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In the just concluded Ranji Trophy season, the following bowlers have captured 20 plus wickets

No	Bowlers	Team	M	W	R	Ave	5	10
1	AMithun	Kar	9	47	1092	23.23	3	1
2	RVinay Kumar	Kar	8	46	906	19.69	2	1
3	LAblish	Pun	8	36	860	23.88	3	1
4	VSMalik	HP	7	32	587	18.34	2	0
5	IqbalAbdulla	Mum	9	32	855	26.71	0	0
6	PPChawla	UP	7	32	882	27.56	1	0
7	MSGony	Pun	6	31	598	19.29	2	1
8	RRBose	Ben	6	28	662	23.64	3	1
9	SAravind	Kar	8	27	798	29.55	1	0
10	RPSingh	UP	8	27	891	33.00	0	0
11	AAbsolem	Hyd	6	26	737	28.34	2	0
12	SMFallah	Mah	6	26	807	31.03	2	0
13	PAwana	Del	8	26	812	31.23	1	0
14	DhirajSingh	Ori	6	25	751	30.04	0	0
15	DSKulkarni	Mum	9	24	674	28.08	0	0
16	RAushikSrinivas	TN	8	23	631	27.43	1	0
17	IKPathan	Bar	5	22	408	18.54	0	0
18	AKThakur	HP	6	22	521	23.68	2	0
19	DSMohanty	Ori	7	22	525	23.86	0	0
20	MPArjun	Hyd	7	21	642	30.57	1	0
21	BMohanty	Ori	6	20	594	29.70	1	0
22	SPJobanputra	Sau	6	20	601	30.05	0	0
23	PJSangwan	Del	7	20	820	41.00	1	0

In the just concluded Ranji Trophy season, the following batsmen have scored 400 plus runs in Super League.

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	C	F	0
1	MKPandey	Kar	9	882	194	63.00	4	4	1
2	AMRahane	Mum	9	809	265*	73.54	3	3	0
3	PAPatel	Guj	7	727	166	66.09	3	4	0
4	GSatish	Kar	7	639	141	71.00	2	3	0
5	WJaffer	Mum	10	638	165*	53.16	3	2	1
6	KBPawan	Kar	9	631	152	45.07	2	2	0
7	SOKukreja	Mum	10	601	122	40.06	1	4	2
8	CRPathak	Sau	6	601	138	60.10	2	3	0
9	SBadrinath	TN	6	599	250	85.57	3	2	0
10	UKaul	Pun	8	582	123	44.76	1	5	0
11	ABKarthik	TN	8	573	118	52.09	1	5	0
12	AmitVerma	Kar	9	560	157	43.07	2	1	0
13	CAPujara	Sau	5	554	204*	79.14	1	4	0
14	ParvinderSingh	UP	8	549	122	42.23	3	1	3
15	PBisht	Del	8	543	128*	67.87	2	2	1
16	CGanapathy	TN	8	543	126	77.57	2	1	0
17	SBBangar	Rail	7	541	163*	60.11	3	0	0
18	MVijay	TN	5	532	154	88.66	2	3	0
19	RBhatia	Del	8	529	99	58.77	0	6	1
20	RGSharma	Mum	6	527	309*	87.83	2	1	1
21	ArindamDas	Ben	6	519	144	57.66	2	2	1
22	AMukund	TN	7	484	257	48.40	1	2	1
23	NKPatel	Guj	7	477	107	39.75	2	2	2
24	RDravid	Kar	4	476	209*	119.00	1	3	0
25	RInderSingh	Pun	8	476	104	34.00	1	2	0
26	ATRayudu	Hyd	7	473	106	43.00	1	3	0
27	VAIndulkar	HP	7	466	165	38.83	1	2	0
28	SDhawan	Del	5	451	224	75.16	2	0	0
29	KDKarthik	TN	6	443	152	55.37	2	2	1
30	FYFazal	Rail	7	434	87	39.45	0	3	0
31	RHMotwani	Mah	6	430	78	35.83	0	5	0
32	HHKhadiwale	Mah	6	426	114	35.50	2	1	0
33	MManhas	Del	5	415	170	83.00	1	2	0
34	RHBhatt	Guj	7	410	186	37.27	1	1	1
35	NBehera	Ori	7	407	95	40.70	0	5	1
36	SAnirudha	TN	6	406	113	50.75	1	4	1
37	BDThaker	Guj	7	402	122	36.54	1	3	3
38	ABAgarkar	Mum	9	401	102*	44.55	1	2	0

MJ Clarke of Australia became the 22^nd cricketer to score 5000 runs and capture 50 wickets in the history of one day games. He achieved the distinction during the course of the first one day game against Pakistan at Brisbane on 15.01.10 when he competed 5000 runs. He had already captured 52 wickets prior to the first one day game against Pakistan.

The following list shows the deeds of the 22 cricketers who have performed this feat

No	Allrounders	Team	Mat	Runs	Bat Av	Wkts	Bowl Av
1	STJayasuriya	Srl	444	13428	32.43	322	36.72
2	ShahidAfridi	Pak	289	5878	23.23	270	34.64
3	JH Kallis	SAF	295	10409	45.25	248	32.10
4	SR Waugh	Aus	325	7569	32.90	195	34.67
5	CL Hooper	Win	227	5761	35.34	193	36.05
6	SRTendulkar	Ind	440	17394	44.71	154	44.26
7	CH Gayle	Win	205	7429	39.94	151	34.03
8	A Symonds	Aus	198	5088	39.75	133	37.25
9	Shoaib Malik	Pak	188	5103	34.71	130	36.59
10	IVARichards	Win	187	6721	47.00	118	35.83
11	WJ Cronje	SAF	188	5565	38.64	114	34.78
12	PA de Silva	Srl	308	9284	34.90	106	39.40
13	GW Flower	Zim	219	6536	33.69	104	40.25
14	SC Ganguly	Ind	311	11363	41.02	100	38.49
15	NJ Astle	NZl	223	7090	34.92	99	38.47
16	SaleemMalik	Pak	283	7170	32.88	89	33.24
17	V Sehwag	Ind	219	7036	34.32	88	41.17
18	ME Waugh	Aus	244	8500	39.35	85	34.56
19	YuvrajSingh	Ind	250	7345	37.09	82	40.41
20	A Ranatunga	Srl	269	7456	35.84	79	47.55
21	AR Border	Aus	273	6524	30.62	73	28.36
22	MJ Clarke	Aus	164	5003	42.76	52	35.25

MJ Clarke became the fifth Australian cricketer to score 5000 runs and capture 50 wickets in one day games. The other four are – SR Waugh, A Symonds, ME Waugh and AR Border

No	Allrounders	Team	Mat	Runs	Bat Av	Wkts	Bowl Av
1	SR Waugh	Aus	325	7569	32.90	195	34.67
2	A Symonds	Aus	198	5088	39.75	133	37.25
3	ME Waugh	Aus	244	8500	39.35	85	34.56
4	AR Border	Aus	273	6524	30.62	73	28.36
5	MJ Clarke	Aus	164	5003	42.76	52	35.25

Australia vs Pakistan: First one day at Brisbane on 22.01.10. Australia won by five wickets

Salman Butts’s 72 in this game provide the 226^th occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman registering a half century in one day games. It also represents the 20^th occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman registering a half century against Austrlaia.

Salman Butts’ 72 in this game represent his third half century against Australia as an opening batsman. He became the third Pakistan opening batsman to register three or more half centuries against Pakistan. The other two are – Mudassar Nazar {05} and Aamir Sohail {03}.

Kamran Akmal became SR Watson’s 100^th one day victim when he was caught by MJ Clarke for 34 in this game. At the end of this game, Watson had an aggregate of 103 wickets.

SR Watson became the 15^th Australian bowler to capture 100 plus one day wickets. Others are GD McGrath {380}, B Lee {324}, SK Warne {291}, CJ McDermott {203}, SR Waugh {195}, NW Bracken {174}, GB Hogg {156}, JN Gillespie {142}, DW Fleming {134}, A Symonds {133}, MG Johnson {111}, SP O’Donnell {108}, PR Reiffel {106}, DK Lilee {103}.

SR Watson became the 12^th Australian pace bowler to capture 100 plus wickets in one day games.

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-36-4 providing the 173^rd occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-36-4 providing the 26th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games against Pakistan

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-36-4 providing the 116th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing exact four in one day games.

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-36-4 providing the 15th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing exact four in one day games against Pakistan

SR Watson’s 10.0-0-36-4 in this game represents his third four wicket haul in one day games, the other two being – 7.5-0-39-4 vs ICC World Eleven at Melbourne {Docklands} on 09.10.05 and 8.0-0-43-4 vs West Indies at Kuala Lampur on 12.09.05. Thus his figures of 10.0-0-36-4 in this game represent his best bowing figures in ODIs.

MJ Clarke completed 5000 runs in one day games when he was on 55 during the course of his knock of 58 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 5003 runs.

MJ Clarke became the 56^th batsman in the history of one day games to complete 5000 runs in one day games. He is the 12^th Australian batsman to reach the milestone. The complete list read as under

No	Batsmen	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
1	RT Ponting	331	322	36	12338	164	42.88
2	AC Gilchrist	286	278	11	9595	172	35.93
3	ME Waugh	244	236	20	8500	173	39.35
4	SR Waugh	325	288	58	7569	120*	32.90
5	MG Bevan	232	196	67	6912	108*	53.58
6	AR Border	273	252	39	6524	127*	30.62
7	ML Hayden	160	154	15	6131	181*	44.10
8	DM Jones	164	161	25	6068	145	44.61
9	DC Boon	181	177	16	5964	122	37.04
10	DR Martyn	208	182	51	5346	144*	40.80
11	A Symonds	198	161	33	5088	156	39.75
12	MJ Clarke	164	148	31	5003	130	42.76

MJ Clarke was dismissed run out for 58 in this game providing the 97^th occasion of an Australian batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in one day games.

MJ Clarke has been dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on four occasions which reads thus – vs Sri Lanka for 80 at Adelaide on 10.02.06, vs South Africa for 92 at Basaterre on 24.03.07, vs India for 130 at Bangalore on 29.09.07 and vs Pakistan for 58 at Brisbane on 22.01.10.

MJ Clarke becomes the eighth Australian batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on four or more occasions. Others are – RT Ponting {14}, ME Waugh {13}, DM Jones {08}, MA Taylor {06}, DR Martyn {04}, A Symonds {04} and SR Waugh {04}

MJ Clarke became the 22^nd allrounder in the history of one day games to score 5000 runs and capture 50 wickets. He is the fifth Australian all rounder to achieve such a feat

No	Allrounders	Team	Mat	Runs	Bat Av	Wkts	Bowl Av
1	SR Waugh	Aus	325	7569	32.90	195	34.67
2	A Symonds	Aus	198	5088	39.75	133	37.25
3	ME Waugh	Aus	244	8500	39.35	85	34.56
4	AR Border	Aus	273	6524	30.62	73	28.36
5	MJ Clarke	Aus	164	5003	42.76	52	35.25

CL White’s 105 in this game represent his second one day hundred and also the 151^st occasion of an Australian batsman scoring hundred in one day games. CL White’s 105 provide the 14^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring hundred in one day games against Pakistan.

MJ Clarke and CL White added 102 runs for the fourth wicket in one day providing the 26^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Pakistan. This stand also represents the ninth occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against Pakistan.

This stand also represents the 56^th occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against various oppositions.

This stand also represents the 287th 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 completed the “All rounder’s Double” during the course of the first one day game between Australia and Pakistan at Brisbane on 15.01.10. He needed one wicket for his 100^th wicket to earn the distinction. His 100^th victim was Kamran Akmal whom he had caught by MJ Clarke for 34.

SR Watson has scored 2281 runs and captured 103 wickets at the end of this game. He became the 47^th all rounder in the history of one day games to complete to all rounder’s double. The complete list is furnished below in the order of descending runs

No	Allrounders	Team	Mat	Runs	BatAv	Wkts	BowlAv
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	440	17394	44.71	154	44.26
2	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	444	13428	32.43	322	36.72
3	SC Ganguly	Ind	311	11363	41.02	100	38.49
4	JH Kallis	SAF	295	10409	45.25	248	32.10
5	PA de Silva	Srl	308	9284	34.90	106	39.40
6	SR Waugh	Aus	325	7569	32.90	195	34.67
7	CH Gayle	Win	205	7429	39.94	151	34.03
8	IVA Richards	Win	187	6721	47.00	118	35.83
9	GW Flower	Zim	219	6536	33.69	104	40.25
10	Shahid Afridi	Pak	289	5878	23.23	270	34.64
11	CL Hooper	Win	227	5761	35.34	193	36.05
12	WJ Cronje	SAF	188	5565	38.64	114	34.78
13	Shoaib Malik	Pak	188	5103	34.71	130	36.59
14	A Symonds	Aus	198	5088	39.75	133	37.25
15	CL Cairns	NZl	215	4950	29.46	201	32.80
16	Abdul Razzaq	Pak	237	4590	29.61	254	31.12
17	PD Collingwood	Eng	173	4478	36.11	101	37.86
18	CZ Harris	NZl	250	4379	29.00	203	37.50
19	N Kapil Dev	Ind	225	3783	23.79	253	27.45
20	SB Styris	NZl	160	3743	31.99	125	33.84
21	Wasim Akram	Pak	356	3717	16.52	502	23.52
22	Imran Khan	Pak	175	3709	33.41	182	26.61
23	L Klusener	SAF	171	3576	41.10	192	29.95
24	SM Pollock	SAF	303	3519	26.45	393	24.50
25	A Flintoff	Eng	141	3394	32.01	169	24.38
26	RJ Shastri	Ind	150	3108	29.04	129	36.04
27	HH Streak	Zim	189	2943	28.29	239	29.82
28	MudassarNazar	Pak	122	2653	25.26	111	30.91
29	SR Watson	Aus	97	2281	40.01	103	28.19
30	TM Odoyo	Ken	120	2167	24.34	124	31.00
31	IT Botham	Eng	116	2113	23.21	145	28.54
32	JDP Oram	NZl	135	2094	24.34	136	30.76
33	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	322	2025	13.68	400	27.53
34	M Prabhakar	Ind	130	1858	24.12	157	28.87
35	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	115	1751	21.61	158	21.56
36	DL Vettori	NZl	248	1715	16.33	256	31.71
37	UDU Chandana	Srl	147	1627	17.30	151	31.90
38	AzharMahmood	Pak	143	1521	18.10	123	39.13
39	DJ Bravo	Win	99	1511	23.98	114	29.66
40	IK Pathan	Ind	107	1368	22.80	152	29.91
41	AB Agarkar	Ind	191	1269	14.58	288	27.85
42	SP O’Donnell	Aus	87	1242	25.34	108	28.72
43	HDPKDharmasena	Srl	141	1222	22.62	138	36.21
44	MohammadRafique	Ban	125	1191	13.38	125	37.91
45	HarbhajanSingh	Ind	209	1061	12.93	239	32.80
46	MashrafeMortaza	Ban	103	1046	15.61	135	29.81
47	SK Warne	Aus	194	1018	13.05	293	25.73

SR Watson is the fifth Australia all rounder’s who has completed the double after SR Waugh, A Symonds, SP O”Donnell and SK Warne

No	Allrounders	Tem	Mat	Runs	BatAv	Wkts	BowlAv
1	SRWaugh	Aus	325	7569	32.90	195	34.67
2	ASymonds	Aus	198	5088	39.75	133	37.25
3	SRWatson	Aus	97	2281	40.01	103	28.19
4	SPO’Donnell	Aus	87	1242	25.34	108	28.72

Fifth day highlights

India won the match by 113 runs providing its 102^nd test win. It also represents India’s 33^rd away win and seventh win by a margin of 100 plus runs.

No	Team	Result	Runs	Toss	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	India	won	272	lost	NZl	Auckland	Mar 1968
2	India	won	222	won	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1977
3	India	won	279	won	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1986
4	India	won	235	won	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 1993
5	India	won	123	won	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 2006
6	India	won	170	won	Srl	Galle	Jul 2008
7	India	won	113	lost	Ban	Chittagong	Jan 2010

India’s win by 113 runs represents its second win by runs margin after they were inserted by the opposition. The first occasion was against New Zealand at Auckland in Mar 1968.

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 101 in this test represent the 191^st occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the fourth innings of a test match.

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 101 in this test represent the third occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a hundred in the fourth innings of a test match. The other two are – 121 by Nafees Iqbal against Zimbabwe at Dhaka in Jan 2005 and 101 by Mohammad Ashraful against Sri Lanka at Dhaka in Dec 2008.

With his score of 101 in this test, Mushfiqur Rahim became the fourth wicket keeper batsman and the first Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman to score a hundred in the fourth innings of a test match. The other three are – APE Knott of England {106* vs Australia at Adelaide in Jan 75, Moin Khan of Pakistan {117* vs Sri Lanka at Sialkot in Sep 95} and AC Gilchrist {149* vs Pakistan at Hobart in Nov 99}

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 101 in this test represent the 12^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the fourth innings of a test match. All the twelve occasions are listed below.

No	Batsmen	Team	Runs	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JB Stollmeyer	Win	104*	Port of Spain	Feb 1953
2	AL Mann	Aus	105	Perth	Dec 1977
3	RL Dias	Srl	106	Kandy	Sep 1985
4	LRD Mendis	Srl	124	Kandy	Sep 1985
5	IVA Richards	Win	109*	Delhi	Nov 1987
6	DL Haynes	Win	112*	Bridgetown	Apr 1989
7	DJ Cullinan	SAF	122*	Johannesburg	Jan 1997
8	MA Taylor	Aus	102*	Bangalore	Mar 1998
9	KP Pietersen	Eng	101	The Oval	Aug 2007
10	Younis Khan	Pak	107*	Kolkata	Nov 2007
11	LRPL Taylor	NZl	107	Wellington	Apr 2009
12	MushfiqurRahim	Ban	101	Chittagong	Jan 2010

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 101 in this test was in a losing cause and provides the 56^th occasion of a batsman’s fourth innings hundred going in vain in the annals of test cricket. It also represents the second occasion of a Bangaladesh batsman’s fourth innings hundred going in vain, the first being Mohammad Ashraful’s 101 against Sri Lanka at Dhaka in Dec 2008.

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 101 in this test remain the only fourth innings hundred that has gone in vain against India.

Bangladesh’s 301 in the fourth innings of this test represent the second occasion of Bangladesh posting at total of 300 plus in the fourth innings. The other occasion was its 413 against Sri Lanka at Dhaka in Dec 2008.

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 101 represent the 11^th occasion of Bangaldesh batsman’s hundred in a losing cause.

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 101 represent the 16th occasion of Bangladesh batsman scoring hundred in a test innings. It also represents the second hundred by a Bangladesh wicketkeeper batsman scoring a hundred in a test innings. Khaled Mashud who scored 103 not out against West Indies at Gros Islet in May 2004 is the first Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman to register a hundred in a test innings,

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 101 represent the 157th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a hundred in the annals of test cricket. It also represents the 22^nd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a hundred against India.

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field and lost the test providing the 155^th occasion of a team losing the test after it had inserted the opposition in the annals of test cricket

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field and lost the test by 113 runs providing the 70^th occasion of a team losing the test by 100 plus runs margin after it had inserted the opposition in the annals of test cricket

India set a target of 414 runs for a win against Bangladesh at Chittagong providing the 18^th occasion of India setting a target of 400 plus runs for a win against various oppositions. All the eighteen occasions are listed below

No	India	Target	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	India	420	v England	Kolkata	Dec 1961
2	India	407	v England	Leeds	Jun 1986
3	India	415	v West Indies	Chennai	Jan 1988
4	India	471	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	Jul 1993
5	India	460	v South Africa	Kanpur	Dec 1996
6	India	419	v Pakistan	Delhi	Feb 1999
7	India	423	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	Oct 1999
8	India	442	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 2004
9	India	421	v Pakistan	Kolkata	Mar 2005
10	India	435	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	Dec 2005
11	India	508	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	Dec 2005
12	India	401	v South Africa	Johannesburg	Dec 2006
13	India	499	v England	The Oval	Aug 2007
14	India	412	v Australia	Perth	Jan 2008
15	India	515	v Australia	Mohali	Oct 2008
16	India	402	v England	Mohali	Dec 2008
17	India	616	v New Zealand	Wellington	Apr 2009
18	India	414	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	Jan 2010

When Mohammad Ashraful was caught by R Dravid of Ishant Sharma for 27 in the second innings of the test match between Bangladesh and India at Chittagong, the catch gave Dravid an aggregate of 190 catches in tests. This catch was his tenth against Bangladesh and with this catch Dravid earned the unique distinction of pouching atleast ten catches against each of the nine oppositions he has played. As on today there are ten countries playing test cricket. The following table lists of the performance of Dravid against each opposition he has played.

No	Opposition	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct
1	v Australia	1996-2008	27	52	45
2	v Bangladesh	2000-2010	06	12	11
3	v England	1996-2008	17	32	26
4	v New Zealand	1998-2009	12	22	16
5	v Pakistan	1999-2007	15	29	19
6	v South Africa	1996-2008	18	34	20
7	v Sri Lanka	1997-2009	17	26	13
8	v West Indies	1997-2006	17	29	20
9	v Zimbabwe	1998-2005	09	18	21
		Total	138	254	191

{Statistics as of Lunch on the fifth and final day of Chittagong test. Dravid took one more catch before Lunch to dismiss Tamim Iqbal of V Sehwag for 52 to take his tally of catches against Bangladesh to 11}

Fourth day’s play

G Gambhir became the fourth batsman in the world to score five or more hundreds in consecutive tests after DG Bradman {06}, JH Kallis {05} and Mohammad Yousuf {05}. G Gambhir’s five hundreds are listed below

No	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	16	137	Ind	NZl	Napier	Mar 2009
2	23	167	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr 2009
3	1	114	Ind	Srl	Ahmedabad	Nov 2009
4	167	–	Ind	Srl	Kanpur	Nov 2009
5	23	116	Ind	Ban	Chittagong	Jan 2010

G Gambhir is the only Indian batsman in this four men elite list and also figures in the list as a lone opening batsman.

R Dravid’s run out dismissal in the second innings of the first test against Bangladesh provides the 11^th occasion of his being dismissed run out in a test innings. His eleven run out dismissals puts him on par with RT Ponting who also has been dismissed run out on eleven occasions.

Only AR Border {12} and ML Hayden {12} are the other two batsmen who have dismissed run out in a test innings on more occasions than R Dravid and RT Ponting.

A Mishra scored his maiden test fifty when he scored exact 50 in India’s second innings. His previous best was 24 in the second innings against Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad in Nov 09.

A Mishra’s fifth in this game provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman registering a fifty as a night watchman. All the six occasions are listed below

No	Nighwatchmen	Score	Opp	Ground	Series
1	RG Nadkarni	61	Win	Kingston	1961	62
2	SMH Kirmani	101*	Aus	Bombay	1979	80
3	SMH Kirmani	57	Aus	Madras	1979	80
4	SMH Kirmani	58	Eng	Manchester	1982
5	C Sharma	54	Aus	Adelaide	1985	86
6	A Mishra	50	Ban	Chittagong	2009	10

G Gambhir’s 116 was his ninth test hundred and came in his 50^th test innings. His nine hundreds are listed below.

No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	139	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	Dec 2004
2	104	v Australia	Mohali	Oct 2008
3	206	v Australia	Delhi	Oct 2008
4	179	v England	Mohali	Dec 2008
5	137	v New Zealand	Napier	Mar 2009
6	167	v New Zealand	Wellington	Apr 2009
7	114	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	Nov 2009
8	167	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	Nov 2009
9	116	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	Jan 2010

G Gambhir’s 116 in the second innings of this test provides the 1033^rd three figure innings by an opening batsman in test innings. It also represents the 113^th three figure innings by an Indian opening batsman in a test innings.

G Gambhir’s 116 in this test provide the 24^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman registering a hundred in the third innings of a test match. It also represent the 230^th occasion of an opening batsman registering a hundred in the third innings of a test in the annals of test cricket.

KRD Karthik completed exact 1000 runs of his test career when he was dismissed for 27 in the second innings. He is the 55^th Indian batsman to aggregate 1000 test runs.

VVS Laxman scored 69 not out in the second innings of this test which was his 43^rd half century and 57^th fifty.

VVS Laxman’s 69 not out represent his 23^rd half century on away soil. R Dravid {34} and SR Tendulkar {30} are the other two Indian batsmen who have score more half centuries on away soil than VVS Laxman. While registering his 23^rd half century on away soil, VVS Laxman went past 22 away soil half centuries scored by SC Ganguly and SM Gavaskar.

VVS Laxman’s aggregate at the end of this match read 6993 and he requires seven more runs to complete 7000 runs.

Yuvraj Singh also played his 50^th test innings in the second innings of this test match. He scored 25 in this innings.

KRD Karthik aggregated 50 catches in his test career when he caught Imrul Kayes of Zaheer Khan for 1 in Bangladesh’s second innings. Karthik has taken 44 catches as wicket keeper and six catches when he was not a wicket keeper.

India declared its third innings of the test {its second innings} after scoring 413 for the lost of eight wickets against Bangladesh at Chittagong in the first test. This provides the 70^th occasion of a team declaring its third innings of a test after posting 400 plus runs. As far India is concerned, it is the eleventh such instance.

India declared its third innings of the test {its second innings} after scoring 413 for the lost of eight wickets against Bangladesh at Chittagong in the first test. This provides the 70^th occasion of a team declaring its third innings of a test after posting 400 plus runs in the annals of test cricket. As far India is concerned, it is the eleventh such instance which are furnished below

No	Team	Score	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	India	438/7d	3	NZl	Kolkata	Dec 1955
2	India	463/5d	3	NZl	Mumbai (BS)	Mar 1965
3	India	400/7d	3	SAF	Kanpur	Dec 1996
4	India	418/4d	3	Aus	Chennai	Mar 1998
5	India	505/3d	3	NZl	Mohali	Oct 1999
6	India	657/7d	3	Aus	Kolkata	Mar 2001
7	India	424/8d	3	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2002
8	India	407/9d	3	Pak	Kolkata	Mar 2005
9	India	521/6d	3	Win	St John’s	Jun 2006
10	India	434/7d	3	NZl	Wellington	Apr 2009
11	India	413/8d	3	Ban	Chittagong	Jan 2010