Ind vs Aus – 2010 : Mohali Test : Dravid and Tendulkar score their 21st half centuries in the second innings of a test match

Ind vs Aus – 2010 : Mohali Test : Dravid and Tendulkar score their 21st half centuries in the second innings of a test match

R Dravid {77} and SR Tendulkar {98} scored half centuries against Australia in the first test at Mohali in the ongoing test series, which represent their 21st half centuries in the second innings of the test match. At the end of India’s innings, they are on par with BC Lara of West Indies and IVA Richards of West Indies who also have scored 21 half centuries in the second innings of test match. Only VVS Laxman of India with 22 half centuries to his credit has scored more half centuries than these four batsmen. The exploits of these five batsmen are tabulated below

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VVS Laxman of India

No

Runs

Opposition

Ground

Mon/Year

1

64

v West Indies

Kingston

Mar 1997

2

56

v West Indies

St John’s

Apr 1997

3

95

v Australia

Kolkata

Mar 1998

4

59

v Australia

Kolkata

Mar 2001

5

65

v Australia

Chennai

Mar 2001

6

89

v South Africa

Port Elizabeth

Nov 2001

7

75

v England

Ahmedabad

Dec 2001

8

69

v West Indies

Georgetown

Apr 2002

9

65*

v West Indies

Kingston

May 2002

10

75

v Australia

Brisbane

Dec 2003

11

71

v Pakistan

Rawalpindi

Apr 2004

12

58

v Pakistan

Mohali

Mar 2005

13

79*

v Pakistan

Bangalore

Mar 2005

14

90

v Pakistan

Faisalabad

Jan 2006

15

50*

v South Africa

Durban

Dec 2006

16

54

v England

Nottingham

Jul 2007

17

72*

v Pakistan

Delhi

Nov 2007

18

50

v South Africa

Kanpur

Apr 2008

19

56

v Sri Lanka

Col-SSC

Jul 2008

20

76

v New Zealand

Napier

Mar 2009

21

62

v Sri Lanka

Mum-BS

Dec 2009

22

56

v Sri Lanka

Col-PSS

Aug 2010

R Dravid of India

No

Runs

Opposition

Ground

Mon/Year

1

95

v England

Lord’s

Jun 1996

2

57

v West Indies

Port of Spain

Mar 1997

3

78

v West Indies

Bridgetown

Mar 1997

4

86

v Australia

Kolkata

Mar 1998

5

53

v Pakistan

Chennai

Jan 1999

6

81

v Australia

Chennai

Mar 2001

7

86

v England

Mohali

Dec 2001

8

65

v Zimbabwe

Nagpur

Feb 2002

9

54

v South Africa

Kanpur

Nov 2004

10

80

v South Africa

Kolkata

Nov 2004

11

50

v Pakistan

Mohali

Mar 2005

12

77

v Zimbabwe

Bulawayo

Sep 2005

13

98

v Zimbabwe

Harare

Sep 2005

14

95

v England

Mohali

Mar 2006

15

52

v England

Mumbai

Mar 2006

16

53

v Australia

Sydney

Jan 2008

17

51

v Australia

Bangalore

Oct 2008

18

66

v New Zealand

Hamilton

Mar 2009

19

83

v New Zealand

Napier

Mar 2009

20

74

v Sri Lanka

Mum-BS

Dec 2009

21

77

v Australia

Mohali

Oct 2010

BC Lara of West Indies

No

Runs

Opposition

Ground

Mon/Year

1

58

v Australia

Brisbane

Nov 1992

2

52

v Australia

Melbourne

Dec 1992

3

83

v England

Kingston

Feb 1994

4

50

v India

Nagpur

Dec 1994

5

88

v Australia

St John’s

Apr 1995

6

53

v England

Leeds

Jun 1995

7

55

v England

Port of Spain

Feb 1998

8

89

v England

St John’s

Mar 1998

9

68

v South Africa

Centurion

Jan 1999

10

62

v Australia

Port of Spain

Mar 1999

11

67

v New Zealand

Wellington

Dec 1999

12

50

v England

Birmingham

Jun 2000

13

83

v South Africa

Bridgetown

Mar 2001

14

74

v Sri Lanka

Kandy

Nov 2001

15

52

v India

Port of Spain

Apr 2002

16

55

v India

Bridgetown

May 2002

17

91

v Australia

Port of Spain

Apr 2003

18

68

v Australia

St John’s

May 2003

19

53

v Bangladesh

Gros Islet

May 2004

20

95

v England

Birmingham

Jul 2004

21

79

v England

The Oval

Aug 2004

IVA Richards of West Indies

No

Runs

Opposition

Ground

Mon/Year

1

50

v India

Chennai

Jan 1975

2

50

v Australia

Melbourne

Jan 1976

3

64

v India

Kingston

Apr 1976

4

50

v Pakistan

Georgetown

Mar 1977

5

96

v Australia

Melbourne

Dec 1979

6

64

v England

Nottingham

Jun 1980

7

65

v England

Manchester

Jul 1980

8

75

v Pakistan

Lahore

Nov 1980

9

80

v India

Bridgetown

Apr 1983

10

67

v India

Delhi

Oct 1983

11

76

v Australia

Port of Spain

Mar 1984

12

72

v England

Lord’s

Jun 1984

13

87

v England

Port of Spain

Apr 1986

68

v India

Chennai

Jan 1988

15

67

v Pakistan

Bridgetown

Apr 1988

16

80

v England

Nottingham

Jun 1988

17

68

v Australia

Brisbane

Nov 1988

18

69

v Australia

Adelaide

Feb 1989

19

50

v Australia

Georgetown

Mar 1991

20

73

v England

Leeds

Jun 1991

21

80

v England

Nottingham

Jul 1991

SR Tendulkar of India

No

Runs

Opposition

Ground

Mon/Year

1

68

v England

Manchester

Aug 1990

2

73

v South Africa

Cape Town

Jan 1993

3

78

v England

Mumbai

Feb 1993

4

71

v Sri Lanka

Col-PSS

Aug 1993

5

88

v West Indies

Port of Spain

Mar 1997

6

92

v West Indies

Bridgetown

Mar 1997

7

79

v Australia

Kolkata

Mar 1998

8

67

v New Zealand

Hamilton

Jan 1999

9

61

v Australia

Adelaide

Dec 1999

10

74

v Zimbabwe

Bulawayo

Jun 2001

11

88

v England

Mohali

Dec 2001

12

90

v England

Bangalore

Dec 2001

13

79

v West Indies

Georgetown

Apr 2002

14

54

v England

The Oval

Sep 2002

15

55

v New Zealand

Mohali

Oct 2003

16

94

v Pakistan

Mohali

Mar 2005

17

63

v South Africa

Durban

Dec 2006

18

91

v England

Nottingham

Jul 2007

19

62

v Australia

Melbourne

Dec 2007

20

53

v Sri Lanka

Mum-BS

Dec 2009

21

98

v Australia

Mohali

Oct 2010

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