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C de Grandhomme scored 105 between Tea and close of play in the ongoing test against West Indies at Wellington to provide the 36^th occasion of a batsman scoring 100 plus runs between Tea and  Close of play in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of the runs scored.

No	Runs	Batsman	Score	Team	Oppn	Venue	Year
1	140	IDS Smith	173	NZl	Ind	Auckland	1989-90
2	139	NJ Astle	222	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	2001-02
3	133	VT Trumper	159	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	1910-11
4	133	V Sehwag	293	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	2009-10
5	127	DL Vettori	127	NZl	Zim	Harare	2005-06
6	121	VVS Laxman	167	Ind	Aus	Sydney	1999-00
7	121	MJ Prior	126*	Eng	Win	Lord’s	2007
8	119	MG Johnson	123*	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	2008-09
9	118*	WR Hammond	167	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1936
10	114*	ED Weekes	156	Win	NZl	Wellington	1955-56
11	113	GJ Bonnor	128	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1884-85
12	112	VT Trumper	185*	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1903-04
13	112	CH Gayle	116	Win	SAF	Cape Town	2003-04
14	111	SM Pollock	111	SAF	Srl	Centurion	2000-01
15	110	ME Waugh	139*	Aus	Win	St.John’s	1990-91
16	110*	ED Weekes	123	Win	NZl	Dunedin	1955-56
17	109	MS Dhoni	224	Ind	Aus	Chennai	2012-13
18	108	KK Nair	303*	Ind	Eng	Chennai	2016-17
19	107	DG Bradman	201	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	1947-48
20	107	ML Hayden	380	Aus	Zim	Perth	2003-04
21	106	IT Botham	149*	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1981
22	106	RB Richardson	182	Win	Aus	Georgetown	1990-91
23	105	DT Lindsay	182	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	1966-67
24	105	DR Smith	105*	Win	SAF	Cape Town	2003-04
25	105	CL Cairns	158	NZl	SAF	Auckland	2003-04
26	105	DS Lehmann	177	Aus	Ban	Cairns	2003-04
27	105	C de Grandhomme	105	NZl	Win	Wellington	2017-18
28	104	A Melville	104*	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	1947
29	104	DA Warner	104*	Aus	Ind	Perth	2011-12
30	100	KD Walters	103	Aus	Eng	Perth	1974-75
31	102	CAG Russell	102*	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1921
32	102	DG Bradman	304	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1934
33	102	AC Gilchrist	102*	Aus	Eng	Perth	2006-07
34	102	Yuvraj Singh	169	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	2007-08
35	101	DG Bradman	254	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	1930
36	100	KC Sangakkara	222*	Srl	Ban	Kandy	2007

C de Grandhomme scored 105 between Tea and close of play in the ongoing test against West Indies at Wellington to provide the fifth occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring 100 plus runs between Tea and  Close of play in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of the runs scored.

No	Runs	Batsman	Score	Team	Oppn	Venue	Year
1	140	IDS Smith	173	NZl	Ind	Auckland	1989-90
2	139	NJ Astle	222	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	2001-02
3	127	DL Vettori	127	NZl	Zim	Harare	2005-06
4	105	CL Cairns	158	NZl	SAF	Auckland	2003-04
5	105	C de Grandhomme	105	NZl	Win	Wellington	2017-18

C de Grandhomme scored 105 between Tea and close of play in the ongoing test against West Indies at Wellington to provide the 36^th occasion of a batsman scoring 100 plus runs against West Indies between Tea and  Close of play in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of the runs scored.

No	Runs	Batsman	Score	Team	Oppn	Venue	Year
1	121	MJ Prior	126*	Eng	Win	Lord’s	2007
2	110	ME Waugh	139*	Aus	Win	St.John’s	1990-91
3	105	C de Grandhomme	105	NZl	Win	Wellington	2017-18

DG Bradman {03}, ED Weekes {02} and VT Trumper {02} are the three batsmen  who have performed  the feat on two or more occasions.

No	Runs	Batsman	Score	Team	Oppn	Venue	Year
1	107	DG Bradman	201	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	1947-48
2	102	DG Bradman	304	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1934
3	101	DG Bradman	254	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	1930
1	114*	ED Weekes	156	Win	NZl	Wellington	1955-56
2	110*	ED Weekes	123	Win	NZl	Dunedin	1955-56
1	133	VT Trumper	159	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	1910-11
2	112	VT Trumper	185*	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1903-04

The following batsmen have scored 100 plus runs between Tea and Close of play when they have made 200 plus runs. There are nine such occasions.

No	Runs	Batsman	Score	Team	Oppn	Venue	Year
1	107	ML Hayden	380	Aus	Zim	Perth	2003-04
2	102	DG Bradman	304	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1934
3	108	KK Nair	303*	Ind	Eng	Chennai	2016-17
4	133	V Sehwag	293	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	2009-10
5	101	DG Bradman	254	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	1930
6	109	MS Dhoni	224	Ind	Aus	Chennai	2012-13
7	100	KC Sangakkara	222*	Srl	Ban	Kandy	2007
8	139	NJ Astle	222	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	2001-02
9	107	DG Bradman	201	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	1947-48

DG Bradman is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to perform the feat on three occasions when he has scored 200 plus runs. All such occasions are tabulated  below.

No	Runs	Batsman	Score	Team	Oppn	Venue	Year
1	107	DG Bradman	201	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	1947-48
2	102	DG Bradman	304	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1934
3	101	DG Bradman	254	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	1930

 

C de Grandhomme {105} and TA Blundell {107*} of New Zealand scored centuries against West Indies in the ongoing test at Wellington to provide the eleventh occasion of batsmen batting at number seven and eight scoring centuries  in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Pos	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	7	ED Weekes	128	1	Win	Ind	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
	2	8	RJ Christiani	107	1	Win	Ind	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
2	1	7	DS Atkinson	219	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
	2	8	CC Depeiaza	122	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
3	1	7	JHB Waite	113	2	SAF	Eng	Manchester	07 Jul 1955
	2	8	PL Winslow	108	2	SAF	Eng	Manchester	07 Jul 1955
4	1	7	PJL Dujon	110	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
	2	8	CH Lloyd	106	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
5	1	7	HP Tillakaratne	136*	2	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
	2	8	TT Samaraweera	103*	2	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
6	1	7	SM Katich	118	2	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005
	2	8	AC Gilchrist	121	2	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005
7	1	7	BB McCullum	111	1	NZl	Zim	Harare	07 Aug 2005
	2	8	DL Vettori	127	1	NZl	Zim	Harare	07 Aug 2005
8	1	7	P Jayawardene	120*	2	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	25 Jun 2007
	2	8	WPUJC Vaas	100*	2	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	25 Jun 2007
9	1	7	IR Bell	115	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
	2	8	MJ Prior	118	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
10	1	7	BJ Watling	124	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
	2	8	JDS Neesham	137*	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
11	1	7	C de Grandhomme	105	2	NZl	Win	Wellington	01 Dec 2017
	2	8	TA Blundell	107*	2	NZl	Win	Wellington	01 Dec 2017

C de Grandhomme {105} and TA Blundell {107*} of New Zealand scored centuries against West Indies in the ongoing test at Wellington to provide the third occasion of New Zealand batsmen batting at number seven and eight scoring centuries  in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Pos	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	7	BB McCullum	111	1	NZl	Zim	Harare	07 Aug 2005
	2	8	DL Vettori	127	1	NZl	Zim	Harare	07 Aug 2005
2	1	7	BJ Watling	124	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
	2	8	JDS Neesham	137*	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
3	1	7	C de Grandhomme	105	2	NZl	Win	Wellington	01 Dec 2017
	2	8	TA Blundell	107*	2	NZl	Win	Wellington	01 Dec 2017

V Kohli scored 156 not out against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Delhi in his 50^th innings while leading India. He became the sixth Indian captain to play 50 plus innings. Others are – MS Dhoni {96}, SC Ganguly {75}. SM Gavaskar {74} and MAK Pataudi {68}. The following table lists the six captains with their performance,

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	MS Dhoni	60	96	11	3454	224	40.63	05	24	8
2	SC Ganguly	49	75	07	2561	144	37.66	95	13	4
3	SM Gavaskar	47	74	06	3449	205	50.72	11	14	2
4	MAK Pataudi	40	73	02	2424	203*	34.14	05	13	7
5	M Azharuddin	47	68	03	2856	192	43.93	09	09	2
6	V Kohli	32	50	05	3033	235	67.40	13	04	2

V Kohli has an aggregate of 2887 runs while leading India in tests prior to the start of the Delhi test against Sri Lanka.  He needed 124 more runs for his 3000 runs. He scored 156 not out at the end of the first day which fetched him 3033 runs. He became the third Indian captain to score 3000 plus runs. Others are MS Dhoni {3454} and SM Gavaskar {3449}.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	MS Dhoni	60	96	11	3454	224	40.63	5	24	8
2	SM Gavaskar	47	74	6	3449	205	50.72	11	14	2
3	V Kohli	32	50	5	3033	235	67.40	13	4	2

The ongoing test series between India  and Sri Lanka has witnessed two occasions of Indian batsmen posting two 200 plus runs partnerships – 209  runs between M Vijay and CA Pujara for the second wicket at Nagpur and 283 runs partnership between M Vijay and V Kohli  at Delhi – to provide the 16^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting two or  more  200 plus runs partnerships in a series. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	VS Hazare, VL Manjrekar	4	222	1	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
	2	VS Hazare, MH Mankad	3	211	3	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	1	VL Manjrekar, PR Umrigar	3	238	1	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
	2	MH Mankad, P Roy	1	413	1	NZl	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
3	1	DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath	3	210	3	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
	2	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	213	4	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
4	1	SMH Kirmani, RJ Shastri	7	235	2	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
	2	M Azharuddin, RJ Shastri	5	214	1	Eng	Kolkata	31 Dec 1984
5	1	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	229	3	NZl	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
	2	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	4	281	1	NZl	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999
6	1	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	213	2	Zim	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
	2	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	249	1	Zim	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
7	1	SB Bangar, V Sehwag	1	201	1	Win	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
	2	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	5	214	3	Win	Kolkata	30 Oct 2002
8	1	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	5	303	2	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
	2	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	4	353	1	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
9	1	R Dravid, V Sehwag	1	410	2	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
	2	MS Dhoni, IK Pathan	6	210	2	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
10	1	W Jaffer, V Sehwag	1	213	2	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
	2	R Dravid, V Sehwag	2	268	2	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
11	1	MS Dhoni, R Dravid	6	224	1	Srl	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
	2	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	233	1	Srl	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
	3	V Sehwag, M Vijay	1	221	2	Srl	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
	4	R Dravid, V Sehwag	2	237	2	Srl	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
12	1	V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar	3	249	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
	2	MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman	7	259*	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
13	1	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	370	2	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
	2	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	289	2	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
14	1	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
	2	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	226	1	Eng	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
	3	V Kohli, J Yadav	8	241	2	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
15	1	S Dhawan, CA Pujara	2	253	1	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
	2	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	4	217	1	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
16	1	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
	2	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	283	1	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017

 

India posted 283 runs for the third wicket between M Vijay and V Kohli in the ongoing third test at Delhi against Sri Lanka to provide the 14^th occasion of India posting a 200 plus runs partnership against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin, N Kapil Dev	6	272	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
2	M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar	4	221	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
3	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	4	256	1	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
4	R Dravid, S Ramesh	2	232	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999
5	MS Dhoni, R Dravid	6	224	1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
6	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	233	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
7	V Sehwag, M Vijay	1	221	2	v Sri Lanka	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
8	R Dravid, V Sehwag	2	237	2	v Sri Lanka	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
9	SK Raina, SR Tendulkar	5	256	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
10	S Dhawan, V Kohli	3	227	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
11	S Dhawan, CA Pujara	2	253	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
12	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	4	217	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
13	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
14	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	283	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017

This partnership represents the second 200 plus runs partnership for third wicket by Indian batsmen against Sri Lanka and also represents the highest partnership for the third wicket. The previous best was the 227 runs partnership between S  Dhawan and V Kohli at Galle in August 2015

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	283	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
2	S Dhawan, V Kohli	3	227	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015

India had posted 61 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Sri Lanka prior to the start of the Delhi test.  One more such partnership would give India 62 three figure partnerships for various wickets. India posted 283 runs for the third wicket between M Vijay and V Kohli in the ongoing Delhi test which fetched India its 62^nd three figure partnership against Sri Lanka. India now shares the record for posting most three figure partnerships against Sri Lanka with Pakistan. Pakistan has posted 62 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Sri Lanka.

V Kohli had scored four centuries against Sri Lanka prior to the start of the Delhi test against Sri Lanka. His 156 not out in the Delhi test fetched him his fifth century. He become the fourth Indian batsman to score five or more centuries against Sri Lanka. Others are – SR Tendulkar {09}, M Azharuddin {05} and V Sehwag {05}. The following table lists the centuries scored by these four batsmen. {Stats as of 02.12.17 at the end of the first day of the third test between India and Sri Lanka at Delhi}

SR TENDULKAR
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	104*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
2	142	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
3	143	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
4	139	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
5	148	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
6	124*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999
7	109	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
8	100*	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
9	203	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
M AZARUDDIN
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	199	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
2	108	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	26 Jan 1994
3	152	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	08 Feb 1994
4	126	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
4	108*	5	4	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
V SEHWAG
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	201*	2	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
2	131	2	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
3	293	2	2	v Sri Lanka	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
4	109	2	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Jul 2010
5	109	2	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
V KOHLI
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	103	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
2	103*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
3	104*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
4	213	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
5	156*	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017

V Kohli had scored 19 centuries in his career prior to the start of the Delhi test against Sri Lanka. His 156 not out in the Delhi test fetched him his 20^th century. He became the sixth Indian batsman to score 20 or more centuries. Others are – SR Tendulkar {51}, R Dravid {36}, SM Gavaskar {34}, V Sehwag {23} and M Azharuddin {22}. He would also become the 44^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 20 or more centuries. The following table lists the Indian batsmen who have scored 20 plus centuries .

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	SR Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
2	R Dravid	163	284	32	13265	270	52.63	36	63	07
3	SM Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
4	V Sehwag	103	178	06	08503	319	49.43	23	31	16
5	M Azharuddin	099	147	09	06215	199	45.03	22	21	05
6	V Kohli	063	105	09	05131	235	53.44	20	14	06

V Kohli had an aggregate of 4975 runs prior to the start of this test. He neede 25 more runs for his 5000 runs. If He scored 156 not out at the end of the first day of the Delhi test which fetched him an aggregate of 5131 runs. He become the eleventh Indian batsman to score 5000 plus test runs. Others are – SR Tendulkar {15921}, R Dravid {13265}, SM Gavaskar {10122}, VVS Laxman {8781}, V Sehwag {8503}, SC Ganguly {7212}, DB Vengsarkar {6868}, M Azharuddin {6215}, GR Viswanath {6080} and N Kapil Dev {5248}. He would also become the 94^th batsman in the history of test cricket to score 5000 plus runs. The following table lists all the eleven batsmen with their performance

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	SR Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
2	R Dravid	163	284	32	13265	270	52.63	36	63	07
3	SM Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
4	VVS Laxman	134	225	34	08781	281	45.97	17	56	14
5	V Sehwag	103	178	06	08503	319	49.43	23	31	16
6	SC Ganguly	113	188	17	07212	239	42.17	16	35	13
7	DB Vengsarkar	116	185	22	06868	166	42.13	17	35	15
8	M Azharuddin	099	147	09	06215	199	45.03	22	21	05
9	GR Viswanath	091	155	10	06080	222	41.93	14	35	10
10	N Kapil Dev	131	184	15	05248	163	31.05	08	27	16
11	V Kohli	063	105	09	05131	235	53.44	20	14	06