Mohali Test : Final day’s highhlights

G Gambhir and SK Raina scored ducks in India’s second innings providing the 172^nd and 173^rd occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a duck against Australia.

SK Raina scored 86 and zero in this test providing the 16^th occasion of an Indian batsman scorig a duck and a fifty in a test match against Australia. The complete list read thus –

MH Mankad – 111 and zero at Melbourne in Feb 1948, P Roy – zero and 99 at Delhi in Dec 1959, RB Kenny – zero and 51 at Kanpur in Dec 1959, Hanmanth Singh – zero and 94 at Chennai in Oct 1964, ML Jaisimha – 66 and zero at Mum-BS in Oct 1964, MAK Pataudi – 95 and zero at Mum-BS in Nov 1969, GR Viswanath – zero and 137 at Kanpur in Nov 1969, AL Wadekar – zero and 62 at Kolkata in Dec 1969, SM Gavaskar – zero and 118 at Melbourne in Dec 1977, M Amarnath – zero and 86 at Adelaide in Jan 1978, CPS Chauhan – zero and 85 at Melbourne in Feb 1981, NR Mongia – 152 and zero at Delhi in Oct 1996, SR Tendulkar – zero and 61 at Adelaide in Dec 99, R Dravid – zero and 60 at Bangalore in Oct 2004 and SC Ganguly – 85 and zero at Nagpur in Nov 2008 and SK Raina – 86 and zero at Mohali in Oct 2010

G Gambhir’s zero provides the 29^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck against Australia.

MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 2 in India’s second innings to provide the 35^th occasion of an Indian batsman run out in an innings against Australia. His run out also represents the fifth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out against Australia

MS Dhoni’s run out in this test represent the 198th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in the annals of test cricket. His run out in this test represents the 29^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out against various oppositions.

RT Ponting {71} and MS Dhoni {02} were dismissed run out in this test providing the fourth occasion of rival captains run out in a test match.

India won this test by one wicket providing the sixth occasion of India winning a test by wickets margin against Australia. The other occasions are – by two wickets at Mum-BS in Oct 1964, by seven wickets at Delhi in Nov 1969, by seven wickets at Delhi in Oct 1996, by two wickets at Chennai in Mar 2001 and by four wickets at Adelaide in Dec 2003

India winning this test by one wicket provides its narrowest margin of victory by wickets against Australia. This win represents India’s narrowest win by wicket margin against any opposition. It also represents the 12^th win by a team with one wicket margin in the annals of test cricket.

SR Tendulkar created a world record at Mohali against Australia in the first test of the ongoing test series by aggregating 1003 runs in the calendar year 2010, which was his sixth occasion of totaling 1000 runs in calendar year. He has totalled 1000 runs in 1997, 1088 runs in 1998, 1003 runs in 2002, 1392 runs in 2002, 1063 runs in 2008 and 1003 in 2010.

His 1003 runs in 2010 came at Mohali when he was on 35 during his knock of 38 in India’s second innings. SR Tendulkar went past ML Hayden of Australia, BC Lara of West Indies and RT Ponting of Australia who have compiled 1000 runs in five calendar years.

Australia scored 428 runs in the first innings of this test and yet lost the test providing the 34^th occasion of a team losing a test after scoring 400 plus runs. Australia losing this test also provide the 61^st occasion of a team losing a test after posting 400 plus run in its first innings {first innings or second innings} of a test match.

Australia has lost eleven test after posting 400 plus runs in the first innings of a test and lost 14 tests after posting 400 plus runs in its first innings {first innings or second innings of a test match}