England’s JE Root {124}, MM Ali {117} and BA Stokes {128} scored centuries in the same innings to provide the third occasion of three or more batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings against India on Indian grounds hosting its first test. It also provides the second such occasion by visiting batsmen. The first such occasion was four centuries in an innings by West Indies batsman in Delhi’s first test

England’s JE Root {124}, MM Ali {117} and BA Stokes {128} scored centuries in the same innings to provide the tenth occasion of three or more batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings against India in India. It also provides the second such occasion by England batsmen.

BA Stokes’ 128 provides the 200^th occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a hundred against India in India.

JE Root {124}, MM Ali {117}, BA Stokes {128}, M Vijay {126} and CA Pujara {124} scored centuries in this test as on third day of the test to provide the third occasion of five batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings against India on Indian grounds hosting its first test. The first such occasion was witnessed in Delhi’s first test in November 1948 while the second occasion was witnessed at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad in November 1955. It is interesting to note all the three occasions have come on Indian ground hosting its first test in the month of November. The particulars of these three occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CL Walcott	152	1	Win	Ind	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
2	GE Gomez	101	1	Win	Ind	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
3	ED Weekes	128	1	Win	Ind	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
4	RJ Christiani	107	1	Win	Ind	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
5	HR Adhikari	114*	2	Ind	Win	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
1	PR Umrigar	223	1	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
2	VL Manjrekar	118	1	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
3	AG Kripal Singh	100*	1	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
4	JW Guy	102	2	NZl	Ind	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
5	B Sutcliffe	137*	3	NZl	Ind	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
1	JE Root	124	1	Eng	Ind	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
2	MM Ali	117	1	Eng	Ind	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
3	BA Stokes	128	1	Eng	Ind	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
4	M Vijay	126	2	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
5	CA Pujara	124	2	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016

JE Root for England and CA Pujara scored identical number of runs – 124 – providing the first occasion in the annals of test cricket – of batsmen batting at number three scoring identical runs in the first and second innings of a test

M Vijay’s 126 in this test provides the 136^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century against various oppositions. It also provides the 68^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century against various oppositions on Indian soil. It is interesting to note that out of 136 occasions of an Indian opener scoring centuries, exact half of this number – that is on 68 occasions – an Indian opening batsmen have scored centuries against various oppositions on home soil.

CA Pujara became the fourth batsman to score  centuries on two Indian grounds hosting its first test. Others are ED Weekes of West Indies, CH Lloyd of West Indies and SR Tendulkar of India. The centuries scored by these four batsmen are furnished below. CA Pujara is  the second Indian batsman to accomplish such a feat after SR Tendulkar.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CA Pujara	101*	3	Ind	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
2	CA Pujara	124	2	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
1	CH Lloyd	163	3	Win	Ind	Bangalore	22 Nov 1974
2	CH Lloyd	242*	1	Win	Ind	Mum-WS	23 Jan 1975
1	ED Weekes	128	1	Win	Ind	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
2	ED Weekes	194	1	Win	Ind	Mum-BS	09 Dec 1948
1	SR Tendulkar	142	1	Ind	Srl	Lucknow-KDS	12 Jan 1994
2	SR Tendulkar	109	1	Ind	Aus	Nagpur-J	06 Nov 2008

MA Vijay and CA Pujara scored centuries in this test to provide the sixth occasion of two or more Indian batsmen scoring centuries on Indian grounds hosting its first test. All such occasions are listed below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	RS Modi	112	3	Ind	Win	Mum-BS	09 Dec 1948
	2	VS Hazare	134*	3	Ind	Win	Mum-BS	09 Dec 1948
2	1	PR Umrigar	223	1	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
	2	VL Manjrekar	118	1	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
	3	AG Kripal Singh	100*	1	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
3	1	MH Mankad	231	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai-CS	06 Jan 1956
	2	P Roy	173	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai-CS	06 Jan 1956
4	1	M Azharuddin	110	1	Ind	Pak	Jaipur	21 Feb 1986
	2	RJ Shastri	125	1	Ind	Pak	Jaipur	21 Feb 1986
5	1	V Kohli	211	1	Ind	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
	2	AM Rahane	188	1	Ind	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
6	1	M Vijay	126	2	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
	2	CA Pujara	124	2	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016

M Vijay became the sixth Indian opening batsman to score a century on Indian grounds hosting its first test. The following table furnishes the complete list

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad	231	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai-CS	06 Jan 1956
2	P Roy	173	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai-CS	06 Jan 1956
3	NS Sidhu	124	1	Ind	Srl	Lucknow-KDS	18 Jan 1994
4	AD Gaekwad	201	2	Ind	Pak	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983
5	M Prabhakar	120	2	Ind	Win	Mohali	10 Dec 1994
6	M Vijay	124	1	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016

England’s MM Ali {117} and BA Stokes {128} scored centuries against India in the ongoing test at Rajkot to provide the sixth occasion of visiting batsmen batting at number 5 and 6 scoring centuries against India in India. It also provides the second such occasion by England batsmen. The first such occasion was witnessed at Mum-BS in Feb 1973, when KWR Fletcher {113} and AW Greig {148} scored centuries batting at number five and six respectively

No	Pos	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	5	KWR Fletcher	113	2	Eng	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	06 Feb 1973
	6	AW Greig	148	2	Eng	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	06 Feb 1973
2	5	MM Ali	117	1	Eng	Ind	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
	6	BA Stokes	128	1	Eng	Ind	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016