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Second Test : Final Day : India won the test by seven wicket and the series 2-0

PR George was dismissed for zero on his debut in Australia’s second innings providing the 79^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a duck on his test debut in one of the innings. He became the seventh Australian batsman to suffer such an ignominy against India. Others are – BN Jarman at Kanpur in second innings : RHD Sellers at Kolkata in Oct 1964 in first innings : MG Hughes at Adelaide in first innings : GR Roberston at Chennai in Mar 1998 in second innings : NM Hauritz at Mumbai in Nov 2004 in first innings : PM Siddle at Mohali in Oct 2008 in first innings {Note : Innings has reference to Australia’s first or second innings}

India were set a target of 207 for a win in this test. This target is the highest target set by a team for a win at Bangalore. The following are the targets set for a visiting team and for India to win a test at Bangalore

Visiting Team : Australia chased a target of 194 runs against India in Mar 1998 and won the test by eight wickets . Scores – India 424 and 169: Australia – 400 and 195 for 2 :

India : India chased a target of 150 against New Zealand in Oct 1995 won the test by eight wickets : Scores : NZl – 145 and 233 : India – 228 and 151 for 2 :

India has chased the fourth innings target of 200 plus runs on five occasions including the one in this test. The five occasions are – India scored 387 for 4 {target 386} and won the test by six wickets against England at Chennai in Dec 2008 : India scored 256 for 8 {target 255} and won the test by two wickets against Australia at Mum-BS in Oct 1964 : India scored 216 for 9 {target 215} and won the test by one wicket against Australia at Mohali in Oct 2010 : India scored 203 for 4 {target 202} and won the test by six wickets against Pakistan at Delhi in Nov 2007 and India scored 207 for 3 {target 206} and won the test by seven wickets at Bangalore in Oct 2010

CA Pujara scored fifty {72} in India’s second innings on his test debut. He became the 36^th Indian batsman to score a fifty on debut. He is the 16^th Indian batsman to score a fifty on debut in India’s second innings. He became the third Indian batsman to score a fifty on debut against Australia. Other two are – DG Phadkar – 51 in the first innings at Sydney in Dec 1947 and GR Viswanath – 137 in second innings at Kanpur in Nov 1969.

CA Pujara’s fifty {72} on debut in this test provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring a fitty on debut at Bangalore. The others are – CG Greenidge of West Indies – 93 and 107 vs India in Nov 1974, HS Kanitkar of India – 65 in the first innings vs West Indies in Nov 1974 : DS Lehmann of Australia – 52 in the first innings vs India in Mar 1998 and MJ Clarke of Australia – 151 in the first innings vs India in Oct 2004

CA Pujara became the second Indian batsman to score a fifty on debut {72} at Bangalore, after HS Kanitkar who had made 65 vs West Indies in Nov 1974.

Prior to the start of the Bangalore test, R Dravid and SR Tendukar have an aggregate of 6076 partnership runs. When they added six runs {sixth run coming from the blade of SR Tendulkar – a single to deep mid wicket of N Hauritz – third delivery of 31^st over}, they took their partnership runs to 6082 and occupied the second place among the pair of batsmen who have an aggregate of 6000 partnership runs. They went past Australian pair ML Hayden-JL Langer pair that has 6081 runs to its credit. CG Greenidge-DL Haynes of West Indies with 6482 runs has most runs. At the end of the test, Dravid-Tendular pair has an aggregate of 6137 runs.

R Dravid batted at number five in this innings providing the eleventh occasion of his batting at number five. He has played 249 test innings. The last occasion he batted at number five was against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Jul 2008

India won this series 2-0. India and Australia have clashed each other in 21 series. The just concluded series is the 21^st series between the two teams. Australia has won 10 series, India has won 06 series and 05 series were drawn.

India has won the following six series : Australia in India Test Series 1979-80 – Six test series – India won 2-0 : Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India 1996-97 – One test series – India won 1-0 : Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India 1997-98 – Three Test series – India won 2-1 : Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India 2000-01 – Three test series – India won 2-0 : Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2008-09 – Four Test series – India won 2-0 : and Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2010-11 : Two Test series – India won 2-0 :

R Dravid and SR Tendulkar have 41 fifty plus runs partnerships between them prior to the Bangalore test. In India’s second innings they added 61 runs for the unfinished fourth wicket which gave them 42 fifty plus partnerships, Now they on par with CG Greenidge-DL Haynes and ML Hayden-JL Langer pair who have 42 fifty plus runs partnerships

SR Tendulkar scored 214 and 53 not out in this test providing the 12^th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a double hundred and a fifty in a test match.

SR Tendulkar has scored a double hundred and fifty in a test match on two occasions – 241* and 60* vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 2004 and 214 and 53* vs Australia at Bangalore in Oct 2010. He became the fourth Indian batsman to perform such a feat on two or more occasions. Others are – R Dravid {three occasions} : SM Gavaskar {two occasions} and VVS Laxman {two occasions}

At the end of the series, the head to head count read thus : Matches played – 78 : Won by India – 20 : Won by Australia – 34 : Tied – 01 : Drawn – 23 :

SR Tendulkar’s 214 against Australia at Bangalore in the second test of the ongoing series represent the 33^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a double hundred against Australia. All the 33 hundreds are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1903
2	GA Faulkner	204	2	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1910
3	WR Hammond	251	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1928
4	WR Hammond	200	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1928
5	AD Nourse	231	3	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	Dec 1935
6	WR Hammond	231*	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1936
7	E Paynter	216*	1	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 1938
8	WR Hammond	240	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1938
9	L Hutton	364	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1938
10	DS Atkinson	219	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May 1955
11	EJ Barlow	201	2	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1964
12	KF Barrington	256	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1964
13	SM Nurse	201	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May 1965
14	RG Pollock	209	2	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	Dec 1966
15	RG Pollock	274	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	Feb 1970
16	Taslim Arif	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
17	IVA Richards	208	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1984
18	DI Gower	215	2	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	Aug 1985
1	Javed Miandad	211	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Sep 1988
20	CG Greenidge	226	3	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	Apr 1991
21	RJ Shastri	206	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1992
22	BC Lara	277	2	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1993
23	Saleem Malik	237	3	Pak	Aus	Rawalpindi	Oct 1994
24	N Hussain	207	2	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	Jun 1997
25	BC Lara	213	2	Win	Aus	Kingston	Mar 1999
26	VVS Laxman	281	3	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	Mar 2001
27	R Dravid	233	2	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2003
28	SR Tendulkar	241*	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2004
29	BC Lara	226	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2005
30	PD Collingwood	206	1	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2006
31	G Gambhir	206	1	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Oct 2008
32	VVS Laxman	200*	1	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Oct 2008
33	SR Tendulkar	214	2	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	Oct 2010

SR Tendulkar has scored two double hundreds against Australia. He is the fifth batsman to score two or more double hundreds against Australia. Others are – WR Hammond {04} : BC Lara {03} : RG Pollock {02} and VVS Laxman {02}. The exploits of these five batsmen are tabulated below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WR Hammond	251	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1928
2	WR Hammond	200	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1928
3	WR Hammond	231*	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1936
4	WR Hammond	240	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1938
1	BC Lara	277	2	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1993
2	BC Lara	213	2	Win	Aus	Kingston	Mar 1999
3	BC Lara	226	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2005
1	RG Pollock	209	2	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	Dec 1966
2	RG Pollock	274	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	Feb 1970
1	SR Tendulkar	241*	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2004
2	SR Tendulkar	214	2	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	Oct 2010
1	VVS Laxman	281	3	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	Mar 2001
2	VVS Laxman	200*	1	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Oct 2008

SR Tendulkar scored 203 against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Jul 2010 and 214 against Australia in Oct 2010, thus scoring two double hundreds in a calendar year.

SR Tendulkar became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score two or more double hundreds in two or more calendar years. Others are DG Bradman of Australia, WR Hammond of England and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka

No	Batsmen	Team	200s	Year	Score	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DG Bradman	Aus	3	1930	254	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1930
					334	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1930
					232	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1930
2	DG Bradman	Aus	2	1931	223	Win	Brisbane	Jan 1931
					226	SAF	Brisbane	Nov 1931
3	DG Bradman	Aus	2	1934	304	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1934
					244	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1934
4	DG Bradman	Aus	2	1937	270	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1937
					212	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1937
1	WR Hammond	Eng	2	1928	251	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1928
					200	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1928
2	WR Hammond	Eng	2	1933	227	NZl	Christchurch	Mar 1933
					336*	NZl	Auckland	Mar 1933
3	WR Hammond	Eng	2	1936	217	Ind	The Oval	Aug 1936
					231*	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1936
1	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2	2004	270	Zim	Bulawayo	May 2004
					232	SAF	Col-SSC	Aug 2004
2	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2	2007	200*	Ban	Col-PSS	Jul 2007
					222*	Ban	Kandy	Jul 2007
1	SR Tendulkar	Srl	2	2004	241*	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2004
					248*	Ban	Dhaka	Dec 2004
2	SR Tendulkar	Srl	2	2010	203	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
					214	Aus	Bangalore	Oct 2010

SR Tendulkar’s 214 in the second test against India at Bangalore provide the 40^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings. All the 40 hundreds are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Date
1	PR Umrigar	223	v New Zealand	Hyd-LBS	Nov 1955
2	MH Mankad	223	v New Zealand	Mumbai (BS)	Dec 1955
3	MH Mankad	231	v New Zealand	Chennai	Jan 1956
4	MAK Pataudi	203*	v England	Delhi	Feb 1964
5	DN Sardesai	200*	v New Zealand	Mumbai (BS)	Mar 1965
6	DN Sardesai	212	v West Indies	Kingston	Feb 1971
7	SM Gavaskar	220	v West Indies	Port of Spain	Apr 1971
8	SM Gavaskar	205	v West Indies	Mumbai	Dec 1978
9	SM Gavaskar	221	v England	The Oval	Aug 1979
10	GR Viswanath	222	v England	Chennai	Jan 1982
11	AD Gaekwad	201	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	Sep 1983
12	SM Gavaskar	236*	v West Indies	Chennai	Dec 1983
13	SV Manjrekar	218	v Pakistan	Lahore	Dec 1989
14	RJ Shastri	206	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 1992
15	VG Kambli	224	v England	Mumbai	Feb 1993
16	VG Kambli	227	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	Mar 1993
17	NS Sidhu	201	v West Indies	Port of Spain	Mar 1997
18	SR Tendulkar	217	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	Oct 1999
19	R Dravid	200*	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	Nov 2000
20	SR Tendulkar	201*	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	Nov 2000
21	VVS Laxman	281	v Australia	Kolkata	Mar 2001
22	R Dravid	217	v England	The Oval	Sep 2002
23	R Dravid	222	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	Oct 2003
24	R Dravid	233	v Australia	Adelaide	Dec 2003
25	SR Tendulkar	241*	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 2004
26	V Sehwag	309	v Pakistan	Multan	Mar 2004
27	R Dravid	270	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	Apr 2004
28	SR Tendulkar	248*	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	Dec 2004
29	V Sehwag	201	v Pakistan	Bangalore	Mar 2005
30	V Sehwag	254	v Pakistan	Lahore	Jan 2006
31	W Jaffer	212	v West Indies	St John’s	Jun 2006
32	W Jaffer	202	v Pakistan	Kolkata	Nov 2007
33	SC Ganguly	239	v Pakistan	Bangalore	Dec 2007
34	V Sehwag	319	v South Africa	Chennai	Mar 2008
35	V Sehwag	201*	v Sri Lanka	Galle	Jul 2008
36	G Gambhir	206	v Australia	Delhi	Oct 2008
37	VVS Laxman	200*	v Australia	Delhi	Oct 2008
38	V Sehwag	293	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	Dec 2009
39	SR Tendulkar	203	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	Jul 2010
40	SR Tendulkar	214	v Australia	Bangalore	Oct 2010

His knock provide the seventh occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 200 plus runs against Australia,

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Date
1	RJ Shastri	206	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 1992
2	VVS Laxman	281	v Australia	Kolkata	Mar 2001
3	R Dravid	233	v Australia	Adelaide	Dec 2003
4	SR Tendulkar	241*	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 2004
5	G Gambhir	206	v Australia	Delhi	Oct 2008
6	VVS Laxman	200*	v Australia	Delhi	Oct 2008
7	SR Tendulkar	214	v Australia	Bangalore	Oct 2010

SR Tendulkar’s double hundred – 214 – in this test represents his sixth double hundred and he became the second Indian batsman to score six double hundred after V Sehwag. The double hundreds are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Date
1	SR Tendulkar	217	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	Oct 1999
2	SR Tendulkar	201*	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	Nov 2000
3	SR Tendulkar	241*	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 2004
4	SR Tendulkar	248*	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	Dec 2004
5	SR Tendulkar	203	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	Jul 2010
6	SR Tendulkar	214	v Australia	Bangalore	Oct 2010
1	V Sehwag	309	v Pakistan	Multan	Mar 2004
2	V Sehwag	201	v Pakistan	Bangalore	Mar 2005
3	V Sehwag	254	v Pakistan	Lahore	Jan 2006
4	V Sehwag	319	v South Africa	Chennai	Mar 2008
5	V Sehwag	201*	v Sri Lanka	Galle	Jul 2008
6	V Sehwag	293	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	Dec 2009

SR Tendulkar’s hundred – 214 – in this test represents his 11^th hundred against Australia. Only JB Hobbs with 12 hundreds has scored more hundreds than SR Tendulkar against Australia. The exploits of these two batsmen are listed below

JB Hobbs of England
No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	126*	4	v Australia	Melbourne	Dec 1911
2	187	2	v Australia	Adelaide	Jan 1912
3	178	2	v Australia	Melbourne	Feb 1912
4	107	1	v Australia	Lord’s	Jun 1912
5	122	2	v Australia	Melbourne	Dec 1920
6	123	4	v Australia	Adelaide	Jan 1921
7	115	2	v Australia	Sydney	Dec 1924
8	154	2	v Australia	Melbourne	Jan 1925
9	119	2	v Australia	Adelaide	Jan 1925
10	119	2	v Australia	Lord’s	Jun 1926
11	100	3	v Australia	The Oval	Aug 1926
12	142	1	v Australia	Melbourne	Mar 1929
SR Tendulkar of India
No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	148*	2	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 1992
2	114	2	v Australia	Perth	Feb 1992
3	155*	3	v Australia	Chennai	Mar 1998
4	177	1	v Australia	Bangalore	Mar 1998
5	116	2	v Australia	Melbourne	Dec 1999
6	126	2	v Australia	Chennai	Mar 2001
7	241*	1	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 2004
8	154*	2	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 2008
9	153	1	v Australia	Adelaide	Jan 2008
1o	109	1	v Australia	Nagpur	Nov 2008
11	214	2	v Australia	Bangalore	Oct 2010

SR Tendulkar’s 214 in this test provide the 20^th occasion of his scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings and with it he holds the record for most 150 plus runs by a batsman in the annals of test cricket. He wrested the record from BC Lara of West Indies who has nineteen 150 plus scores. SR Tendulkar reached 150 by taking a single of BW Hilfenhaus by taking his score from 149 to 150. The following table lists out the exploits of these two batsmen.

SR Tendulkar of India
No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	165	1	v England	Chennai	Feb 1993
2	179	1	v West Indies	Nagpur	Dec 1994
3	177	1	v England	Nottingham	Jul 1996
4	169	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	Jan 1997
5	155*	3	v Australia	Chennai	Mar 1998
6	177	1	v Australia	Bangalore	Mar 1998
7	217	1	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	Oct 1999
8	201*	1	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	Nov 2000
9	155	1	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	Nov 2001
10	176	2	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	Feb 2002
11	193	1	v England	Leeds	Aug 2002
12	176	3	v West Indies	Kolkata	Oct 2002
13	241*	1	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 2004
14	194*	1	v Pakistan	Multan	Mar 2004
15	248*	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	Dec 2004
16	154*	2	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 2008
17	153	1	v Australia	Adelaide	Jan 2008
18	160	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	Mar 2009
19	203	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	Jul 2010
20	214	2	v Australia	Bangalore	Oct 2010
BC Lara of West Indies
No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	277	2	v Australia	Sydney	Jan 1993
2	167	2	v England	Georgetown	Mar 1994
3	375	1	v England	St John’s	Apr 1994
4	152	2	v England	Nottingham	Aug 1995
5	179	2	v England	The Oval	Aug 1995
6	213	2	v Australia	Kingston	Mar 1999
7	153*	4	v Australia	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
8	182	1	v Australia	Adelaide	Dec 2000
9	178	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	Nov 2001
10	221	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	Nov 2001
11	209	2	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	Jun 2003
12	191	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	Nov 2003
13	202	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	Dec 2003
14	400*	1	v England	St John’s	Apr 2004
15	196	1	v South Africa	Port of Spain	Apr 2005
16	176	1	v South Africa	Bridgetown	Apr 2005
17	153	2	v Pakistan	Kingston	Jun 2005
18	226	1	v Australia	Adelaide	Nov 2005
19	216	2	v Pakistan	Multan	Nov 2006

Second Test – Fourth Day’s highlights

SR Tendulkar completed 200 runs in this test when he took a cheeky single playing gently on the off side of BW Hilfenhaus {first delivery of 128^th over}. He took his score from 199 to 200 and the team’s total from 451 for 5 to 452 for 5. He was dismissed bowled by PR George for 214. It was PR George’s first test wicket in tests

SR Tendulkar’s 214 in this test to provide the 40^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings. His knock provide the seventh occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 200 plus runs against Australia, The seven occasions are – 206 by RJ Shastri at Sydney in Jan 1992, 281 by VVS Laxman at Kolkata in Mar 2001, 233 by R Dravid at Adelaide in Dec 2003, 241* by SR Tendulkar at Sydney in Jan 2004, 206 by G Gambhir at Delhi in Oct 2008 and 200* by VVS Laxman at Delhi in Oct 2008 and 214 by SR Tendulkar at Bangalore in Oct 2010

SR Tendulkar becomes the first Indian batsman to score two double hundreds against Australia – 241* at Sydney in Jan 2004 and 214 at Bangalore in Oct 2010

SR Tendulkar’s 214 in this test provide the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a double hundred at Bangalore. Others are – 267 by Younis Khan of Pakistan vs India in Mar 2005, 201 by V Sehwag of India vs Pakistan in Mar 2005 and 239 by SC Ganguly of India vs Pakistan in Dec 2007.

SR Tendulkar became the third Indian batsman to score a double hundred at Bangalore after V Sehwag and SC Ganguly.

SR Tendulkar became the fifth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score two or more double hundreds against Australia. Others are – WR Hammond of England {04} : BC Lara of West Indies {03} : VVS Laxman of India {02} : RG Pollock of South Africa {02}.

WR Hammond of England : 251 at Sydney in Dec 1928 : 200 at Melbourne in Dec 1928 : 231* at Sydney in Dec 1936 and 240 at Lord’s in Jun 1938. BC Lara of West Indies : 277 at Sydney in Jan 1993 : 213 at Kingston in Mar 1999 and 226 at Adelaide in Nov 2005 : VVS Laxman of India : 281 at Kolkata in Mar 2001 and 200* at Delhi in Oct 2008 : RG Pollock of South Africa : 209 at Cape Town in Dec 1966 and 274 at Durban in Feb 1979. SR Tendulkar of India : 241* at Sydney in Jan 2004 and 214 at Bangalore in Oct 2010

SR Tendulakr’s 214 in this test represents his sixth double hundred in a test innings, He became the ninth batsman to score seven or more double hundreds in tests. Others are – DG Bradman of Australia {12} : BC Lara of West Indies {09} : WR Hammond of England {07} : KC Sangkkara of Sri Lanka {07} : MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka {06} : Javed Miandad of Pakistan {06} : DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka {06} : V Sehwag of India {06}

SR Tendulkar’s six double hundreds are – 217 vs New Zealand at Ahmedabad in Oct 1999 : 201* vs Zimbabwe at Nagpur in Nov 2000 : 241* vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 2004 : 248* vs Bangladesh in Dec 2004 ; 203 vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Jul 2010 and 214 at Bangalore in Oct 2010

SR Tendulkar became the second Indian batsman to score six double hundreds after V Sehwag

SR Tendulkar’s double hundred – 214 – in this test provide his second double hundred in the calendar year of 2010. The other double hundred was 203 vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Jul 2010. His feat of two double hundreds in a calendar year provides the 24^th occasion of a batman scoring two or more double hundreds in a calendar year.

SR Tendulkar’s two double hundreds in the calendar year 2010 provide the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman performing such a feat – VG Kambli in 1993, R Dravid in 2003, SR Tendulkar in 2004, V Sehwag in 2008 and SR Tendulkar in 2010

SR Tendulkar is the only Indian batsman to score two double hundreds in two calendar years – 2004 and 2010.

SR Tendulkar became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score two or more double hundreds in two or more calendar years – DG Bradman {03 double hundreds in 1930: 02 double hundreds in 1931 : 02 double hundreds in 1934 and 02 double hundreds in 1937} : WR Hammond {02 double hundreds in 1928 : 02 double hundreds in 1933 : 02 double hundreds in 1936} : KC Sangakkara {02 double hundreds in 2004 and 02 double hundreds in 2007} and SR Tendulkar {02 double hundreds in 2004 and 02 double hundreds in 2010}

RT Ponting took a catch to dismiss Harbhajan Singh of Watson in this test. This catch gave RT Ponting an aggregate of 30 catches against India and with it a record of most catches by an Australian fieldsman against India. He wrested the record from ME Waugh who has taken 29 catches against India.

SR Tendulkar’s dismissal bowled in this innings provides the 44^th occasion of his being dismissed bowled in a test innings. He now holds the record for Indian batsman who has been dismissed bowled on most occasions. He wrested the record from R Dravid who has been dimissed bowled on 43 occasions. Other batsmen who have been dismissed bowled on 44 or more occasions are – AR Border {53}, JH Kallis {44} and JR Reid {44}

SR Tendulkar became the first Indian batsman to score six hundreds in a calendar year. His six hundreds in calendar year 2010 read thus – 105* vs Bangladesh at Chittagong in Jan 2010 : 143 vs Bangladesh at Dhaka in Jan 2010 : 100 vs South Africa at Nagpur in Feb 2010 : 106 vs South Africa at Kolkata in Feb 2010 : 203 vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Jul 2010 and 214 vs Australia at Bangalore in Oct 2010

SR Tendulkar’s six hundreds in the calendar year 2010 provide the 14^th occasion of a batsman scoring six or more hundreds in a calendar year. The fourteen occasions are – Mohmmad Yousuf of Pakistan {09 in 2006} : IVA Richards of West Indies {07 in 1976} : PA de Silva of Sri Lanka {07 in 1997} : RT Ponting of Australia {07 in 2006} : DCS Compton of England {06 in 1947} : GS Sobers of West Indies {06 in 1958} : ML Hayden of Australia {06 in 2002} : MP Vaughan of England {06 in 2002} : RT Ponting of Australia {06 in 2003} : DR Martyn of Australia {06 in 2004} : RT Ponting of Australia {06 in 2005} : GC Smith of South Africa {06 in 2008} : TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {06 in 2009} and SR Tendulkar of India {06 in 2010}

MG Johnson {3 for 105} and NM Hauritz {2 for 153} conceded 100 plus runs in this innings to provide the 70^th and 71^st occasion of Australian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs against India

NM Hauritz {2 for 153} conceded 150 plus runs in this innings to provide the ninth occasion of Australian bowlers conceding 150 plus runs against India

NM Hauritz {2 for 153} conceded 150 plus runs in this innings to provide the eighth occasion of bowlers conceding 150 plus runs in a test at Bangalore. NM Haurtitz is the first Australian bowler to leak 150 plus runs at Bangalore.

MJ Clarke has been dismissed stumped on six occasions, which includes the one in the second innings of this test. The six dismissals are – vs India at Mumbai in Nov 2004 {stumped KD Karthik bowled A Kumble for 17} : vs Pakistan at Sydney in Jan 2005 {stumped Kamran Akmal bowled Danish Kaneria for 35} : vs India at Melbourne in Dec 2007 {stumped MS Dhoni bowled A Kumble for 73} : vs India at Perth in Jan 2008 {stumped MS Dhoni bowled A Kumble 81} : vs New Zealand at Wellington in Mar 2010 {stumped BB McCullum bowled DL Vettori for 168 } and vs India at Bangalore in Oct 2010 {stumped MS Dhoni bowled PP Ojha for 3}

MJ Clarke has been dismissed stumped against India on four occasions. Of these four occasions, MS Dhoni has stumped him on three occasions.

MJ Clarke has been dismissed stumped against India on most occasions – four. It is an Australian record for a batsman dismissed stumped on most occasions against India. The previous record holder was AR Border who was dismissed stumped thrice against India

MJ Clarke’s dismissal stumped in Australia’s second innings provides the 51^st occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed stumped against India. PR George was dismissed stumped in Australia’s first innings provided the 50^th occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed stumped against India.

MJ Clarke completed 1000 runs against India when he was on one during his knock of three in Australia’s second innings. At the end of his innings, his aggregate stood at 1002. He became the ninth Australian batsman to total 1000 plus runs against India. Others are – RT Ponting {2011}, ML Hayden {1888}, AR Border {1567}, DC Boon {1204}, RB Simpson {1090}, SM Katich {1088}, JL Langer {1047} and MJ Clarke {1002}

RT Ponting reached 50 when he leg glanced Harbhajan Singh for a boundary {third delivery of 48^th over}. He took his score from 46 to 50. He was finally dismissed for 72 in this innings. It was his second fifty of the match. He had scored 77 in the first innings. His fifties in both innings of this match provide the 26th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. His feat also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test match against India in India.

RT Ponting’s twin fifties – 77 and 72 – in this test provide the seventh occasion of an Australian captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test match. Other occasions are – DG Bradman {132 and 127* at Melbourne in Jan 1948} : RB Simpson {55 and 103 at Adelaide in Dec 1967} : KJ Hughes {92 and 64* at Kolkata in Jan 1978} : RB Simpson {100 and 51 at Adelaide in Jan 1978} : RB Simpson {67 and 71 at Kolkata in Oct 1964} and WM Lawry {66 and 52 at Sydney in Jan 1968}

RT Ponting completed 5000 runs on away soil {excluding neutral soil} when he was on 52 during his knock of 72 in Australia’s second innings. At the end of his innings, his aggregate stood at 5020 runs. He became the third ‘Australian batsman to aggregate 5000 plus runs on away soil. Others are – AR Border {5431} and SR Waugh {5083}

RT Ponting completed 2000 runs against India when he was on 61 during his knock of 72 in Australia’s second innings. At the end of his innings, his aggregate stood at 2011. He became the first Australian batsman to total 2000 plus runs against India and the third batsman to reach the milestone in India-Australia test series. Others are SR Tendulkar {3098} ad VVS Laxman {2279}

RT Ponting’s feat of 2000 plus runs against India {2011} provides the 59^th occasion of a batsman scoring 2000 plus runs against a specific opposition.

RT Ponting has scored 2000 plus runs against three specific oppositions – vs England {2363}, vs South Africa {2030} and vs India {2011}. He became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 2000 plus runs against three specific oppositions. Others are SM Gavaskar of India {vs England – 2483 : vs Pakistan – 2089 and vs West Indies – 2749} : CH Lloyd of West Indies {vs Australia – 2211 : vs England – 2120 and vs India – 2344}

RT Ponting became the first Australian batsman to score 2000 runs against three specific oppositions. AR Border and SR Waugh had performed the feat against two oppositions – AR Border {vs England – 3548 and vs West Indies – 2052} and SR Waugh {vs England – 3200 and vs West Indies – 2192}

RT Ponting has been dismissed leg before wicket on 41 occasions including the one in this innings. He now occupies the third spot among the batsmen who have been dismissed “lbw” on most occasions. SR Tendulkar {51} and GA Gooch {50} occupy the first two places in the list.