sep/2005
9	HarbhajanSingh	10	153	Srl	Galle	Jul/2008
10	Z Khan	10	149	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Zaheer Khan’s 7 for 87 in the second innings at Mirpur against Bangladesh 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/1953
2	EAS Prasanna	8	76	3	NZl	Auckland	Jan/1976
3	N Kapil Dev	7	220	2	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan/1983
4	N Kapil Dev	8	85	1	Pak	Lahore	Jan/1983
5	N Kapil Dev	8	106	1	Aus	Adelaide	Dec/1985
6	A Kumble	8	141	2	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2004
7	IK Pathan	7	59	1	Zim	Harare	Sep/2005
8	Z Khan	7	87	3	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/2010

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 England} BAG Murray of New Zealand {vs India}, Wasim Raja of Pakistan {vs Australia} and DR Martyn of Australia {vs England}

The following list shows all the five bowlers with the details of bowling analysis, teams which they represented, opposition, ground, month and year

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	AWNourse	1.0	1	0	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	Jan/1910
2	BAGMurray	1.0	1	0	1	NZl	Ind	Wellington	Feb/1968
3	WasimRaja	1.0	1	0	1	Pak	Aus	Perth	Nov/1981
4	DRMartyn	1.0	1	0	1	Aus	Eng	Perth	Nov/2002
5	RaqibulHasan	1.0	1	0	1	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Tamim Iqbal scored zero and 151 against India at Mirpur providing the 133^rd occasion of a batsman registering zero and hundred in the annals of test cricket.

Tamim Iqbal’s feat o zero and 151 provides the 28th occasion of a batsman scoring zero and 150 in the annals of test cricket. All the 28 occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
No	WLMurdoch	0	153*	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep/1880
1	CHill	188	0	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Jan/1898
2	GBLegge	196	0	Eng	NZl	Auckland	Feb/1930
3	ADNovurse	0	231	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	Dec/1935
4	MLApte	0	163*	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	Feb/1953
5	ImtiazAhmed	209	0	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Oct/1955
6	HanifMohammad	160	0	Pak	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec/1960
7	SMNurse	201	0	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May/1965
8	DLAmiss	158	0	Eng	Pak	Hyd-Pak	Mar/1973
9	AsifIqbal	0	152*	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	Dec/1976
10	DWRandall	0	150	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan/1979
11	IVARichards	0	182*	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Mar/1981
12	IVARichards	208	0	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/1984
13	MDCrowe	174	0	NZl	Pak	Wellington	Feb/1989
14	AC udson	163	0	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	Apr/1992
15	KLTArthurton	157*	0	Win	Aus	Brisbane	Nov/1992
16	NRMongia	152	0	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Oct/1996
17	MWGoodwin	0	166*	Zim	Pak	Bulawayo	Mar/1998
18	DJCullinan	168	0	SAF	Win	Cape Town	Jan/1999
19	SaeedAnwar	0	188*	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	Feb/1999
20	TMDilshan	163*	0	Srl	Zim	Harare	Nov/1999
21	SLCampbell	170	0	Win	NZl	Hamilton	Dec/1999
23	MPVaughan	0	183	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2003
24	RTPonting	242	0	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec/2003
25	SPFleming	192	0	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	Dec/2003
26	BCLara	153	0	Win	Pak	Kingston	Jun/2005
27	AJStrauss	0	177	Eng	NZl	Napier	Mar/2008
28	TamimIqbal	0	151	Ban	Ind	Mirpur	Jan/2010

Tamim Iqbal became the third Bangladesh batsman after Javed Omr and Mohammad Ashraful to score a zero and hundred in a test, but earned the distinction of becoming the first Bangladesh batsman to score zero and 150 in a test match

No	Batsmen	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Javed Omar	119	0	Ban	Pak	Peshawar	Aug 2003
2	MohdAshraful	0	129*	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2007
3	Tamim Iqbal	0	151	Ban	Ind	Mirpur	Jan 2010

MS Dhoni’s 89 coupled with seven dismissals against Bangladesh at Mirpur provides the 27^th occasion of a wicket keeper scoring fifty in an innings and effecting seven or more dismissals in a test match. All the 27 occasions are listed below {Note : Stats as of the third day of the test between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur – 26.01.10}

No	Wktkeepers	FI	SI	Total	Dis	Ct	St
		Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	DT Lindsay	69	182	251	8	8	0
		SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec/1966
2	DT Lindsay	–	60	60	7	7	0
		SAF	Aus	P Elizabeth	Mar/1970
3	Wasim Bari	63	–	63	8	8	0
		Pak	Eng	Leeds	Jul/1971
4	RW Marsh	56	–	56	8	8	0
		Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec/1975
5	PJL Dujon	51	–	51	7	7	0
		Win	Aus	Adelaide	Jan/1982
6	PJL Dujon	77	–	77	7	7	0
		Win	Aus	Adelaide	Dec/1984
7	SAR Silva	111	–	111	9	8	1
		Srl	Ind	Colo-PSS	Sep/1985
8	CI Dunusinghe	–	91	91	7	7	0
		Srl	NZl	Napier	Mar/1995
9	IA Healy	70	–	70	8	8	0
		Aus	Srl	Adelaide	Jan/1996
10	IA Healy	–	63	63	7	7	0
		Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug/1997
11	MV Boucher	52	–	52	9	8	1
		SAF	Pak	P Elizabeth	Mar/1998
12	AJ Stewart	95	–	95	8	8	0
		Eng	SAG	Durban	Dec/1999
13	AC Gilchrist	75	–	75	10	10	0
		Aus	NZl	Hamilton	Mar/2000
14	Rashid Latif	71	–	71	7	7	0
		Pak	Eng	Manchester	May/2001
15	AC Gilchrist	54	–	54	7	6	1
		Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug/2001
16	MV Boucher	63	–	63	8	8	0
		SAF	Srl	Centurion	Nov/2002
17	MV Boucher	–	52	52	7	7	0
		SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Aug/2003
18	Khaled Mashud	–	61	61	7	5	2
		Ban	Zim	Harare	Feb/2004
19	T Taibu	59	58	117	7	5	2
		Zim	Ban	Harare	Feb/2004
20	AC Gilchrist	–	80	80	8	8	0
		Aus	Srl	Darwin	Jul/2004
21	AC Gilchrist	94	–	94	7	5	2
		Aus	v ICC	Sydney	Oct/2005
22	MV Boucher	53	–	53	7	7	0
		SAF	Ind	Durban	Dec/2006
23	AC Gilchrist	62	–	62	9	8	1
		Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan/2007
24	MS Dhoni	52	56*	108	7	7	0
		Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr/2009
24	BB McCullum	89	–	89	8	8	1
		NZl	Pak	Napier	Dec/2009
26	BJ Haddin	88	–	88	7	7	0
		Aus	Win	Perth	Dec/2009
27	MS Dhoni	89	–	89	7	5	2
		Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/2010

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. The following list shows all the five occasions

No	Wktkeeper	Runs	Dis	Ct	St
	Team	Opp	Ground	Series
1	DLLindsay	69+182	5	5	0
	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	1966/67
2	MVBoucher	63	5	5	0
	SAF	Srl	Centurion	2002/03
3	ACGilchrist	133	5	4	1
	Aus	Eng	Sydney	2002/03
4	ACGilchrist	62	5	5	0
	Eng	Aus	Sydney	2006/07
5	MSDhoni	52+56*	6	6	0
	Ind	NZl	Wellington	2008/09
5	MSDhoni	89	5	3	2
	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	2009/10

MS Dhoni and AC Gilchrist are the only two wicket keepers in this list to have achieved the distinction on two occasions.

No	Wktkeeper	Runs	Dis	Ct	St
	Team	Opp	Ground	Series
1	ACGilchrist	133	5	4	1
	Aus	Eng	Sydney	2002/03
2	ACGilchrist	62	5	5	0
	Eng	Aus	Sydney	2006/07
1	MSDhoni	52+56*	6	6	0
	Ind	NZl	Wellington	2008/09
2	MSDhoni	89	5	3	2
	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	2009/10

MS Dhoni of India and Mushfiqar Rahim of Bangladesh effected five dismissals each in the first and innings of the test match between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur providing the seventh occasion of rival wicket keepers effecting five or more dismissals in a test innings of the same test match. All the seven occasions are listed below

No	Wktkeeper	Dis	Ct	St	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	ATWGrout	5	5	0	1	Aus	Pak	Lahore	Nov/1959
2	ImtiazAhmed	5	4	1	2	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Nov/1959
1	HBTaber	5	5	0	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec/1966
2	DTLindsay	6	6	0	2	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec/1966
1	RWTaylor	5	5	0	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Dec/1978
2	JAMaclean	5	5	0	2	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Dec/1978
1	IAHealy	5	5	0	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec/1990
2	RCRussell	6	6	0	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/1990
1	HPTillakaratne	5	5	0	1	Srl	NZl	Hamilton	Feb/1991
2	IDSSmith	7	7	0	2	NZl	Srl	Hamilton	Feb/1991
1	AJStewart	5	5	0	1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun/1998
2	MVBoucher	5	5	0	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	Jun/1998
1	MSDhoni	5	3	2	1	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/2010
2	MushfiqurRahim	5	4	1	2	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010

SR Tendulkar and R Dravid were concerned in a 222 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket against Bangladesh at Mirpur. This stand provided SR Tendulkar the fifteenth 200 plus runs partnership for various wickets in a test innings. With this partnership, Tendulkar is on par with RT Ponting of Australia who is also one of the partners in 200 plus runs partnerships on 15 occasions.

SR Tendulkar and RT Ponting are the only two batsmen who have fifteen 200 plus runs partnerships to their credit in the annals of test cricket.

The following table lists out the 200 runs partnerships of these two batsmen with details of partners, wickets for which runs were added, runs, innings, opposition, ground, month and year arranged in the chronological order

SR Tendulkar of Australia
No	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MAzharuddin	5	202	1	Win	Nagpur	Dec 1994
2	SCGanguly	3	255	1	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 1996
3	MAzharuddin	6	222	2	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 1997
4	MAzharuddin	4	221	1	Srl	Col- RPS	Aug 1997
5	SCGanguly	4	256	1	Srl	Mumbai	Dec 1997
6	SCGanguly	4	281	1	NZl	Ahmedabad	Oct 1999
7	RDravid	3	229	3	NZl	Mohali	Oct 1999
8	RDravid	3	249	1	Zim	Nagpur	Nov 2000
9	RDravid	3	213	2	Zim	Delhi	Nov 2000
10	VSehwag	5	220	1	SAF	Bloemfontein	Nov 2001
11	SCGanguly	4	249	1	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
12	VVSLaxman	5	214	3	Win	Kolkata	Oct 2002
13	VVSLaxman	4	353	1	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2004
14	VSehwag	3	336	1	Pak	Multan	Mar 2004
15	RDravid	3	222*	2	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2010
RT Ponting of Australia
No	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MTGElliott	5	268	2	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1997
2	SRWaugh	5	281	1	Win	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
3	JLLanger	5	327	2	Pak	Perth	Nov 1999
4	SRWaugh	5	239	1	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1999
5	MEWaugh	3	221	1	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2001
6	MLHayden	2	272	1	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 2002
7	DRMartyn	3	242	2	Eng	Adelaide	Nov 2002
8	DSLehmann	3	315	1	Win	Trinidad	Apr 2003
9	JLLanger	2	248	2	Win	Georgetown	Apr 2003
10	MLHayden	2	234	2	Ind	Melbourne	Dec 2003
11	MLHayden	2	201	3	SAF	Durban	Mar 2006
12	MEKHussey	4	209	1	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 2006
13	MJClarke	4	210	2	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 2008
14	SMKatich	2	239	2	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 2009
15	MJClarke	4	352	1	Pak	Hobart	Jan 2010

Mirpur Test : Second day’s highlights

R Dravid’s 111 retd hurt in this test represents his 23^rd hundred and 68^th fifty while batting at number three. Only RT Ponting {70 fifties – 32 C plus 38 HC} has scored more fifties than R Dravid while batting at number three

R Dravid’s 111 retd hurt in this test represent his 12^th hundred on away soil while batting at number three. RT Ponting with 13 hundreds to his credit on away soil has scored more hundreds than R Dravid while batting at number three

R Dravid’s 111 retd hurt in this test represent his 17^th hundred on away soil, while SR Tendulkar’s 143 represents his 26^th hundred on away soil. SM Gavaskar {18} has scored more hundreds than R Dravid on away soil. SR Tendulkar remains the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 26 hundreds on away soil

SR Tendulkar’s 143 in this test represent his 56^th fifty {26 C plus 30 HC} on away soil. R Dravid’s 111 retd hurt in this test represent his 51^st fifty {17C plus 34 HC}. SR Tendulkar and R Dravid are the only two batsmen who have scored 50 fifties on away soil in the annals of test cricket.

SR Tendulkar with his 143 in this test registered his 99^th fifty. It was his 45^th hundred. He has scored 54 half centuries.

R Dravid with his 111 retd hurt in this test registered his 87^th fifty. It was his 29^th hundred. He has scored 58 half centuries.

R Dravid and SR Tendulkar were concerned in 222 runs stand for the third wicket in this game providing their 17^th three figure partnerships, which is a world record for most number of three figure partnerships between a pair. The previous record was 16 three figure partnerships between CG Greenidge-DL Haynes and ML Hayden-RT Ponting.

R Dravid and SR Tendulkar added 222 runs for the third wicket against Bangladesh at Mirpur in India’s first innings. This partnership gave SR Tendulkar another world record as he became the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to forge 200 plus runs partnerships on four occasions with two partners – SC Ganguly and R Dravid.

The following are the six pairs of batsmen who have posted the 200 plus runs partnerships on four or more occasions. R Dravid and SR Tendulkar pair is the new entrant to this list and became the sixth pair

No	Partner1	Partner2	Team	200+
1	MLHayden	JLLanger	Aus	06
2	MAAtherton	GAGooch	Eng	04
3	RDravid	SRTendulkar	Ind	04
4	SCGanguly	SRTendulkar	Ind	04
5	CGGreenidge	DLHaynes	Win	04
6	MohdYousuf	Younis Khan	Pak	04

G Gambhir’s 68 in India’s first innings against Bangladesh at Mirpur made him the second batsman in the annals of test cricket to register eleven fifties in consecutive test matches. Gambhir emulated IVA Richards of West Indies who had achieved the distinction of registering eleven fifties in consecutive test matches.

G Gambhir went past JH Edrich of England who had scored ten fifties in consecutive matches. Gambhir now holds the record for an opening batsman who has scored eleven fifties in consecutive matches. He wrested the record from JH Edrich who had scored ten fifties in consecutive matches

G Gambhir {68}, V Sehwag {56}, R Dravid {111} and SR Tendulkar {143} scored fifties in this game providing the 67th occasion of four or more Indian batsmen registering fifties in a test innings.

R Dravid’s 111 retd hurt in this test provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman retiring hurt after scoring a hundred in the annals of test cricket

R Dravid remains the only batsman to have retired hurt with a hundred to his credit on two occasions. Apart from this test in which he retired hurt after scoring 111, he was retired hurt after scoring exact 100 against West Indies at Mumbai {WS} in Oct 2002

R Dravid and SR Tendulkar added 222 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket in this test providing Dravid his 81^st three figure partnership – most by a batsman in the annals of test cricket and Tendulkar his 73^rd three figure partnership.