First Test at Nagpur – Third day’s highlights

V Sewag registered his 18^th test hundred when he made 109 in the first innings of this test. SR Tendulkar {45}, SM Gavaskar {34}, R Dravid {29} and M Azharuddin {22} are the four Indian batsmen who have score more hundreds than V Sehwag.

V Sehwag’s 109 in this test represent the 386^th occasion of an Indian batsman registering a hundred in a test innings.

V Sehwag’s 109 in this test represent the 16^th occasion of an Indian batsman registering a hundred in a test innings against South Africa.

V Sehwaga’s 109 in this test represent his fourth hundred against South Africa. The other three are – 105 vs Bloemfontien in Nov 2001, 164 at Kanpur in Nov 2004 and 319 at Chennai in Mar 2008.

V Sehwag with is four hundreds against South Africa shares the record for most hundreds by an Indian batsman against South Africa with Mohd Azharuddin who also has scored four hundreds – 109 at Kolkata in Nov 1996, 163* at Kolkata in Dec 1996, 115 at Cape Town in Jan 1997 and 102 at Bangalore in Mar 2000.

V Sehwag’s 109 in this innings represent his 17^th hundred as an opening batsman. SM Gavaskar is the other Indian batsman with 33 hundreds to his credit has scored more hundreds than V Sehwag as an opening batsman

S Badrinath registered a half century – 56 – on debut in this test. He became the 23rd Indian bastman to register a half century on debut. He also became the 34^th Indian batsman to score a fifty on test debut

He became the fourth Indian batsman to register a fifty on test debut against South Africa. Others are PK Amre {103 in the first innings at Durban in Nov 1992}, VVS Laxman {51 in the second innings at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996} and V Sehwag {105 in the first innings at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001}.

It is a strange coincidence that V Sehwag and S Badrinath, the two batsmen who have scored fifty on test debut against South Africa forged a three figure partnership of 136 for the fourth wicket in the first innings of this test.

136 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between V Sehwag and S Badrinath provide the 15^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against South Africa

136 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between V Sehwag and S Badrinath provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against South Africa. The other two occasions are – 145 runs in the first innings between R Dravid and SC Ganguly and 108 runs in the second innings between R Dravid and SC Ganguly at Johannesburg in Jan 1997.

DW Steyn returned with figures of 7 for 51 in this test providing the 30^th occasion of a visiting bowler capturing seven or more wickets in an innings against India. He became the third South African bowler to achieve the feat against India. The other two are – AA Donald {7 for 84 at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992} and L Klusener {8 for 64 at Kolkota in Nov 1996}

DW Steyn returned with figures of 7 for 51 in this test providing the 16th occasion of a visiting bowler capturing seven or more wickets in an innings against India on Indian soil. He became the second South African bowler to achieve the feat against India. L Klusener {8 for 64 at Kolkota in Nov 1996} is the other bowler

DW Steyn returned with figures of 7 for 51 in this test became the second visiting bowler to capture seven or more wickets in an innings against India at Nagpur. JJ Krejza of Australia who had returned with figures of 8 for 215 in Nov 2006 is the other bowler

DW Steyn’s 7 for 51 in this test represent his 13^th five wicket haul and his best innings bowling effort. His previous best was 6 for 49 against New Zealand at Centurion in Nov 2007. His previous best against India was 5 for 23 at Ahmedabad in Apr 2008.

The following South African bowlers have captured five or more wickets in a test innings on ten or more occasions – AA Donald {20}, M Ntini {18}, SM Pollock {16}, HJ Tayfield {14} and DW Steyn {13}.

WP Saha scored zero on his test debut providing the 47^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a zero on his debut {in either of the two innings or in both innings}. WP Saha is the first Indian batsman to score a zero on his debut against South Africa.

WP Saha scored zero on his debut in the second innings of this test providing the 15^th such occasion.