Browsed by
Month: August 2019

Indian opening batsmen dismissed for an “unlucky thirteen” in an innings in the annals of Test cricket.

Indian opening batsmen dismissed for an “unlucky thirteen” in an innings in the annals of Test cricket.

KL Rahul of India was dismissed for 13 in India’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Kingston to provide the 35th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for an “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. KL Rahul became the first Indian batsman to be dismissed for 13 in a test innings against West Indies

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 JG Navle 13 4 v England Lord’s 25 Jun 1932
2 JG Navle 13 1 v England Mumbai 15 Dec 1933
3 Dilawar Hussain 13 2 v England Chennai 10 Feb 1934
4 S Mushtaq Ali 13 1 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
5 Amir Elahi 13 3 v Australia Sydney 12 Dec 1947
6 MH Mankad 13 4 v Australia Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
7 P Roy 13 1 v Australia Chennai 19 Oct 1956
8 P Roy 13 2 v Australia Kolkata 2 Nov 1956
9 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979
10 CPS Chauhan 13 2 v Pakistan Bengaluru 21 Nov 1979
11 K Srikkanth 13 3 v England Mumbai 27 Nov 1981
12 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v Pakistan Lahore 23 Jan 1983
13 SM Gavaskar 13 1 v England Kolkata 31 Dec 1984
14 K Srikkanth 13 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989
15 NS Sidhu 13 2 v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
16 K Srikkanth 13 1 v Australia Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
17 NS Sidhu 13 1 v England Kolkata 29 Jan 1993
18 M Prabhakar 13 4 v England Kolkata 29 Jan 1993
19 V Rathour 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
20 NS Sidhu 13 4 v New Zealand Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
21 W Jaffer 13 1 v South Africa Bengaluru 02 Mar 2000
22 S Ramesh 13 2 v Zimbabwe Delhi 18 Nov 2000
23 D Dasgupta 13 2 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
24 SS Das 13 2 v Zimbabwe Delhi 28 Feb 2002
25 V Sehwag 13 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 10 Dec 2004
26 V Sehwag 13 3 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 23 Jul 2008
27 V Sehwag 13 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
28 R Dravid 13 3 v England The Oval 18 Aug 2011
29 G Gambhir 13 4 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2011
30 S Dhawan 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
31 M Vijay 13 4 v New Zealand Auckland 06 Feb 2014
32 M Vijay 13 4 v South Africa Cape Town 05 Jan 2018
33 S Dhawan 13 4 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
34 GH Vihari 13 3 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2018
35 KL Rahul 13 1 v West Indies Kingston 30 Aug 2019

The following Indian opening batsmen have been dismissed for “thirteen” on two or more occasions. K Srikkanth, NS Sidhu, SM Gavaskar and V Sehwag have been dismissed for thirteen on three occasions, while M Vijay, P Roy and S Dhavan have been dismissed on two occasions

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 K Srikkanth 13 3 v England Mumbai 27 Nov 1981
2 K Srikkanth 13 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989
3 K Srikkanth 13 1 v Australia Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
             
1 NS Sidhu 13 2 v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
2 NS Sidhu 13 1 v England Kolkata 29 Jan 1993
3 NS Sidhu 13 4 v New Zealand Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
             
1 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979
2 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v Pakistan Lahore 23 Jan 1983
3 SM Gavaskar 13 1 v England Kolkata 31 Dec 1984
             
1 V Sehwag 13 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 10 Dec 2004
2 V Sehwag 13 3 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 23 Jul 2008
3 V Sehwag 13 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
             
1 M Vijay 13 4 v New Zealand Auckland 06 Feb 2014
2 M Vijay 13 4 v South Africa Cape Town 05 Jan 2018
             
1 P Roy 13 1 v Australia Chennai 19 Oct 1956
2 P Roy 13 2 v Australia Kolkata 2 Nov 1956
             
1 S Dhawan 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
2 S Dhawan 13 4 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

The following table furnishes the breakup of Indian batsmen dismissed for 13 innings wise.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 JG Navle 13 1 v England Mumbai 15 Dec 1933
2 S Mushtaq Ali 13 1 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
3 P Roy 13 1 v Australia Chennai 19 Oct 1956
4 SM Gavaskar 13 1 v England Kolkata 31 Dec 1984
5 K Srikkanth 13 1 v Australia Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
6 NS Sidhu 13 1 v England Kolkata 29 Jan 1993
7 V Rathour 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
8 W Jaffer 13 1 v South Africa Bengaluru 02 Mar 2000
9 S Dhawan 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
10 KL Rahul 13 1 v West Indies Kingston 30 Aug 2019
             
1 Dilawar Hussain 13 2 v England Chennai 10 Feb 1934
2 P Roy 13 2 v Australia Kolkata 2 Nov 1956
3 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979
4 CPS Chauhan 13 2 v Pakistan Bengaluru 21 Nov 1979
5 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v Pakistan Lahore 23 Jan 1983
6 NS Sidhu 13 2 v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
7 S Ramesh 13 2 v Zimbabwe Delhi 18 Nov 2000
8 D Dasgupta 13 2 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
9 SS Das 13 2 v Zimbabwe Delhi 28 Feb 2002
10 V Sehwag 13 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 10 Dec 2004
11 V Sehwag 13 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
             
1 Amir Elahi 13 3 v Australia Sydney 12 Dec 1947
2 K Srikkanth 13 3 v England Mumbai 27 Nov 1981
3 K Srikkanth 13 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989
4 V Sehwag 13 3 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 23 Jul 2008
5 R Dravid 13 3 v England The Oval 18 Aug 2011
6 GH Vihari 13 3 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2018
             
1 JG Navle 13 4 v England Lord’s 25 Jun 1932
2 MH Mankad 13 4 v Australia Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
3 M Prabhakar 13 4 v England Kolkata 29 Jan 1993
4 NS Sidhu 13 4 v New Zealand Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
5 G Gambhir 13 4 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2011
6 M Vijay 13 4 v New Zealand Auckland 06 Feb 2014
7 M Vijay 13 4 v South Africa Cape Town 05 Jan 2018
8 S Dhawan 13 4 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

KL Rahul of India was dismissed for 13 in India’s first innings in the ongoing second test at Kingston to provide the 23rd occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for an “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below. KL Rahul became the first Indian batsman to be dismissed for 13 in a test innings against West Indies on away soil

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 JG Navle 13 4 v England Lord’s 25 Jun 1932
2 S Mushtaq Ali 13 1 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
3 Amir Elahi 13 3 v Australia Sydney 12 Dec 1947
4 MH Mankad 13 4 v Australia Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
5 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979
6 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v Pakistan Lahore 23 Jan 1983
7 K Srikkanth 13 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989
8 NS Sidhu 13 2 v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
9 K Srikkanth 13 1 v Australia Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
10 V Rathour 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
11 NS Sidhu 13 4 v New Zealand Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
12 D Dasgupta 13 2 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
13 V Sehwag 13 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 10 Dec 2004
14 V Sehwag 13 3 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 23 Jul 2008
15 V Sehwag 13 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
16 R Dravid 13 3 v England The Oval 18 Aug 2011
17 G Gambhir 13 4 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2011
18 S Dhawan 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
19 M Vijay 13 4 v New Zealand Auckland 06 Feb 2014
20 M Vijay 13 4 v South Africa Cape Town 05 Jan 2018
21 S Dhawan 13 4 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
22 GH Vihari 13 3 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2018
23 KL Rahul 13 1 v West Indies Kingston 30 Aug 2019

K Srikkanth {02}, M Vijay {02}, NS Sidhu {02}, S Dhawan {02} and SM Gavaskar {02} are the five Indian opening batsman dismissed for 13 in an innings on two occasions on away soil, while V Sehwas is the only opening batsman dismissed for 13 in an innings on three occasions on away soil. The following table list all these batsmen

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 K Srikkanth 13 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989
2 K Srikkanth 13 1 v Australia Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
             
1 M Vijay 13 4 v New Zealand Auckland 06 Feb 2014
2 M Vijay 13 4 v South Africa Cape Town 05 Jan 2018
             
1 NS Sidhu 13 2 v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
2 NS Sidhu 13 4 v New Zealand Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
             
1 S Dhawan 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
2 S Dhawan 13 4 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
             
1 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979
2 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v Pakistan Lahore 23 Jan 1983
             
1 V Sehwag 13 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 10 Dec 2004
2 V Sehwag 13 3 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 23 Jul 2008
3 V Sehwag 13 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2011

The following table furnishes the breakup of Indian batsmen dismissed for 13 innings wise on away soil

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 S Mushtaq Ali 13 1 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
2 K Srikkanth 13 1 v Australia Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
3 V Rathour 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
4 S Dhawan 13 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
5 KL Rahul 13 1 v West Indies Kingston 30 Aug 2019
             
1 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979
2 SM Gavaskar 13 2 v Pakistan Lahore 23 Jan 1983
3 NS Sidhu 13 2 v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
4 D Dasgupta 13 2 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 16 Nov 2001
5 V Sehwag 13 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 10 Dec 2004
6 V Sehwag 13 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
             
1 Amir Elahi 13 3 v Australia Sydney 12 Dec 1947
2 K Srikkanth 13 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989
3 V Sehwag 13 3 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 23 Jul 2008
4 R Dravid 13 3 v England The Oval 18 Aug 2011
5 GH Vihari 13 3 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2018
             
1 JG Navle 13 4 v England Lord’s 25 Jun 1932
2 MH Mankad 13 4 v Australia Melbourne 01 Jan 1948
3 NS Sidhu 13 4 v New Zealand Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
4 G Gambhir 13 4 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2011
5 M Vijay 13 4 v New Zealand Auckland 06 Feb 2014
6 M Vijay 13 4 v South Africa Cape Town 05 Jan 2018
7 S Dhawan 13 4 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
India carves its largest win by runs margin on away soil by winning the North Sound Test against West Indies by 318 runs

India carves its largest win by runs margin on away soil by winning the North Sound Test against West Indies by 318 runs

India won the recently concluded North Sound test against West Indies by 318 runs to provide its fifth win by 300 plus runs margin in tests. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 India won 337 runs v South Africa Delhi 03 Dec 2015
2 India won 321 runs v New Zealand Indore 08 Oct 2016
3 India won 320 runs v Australia Mohali 17 Oct 2008
4 India won 318 runs v West Indies North Sound 22 Aug 2019
5 India won 304 runs v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017

India won the recently concluded North Sound test against West Indies by 318 runs to provide its second win by 300 plus runs margin in tests on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also represents its largest win by runs margin on away soil. India had won the Galle test against Sri Lanka in Jul 2017 by 304 runs

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
4 India won 318 runs v West Indies North Sound 22 Aug 2019
5 India won 304 runs v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
Indian bowlers with five-fors on eight or more occasions on away soil. I Sharma is the new entrant in the elite list

Indian bowlers with five-fors on eight or more occasions on away soil. I Sharma is the new entrant in the elite list

I Sharma’s 5 for 43 in the first innings of the recently concluded North Sound Test between India and West Indies provides his eighth five-wicket haul in an innings on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No O M R W Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 21.5 7 55 6 2 2 v West Indies Bridgetown 28 Jun 2011
2 21.3 4 77 5 2 1 v West Indies Roseau 06 Jul 2011
3 33.4 4 134 6 3 1 v New Zealand Auckland 06 Feb 2014
4 17.0 3 51 6 3 1 v New Zealand Wellington 14 Feb 2014
5 23.0 6 74 7 3 4 v England Lord’s 17 Jul 2014
6 15.0 2 54 5 1 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 28 Aug 2015
7 13.0 0 51 5 3 3 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
8 17.0 5 43 5 1 2 v West Indies North Sound 22 Aug 2019

I Sharma earned the distinction of becoming the fifth Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on eight or more occasions. Others are N Kapil Dev {12}, A Kumble {10}, BS Chandrasekhar {08} and Z Khan {08}. The following table lists the performance of these five bowlers.

No Player Span Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave 5
1 N Kapil Dev 1978-1994 66 108 15529 7064 215 8/085 08/085 32.85 12
2 A Kumble 1990-2008 69 121 20058 9645 269 8/141 12/279 35.85 10
3 BS Chandrasekhar 1967-1979 26 042 6778 3266 100 6/038 12/104 32.66 08
4 Z Khan 2000-2014 54 095 11476 6516 207 7/087 10/149 31.47 08
5 I Sharma 2007-2019 58 102 11533 6407 191 7/074 10/108 33.54 08

I Sharma earned the distinction of becoming the third Indian pace bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on eight or more occasions. Others are N Kapil Dev {12}, and Z Khan {08}. The following table lists the performance of these three bowlers.

No Player Span Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave 5
1 N Kapil Dev 1978-1994 66 108 15529 7064 215 8/085 08/085 32.85 12
2 Z Khan 2000-2014 54 095 11476 6516 207 7/087 10/149 31.47 08
3 I Sharma 2007-2019 58 102 11533 6407 191 7/074 10/108 33.54 08
Indian batsmen scoring a half-century and a century including centuries in both innings of a test match

Indian batsmen scoring a half-century and a century including centuries in both innings of a test match

AM Rahane of India scored  81 and 102 against West Indies in the recently concluded test at North Sound to provide the 60th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half-century and a century including twin centuries in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 VS Hazare 116 145 v Australia Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
2 S Mushtaq Ali 54 106 v West Indies Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
3 MH Mankad 72 184 v England Lord’s 19 Jun 1952
4 PR Umrigar 130 69 v West Indies Port of Spain 21 Jan 1953
5 P Roy 85 150 v West Indies Kingston 28 Mar 1953
6 CG Borde 109 96 v West Indies Delhi 06 Feb 1959
7 PR Umrigar 56 172* v West Indies Port of Spain 04 Apr 1962
8 RG Nadkarni 52* 122* v England Kanpur 15 Feb 1964
9 MAK Pataudi 64 148 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1967
10 ML Jaisimha 74 101 v Australia Brisbane 19 Jan 1968
11 SM Gavaskar 116 64* v West Indies Georgetown 19 Mar 1971
12 SM Gavaskar 124 220 v West Indies Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
13 FM Engineer 121 66 v England Mumbai (BS) 06 Feb 1973
14 SM Gavaskar 101 58 v England Manchester 06 Jun 1974
15 GR Viswanath 52 139 v West Indies Kolkata 27 Dec 1974
16 GR Viswanath 68 103* v New Zealand Kanpur 18 Nov 1976
17 M Amarnath 90 100 v Australia Perth 16 Dec 1977
18 SM Gavaskar 111 137 v Pakistan Karachi 14 Nov 1978
19 SM Gavaskar 205 73 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
20 SM Gavaskar 107 182* v West Indies Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
21 M Amarnath 58 117 v West Indies Port of Spain 11 Mar 1983
22 M Amarnath 54 116 v West Indies St John’s 28 Apr 1983
23 DB Vengsarkar 159 63 v West Indies Delhi 29 Oct 1983
24 M Azharuddin 122 54* v England Kanpur 31 Jan 1985
25 DB Vengsarkar 61 102* v England Leeds 19 Jun 1986
26 SR Tendulkar 68 119* v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
27 NS Sidhu 82 104 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 1993
28 NS Sidhu 107 76 v West Indies Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
29 SR Tendulkar 179 54 v West Indies Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
30 SR Tendulkar 177 74 v England Nottingham 04 Jul 1996
31 M Azharuddin 109 52 v South Africa Kolkata 27 Nov 1996
32 R Dravid 148 81 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
33 R Dravid 190 103* v New Zealand Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
34 SR Tendulkar 53 124* v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 24 Feb 1999
35 SC Ganguly 125 53 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 29 Oct 1999
36 SR Tendulkar 116 52 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
37 R Dravid 200* 70* v Zimbabwe Delhi 18 Nov 2000
38 VVS Laxman 59 281 v Australia Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
39 R Dravid 222 73 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 08 Oct 2003
40 VVS Laxman 104* 67* v New Zealand Mohali 16 Oct 2003
41 R Dravid 233 72* v Australia Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
42 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
43 R Dravid 110 135 v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
44 W Jaffer 81 100 v England Nagpur 01 Mar 2006
45 VVS Laxman 100 63 v West Indies Basseterre 22 Jun 2006
46 W Jaffer 202 56 v Pakistan Kolkata 30 Nov 2007
47 SC Ganguly 239 91 v Pakistan Bengaluru 08 Dec 2007
48 V Sehwag 201* 50 v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008
49 VVS Laxman 200* 59* v Australia Delhi 29 Oct 2008
50 G Gambhir 179 97 v England Mohali 19 Dec 2008
51 VVS Laxman 76 124* v New Zealand Napier 26 Mar 2009
52 VVS Laxman 56 103* v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 03 Aug 2010
53 SR Tendulkar 214 53* v Australia Bengaluru 09 Oct 2010
54 Harbhajan Singh 69 115 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 04 Nov 2010
55 V Kohli 103 51* v New Zealand Bengaluru 31 Aug 2012
56 V Kohli 119 96 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
57 M Vijay 146 52 v England Nottingham 09 Jul 2014
58 V Kohli 115 141 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
59 V Kohli 169 54 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2014
60 AM Rahane 127 100* v South Africa Delhi 03 Dec 2015
61 V Kohli 167 81 v England Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
62 V Kohli 243 50 v Sri Lanka Delhi 02 Dec 2017
63 V Kohli 149 51 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
64 V Kohli 97 103 v England Nottingham 18 Aug 2018
65 CA Pujara 123 71 v Australia Adelaide 06 Dec 2018
66 AM Rahane 81 102 v West Indies North Sound 22 Aug 2019

AM Rahane of India scored  81 and 102 against West Indies in the recently concluded test at North Sound  to provide the 17th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century and a century including twin centuries in a test match against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 S Mushtaq Ali 54 106 v West Indies Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
2 PR Umrigar 130 69 v West Indies Port of Spain 21 Jan 1953
3 P Roy 85 150 v West Indies Kingston 28 Mar 1953
4 CG Borde 109 96 v West Indies Delhi 06 Feb 1959
5 PR Umrigar 56 172* v West Indies Port of Spain 04 Apr 1962
6 SM Gavaskar 116 64* v West Indies Georgetown 19 Mar 1971
7 SM Gavaskar 124 220 v West Indies Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
8 GR Viswanath 52 139 v West Indies Kolkata 27 Dec 1974
9 SM Gavaskar 205 73 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
10 SM Gavaskar 107 182* v West Indies Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
11 M Amarnath 58 117 v West Indies Port of Spain 11 Mar 1983
12 M Amarnath 54 116 v West Indies St John’s 28 Apr 1983
13 DB Vengsarkar 159 63 v West Indies Delhi 29 Oct 1983
14 NS Sidhu 107 76 v West Indies Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
15 SR Tendulkar 179 54 v West Indies Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
16 VVS Laxman 100 63 v West Indies Basseterre 22 Jun 2006
17 AM Rahane 81 102 v West Indies North Sound 22 Aug 2019

The following table lists 13 occasions of Indian batsmen scoring a half century and a double century including a century and a double century in a test match.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 SM Gavaskar 124 220 v West Indies Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
2 SM Gavaskar 205 73 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
3 R Dravid 200* 70* v Zimbabwe Delhi 18 Nov 2000
4 VVS Laxman 59 281 v Australia Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
5 R Dravid 222 73 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 08 Oct 2003
6 R Dravid 233 72* v Australia Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
7 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
8 W Jaffer 202 56 v Pakistan Kolkata 30 Nov 2007
9 SC Ganguly 239 91 v Pakistan Bengaluru 08 Dec 2007
0 V Sehwag 201* 50 v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008
1 VVS Laxman 200* 59* v Australia Delhi 29 Oct 2008
2 SR Tendulkar 214 53* v Australia Bengaluru 09 Oct 2010
3 V Kohli 243 50 v Sri Lanka Delhi 02 Dec 2017

The following table lists six occasions of Indian batsmen scoring a ninety and a century in a test match.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 CG Borde 109 96 v West Indies Delhi 06 Feb 1959
2 M Amarnath 90 100 v Australia Perth 16 Dec 1977
3 SC Ganguly 239 91 v Pakistan Bengaluru 08 Dec 2007
4 G Gambhir 179 97 v England Mohali 19 Dec 2008
5 V Kohli 119 96 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
6 V Kohli 97 103 v England Nottingham 18 Aug 2018

The following table lists six occasions of Indian batsmen scoring unbeaten fifties in both innings of a test match.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RG Nadkarni 52* 122* v England Kanpur 15 Feb 1964
2 R Dravid 200* 70* v Zimbabwe Delhi 18 Nov 2000
3 VVS Laxman 104* 67* v New Zealand Mohali 16 Oct 2003
4 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
5 V Sehwag 201* 50 v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008
6 VVS Laxman 200* 59* v Australia Delhi 29 Oct 2008

The following table lists six occasions of Indian batsmen scoring unbeaten half century and an unbeaten double century  in a test match.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 R Dravid 200* 70* v Zimbabwe Delhi 18 Nov 2000
2 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
3 V Sehwag 201* 50 v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008
4 VVS Laxman 200* 59* v Australia Delhi 29 Oct 2008

The following table lists eight occasions of Indian batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of test match.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 VS Hazare 116 145 v Australia Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
2 SM Gavaskar 124 220 v West Indies Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
3 SM Gavaskar 111 137 v Pakistan Karachi 14 Nov 1978
4 SM Gavaskar 107 182* v West Indies Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
5 R Dravid 190 103* v New Zealand Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
6 R Dravid 110 135 v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
7 V Kohli 115 141 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
8 AM Rahane 127 100* v South Africa Delhi 03 Dec 2015

          The following batsman have scored a half century and a century including centuries  in both innings of a test match on two or more occasions.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli 103 51* v New Zealand Bengaluru 31 Aug 2012
2 V Kohli 119 96 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
3 V Kohli 115 141 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
4 V Kohli 169 54 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2014
5 V Kohli 167 81 v England Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
6 V Kohli 243 50 v Sri Lanka Delhi 02 Dec 2017
7 V Kohli 149 51 v England Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
8 V Kohli 97 103 v England Nottingham 18 Aug 2018
             
1 SR Tendulkar 68 119* v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
2 SR Tendulkar 179 54 v West Indies Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
3 SR Tendulkar 177 74 v England Nottingham 04 Jul 1996
4 SR Tendulkar 53 124* v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 24 Feb 1999
5 SR Tendulkar 116 52 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1999
6 SR Tendulkar 241* 60* v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
7 SR Tendulkar 214 53* v Australia Bengaluru 09 Oct 2010
             
1 R Dravid 148 81 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
2 R Dravid 190 103* v New Zealand Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
3 R Dravid 200* 70* v Zimbabwe Delhi 18 Nov 2000
4 R Dravid 222 73 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 08 Oct 2003
5 R Dravid 233 72* v Australia Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
6 R Dravid 110 135 v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
             
1 SM Gavaskar 116 64* v West Indies Georgetown 19 Mar 1971
2 SM Gavaskar 124 220 v West Indies Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
3 SM Gavaskar 101 58 v England Manchester 06 Jun 1974
4 SM Gavaskar 111 137 v Pakistan Karachi 14 Nov 1978
5 SM Gavaskar 205 73 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
6 SM Gavaskar 107 182* v West Indies Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
             
1 VVS Laxman 59 281 v Australia Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
2 VVS Laxman 104* 67* v New Zealand Mohali 16 Oct 2003
3 VVS Laxman 100 63 v West Indies Basseterre 22 Jun 2006
4 VVS Laxman 200* 59* v Australia Delhi 29 Oct 2008
5 VVS Laxman 76 124* v New Zealand Napier 26 Mar 2009
6 VVS Laxman 56 103* v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 03 Aug 2010
             
1 M Amarnath 90 100 v Australia Perth 16 Dec 1977
2 M Amarnath 58 117 v West Indies Port of Spain 11 Mar 1983
3 M Amarnath 54 116 v West Indies St John’s 28 Apr 1983
             
1 AM Rahane 127 100* v South Africa Delhi 03 Dec 2015
2 AM Rahane 81 102 v West Indies North Sound 22 Aug 2019
             
1 DB Vengsarkar 159 63 v West Indies Delhi 29 Oct 1983
2 DB Vengsarkar 61 102* v England Leeds 19 Jun 1986
             
1 GR Viswanath 52 139 v West Indies Kolkata 27 Dec 1974
2 GR Viswanath 68 103* v New Zealand Kanpur 18 Nov 1976
             
1 M Azharuddin 122 54* v England Kanpur 31 Jan 1985
2 M Azharuddin 109 52 v South Africa Kolkata 27 Nov 1996
             
1 NS Sidhu 82 104 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 1993
2 NS Sidhu 107 76 v West Indies Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
             
1 PR Umrigar 130 69 v West Indies Port of Spain 21 Jan 1953
2 PR Umrigar 56 172* v West Indies Port of Spain 04 Apr 1962
             
1 SC Ganguly 125 53 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 29 Oct 1999
2 SC Ganguly 239 91 v Pakistan Bengaluru 08 Dec 2007
             
1 W Jaffer 81 100 v England Nagpur 01 Mar 2006
2 W Jaffer 202 56 v Pakistan Kolkata 30 Nov 2007
Batsmen who have scored eight or more fifties while batting at number eight in test innings – RA Jadeja joins the elite list

Batsmen who have scored eight or more fifties while batting at number eight in test innings – RA Jadeja joins the elite list

RA Jadeja of India scored 58 against West Indies in the recently concluded test at North Sound. This knock represents his eighth fifty while batting at number eight in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Runs Pos Dismissal Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 68 8 caught 3 v England Lord’s 17 Jul 2014
2 90 8 caught 2 v England Mohali 26 Nov 2016
3 51 8 caught 2 v England Chennai 16 Dec 2016
4 60* 8 not out 1 v Bangladesh Hyd-RGS 09 Feb 2017
5 63 8 bowled 2 v Australia Dharamsala 25 Mar 2017
6 86* 8 not out 2 v England The Oval 07 Sep 2018
7 81 8 bowled 1 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2019
8 58 8 caught 1 v West Indies North Sound 22 Aug 2019

RA Jadeja earned the distinction of becoming the eighth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score eight or more fifties while batting at number eight in a test innings. The following table lists all those eight batsmen.

No Player Team Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 50+
1 DL Vettori NZl 2003-2011 17 17 2 1370 140 91.33 4 13 17
2 N Kapil Dev Ind 1979-1990 13 13 2 1004 116 91.27 2 11 13
3 MV Boucher SAF 1998-2011 12 12 3 851 122* 94.55 2 10 12
4 SK Warne Aus 1993-2007 11 11 3 762 099 95.25 0 11 11
5 MG Johnson Aus 2009-2015 9 9 2 686 123* 98.00 1 08 09
6 WPUJC Vaas Srl 1995-2008 9 9 6 619 100* 206.33 1 08 09
7 SCJ Broad Eng 2008-2013 8 8 2 507 076 84.50 0 08 08
8 RA Jadeja Ind 2014-2019 8 8 2 557 090 92.83 0 08 08

RA Jadeja earned the distinction of becoming the second Indian  batsman in the annals of test cricket to score eight or more fifties while batting at number eight in a test innings after N Kapil Dev. N Kapil Dev has scored  13 fifties while batting at number eight in a test innings.  The following table lists the performance of these two batsmen.

No Player Team Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 50+
1 N Kapil Dev Ind 1979-1990 13 13 2 1004 116 91.27 2 11 13
2 RA Jadeja Ind 2014-2019 8 8 2 557 090 92.83 0 08 08

RA Jadeja earned the distinction of becoming the eighth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score eight fifties which are half centuries while batting at number eight in a test innings after SCJ Broad of England. The following table lists the performance of these two batsmen.

No Player Team Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 50+
1 SCJ Broad Eng 2008-2013 8 8 2 507 076 84.50 0 08 08
2 RA Jadeja Ind 2014-2019 8 8 2 557 090 92.83 0 08 08
Teams winning a test after dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs in the first innings or second innings of a test in the annals of test cricket.

Teams winning a test after dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs in the first innings or second innings of a test in the annals of test cricket.

England won the test against Australia at Leeds by one wicket despite being dismissed for 67 in its first innings {second innings of the test} to provide the 14th occasion of a team winning a test after dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs in the first innings or second innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 007 runs v England The Oval 28 Aug 1882
2 England won 013 runs v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
3 England won 094 runs v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1894
4 England won 210 runs v South Africa Cape Town 01 Apr 1899
5 South Africa won 001 wkt v England Johannesburg 02 Jan 1906
6 England won 053 runs v South Africa Leeds 29 Jul 1907
7 England won 004 wkts v West Indies Bridgetown 08 Jan 1935
8 Australia won 005 wkts v South Africa Durban 20 Jan 1950
9 England won 002 wkts v South Africa Centurion 14 Jan 2000
10 New Zealand won 004 wkts v India Hamilton 19 Dec 2002
11 South Africa won 008 wkts v Australia Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
12 Pakistan won 071 runs v England Dubai (DSC) 03 Feb 2012
13 England won 143 runs v Ireland Lord’s 24 Jul 2019
14 England won 001 wkt v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019

It also provides the eighth occasion of England winning a test under such circumstances. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England won 013 runs v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
2 England won 094 runs v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1894
3 England won 210 runs v South Africa Cape Town 01 Apr 1899
4 England won 053 runs v South Africa Leeds 29 Jul 1907
5 England won 004 wkts v West Indies Bridgetown 08 Jan 1935
6 England won 002 wkts v South Africa Centurion 14 Jan 2000
7 England won 143 runs v Ireland Lord’s 24 Jul 2019
8 England won 001 wkt v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019

It also provides the third occasion of England winning a test under  such circumstances against Australia All such occasions are tabulated below. England won a test under such circumstances against Australia after a gap of 125 years, the last such victory was at Melbourne in Dec 1894

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England won 013 runs v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
2 England won 094 runs v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1894
3 England won 001 wkt v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019

It also provides the second occasion of a team winning a test under such circumstances  by one wicket. South Africa was the other team to win a game by one wicket against Australia in Jan 1906. Thus England won a test after being dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs in its first innings by one wicket margin after a gap of 113 years.

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 South Africa won 001 wkt v England Johannesburg 02 Jan 1906
2 England won 001 wkt v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019

Australia lost a test for the fourth occasion after dismissing the opponent in its first or  second innings for a total of less than 100 runs. All such occasions  are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England won 013 runs v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
2 England won 094 runs v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1894
3 South Africa won 008 wkts v Australia Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
4 England won 001 wkt v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019

Australia and South Africa are the two teams in the annals of test cricket to lost a test on four occasions after dismissing its opponent for a total of less than 100 runs in its first or second innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
3 England won 013 runs v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
4 England won 094 runs v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1894
2 South Africa won 008 wkts v Australia Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
1 England won 001 wkt v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019
             
1 England won 210 runs v South Africa Cape Town 01 Apr 1899
2 England won 053 runs v South Africa Leeds 29 Jul 1907
3 Australia won 005 wkts v South Africa Durban 20 Jan 1950
4 England won 002 wkts v South Africa Centurion 14 Jan 2000
Single batsman scoring double figures in a Test innings in the annals of test cricket

Single batsman scoring double figures in a Test innings in the annals of test cricket

England’s first innings of 67 at Leeds against Australia contained one batsman reaching double figures to provide the 31st occasion of a single batsman scoring double figures in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Num Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
1 England 45 10 1 v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
2 Australia 42 10 2 v England Sydney 10 Feb 1888
3 South Africa 47 10 2 v England Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
4 South Africa 43 10 3 v England Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
5 South Africa 30 10 4 v England Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896
6 Australia 44 10 4 v England The Oval 10 Aug 1896
7 South Africa 35 10 4 v England Cape Town 01 Apr 1899
8 Australia 36 10 2 v England Birmingham 29 May 1902
9 South Africa 58 10 1 v England Lord’s 10 Jun 1912
10 South Africa 36 10 1 v Australia Melbourne 12 Feb 1932
11 South Africa 45 10 3 v Australia Melbourne 12 Feb 1932
12 England 52 10 1 v Australia The Oval 14 Aug 1948
13 New Zealand 26 10 3 v England Auckland 25 Mar 1955
14 England 71 10 2 v West Indies Manchester 08 Jul 1976
15 Pakistan 62 10 2 v Australia Perth 13 Nov 1981
16 England 46 10 4 v West Indies Port of Spain 25 Mar 1994
17 Sri Lanka 71 10 1 v Pakistan Kandy 26 Aug 1994
18 India 66 10 4 v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 1996
19 India 81 10 4 v West Indies Bridgetown 27 Mar 1997
20 West Indies 51 10 4 v Australia Port of Spain 05 Mar 1999
21 Zimbabwe 63 10 4 v West Indies Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000
22 West Indies 54 10 3 v England Lord’s 29 Jun 2000
23 Pakistan 59 10 1 v Australia Sharjah 11 Oct 2002
24 Zimbabwe 54 10 1 v South Africa Cape Town 04 Mar 2005
25 Bangladesh 62 10 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 03 Jul 2007
26 England 51 10 3 v West Indies Kingston 04 Feb 2009
27 Zimbabwe 51 10 2 v New Zealand Napier 26 Jan 2012
28 New Zealand 45 10 1 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2013
29 Bangladesh 43 10 1 v West Indies North Sound 04 Jul 2018
30 Ireland 38 10 4 v England Lord’s 24 Jul 2019
31 England 67 10 2 v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019

It also provides the sixth such occasion of England’s total containing single batsman reaching double figures in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Num Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
1 England 45 10 1 v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
2 England 52 10 1 v Australia The Oval 14 Aug 1948
3 England 71 10 2 v West Indies Manchester 8 Jul 1976
4 England 46 10 4 v West Indies Port of Spain 25 Mar 1994
5 England 51 10 3 v West Indies Kingston 04 Feb 2009
6 England 67 10 2 v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019

It also provides the eighth such occasion of a team’s total containing single batsman reaching double figures in a test innings against Australia All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Num Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
1 England 45 10 1 v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
2 South Africa 36 10 1 v Australia Melbourne 12 Feb 1932
3 South Africa 45 10 3 v Australia Melbourne 12 Feb 1932
4 England 52 10 1 v Australia The Oval 14 Aug 1948
5 Pakistan 62 10 2 v Australia Perth 13 Nov 1981
6 West Indies 51 10 4 v Australia Port of Spain 05 Mar 1999
7 Pakistan 59 10 1 v Australia Sharjah 11 Oct 2002
8 England 67 10 2 v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019

It also provides the third such occasion of England’s total containing single batsman reaching double figures in a test innings against Australia All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Num Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
1 England 45 10 1 v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
2 England 52 10 1 v Australia The Oval 14 Aug 1948
3 England 67 10 2 v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019

It also provides the eighth such occasion of a team’s total containing single batsman reaching double figures in a test innings in tests played on English soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Num Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Australia 44 10 4 v England The Oval 10 Aug 1896
2 Australia 36 10 2 v England Birmingham 29 May 1902
3 South Africa 58 10 1 v England Lord’s 10 Jun 1912
4 England 52 10 1 v Australia The Oval 14 Aug 1948
5 England 71 10 2 v West Indies Manchester 08 Jul 1976
6 West Indies 54 10 3 v England Lord’s 29 Jun 2000
7 Ireland 38 10 4 v England Lord’s 24 Jul 2019
8 England 67 10 2 v Australia Leeds 22 Aug 2019
Bowlers who have captured five or more wickets conceding single-digit runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket

Bowlers who have captured five or more wickets conceding single-digit runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket

JJ Bumrah of India became the eleventh bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture five or more wickets conceding single-digit runs in an innings. All such occasions are listed below. JJ Bumrah became the first Indian bowler to perform such a feat when he returned with figures of five for seven in the just concluded first Test against West Indies at North Sound

No Player O M R W Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 GA Lohmann 9.4×5 5 7 8 4 Eng SAF Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896
2 AER Gilligan 6.3 4 7 6 2 Eng SAF Birmingham 14 Jun 1924
3 H Ironmonger 7.2 5 6 5 1 Aus SAF Melbourne 12 Feb 1932
4 ERH Toshack 2.3×8 1 2 5 2 Aus Ind Brisbane 28 Nov 1947
5 TBA May 6.5 3 9 5 3 Aus Win Adelaide 23 Jan 1993
6 JJC Lawson 6.5 4 3 6 3 Win Ban Dhaka 08 Dec 2002
7 MJ Clarke 6.2 0 9 6 3 Aus Ind Mumbai 03 Nov 2004
8 VD Philander 6.0 3 7 5 1 SAF NZl Cape Town 02 Jan 2013
9 DW Steyn 8.1 6 8 6 2 SAF Pak Johannesburg 01 Feb 2013
10 KAJ Roach 5.0 1 8 5 1 Win Ban North Sound 04 Jul 2018
11 JJ Bumrah 8.0 4 7 5 4 Ind Win North Sound 22 Aug 2019

JJ Bumrah is the second bowler to perform such a feat against West Indies after TBA May of Australia. TBA May had captured five wickets conceding nine runs at Adelaide in Jan 1993. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 TBA May 6.5 3 9 5 3 Aus Win Adelaide 23 Jan 1993
2 JJ Bumrah 8.0 4 7 5 4 Ind Win North Sound 22 Aug 2019

JJ Bumrah is the second bowler to perform such a feat in the fourth innings of a test after GA Lohmann of England. GA Lohmann had captured eight wickets conceding  seven runs against South Africa at Port Elizabeth in Feb 1896. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 GA Lohmann 9.4×5 5 7 8 4 Eng SAF Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896
2 JJ Bumrah 8.0 4 7 5 4 Ind Win North Sound 22 Aug 2019

JJ Bumrah is the second bowler to perform such a feat at North Sound after KAJ Roach. KAJ Roach had captured ef five wickets conceding eight runs against Bangladesh in Jul 2018. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 KAJ Roach 5.0 1 8 5 1 Win Ban North Sound 04 Jul 2018
2 JJ Bumrah 8.0 4 7 5 4 Ind Win North Sound 22 Aug 2019

JJ Bumrah is the fourth bowler to perform such a feat conceding exact seven runs after GA Lohmann of England, AER Gilligan of England and VD Philander of South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 GA Lohmann 9.4×5 5 7 8 4 Eng SAF Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896
2 AER Gilligan 6.3 4 7 6 2 Eng SAF Birmingham 14 Jun 1924
3 VD Philander 6.0 3 7 5 1 SAF NZl Cape Town 02 Jan 2013
4 JJ Bumrah 8.0 4 7 5 4 Ind Win North Sound 22 Aug 2019