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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

No	Batsmen	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	C Bannerman	165*	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Mar1877
2	L Hutton	122*	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb1947
3	CG Greenidge	154*	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	Apr1983
4	DBVengsarkar	102*	2	Ind	Win	Kolkata	Dec1987
5	DL Houghton	104*	2	Zim	NZl	Auckland	Jan1996
6	N Hussain	107*	2	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	Jul1996
7	JL Langer	102*	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug2001
8	InzamamulHaq	105*	2	Pak	Ban	Multan	Aug2001
9	R Dravid	100*	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	Oct2002
10	W Jaffer	138*	1	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	May2007
11	R Dravid	111*	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan2010

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

No	Batsmen	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	R Dravid	100*	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	Oct 2002
2	R Dravid	111*	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2010

R Dravid is the second batsman to retire hurt after scoring a hundred against Bangladesh, the other being W Jaffer who had retired hurt after scoring 138 at Dhaka in May 2007

No	Batsmen	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	W Jaffer	138*	1	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	May 2007
2	R Dravid	111*	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2010

R Dravid’s 111 retd hurt in this test provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman retired hurt after scoring a hundred. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	DB Vengsarkar	102*	2	Ind	Win	Kolkata	Dec 1987
2	R Dravid	100*	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	Oct 2002
3	W Jaffer	138*	1	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	May 2007
4	R Dravid	111*	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2010

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

The following table shows the performances of IVA Richards and G Gambhir

IVA Richards of West Indies
No	1st	2nd	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	30	101	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1976
2	50	98	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1976
3	142	–	Ind	Bridgetown	Mar 1976
4	130	20	Ind	Trinidad	Mar 1976
5	177	23	Ind	Trinidad	Apr 1976
6	64	DNB	Ind	Kingston	Apr 1976
7	232	63	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 1976
8	4	135	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1976
9	66	38	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1976
10	291	DNB	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1976
11	32	92	Pak	Bridgetown	Feb 1977
G Gambhir of India
No	1st	2nd	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	67	104	Aus	Mohali	Oct 2008
2	206	36	Aus	Delhi	Oct 2008
3	19	66	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2008
4	179	97	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2008
5	72	30*	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 2009
6	16	137	NZl	Napier	Mar 2009
7	23	167	NZl	Wellington	Apr 2009
8	1	114	Srl	Ahmedabad	Nov 2009
9	167	–	Srl	Kanpur	Nov 2009
10	23	116	Ban	Chittagong	Jan 2010
11	68		Ban	Mirpur	Jan 2010

R Dravid and SR Tendulkar added 222 runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket {before R Dravid was retired hurt} 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 table lists out his 200 plus runs partnerships with SC Ganguly and R Dravid

With SC Ganguly
No	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	3	255	1	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 1996
2	4	256	1	Srl	Mumbai	Dec 1997
3	4	281	1	NZl	Ahmedabad	Oct 1999
4	4	249	1	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
With R Dravid
No	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	3	229	3	NZl	Mohali	Oct 1999
2	3	213	2	Zim	Delhi	Nov 2000
3	3	249	1	Zim	Nagpur	Nov 2000
4	3	222*	2	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2010

The following are the six pairs of batsmen who have shared 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

K Vijayaraghavan, known as Raja to his freinds, was born in a family of cricketers. His brothers- “Balaji” Srinivasan has played against Commonwealth Eleven that toured India under Frank Worrell and represented Karnataka {known as Mysore during his playing days} with distinction. K Sridhar has played for the then Mysore. His first cousin – G Kasturirangan is still a house hold name in Karnataka cricket circles.

He has penned an interesting article – Silly Point – for the visitors of crickick.com in which he shares two anecdotes pertaining to India-Sri Lanka one day series which was conlcuded recently. Read on …..

This is my debut to publish my opinions mainly on Cricket and incidentally on a few non allied subjects. The need for a proper title led me to one which has a close relation to the game namely – Silly point.

I researched a number of Cricket rule books and found no convincing explanation for some of the names of the fielding positions. For e.g. Slip, Gully and Silly point etc. Take Silly point. Let me offer a theory. It was silly for a fielder to agree to field at that position unless one had 360 degree vision to see if the bowler has commenced his run up, watch if the batsman is ready and look for the captain (could be fielding anywhere), has any last second suggestion {not last minute, but last second} and had superb anticipation and great agility to catch or avoid being hit. For the also played it was sheer luck to survive and for fielder it depended on the ball catching the hand {also known as BCH in cricket parlance – the ball just latching on to the hands unintentionally when one ducks for protection or tries to avoid the same}. My points of view would be analogous to BCH and would be silly .

If it inadvertently makes any sense please trust me it was not intended. Let me open my innings.

In Cricket all the main stake holders, the competing teams, local administrative body, the sponsors and the spectators have their axes to grind. Evolving Technology is being used to enhance the value for all the above. (The third umpire, hawk eyes etc), bats, balls and cricket equipment all have been upgraded by technology. So also the 22 yard Cricket pitch. It is expected that bowlers and batsmen have a win win set up.

Let us see what happens when one of them has an undue advantage. It happened in the recent India vs Sri Lanka ODI series.

The first one was in Cuttack where 800 runs were scored in a day to the very excitement of crowd and batsmen but at the expense of bowlers. Reputed bowlers were reduced to tears and driven to extreme despair. It was said that the wicket was a bowlers’ grave yard and a batsman’s paradise. An indeed a rare situation when one found a Grave yard and Paradise were at the same venue at the same time. This type of situation can wreck bowler’s careers and demoralize a few. The culprit was the pitch. The dice was loaded fanatically in favour of batsmen. It will take some counseling for some bowlers to agree to visit let alone bowl at Cuttack

Let me cite the second one also. This was the Kotla ground where the match had to be abandoned in a hurry .A lot has been said and written in the media. The pitch was the culprit again. The bowlers were now calling the shots so much so the batsmen were literally being grounded .This shouldn’t have been done to one of our friendlier neighbors and enthusiastic spectators .How and when will more than 25000 spectators get their refund? (remember Union Carbide tragedy at Bhopal)

Was there a solution for both the fiasco? Yes, there is one – based on Technology. A Bowling machine which is used in the practice and coaching sessions. The Bowling Machines are designed to recreate all the aspects of any bowling attack. From the bouncers and Yorkers of the speed bowlers to the subtle spin of the slow bowlers the machines can give you as many variations as one wants to suit all the aspects of the game, which includes the pitch.

In both instances the bowlers could have been replaced by the machines. In Cuttack a neutral umpire could have operated the unit providing the same type of deliveries to both the teams. The team which scored more could have been the winner. The bowler’s reputation and confidence would have stayed in tact . In fact the bowler could have been an extra fielder

In Kotla again the Machine in place of the bowlers could have been programmed to deliver less bouncy balls, there by not making the game dangerous for the batsmen. Spectators could have witnessed the complete game. The administrators could have kept the money instead of refunding. BCCI and DDCA had less to explain to ICC. Holding the world Cup 2011 at Kotla need not be debated (with a bowling machine as a standby). The batsmen need not wear armors next time

Why did not the organizers and curators opt for this silly solution ? Perhaps they must have thought that it is too silly to adapt to the technology.

R Dravid and SR Tendulkar scripted a world record for most number of three figure partnership by a pair of batsmen when they were concerned in a three figure partnership – 222 runs – for the third wicket against Bangladseh at Mirpur. The three figure partnership in this test represent the 17th three figure partnership between the two.

They went past the 16 three figure partnerships registered between CG Greendige-DL Haynes and ML Hayden-RT Ponting.

The seventeen three figure partnerships between R Dravid and SR Tendulkar are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	3	170	2	Win	Bridgetown	Mar 1997
2	3	163	1	Win	Georgetown	Apr 1997
3	3	113	3	Aus	Chennai	Mar 1998
4	3	140	2	Aus	Kolkata	Mar 1998
5	3	109	2	NZl	Hamilton	Jan 1999
6	3	229	3	NZl	Mohali	Oct 1999
7	3	213	2	Zim	Delhi	Nov 2000
8	3	249	1	Zim	Nagpur	Nov 2000
9	5	169	2	Aus	Chennai	Mar 2001
10	3	124	1	Win	Trinidad	Apr 2002
11	3	163	3	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2002
12	3	150	1	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
13	3	138*	3	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2004
14	3	122	1	Pak	Kolkata	Mar 2005
15	1	127	1	Ban	Dhaka	May 2007
16	3	139	1	Aus	Perth	Jan 2008
17	3	222*	2	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2010

MS Dhoni’s five dismissals in the first innings of this test provide the eleventh occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in a test innings. It was the second occasion for MS Dhoni to achieve this distinction. He had effected six dismissals {all caught} against New Zealand at Wellington in Apr 09. All the eleven occasions are listed below

No	Wicketkeepers	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	ImtiazAhmed	5	4	1	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Nov/59
2	FCMAlexander	5	5	0	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Jan/60
3	IDS Smith	5	5	0	NZl	Srl	Auckland	Mar/91
4	Rashid Latif	6	6	0	Pak	Zim	Bulawayo	Mar/98
5	AJ Stewart	5	5	0	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun/98
6	AJ Stewart	5	5	0	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Jul/98
7	A Flower	5	5	0	Zim	Eng	Nottingham	Jun/00
8	AC Gilchrist	5	5	0	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Aug/01
9	AC Gilchrist	5	5	0	Aus	Srl	Darwin	Jul/04
10	MS Dhoni	6	6	0	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr/09
11	MS Dhoni	5	3	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10

Out of these eleven occasions in which a captain-cum-wicket keeper have effected five or more dismissals, all the nine occasions are all caught dismissals while only two have stumping dismissals – Imtiaz Ahmed {01} and MS Dhoni {02}.

No	Wicketkeepers	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	ImtiazAhmed	5	4	1	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Nov/59
2	MS Dhoni	5	3	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10

MS Dhoni became the third captain-cum-wicket keeper to effect five or more dismissals in a test innings on two occasions. Others are AJ Stewart of England and AC Gilchrist of Australia.

No	Wicketkeepers	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	AJ Stewart	5	5	0	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun/98
2	AJ Stewart	5	5	0	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Jul/98
1	AC Gilchrist	5	5	0	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Aug/01
2	AC Gilchrist	5	5	0	Aus	Srl	Darwin	Jul/04
1	MS Dhoni	6	6	0	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr/09
2	MS Dhoni	5	3	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10

At the end of Bangladesh first innings, Dhoni has effected 20 stumpings in his test career which makes him the 20^th wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to effect 20 or more stumping dismissals. All the 20 occasions are listed below

No	Wicketkeepers	Team	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	WASOldfield	Aus	54	101	130	78	52
2	TGEvans	Eng	91	175	219	173	46
3	SMHKirmani	Ind	88	151	198	160	38
4	ACGilchrist	Aus	96	191	416	379	37
5	IAHealy	Aus	119	224	395	366	29
6	WasimBari	Pak	81	146	228	201	27
7	RSKaluwitharana	Srl	48	85	119	93	26
8	JMBlackham	Aus	32	57	59	35	24
9	ATWGrout	Aus	51	98	187	163	24
10	LEGAmes	Eng	44	81	95	72	23
11	MVBoucher	SAF	130	248	491	469	22
12	KamranAkmal	Pak	48	90	181	159	22
13	AFALilley	Eng	35	67	92	70	22
14	HCarter	Aus	28	55	65	44	21
15	MSDhoni	Ind	41	76	125	105	20
16	PJayawardene	Srl	30	53	81	61	20
17	JJKelly	Aus	36	67	63	43	20
18	MoinKhan	Pak	66	118	147	127	20
19	KSMore	Ind	49	90	130	110	20
20	KCSangakkara	Srl	48	90	144	124	20

MS Dhoni became the third Indian wicket keeper to effect 20 or more stumping dismissals after SMH Kirmani {38} and KS More {20}

No	Wicketkeepers	Team	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	SMHKirmani	Ind	88	151	198	160	38
2	KSMore	Ind	49	90	130	110	20
3	MSDhoni	Ind	41	76	125	105	20

Second Test at Mirpur : First day’s highlights

MS Dhoni effected five dismissals {03 ct plus 02 ct} in Bangladesh’s first innings providing the 154^th occasion of a wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

MS Dhoni became the sixth wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to effect two or more stumpings when a wicket keeper has effected five dismissals in a test innings. Others are KS More of India – five dismissals {all five stumpings}, WAS Oldfieled of Australia – five dismissals {01 ct plus 04 st}, GRA Langley of Australia – five dismissals {02 ct plus 03 st}, BK Kunderan of India – five dismissals {03 ct plus 02 st and JM Parks of England – five dismissals {03 ct plus 02 st}

MS Dhoni effected five dismissals {03 ct plus 02 ct} in Bangladesh’s first innings providing the third occasion of his effecting five or more dismissals in a test innings. The other two occasions are – against New Zealand at Wellington in Apr 09 {six dismissals – all caught} and against Australia at Perth in Jan 08 {five dismissals – all caught}.

At the end of the first innings in this test, MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 125 dismissals {105 caught and 20 stumped}.

MS Dhoni’s five dismissals in the first innings of this test provide the ninth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper effective five or more dismissals in a test innings

MS Dhoni becomes the first Indian wicket keeper to effect five or more dismissals on three occasions. SMH Kirmani and NR Mongia have effected five or more dismissals on two occasions.

At the end of Bangladesh first innings, Dhoni has effected 20 stumpings in his test career which makes him the 20^th wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to effect 20 or more stumping dismissals. All the 20 occasions are listed below

No	Wicketkeepers	Team	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	WASOldfield	Aus	54	101	130	78	52
2	TGEvans	Eng	91	175	219	173	46
3	SMHKirmani	Ind	88	151	198	160	38
4	ACGilchrist	Aus	96	191	416	379	37
5	IAHealy	Aus	119	224	395	366	29
6	WasimBari	Pak	81	146	228	201	27
7	RSKaluwitharana	Srl	48	85	119	93	26
8	JMBlackham	Aus	32	57	59	35	24
9	ATWGrout	Aus	51	98	187	163	24
10	LEGAmes	Eng	44	81	95	72	23
11	MVBoucher	SAF	130	248	491	469	22
12	KamranAkmal	Pak	48	90	181	159	22
13	AFALilley	Eng	35	67	92	70	22
14	HCarter	Aus	28	55	65	44	21
15	MSDhoni	Ind	41	76	125	105	20
16	PJayawardene	Srl	30	53	81	61	20
17	JJKelly	Aus	36	67	63	43	20
18	MoinKhan	Pak	66	118	147	127	20
19	KSMore	Ind	49	90	130	110	20
20	KCSangakkara	Srl	48	90	144	124	20

MS Dhoni became the third Indian wicket keeper to effect 20 or more stumping dismissals after SMH Kirmani {38} and KS More {20}

No	Wicketkeepers	Team	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	SMHKirmani	Ind	88	151	198	160	38
2	KSMore	Ind	49	90	130	110	20
3	MSDhoni	Ind	41	76	125	105	20

MS Dhoni’s five dismissals in the first innings of this test provide the eleventh occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in a test innings. It was the second occasion for MS Dhoni to achieve this distinction. He had effected six dismissals {all caught} against New Zealand at Wellington in Apr 09.

Out of these eleven occasions in which a captain-cum-wicket keeper have effected five or more dismissals, all the nine occasions are all caught dismissals while only two have stumping dismissals – Imtiaz Ahmed {01} and MS Dhoni {02}.

MS Dhoni became the third captain-cum-wicket keeper to effect five or more dismissals in a test innings on two occasions. Others are AJ Stewart of England and AC Gilchrist of Australia.

With five dismissals to his credit in this innings, MS Dhoni has effected 42 dismissals {36 ct plus 06 st} as captain-cum-wicket keeper. He became the fourth wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to effect 40 plus dismissals as captain-cum-wicket keeper. Others are – FCM Alexander of West Indies – 70 dismissals {65 ct plus 05 st}, A Flower of Zimbabwe – 56 dismissals {all caught} and AJ Stewart – 48 dismissals {47 ct plus 01 st}.

MS Dhoni’s six stumping dismissals as captain-cum- wicket keeper places him second in the list of those captain-cum-wicket keepers who have effected five or more stumping dismissals. PM Sherwell of South Africa has effected 16 stumping dismissals, while FCM Alexander of West Indies and HB Cameron of South Africa have effected five stumping dismissals each.

Mohammad Ashraful was playing his 100^th test innings in this test. He made 39 in his 100^th test innings.

Mohammad Ashraful became the first Bangladesh batsmen to play 100 test innings {52 tests}. The previous record was held by Habibul Bashar who had played 99 test innings {50 tests}

R Dravid at the end of Bangladesh first innings extended his total tally of catches to 193 – 101 on away soil and 92 on home soil.

R Dravid became the first fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to pouch 100 catches on away soil. His 100^th victim was Raquibul Hasan of Ishant Sharma for 4. At the end of the first innings, Dravid had an aggregate of 101 catches.

Mahmudullah scored 96 not out in Bangladesh’s first innings providing the sixth occasion of Bangladesh batsman registering a ninety in a test innings. Others are – Habibul Basahr – 97 vs Pakistan at Peshawar in Aug 03, Mohammad Ashraful – 98 vs Zimbabwe at Harare in Feb 2004, Habibul Bashar – 94 vs Zimbabwe at Chittagong in Jan 2005, Shakib Al Hasan – 96 vs Sri Lanka at Dhaka in Dec 2008, Shakib Al Hasan – 96* vs West Indies at St George’s in Jul 2009.

Mahmudullah scored 96 not out in Bangladesh’s first innings providing the first occasion of Bangladesh batsman registering a ninety in a test innings against India.

Mahmudullah with his 96 not out in the first innings of this test became the second Bangladesh batsman to register ninety in the first innings of a test match, the other being Habibul Basahr who had scored 97 vs Pakistan at Peshawar in Aug 03 and 94 vs Zimbabwe at Chittagong in Jan 2005. Thus Mahmudullah’s 96 not out represent the third occasion of Bangladesh batsman registering ninety in the first innings of a test match.

R Dravid became the first fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to pouch 100 catches on away soil. His 100^th victim was Raquibul Hasan of Ishant Sharma for 4 in Bangladesh’s first innings in the second test at Mirpur. At the end of the first day of the test, Dravid had an aggregate of 101 catches. All his 101 away catches are listed below

No	Batsman	Bowler	Runs	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	NHussain	JSrinath	28	Eng	Lord’s	Jun96
2	GKirsten	BKVPrasad	2	SAF	Durban	Dec96
3	DJRichardson	JSrinath	39	SAF	Cape Town	Jan97
4	LKlusener	JSrinath	12	SAF	Cape Town	Jan97
5	WJCronje	AKumble	18	SAF	Cape Town	Jan97
6	PRAdams	JSrinath	2	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan97
7	LKlusener	AKumble	49	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan97
8	SCWilliams	AKumble	18	Win	Trinidad	Mar97
9	CELAmbrose	AKumble	16	Win	Trinidad	Mar97
10	FARose	SBJoshi	34	Win	Trinidad	Mar97
11	IRBishop	SBJoshi	17	Win	StJohn’s	Apr97
12	CAWalsh	SBJoshi	21	Win	StJohn’s	Apr97
13	ADRCampbell	JSrinath	0	Zim	Harare	Oct98
14	HHStreak	ABAgarkar	3	Zim	Harare	Oct98
15	CDMcMillan	JSrinath	24	NZl	Wellington	Dec98
16	MDBell	JSrinath	0	NZl	Wellington	Dec98
17	SPFleming	JSrinath	0	NZl	Hamilton	Jan99
18	CLCairns	AKumble	126	NZl	Hamilton	Jan99
19	SKWarne	JSrinath	0	Aus	Adelaide	Dec99
20	AkramKhan	SBJoshi	35	Ban	Dhaka	Nov00
21	BAMurphy	Z Khan	7	Zim	Bulawayo	Jun01
22	DDEbrahim	JSrinath	0	Zim	Bulawayo	Jun01
23	GJWhittall	ANehra	0	Zim	Harare	Jun01
24	GJWhittall	JSrinath	10	Zim	Harare	Jun01
25	STJayasuriya	Z Khan	111	Srl	Galle	Aug01
26	RPArNovld	Z Khan	5	Srl	Kandy	Aug01
27	MVBoucher	JSrinath	47	SAF	Bloemfontein	Nov01
28	RRSarwan	ANehra	35	Win	Trinidad	Apr02
29	SCWilliams	JSrinath	13	Win	Trinidad	Apr02
30	RRSarwan	Harbhajan	41	Win	Trinidad	Apr02
31	BCLara	ANehra	47	Win	Trinidad	Apr02
32	CLHooper	JSrinath	17	Win	Kingston	May02
33	JPCrawley	Sehwag	64	Eng	Lord’s	Jul02
34	SPJones	AKumble	44	Eng	Lord’s	Jul02
35	MAButcher	Harbhajan	53	Eng	Nottingham	Aug02
36	MJHoggard	ANehra	32	Eng	Nottingham	Aug02
37	MAButcher	SBBangar	42	Eng	Leeds	Aug02
38	AFlintoff	Z Khan	0	Eng	Leeds	Aug02
39	AJStewart	AKumble	47	Eng	Leeds	Aug02
40	MAButcher	Harbhajan	54	Eng	TheOval	Sep02
41	AJTudor	Harbhajan	2	Eng	TheOval	Sep02
42	AFGiles	AKumble	31	Eng	TheOval	Sep02
43	LVincent	Z Khan	3	NZl	Hamilton	Dec02
44	CDMcMillan	ANehra	4	NZl	Hamilton	Dec02
45	RTPonting	AKumble	242	Aus	Adelaide	Dec03
46	DRMartyn	SRTendulkar	38	Aus	Adelaide	Dec03
47	SRWaugh	SRTendulkar	42	Aus	Adelaide	Dec03
48	MLHayden	AKumble	30	Aus	Sydney	Jan04
49	TaufeeqUmar	IK Pathan	23	NZl	Multan	Mar04
50	MohdYousuf	IK Pathan	112	NZl	Multan	Mar04
51	YasirHameed	ABAgarkar	19	NZl	Lahore	Apr04
52	MohdSami	AKumble	0	NZl	Rawalpindi	Apr04
53	TapashBaisya	AKumble	0	Ban	Dhaka	Dec04
54	M Rahman	Harbhajan	6	Ban	Dhaka	Dec04
55	JavedOmar	AKumble	10	Ban	Chittagong	Dec04
56	MohdRafique	IK Pathan	4	Ban	Chittagong	Dec04
57	KhaledMashud	Harbhajan	0	Ban	Chittagong	Dec04
58	HHStreak	AKumble	27	Zim	Bulawayo	Sep05
59	BRMTaylor	IK Pathan	4	Zim	Harare	Sep05
60	CKCoventry	Harbhajan	37	Zim	Harare	Sep05
61	TDuffin	IK Pathan	10	Zim	Harare	Sep05
62	SKWarne	AFlintoff	7	Aus	Sydney	Oct05
63	ShoaibMalik	RP Singh	19	NZl	Faisalabad	Jan06
64	SalmanButt	IK Pathan	0	NZl	Karachi	Jan06
65	CHGayle	AKumble	72	Win	StJohn’s	Jun06
66	SChanderpaul	AKumble	62	Win	StJohn’s	Jun06
67	DRamdin	VSehwag	8	Win	StJohn’s	Jun06
68	DJBravo	AKumble	25	Win	GrosIslet	Jun06
69	PTCollins	VSehwag	0	Win	GrosIslet	Jun06
70	PTCollins	Harbhajan	1	Win	Basseterre	Jun06
71	RRSarwan	S Sreesanth	23	Win	Basseterre	Jun06
72	RRSarwan	S Sreesanth	51	Win	Kingston	Jun06
73	JHKallis	Z Khan	32	SAF	Cape Town	Jan07
74	HabibulBashar	Z Khan	5	Ban	Dhaka	May07
75	ShakibAlHasan	RRPowar	15	Ban	Dhaka	May07
76	AJStrauss	AKumble	96	Eng	Lord’s	Jul07
77	RJSidebottom	AKumble	9	Eng	Lord’s	Jul07
78	MJPrior	AKumble	11	Eng	Nottingham	Jul07
79	KPPietersen	SRTendulkar	41	Eng	TheOval	Aug07
80	MLHayden	Z Khan	124	Aus	Melbourne	Dec07
81	GBHogg	Z Khan	17	Aus	Melbourne	Dec07
82	RTPonting	Harbhajan	3	Aus	Melbourne	Dec07
83	GBHogg	AKumble	79	Aus	Sydney	Jan08
84	MJClarke	AKumble	0	Aus	Sydney	Jan08
85	GBHogg	Harbhajan	1	Aus	Sydney	Jan08
86	RTPonting	ISharma	20	Aus	Perth	Jan08
87	ASymonds	AKumble	66	Aus	Perth	Jan08
88	RTPonting	ISharma	45	Aus	Perth	Jan08
89	KCSangakkara	Z Khan	12	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul08
90	BSMWarnapura	Harbhajan	115	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul08
91	MGVandort	Z Khan	4	Srl	Galle	Jul08
92	MJayawardene	ISharma	5	Srl	Galle	Jul08
93	MJGuptill	Z Khan	14	NZl	Hamilton	Mar09
94	TGMcIntosh	Z Khan	4	NZl	Wellington	Apr09
95	JDRyder	Harbhajan	0	NZl	Wellington	Apr09
96	BBMcCullum	SRTendulkar	6	NZl	Wellington	Apr09
97	MohdAshraful	ISharma	2	Ban	Chittagong	Jan10
98	MohdAshraful	ISharma	27	Ban	Chittagong	Jan10
99	TamimIqbal	VSehwag	52	Ban	Chittagong	Jan10
100	RaqibulHasan	ISharma	4	Ban	Dhaka	Jan10
101	ShafiulIslam	ISharma	9	Ban	Dhaka	Jan10

Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes were dismissed without scoring in Bangladesh’s first innings against India in the second test at Mirpur providing the 43^rd occasion of both the openers scoring zero in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All the 43 occasions are listed below.

No	Team	Ins	Opp	Ground	Series
				Batsmen1	Batsmen2
1	Aus	3	Eng	Manchester	1888
				ACBannerman	PSMcDonnell
2	Win	3	Eng	Manchester	1928
				GChallenor	CARoach
3	Eng	1	NZl	Christchurch	1932/33
				HSutcliffe	EPaynter
4	Aus	4	Eng	Brisbane	1936/37
				JHFingleton	CLBadcock
5	Aus	3	Eng	Melbourne	1936/37
				WJO’Reilly	LOFleetwoodSmith
6	Aus	1	SAF	Jo’burg	1949/50
				ARMorris	KRMiller
7	Aus	3	Eng	Brisbane	1950/51
				JMoroney	ARMorris
8	Ind	3	Eng	Leeds	1952
				PRoy	DKGaekwad
9	SAF	2	Eng	Lord’s	1955
				DJMcGlew	TLGoddard
10	Win	1	Pak	Trinidad	1957/58
				CCHunte	RBKanhai
11	Win	3	Ind	Kanpur	1958/59
				JKCHolt	CCHunte
12	NZl	3	SAF	Jo’burg	1961/62
				SNMcGregor	GTDowling
13	Ind	4	Aus	Chennai	1964/65
				MLJaisimha	KSInderjitsinhji
14	NZl	3	Eng	Auckland	1965/66
				TWJarvis	MJFShrimpton
15	Eng	3	Pak	Hyd-Pak	1972/73
				MHDenness	DLAmiss
16	Ind	1	Aus	Melbourne	1977/78
				SMGavaskar	CPSChauhan
17	Win	2	Ind	Mumbai	1978/79
				AEGreenidge	ABWilliams
18	Eng	2	Aus	Perth	1979/80
				DWRandall	GBoycott
19	Pak	1	Win	Karachi	1980/81
				ShafiqAhmed	SadiqMohammad
20	Pak	2	Aus	Perth	1981/82
				MudassarNazar	RizwanuzZaman
21	Pak	3	Eng	Leeds	1982
				MohsinKhan	MudassarNazar
22	Win	2	Ind	Trinidad	1982/83
				CGGreenidge	DLHaynes
23	Srl	2	Aus	Kandy	1982/83
				SWettimuny	ERNSFernando
24	Eng	3	Win	Kingston	1985/86
				GAGooch	RTRobinson
25	NZl	4	Eng	Lord’s	1986
				JGWright	BAEdgar
26	NZl	4	Eng	Auckland	1991/92
				BJHartland	JGWright
27	Pak	2	Win	St John’s	1992/93
				ShakeelAhmedJr	RameezRaja
28	Srl	3	SAF	Col-SSC	1993
				RSMahanama	UCHathurasingha
29	Zim	3	Pak	Faisalabad	1996/97
				GWFlower	MHDekker
30	Ind	4	Zim	Harare	1998/99
				NRMongia	NSSidhu
31	Aus	1	Srl	Kandy	1999
				MJSlater	GSBlewett
32	Ind	1	NZl	Mohali	1999/00
				DJGandhi	SRamesh
33	Zim	2	Win	Trinidad	1999/00
				NCJohnson	GWFlower
34	SAF	1	Srl	Kandy	2000
				GKirsten	NDMckenzie
35	Srl	4	SAF	Kandy	2000
				MSAtapattu	STJayasuriya
36	Zim	3	Ind	Delhi	2000/01
				GWFlower	GJRennie
37	Srl	2	SAF	Durban	2000/01
				MSAtapattu	STJayasuriya
38	Pak	2	Aus	Col-PSS	2002/03
				ImranNazir	TaufeeqUmar
39	Pak	1	Aus	Sharjah	2002/03
				ImranNazir	TaufeeqUmar
40	Eng	4	Pak	Faisalabad	2005/06
				METrescothick	AJStrauss
41	NZl	1	SAF	Jo’burg	2005/06
				MHWPapps	JMHow
42	SAF	1	Srl	Col-PSS	2006
				HHGibbs	AJHall
43	Ban	1	Ind	Dhaka	2009/10
				TamimIqbal	ImrulKayes

Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes were dismissed without scoring in Bangladesh’s first innings against India in the second test at Mirpur providing the fifth occasion of both the openers scoring zero in a test innings against India. All the five occasions are listed below.

No	Team	Ins	Opp	Ground	Series
				Batsmen1	Batsmen2
1	Win	3	Ind	Kanpur	1958/59
				JKCHolt	CCHunte
2	Win	2	Ind	Mumbai	1978/79
				AEGreenidge	ABWilliams
3	Win	2	Ind	Trinidad	1982/83
				CGGreenidge	DLHaynes
4	Zim	3	Ind	Delhi	2000/01
				GWFlower	GJRennie
5	Ban	1	Ind	Dhaka	2009/10
				TamimIqbal	ImrulKayes

MS Atapattu-ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka and Imran Nazir-Taufeeq Umar of Pakistan remain the two opening batsmen who have been dismissed for zero on two separate occasions

No	Team	Ins	Opp	Ground	Series
				Batsmen1	Batsmen2
1	Srl	4	SAF	Kandy	2000
				MSAtapattu	STJayasuriya
2	Srl	2	SAF	Durban	2000/01
				MSAtapattu	STJayasuriya
1	Pak	2	Aus	Col-PSS	2002/03
				ImranNazir	TaufeeqUmar
2	Pak	1	Aus	Sharjah	2002/03
				ImranNazir	TaufeeqUmar

Kandy test between Sri Lanka and South Africa in 2000 witnessed a unique instance in this category of statistics. South Africa opening batsmen G Kirsten and ND McKenzie scored zeroes in the first innings of the test and Sri Lanka’s opening batsmen MS Atapattu and ST Jayasuriya failed to open their account in the fourth innings of the test thus providing the only instance of rival openers scoring zeroes in the same test match.

No	Team	Ins	Opp	Ground	Series
				Batsmen1	Batsmen2
1	SAF	1	Srl	Kandy	2000
				GKirsten	NDMckenzie
2	Srl	4	SAF	Kandy	2000
				MSAtapattu	STJayasuriya