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Approaching milestones ahead of the second test at Chennai between India and England

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RR Pant has effected 72 dismissals prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs three more dismissals which would fetch him 75 dismissals. If he effects it, he would then become the seventh Indian wicket keeper to effect 75 plus dismissals Others are – MS Dhoni {294}, SMH Kirmani {198} and KS More {130}, NR Mongia {107}, WP Saha {103} and FM Engineer {82}

RR Pant has pouched 69 catches prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs one more catch which would fetch him 70 catches. If he pouches it, he would then become the sixth Indian wicket keeper to pouch 70 plus catches. Others are – MS Dhoni {256}, SMH Kirmani {160} and KS More {110}, NR Mongia {99} and WP Saha {92}

RR Pant has effected 18 dismissals against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs two more dismissals which would fetch him 20 dismissals. If he effects it, he would then become the fifth Indian wicket keeper to effect 20 plus dismissals against England. Others are – MS Dhoni {67}, SMH Kirmani {43} and KS More {37 and FM Engineer {29}

RR Pant has pouched 17 catches against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs three more catches which would fetch him 20 catches. If he pouches it, he would then become the fifth Indian wicket keeper to pouch 20 plus catches against England. Others are – MS Dhoni {63}, KS More {33}, SMH Kirmani {31} and FM Engineer {23}

RA Jadeja has an aggregate of 1954 runs prior to the start of the second Test against England at Chennai against England. He requires 46 more runs for his 2000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the 41st Indian batsman to total 2000 plus runs in tests. RA Jadeja has already taken 220 wickets in tests. If he scores 2000 runs, then he would become the fifth Indian all rounder to score 2000 runs and capture 200 plus wickets.

No	Player	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	A Kumble	132	2506	619
2	N Kapil Dev	131	5248	434
3	Harbhajan Singh	103	2224	417
4	R Ashwin	073	2467	377
5	RA Jadeja	050	1954	220

If he scores 46 runs, then he would become the 21^st all rounder in the history of test cricket to score 2000 plus runs and capture 200 plus wickets. The following table lists all the 21 cricketers.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	SK Warne	Aus	145	3154	708
2	A Kumble	Ind	132	2506	619
3	SCJ Broad	Eng	143	3335	514
4	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	5248	434
5	RJ Hadlee	NZl	086	3124	431
6	SM Pollock	SAF	108	3781	421
7	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	2224	417
8	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	2898	414
9	IT Botham	Eng	102	5200	383
10	R Ashwin	Ind	073	2418	375
11	Imran Khan	Pak	088	3807	362
12	DL Vettori	NZl	113	4531	362
13	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	3089	355
14	MG Johnson	Aus	073	2065	313
15	JH Kallis	SAF	166	13289	292
16	R Benaud	Aus	063	2201	248
17	GS Sobers	Win	093	8032	235
18	A Flintoff	Eng	079	3845	226
19	CL Cairns	NZl	062	3320	218
20	RA Jadeja	Ind	050	1926	216
21	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	056	3862	210

V Kohli has a run aggregate of 1653 runs against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires 47 more runs for his 1700 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the fifth Indian batsman to score 1600 plus runs against England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2525}, SM Gavaskar {2483}, R Dravid {1950} and GR Viswanath {1880}

CA Pujara has a run aggregate of 1427 runs against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires 73 more runs for his 1500 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the seventh Indian batsman to score 1500 plus runs against England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2525}, SM Gavaskar {2483}, R Dravid {1950} and GR Viswanath {1880}, DB Vengsarkar {1589} and V Kohli {1653}

CA Pujara has scored nine fifties against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires one more fifties for his ten fifties. If he scores them, then he would become the ninth Indian batsman to score ten or more fifties against England.

No	Player	Mat	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	50+
1	SM Gavaskar	38	67	2	2483	221	4	16	20
2	SR Tendulkar	32	53	4	2535	193	7	13	20
3	GR Viswanath	30	54	4	1880	222	4	12	16
4	R Dravid	21	37	5	1950	217	7	08	15
5	MS Dhoni	21	37	2	1157	99	0	12	12
6	DB Vengsarkar	26	43	6	1589	157	5	06	11
7	V Kohli	20	37	3	1653	235	5	06	11
8	N Kapil Dev	27	39	6	1355	116	2	08	10
9	CA Pujara	19	35	3	1427	206*	5	04	09

AM Rahane has pouched 88 catches prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires two more catches for his 90 catches. If he pouches them, then he would become the seventh Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch 90 plus catches. Others are – R Dravid {209}, VVS Laxman {135}, SR Tendulkar {115}, SM Gavaskar {108}, M Azharuddin {105} and V Sehwag {90}.

V Kohli has pouched 84 catches prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires six more catches for his 90 catches. If he pouches them, then he would become the eighth Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch 90 plus catches. Others are – R Dravid {209}, VVS Laxman {135}, SR Tendulkar {115}, SM Gavaskar {108}, M Azharuddin {105}, V Sehwag {90} and AM Rahane {88}

V Kohli has pouched nine catches as captain against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires one more catch for his ten catches. If he pouches it, then he would become the third Indian captain other than the wicket keepers to pouch 10 plus catches against England. Others are – SM Gavaskar {14} and R Dravid {11}. V Kohli would go past MAK Pataudi and AL Wadekar who have pouched nine catches against England as Indian skippers.

V Kohli has scored four centuries as captain against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs one more century for his five centuries. If he scores it, he would become the second Indian captain to score five centuries against England. He also would become the sixth captain to score five or more centuries against England. Others are – DG Bradman {10}, GA Smith {07}, AR Border {05}, DPMD Jayawardene {05} and GS Sobers {05}.

V Kohli has scored 15 fifties as captain on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. one more fifties would fetch him 16 fifties and with it he would occupy the second place amongst the Indian captains who have scored most fifties on home soil. The second place is occupied by SM Gavaskar who has scored 18 fifties. V Kohli would go past MS Dhoni on his way to occupy the second place. MS Dhoni has scored 15 fifties while leading India on home soil

V Kohli has scored 24 fifties on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. One more fifties would fetch him 25 fifties and with it he would ninth Indian batsman to score 25 plus fifties on home soil.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	SR Tendulkar	94	153	16	7216	22	32	54
2	R Dravid	70	120	11	5598	15	27	42
3	SM Gavaskar	65	108	07	5067	16	23	39
4	VVS Laxman	57	091	18	3767	08	24	32
5	V Sehwag	52	089	03	4656	13	19	32
6	CA Pujara	42	066	06	3559	10	19	29
7	DB Vengsarkar	54	080	13	3725	13	15	28
8	GR Viswanath	48	081	07	3502	10	15	25
9	V Kohli	40	062	08	3641	13	11	24

CA Pujara has scored 29 fifties on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. One more fifty would fetch him 25 fifties and with it he would sixth Indian batsman to score 30 plus fifties on home soil.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	SR Tendulkar	94	153	16	7216	22	32	54
2	R Dravid	70	120	11	5598	15	27	42
3	SM Gavaskar	65	108	07	5067	16	23	39
4	VVS Laxman	57	091	18	3767	08	24	32
5	V Sehwag	52	089	03	4656	13	19	32
6	CA Pujara	42	066	06	3559	10	19	29

V Kohli has scored 10 centuries as captain on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. One more century would fetch him 11 centuries and with it he would share the record for most centuries by a captain home soil with RT Ponting. RT Ponting has scored eleven centuries on home soil while leading Australia. V Kohli would go past GS Chappell and SPD Smith who have scored ten centuries while leading Australia, on his way to share the record.

V Kohli has scored 10 centuries as captain on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. Two more centuries would fetch him 12 centuries and with it he would own the record for most centuries by a captain home soil. V Kohli would go past RT Ponting on his way to own the record. RT Ponting has scored eleven centuries on home soil while leading Australia.

CA Pujara has scored four centuries against England on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. One more century would fetch him his fifth century. He would then own the record for most centuries by an Indian batsman on home soi. He would go past M Azharuddin who has scored four centuries against England on home soil.

JE Root has scored 69 fifties prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. One more fifty would fetch him 70 fifties and with it he would become the second England batsman to score 70 plus fifties. AN Cook is the other England batsman who has scored 90 fifties.

JE Root has scored 49 half centuries prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. One more half century would fetch him 50 half centuries. If he scores it, he would then become the second England batsman to score 50 half centuries after AN Cook. AN Cook has scored 57 half centuries

JE Root has scored nine half centuries prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. One more half century would fetch him ten half centuries. If he scores it, he would then become the second England batsman to score 10 half centuries against India. He would go past KF Barrington and AN Cook who have scored nine half centuries against India.

JE Root has scored 05 half centuries against India in India prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. He needs one more half century which would fetch him his sixth half century. If he scores it, he would then share the record with KW Fletcher most half centuries by an England batsman against India in India. JE Root would go past A Flintoff and DI Gower on his way to share the record. A Flintoff and DI Gower has scored five half centuries against India in India

JE Root has scored 05 half centuries against India in India prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. Two more half centuries would fetch him his seventh half century. If he scores it, he would then own the record for most half centuries by an England batsman against India in India. JE Root would go past KW Fletcher on his way to own the record. KW Fletcher has scored six half centuries against India in India.

JE Root has scored 22 half centuries on away soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. Two more half centuries would fetch him his 24th half century. If he scores it, he would then own the second place for record for most half centuries by an England batsman on away soil. The second place is occupied by G Boycott who has scored 27 half centuries on away soil.

JE Root has an aggregate of 3872 runs on away soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. He needs 128 runs for his 4000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the fourth England batsman to score 4000 plus runs on away soil. Others are – AN Cook {5295}, WR Hammond {4245} and MC Cowdrey {4087}. He also would become the 26^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to total 4000 plus runs on away soil.

SCJ Broad has an aggregate of 70 wickets against India prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. He needs five more wickets which would fetch him 75 wickets. If he gets them, he would then become the second England bowler to capture 75 plus wickets against India. JM Anderson has captured 115 wickets against India. He would also become the sixth bowler to capture 75 plus wickets against India. Others are – JM Anderson {115}, M Muralitharan {105}, Imran Khan {94}, NM Lyon {94} and MD Marshall {76}

Indian Test captains

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The following table lists the 33 Indian captains with their performances from India’s test debut in 1932 against England to the just concluded first test against England at Chennai

No	Name	Season	Opp	Venue	P	W	L	D
1	CK Nayudu	1932	Eng	Eng	1	0	1	0
		1933–34	Eng	Ind	3	0	2	1
		Total			4	0	3	1
2	MK Vizianagram	1936	Eng	Eng	3	0	2	1
		Total			3	0	2	1
3	IAK Pataudi	1946	Eng	Eng	3	0	1	2
		Total			3	0	1	2
4	L Amarnath	1947–48	Aus	Aus	5	0	4	1
		1948–49	Win	Ind	5	0	1	4
		1952–53	Pak	Ind	5	2	1	2
		Total			15	2	6	7
5	VS Hazare	1951–52	Eng	Ind	5	1	1	3
		1952	Eng	Eng	4	0	3	1
		1952–53	Win	Win	5	0	1	4
		Total			14	1	5	8
6	MH Mankad	1954–55	Pak	Pak	5	0	0	5
		1958–59	Win	Ind	1	0	1	0
		Total			6	0	1	5
7	Ghulam Ahmed	1955–56	NZl	Ind	1	0	0	1
		1958–59	Win	Ind	2	0	2	0
		Total			3	0	2	1
8	PR Umrigar	1955–56	NZl	Ind	4	2	0	2
		1956–57	Aus	Ind	3	0	2	1
		1958–59	Win	Ind	1	0	0	1
		Total			8	2	2	4
9	HR Adhikari	1958–59	Win	Ind	1	0	0	1
		Total			1	0	0	1
10	DK Gaekwad	1959	Eng	Eng	4	0	4	0
		Total			4	0	4	0
11	P Roy	1959	Eng	Eng	1	0	1	0
		Total			1	0	1	0
12	GS Ramchand	1959–60	Aus	Ind	5	1	2	2
		Total			5	1	2	2
13	NJ Contractor	1960–61	Pak	Ind	5	0	0	5
		1961–62	Eng	Ind	5	2	0	3
		1961–62	Win	Win	2	0	2	0
		Total			12	2	2	8
14	MAK Pataudi	1961–62	Win	Win	3	0	3	0
		1963–64	Eng	Ind	5	0	0	5
		1964–65	Aus	Ind	3	1	1	1
		1964–65	NZl	Ind	4	1	0	3
		1966–67	Win	Ind	3	0	2	1
		1967	Eng	Eng	3	0	3	0
		1967–68	Aus	Aus	3	0	3	0
		1967–68	NZl	NZl	4	3	1	0
		1969–70	NZl	Ind	3	1	1	1
		1969–70	Aus	Ind	5	1	3	1
		1974–75	Win	Ind	4	2	2	0
		Total			40	9	19	12
15	CG Borde	1967–68	Aus	Aus	1	0	1	0
		Total			1	0	1	0
16	AL Wadekar	1970–71	Win	Win	5	1	0	4
		1971	Eng	Eng	3	1	0	2
		1972–73	Eng	Ind	5	2	1	2
		1974	Eng	Eng	3	0	3	0
		Total			16	4	4	8
17	S Venkataraghavan	1974–75	Win	Ind	1	0	1	0
		1979	Eng	Eng	4	0	1	3
		Total			5	0	2	3
18	SM Gavaskar	1975–76	NZl	NZl	1	1	0	0
		1978–79	Win	Ind	6	1	0	5
		1979–80	Aus	Ind	6	2	0	4
		1979–80	Pak	Ind	5	2	0	3
		1980–81	Aus	Aus	3	1	1	1
		1980–81	NZl	NZl	3	0	1	2
		1981–82	Eng	Ind	6	1	0	5
		1982	Eng	Eng	3	0	1	2
		1982–83	Srl	Ind	1	0	0	1
		1982–83	Pak	Pak	6	0	3	3
		1984–85	Pak	Pak	2	0	0	2
		1984–85	Eng	Ind	5	1	2	2
		Total			47	9	8	30
19	BS Bedi	1975–76	NZl	NZl	2	0	1	1
		1975–76	Win	Win	4	1	2	1
		1976–77	NZl	Ind	3	2	0	1
		1976–77	Eng	Ind	5	1	3	1
		1977–78	Aus	Aus	5	2	3	0
		1978–79	Pak	Pak	3	0	2	1
		Total			22	6	11	5
20	GR Viswanath	1979–80	Pak	Ind	1	0	0	1
		1979–80	Eng	Ind	1	0	1	0
		Total			2	0	1	1
21	Kapil Dev	1982–83	Win	Win	5	0	2	3
		1983–84	Pak	Ind	3	0	0	3
		1983–84	Win	Ind	6	0	3	3
		1985	Srl	Srl	3	0	1	2
		1985–86	Aus	Aus	3	0	0	3
		1986	Eng	Eng	3	2	0	1
		1986–87	Aus	Ind	3	0	0	2
		1986–87	Srl	Ind	3	2	0	1
		1986–87	Pak	Ind	5	0	1	4
		Total			34	4	7	23
22	DB Vengsarkar	1987–88	Win	Ind	3	0	1	2
		1988–89	NZl	Ind	3	2	1	0
		1988–89	Win	Win	4	0	3	1
		Total			10	2	5	3
23	RJ Shastri	1987–88	Win	Ind	1	1	0	0
		Total			1	1	0	0
24	K Srikkanth	1989–90	Pak	Pak	4	0	0	4
		Total			4	0	0	4
25	M Azharuddin	1989–90	NZl	NZl	3	0	1	2
		1990	Eng	Eng	3	0	1	2
		1990–91	Srl	Ind	1	1	0	0
		1991–92	Aus	Aus	5	0	4	1
		1992–93	Zim	Zim	1	0	0	1
		1992–93	SAF	SAF	4	0	1	3
		1992–93	Eng	Ind	3	3	0	0
		1992–93	Zim	Ind	1	1	0	0
		1993	Srl	Srl	3	1	0	2
		1993–94	Srl	Ind	3	3	0	0
		1993–94	NZl	NZl	1	0	0	1
		1994–95	Win	Ind	3	1	1	1
		1995–96	NZl	Ind	3	1	0	2
		1996	Eng	Eng	3	0	1	2
		1997–98	Aus	Ind	3	2	1	0
		1998–99	Zim	Zim	1	0	1	0
		1998–99	NZl	NZl	2	0	1	1
		1998–99	Pak	Ind	2	1	1	0
		1998–99	Pak	Ind	1	0	1	0
		1998–99	Srl	Srl	1	0	0	1
		Total			47	14	14	19
26	SR Tendulkar	1996–97	Aus	Ind	1	1	0	0
		1996–97	SAF	Ind	3	2	1	0
		1996–97	SAF	SAF	3	0	2	1
		1996–97	Win	Win	5	0	1	4
		1997	Srl	Srl	2	0	0	2
		1997–98	Srl	Ind	3	0	0	3
		1999–00	NZl	Ind	3	1	0	2
		1999–00	Aus	Aus	3	0	3	0
		1999–00	SAF	Ind	2	0	2	0
		Total			25	4	9	12
27	SC Ganguly	2000–01	Ban	Ban	1	1	0	0
		2000–01	Zim	Ind	2	1	0	1
		2000–01	Aus	Ind	3	2	1	0
		2001	Zim	Zim	2	1	1	0
		2001	Srl	Srl	3	1	2	0
		2001–02	SAF	SAF	2	0	1	1
		2001–02	Eng	Ind	3	1	0	2
		2001–02	Zim	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2001–02	Win	Win	5	1	2	2
		2002	Eng	Eng	4	1	1	2
		2002–03	Win	Ind	3	2	0	1
		2002–03	NZl	NZl	2	0	2	0
		2003–04	NZl	Ind	1	0	0	1
		2003–04	Aus	Aus	4	1	1	2
		2003–04	Pak	Pak	1	1	0	0
		2004–05	Aus	Ind	2	0	1	1
		2004–05	SAF	Ind	2	1	0	1
		2004–05	Ban	Ban	2	2	0	0
		2004–05	Pak	Ind	3	1	1	1
		2005–06	Zim	Zim	2	2	0	0
		Total			49	21	13	15
28	R Dravid	2003–04	NZl	Ind	1	0	0	1
		2003–04	Pak	Pak	2	1	1	0
		2004–05	Aus	Ind	2	1	1	0
		2005–06	Srl	Ind	2	1	0	1
		2005–06	Pak	Pak	3	0	1	2
		2005–06	Eng	Ind	3	1	1	1
		2005–06	Win	Win	4	1	0	3
		2006–07	SAF	SAF	3	1	2	0
		2007	Ban	Ban	2	1	0	1
		2007	Eng	Eng	3	1	0	2
		Total			25	8	6	11
29	V Sehwag	2005–06	Srl	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2009	NZl	NZl	1	0	0	1
		2010	Ban	Ban	1	1	0	0
		2012	Aus	Aus	1	0	1	0
		Total			4	2	1	1
30	A Kumble	2007	Pak	Ind	3	1	0	2
		2007–08	Aus	Aus	4	1	2	1
		2008	SAF	Ind	2	0	1	1
		2008	Srl	Srl	3	1	2	0
		2008	Aus	Ind	2	0	0	2
		Total			14	3	5	6
31	MS Dhoni	2008	SAF	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2008	Aus	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2008	Eng	Ind	2	1	0	1
		2009	NZl	NZl	2	1	0	1
		2009	Srl	Ind	3	2	0	1
		2010	Ban	Ban	1	1	0	0
		2010	SAF	Ind	2	1	1	0
		2010	Srl	Srl	3	1	1	1
		2010	Aus	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2010	NZl	Ind	3	1	0	2
		2010	SAF	SAF	3	1	1	1
		2011	Win	Win	3	1	0	2
		2011	Eng	Eng	4	0	4	0
		2011	Win	Ind	3	2	0	1
		2011–12	Aus	Aus	3	0	3	0
		2012	NZl	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2012–13	Eng	Ind	4	1	2	1
		2012–13	Aus	Ind	4	4	0	0
		2013–14	Win	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2013–14	SAF	SAF	2	0	1	1
		2013–14	NZl	NZl	2	0	1	1
		2014	Eng	Eng	5	1	3	1
		2014–15	Aus	Aus	2	0	1	1
		Total			60	27	18	15
32	V Kohli	2014–15	Aus	Aus	2	0	1	1
		2015	Ban	Ban	1	0	0	1
		2015	Srl	Srl	3	2	1	0
		2015–16	SAF	Ind	4	3	0	1
		2016	Win	Win	4	2	0	2
		2016–17	NZl	Ind	3	3	0	0
		2016–17	Eng	Ind	5	4	0	1
		2017	Ban	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2017	Aus	Ind	3	1	1	1
		2017	Srl	Srl	3	3	0	0
		2017–18	Srl	Ind	3	1	0	2
		2018	SAF	SAF	3	1	2	0
		2018	Eng	Eng	5	1	4	0
		2018	Win	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2018–19	Aus	Aus	4	2	1	1
		2019	Win	Win	2	2	0	0
		2019–20	SAF	Ind	3	3	0	0
		2019–20	Ban	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2019–20	NZl	NZl	2	0	2	0
		2020–21	Aus	Aus	1	0	1	0
		2020–21	Eng	Ind	1	0	1	0
		Total			57	33	14	10
33	AM Rahane	2017	Aus	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2018	Afg	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2020–21	Aus	Aus	3	2	0	1
		Total			5	4	0	1
		G Total			546	159	168	219

Centurions in Twenty20 Internationals

12/02/2021 hrg

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan scored 104 not out against South Africa in the first T20 International at Lahore on 11.02.21 to provide the 58^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	11.09.07
2	BB McCullum	116*	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	28.02.10
3	SK Raina	101	1	Ind	SAF	Gros Islet	02.05.10
4	M Jayawardene	100	1	Srl	Zim	Providence	03.05.10
5	TM Dilshan	104*	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06.08.11
6	RE Levi	117*	2	SAF	NZl	Hamilton	19.02.12
7	RD Berrington	100	1	Sco	Ban	The Hague	24.07.12
8	BB McCullum	123	1	NZl	Ban	Pallekele	21.09.12
9	MJ Guptill	101*	2	NZl	SAF	East London	23.12.12
10	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29.08.13
11	AD Hales	116*	2	Eng	Srl	Chattogram	27.03.14
12	Ahmed Shehzad	111*	1	Pak	Ban	Dhaka	30.03.14
13	F du Plessis	119	1	SAF	Win	Johannesburg	11.01.15
14	MN van Wyk	114*	1	SAF	Win	Durban	14.01.15
15	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	SAF	Dharamsala	02.10.15
16	Mohd Shahzad	118*	1	Afg	Zim	Sharjah	10.01.16
17	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31.01.16
18	Babar Hayat	122	2	HKG	Oman	Fatullah	19.02.16
19	Tamim Iqbal	103*	1	Ban	Oman	Dharamsala	13.03.16
20	CH Gayle	100*	2	Win	Eng	Mumbai	16.03.16
21	E Lewis	100	1	Win	Ind	Lauderhill	27.08.16
22	KL Rahul	110*	2	Ind	Win	Lauderhill	27.08.16
23	GJ Maxwell	145*	1	Aus	Srl	Pallekele	06.09.16
24	C Munro	101	1	NZl	Ban	Mt Maunganui	06.01.17
25	Shaiman Anwar	117*	1	UAE	PNG.	Abu Dhabi	14.04.17
26	E Lewis	125*	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	09.07.17
27	DA Miller	101*	1	SAF	Ban	Potchefstroom	29.10.17
28	C Munro	109*	1	NZl	Ind	Rajkot	04.11.17
29	RG Sharma	118	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22.12.17
30	C Munro	104	1	NZl	Win	Mt Maunganui	03.01.18
31	GJ Maxwell	103*	2	Aus	Eng	Hobart	07.02.18
32	MJ Guptill	105	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	16.02.18
33	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03.07.18
34	KL Rahul	101*	2	Ind	Eng	Manchester	03.07.18
35	RG Sharma	100*	2	Ind	Eng	Bristol	08.07.18
36	RG Sharma	111*	1	Ind	Win	Lucknow	06.11.18
37	R Sandaruwan	103	2	Kuw	Bah	Al Amerat	23.01.19
38	H Zazai	162*	1	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	23.02.19
39	GJ Maxwell	113*	2	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	27.02.19
40	TP Ura	107*	1	PNG	Phil	Port Moresby	23.03.19
41	Awais Ahmed	102*	1	ESP	Mal	Cartagena	30.03.19
42	R Singh	101	1	Can	CaIs	Sandys Parish	18.08.19
43	JP Kotze	101*	1	Nam	Bot	Windhoek	20.08.19
44	S Periyalwar	105*	1	Rom	Tur	Ilfov County	29.08.19
45	Wickramasekara	104*	1	CzR	Tur	Ilfov County	30.08.19
46	Bilal Zalmai	111*	1	Aut	CzR	Ilfov County	01.09.19
47	HG Munsey	127*	1	Sco	Net	Dublin (Malahide)	16.09.19
48	P Khadka	106*	2	Nep	Sin	Singapore	28.09.19
49	PK Matautaav	103	1	Van	Mal	Kuala Lumpur	01.10.19
50	KJ O’Brien	124	1	Ire	HKG	Al Amerat	07.10.19
51	LA Dunbar	104*	1	Serb	Bul	Corfu	14.10.19
52	S Davizi	101	1	CzR	Mal	Marsa	20.10.19
53	DA Warner	100*	1	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	27.10.19
54	DJ Malan	103*	1	Eng	NZl	Napier	08.11.19
55	G Malla	107	1	Nep	Bhu	Kirtipur	05.12.19
56	Shaheryar Butt	125*	1	Bel	CzR.	Walferdange	29.08.20
57	GD Phillips	108	1	NZl	Win	Mt Maunganui	29.11.20
58	Mohd Rizwan	104*	1	Pak	SAF	Lahore	11.02.21

RG Sharma {04}, C Munro {03}, GJ Maxwell {03}, BB McCullum {02}, CH Gayle {02}, E Lewis {02}, KL Rahul {02}, and MJ Guptill {02} are the eight batsmen who have scored two or more centuries in the history of T20 Internationals.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	SAF	Dharamsala	02.10.15
2	RG Sharma	118	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22.12.17
3	RG Sharma	100*	2	Ind	Eng	Bristol	08.07.18
4	RG Sharma	111*	1	Ind	Win	Lucknow	06.11.18

1	C Munro	101	1	NZl	Ban	Mt Maunganui	06.01.17
2	C Munro	109*	1	NZl	Ind	Rajkot	04.11.17
3	C Munro	104	1	NZl	Win	Mt Maunganui	03.01.18

1	GJ Maxwell	145*	1	Aus	Srl	Pallekele	06.09.16
2	GJ Maxwell	103*	2	Aus	Eng	Hobart	07.02.18
3	GJ Maxwell	113*	2	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	27.02.19

1	BB McCullum	116*	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	28.02.10
2	BB McCullum	123	1	NZl	Ban	Pallekele	21.09.12

1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	11.09.07
2	CH Gayle	100*	2	Win	Eng	Mumbai	16.03.16

1	E Lewis	100	1	Win	Ind	Lauderhill	27.08.16
2	E Lewis	125*	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	09.07.17

1	KL Rahul	110*	2	Ind	Win	Lauderhill	27.08.16
2	KL Rahul	101*	2	Ind	Eng	Manchester	03.07.18

1	MJ Guptill	101*	2	NZl	SAF	East London	23.12.12
2	MJ Guptill	105	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	16.02.18

Ahmed Shahzad and Mohd Rizwan are the two Pakistan batsman who have scored centuries in T20Is. The particulars are detailed below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ahmed Shehzad	111*	1	Pak	Ban	Dhaka	30.03.14
2	Mohd Rizwan	104*	1	Pak	SAF	Lahore	11.02.21

Mohammad Rizwan became the fifth batsman to score a century against South Africa in T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	11.09.07
2	SK Raina	101	1	Ind	SAF	Gros Islet	02.05.10
3	MJ Guptill	101*	2	NZl	SAF	East London	23.12.12
4	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	SAF	Dharamsala	02.10.15
5	Mohd Rizwan	104*	1	Pak	SAF	Lahore	11.02.21

Chepauk – Chennai’s distinction

12/02/2021 hrg

Chepauk – Chennai will become the first Indian venue to host two consecutive tests of the same series when it hosts the second test of the ongoing test series against England tomorrow. Due to pandemic Covid-19, Manchester and Southampton have already earned the distinction of hosting two consecutive tests of the same series. Manchester hosted the two consecutive tests between England and West Indies in Jul 2020. Southampton hosted the two consecutive tests between England and Pakistan in Aug 2020

At the end of the ongoing test series, India would be earning a unique distinction in hosting two consecutive tests of the same series at two different venues – Chennai and Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad is set to host the third and fourth tests

England opening batsmen batting at number one collecting the first ball duck

12/02/2021 hrg

RJ Burns of England collected the first ball duck in England’s second innings against India in the first test at Chennai of the ongoing test series against India to provide the 117^th occasion of an opening batsman batting at number one collecting the first ball duck in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 23^rd occasion of an England batsman to suffer such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	0	1	2	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
2	AC MacLaren	0	1	1	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894
3	AC MacLaren	0	1	3	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
4	LC Braund	0	1	4	Aus	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904
5	PF Warner	0	1	3	SAF	Jo’burg	06 Mar 1906
6	TW Hayward	0	1	1	SAF	The Oval	19 Aug 1907
7	CAG Russell	0	1	2	Aus	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
8	H Sutcliffe	0	1	1	NZl	Ch’church	24 Mar 1933
9	TS Worthington	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
10	L Hutton	0	1	3	Aus	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
11	LB Fishlock	0	1	3	Aus	Sydney	28 Feb 1947
12	RT Simpson	0	1	4	Aus	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950
13	BW Luckhurst	0	1	3	Pak	Leeds	08 Jul 1971
14	AR Lewis	0	1	2	Ind	Mum-BS	06 Feb 1973
15	G Boycott	0	1	3	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 1979
16	G Fowler	0	1	2	NZl	Auckland	10 Feb 1984
17	GA Gooch	0	1	2	NZl	Nottingham	07 Jun 1990
18	MA Atherton	0	1	4	Win	Trinidad	25 Mar 1994
19	ME Trescothick	0	1	3	SAF	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003
20	ME Trescothick	0	1	4	SAF	P Elizabeth	17 Dec 2004
21	AJ Strauss	0	1	1	SAF	Jo’burg	14 Jan 2010
22	AN Cook	0	1	4	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
23	RJ Burns	0	1	3	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

RJ Burns became the second England opening batsman batting at number one to collect the first ball duck against India after AR Lewis. Both the occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Lewis	0	1	2	Ind	Mum-BS	06 Feb 1973
2	RJ Burns	0	1	3	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

It also provides the eleventh occasion of an an opening batsman batting at number one collecting the first ball duck in the annals of test cricket against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Ground	Start Date
1	RC Fredericks	0	1	1	Win	Trindiad	06 Mar 1971
2	AR Lewis	0	1	2	Eng	Mum-BS	06 Feb 1973
3	Mohsin Khan	0	1	1	Pak	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983
4	SJ Cook	0	1	1	SAF	Durban	13 Nov 1992
5	KJ Arnott	0	1	2	Zim	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
6	Nafees Iqbal	0	1	3	Ban	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004
7	Javed Omar	0	1	2	Ban	Dhaka	25 May 2007
8	Javed Omar	0	1	3	Ban	Dhaka	25 May 2007
9	TM Dilshan	0	1	2	Srl	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
10	Karunaratne	0	1	2	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
11	RJ Burns	0	1	3	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

Oldest living Test cricketers as of 10 Feb 21 – Countrywise list

10/02/2021 hrg

The following table lists the oldest living test cricketers with the age as on 10.02.21. The list is arranged countrywise

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Born on	Age
1	KA Archer	Aus	1950-1951	5	17.01.28	93y 24d
2	RN Harvey	Aus	1948-1963	79	08.10.28	92y 125d
3	AK Davidson	Aus	1953-1963	44	14.06.29	91y 241d
4	JW Rutherford	Aus	1956-1956	1	25.09.29	91y 138d
5	GB Stevens	Aus	1959-1960	4	29.02.32	88y 347d
6	BC Booth	Aus	1961-1966	29	19.10.33	87y 114d
7	DE Hoare	Aus	1961-1961	1	19.10.34	86y 114d
8	PI Philpott	Aus	1965-1966	8	21.11.34	86y 81d
9	I Meckiff	Aus	1957-1963	18	06.01.35	86y 35d
10	KH Eastwood	Aus	1971-1971	1	23.11.35	85y 79d
11	PJ Allan	Aus	1965-1965	1	31.12.35	85y 41d
12	RB Simpson	Aus	1957-1978	62	03.02.36	85y 7d
13	KN Slater	Aus	1959-1959	1	12.03.36	84y 335d
14	WM Lawry	Aus	1961-1971	67	11.02.37	83y 365d
15	TR Veivers	Aus	1963-1967	21	06.04.37	83y 310d
16	G Thomas	Aus	1965-1966	8	21.03.38	82y 326d
17	GF Rorke	Aus	1959-1959	4	27.06.38	82y 228d
18	FM Misson	Aus	1960-1961	5	19.11.38	82y 83d
19	AN Connolly	Aus	1963-1971	29	29.06.39	81y 226d
20	HB Taber	Aus	1966-1970	16	29.04.40	80y 287d
21	KR Stackpole	Aus	1966-1974	43	10.07.40	80y 215d
22	RHD Sellers	Aus	1964-1964	1	20.08.40	80y 174d
23	RM Cowper	Aus	1964-1968	27	05.10.40	80y 128d

1	NI Thomson	Eng	1964-1965	5	23.01.29	92y 18d
2	JM Parks	Eng	1954-1968	46	21.10.31	89y 112d
3	R Subba Row	Eng	1958-1961	13	29.01.32	89y 12d
4	R Illingworth	Eng	1958-1973	61	08.06.32	88y 247d
5	MJ Stewart	Eng	1962-1964	8	16.09.32	88y 147d
6	MJK Smith	Eng	1958-1972	50	30.06.33	87y 225d
7	R Swetman	Eng	1959-1960	11	25.10.33	87y 108d
8	DEV Padgett	Eng	1960-1960	2	20.07.34	86y 205d
9	DW Richardson	Eng	1957-1957	1	03.11.34	86y 99d
10	ER Dexter	Eng	1958-1968	62	15.05.35	85y 271d
11	K Taylor	Eng	1959-1964	3	21.08.35	85y 173d
12	RW Barber	Eng	1960-1968	28	26.09.35	85y 137d
13	JG Binks	Eng	1964-1964	2	05.10.35	85y 128d
14	A Brown	Eng	1961-1961	2	17.10.35	85y 116d
15	FE Rumsey	Eng	1964-1965	5	04.12.35	85y 68d
16	WE Russell	Eng	1961-1967	10	03.07.36	84y 222d
17	HJ Rhodes	Eng	1959-1959	2	22.07.36	84y 203d
18	AC Smith	Eng	1962-1963	6	25.10.36	84y 108d
19	PH Parfitt	Eng	1961-1972	37	08.12.36	84y 64d
20	KE Palmer	Eng	1965-1965	1	22.04.37	83y 294d
21	JSE Price	Eng	1964-1972	15	22.07.37	83y 203d
22	BR Knight	Eng	1961-1969	29	18.02.38	82y 358d
23	AR Lewis	Eng	1972-1973	9	06.07.38	82y 219d
24	RM Prideaux	Eng	1968-1969	3	31.07.39	81y 194d
25	N Gifford	Eng	1964-1973	15	30.03.40	80y 317d
26	JDF Larter	Eng	1962-1965	10	24.04.40	80y 292d
27	P Lever	Eng	1970-1975	17	17.09.40	80y 146d
28	G Boycott	Eng	1964-1982	108	21.10.40	80y 112d
29	J Birkenshaw	Eng	1973-1974	5	13.11.40	80y 89d

1	DK Gaekwad	Ind	1952-1961	11	27.10.28	92y 106d
2	CD Gopinath	Ind	1951-1960	8	01.03.30	90y 346d
3	CT Patankar	Ind	1955-1956	1	24.11.30	90y 78d
4	NJ Contractor	Ind	1955-1962	31	07.03.34	86y 340d
5	CG Borde	Ind	1958-1969	55	21.07.34	86y 204d
6	SA Durani	Ind	1960-1973	29	11.12.34	86y 61d
7	VV Kumar	Ind	1961-1961	2	22.06.35	85y 233d
8	P Bhandari	Ind	1955-1956	3	27.11.35	85y 75d
9	V Subramanya	Ind	1965-1968	9	16.07.36	84y 209d
10	FM Engineer	Ind	1961-1975	46	25.02.38	82y 351d
11	AA Baig	Ind	1959-1967	10	19.03.39	81y 328d
12	EAS Prasanna	Ind	1962-1978	49	22.05.40	80y 264d

1	TG McMahon	NZl	1955-1956	5	08.11.29	91y 94d
2	IB Leggat	NZl	1954-1954	1	07.06.30	90y 248d
3	JC Alabaster	NZl	1955-1972	21	11.07.30	90y 214d
4	JS Solomon	NZl	1958-1965	27	26.08.30	90y 168d
5	FJ Cameron	NZl	1961-1965	19	01.06.32	88y 254d
6	RW Blair	NZl	1953-1964	19	23.06.32	88y 232d
7	RM Harris	NZl	1959-1959	2	27.07.33	87y 198d
8	BD Morrison	NZl	1963-1963	1	17.12.33	87y 55d
9	JW Guy	NZl	1955-1961	12	29.08.34	86y 165d
10	BA Bolton	NZl	1959-1959	2	31.05.35	85y 255d
11	PT Barton	NZl	1961-1963	7	09.10.35	85y 124d
12	JW D’Arcy	NZl	1958-1958	5	23.04.36	84y 293d
13	RI Harford	NZl	1968-1968	3	30.05.36	84y 256d
14	AE Dick	NZl	1961-1965	17	10.10.36	84y 123d
15	BW Sinclair	NZl	1963-1968	21	23.10.36	84y 110d
16	GT Dowling	NZl	1961-1972	39	04.03.37	83y 343d
17	JT Sparling	NZl	1958-1964	11	24.07.38	82y 201d
18	BF Hastings	NZl	1969-1976	31	23.03.40	80y 324d
19	BAG Murray	NZl	1968-1971	13	18.09.40	80y 145d
20	GA Bartlett	NZl	1961-1968	10	03.02.41	80y 7d

1	Wazir Mohammad	Pak	1952-1959	20	22.12.29	91y 50d
2	SF Rehman	Pak	1958-1958	1	11.06.35	85y 244d
3	Khalid Ibadulla	Pak	1964-1967	4	20.12.35	85y 52d
4	DA Sharpe	Pak	1959-1959	3	03.08.37	83y 191d
5	Saeed Ahmed	Pak	1958-1973	41	01.10.37	83y 132d
6	Ijaz Butt	Pak	1959-1962	8	10.03.38	82y 337d
7	Mohammad Farooq	Pak	1960-1965	7	8.04.38	82y 308d
8	Javed Burki	Pak	1960-1969	25	08.05.38	82y 278d
9	A D’Souza	Pak	1959-1962	6	17.01.39	82y 24d

1	JC Watkins	SAF	1949-1957	15	10.04.23	97y 306d
2	RG Draper	SAF	1950-1950	2	24.12.26	94y 48d
3	GB Lawrence	SAF	1961-1962	5	31.03.32	88y 316d
4	HD Bromfield	SAF	1961-1965	9	26.06.32	88y 229d
5	MK Elgie	SAF	1961-1962	3	06.03.33	87y 341d
6	SF Burke	SAF	1962-1965	2	11.03.34	86y 336d
7	GD Varnals	SAF	1964-1965	3	24.07.35	85y 201d
8	WS Farrer	SAF	1962-1964	6	08.12.36	84y 64d
9	C Wesley	SAF	1960-1960	3	05.09.37	83y 158d
10	PR Carlstein	SAF	1958-1964	8	28.10.38	82y 105d
11	R Dumbrill	SAF	1965-1967	5	19.11.38	82y 83d
12	MJ Macaulay	SAF	1965-1965	1	19.04.39	81y 297d
13	D Gamsy	SAF	1970-1970	2	17.02.40	80y 359d
14	PHJ Trimborn	SAF	1967-1970	4	18.05.40	80y 268d

1	S Ramadhin	Win	1950-1961	43	01.05.29	91y 285d
2	BH Pairaudeau	Win	1953-1957	13	14.04.31	89y 302d
3	CW Smith	Win	1960-1962	5	29.07.33	87y 196d
4	DT Dewdney	Win	1955-1958	9	23.10.33	87y 110d
5	JL Hendriks	Win	1962-1969	20	21.12.33	87y 51d
6	HA Furlonge	Win	1955-1956	3	19.06.34	86y 236d
7	WV Rodriguez	Win	1962-1968	5	25.06.34	86y 230d
8	LR Gibbs	Win	1958-1976	79	29.09.34	86y 134d
9	EDAS McMorris	Win	1958-1966	13	04.04.35	85y 312d
10	RB Kanhai	Win	1957-1974	79	26.12.35	85y 46d
11	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	93	28.07.36	84y 197d
12	PD Lashley	Win	1960-1966	4	11.02.37	83y 365d
13	WW Hall	Win	1958-1969	48	12.09.37	83y 151d
14	DW Allan	Win	1962-1966	5	05.11.37	83y 97d
15	CD Watson	Win	1960-1962	7	01.07.38	82y 224d
16	AW White	Win	1965-1965	2	20.11.38	82y 82d
17	CC Griffith	Win	1960-1969	28	14.12.38	82y 58d
18	RGA Headley	Win	1973-1973	2	29.06.39	81y 226d
19	DAJ Holford	Win	1966-1977	24	16.04.40	80y 300d
20	BA Davis	Win	1965-1965	4	02.05.40	80y 284d
21	RM Edwards	Win	1968-1969	5	03.06.40	80y 252d

Pakistan bowlers capturing ten plus wickets in a test match

09/02/2021 hrg

Hasan Ali of Pakistan captured 10 for 114 with two five wickets hauls in each innings of the just concluded Rawalpindi test against South Africa to provide the 39^th occasion of a Pakistan bowler capturing ten plus wickets in a match. All such occasions are tabulated below

Player	W-Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
Fazal Mahmood	12-094	Ind	Lucknow	Oct 1952
Fazal Mahmood	12-099	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1954
Zulfiqar Ahmed	11-079	NZl	Karachi	Oct 1955
Fazal Mahmood	13-114	Aus	Karachi	Oct 1956
Fazal Mahmood	12-100	Win	Dhaka	Mar 1959
Intikhab Alam	11-130	NZl	Dunedin	Feb 1973
Imran Khan	12-165	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1977
Sarfraz Nawaz	11-125	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1979
Iqbal Qasim	11-118	Aus	Karachi	Feb 1980
Imran Khan	14-116	Srl	Lahore	Mar 1982
Abdul Qadir	11-218	Aus	Faisalabad	Sep 1982
Imran Khan	11-079	Ind	Karachi	Dec 1982
Imran Khan	11-180	Ind	Faisalabad	Jan 1983
Imran Khan	10-077	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1987
Abdul Qadir	13-101	Eng	Lahore	Nov 1987
Imran Khan	11-121	Win	Georgetown	Apr 1988
Waqar Younis	10-106	NZl	Lahore	Oct 1990
Waqar Younis	12-130	NZl	Faisalabad	Oct 1990
Waqar Younis	13-135	Zim	Karachi	Dec 1993
Wasim Akram	11-179	NZl	Wellington	Feb 1994
Waqar Younis	11-119	Srl	Kandy	Aug 1994
Mushtaq Ahmed	10-171	NZl	Christchurch	Dec 1995
Wasim Akram	10-106	Zim	Faisalabad	Oct 1996
Mohammad Zahid	11-130	NZl	Rawalpindi	Nov 1996
Mushtaq Ahmed	10-106	Win	Peshawar	Nov 1997
Saqlain Mushtaq	10-187	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1999
Danish Kaneria	12-094	Ban	Multan	Aug 2001
Saqlain Mushtaq	10-155	Zim	Bulawayo	Nov 2002
Shoaib Akhtar	10-080	Ban	Peshawar	Aug 2003
Shoaib Akhtar	11-078	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2003
Danish Kaneria	10-190	Srl	Karachi	Oct 2004
Mohammad Asif	11-071	Srl	Kandy	Apr 2006
Saeed Ajmal	10-097	Eng	Dub-DSC	Jan 2012
Saeed Ajmal	11-118	Zim	Harare	Sep 2013
Yasir Shah	10-141	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2016
Yasir Shah	10-210	Win	A Dhabi	Oct 2016
Mohammad Abbas	10-095	Aus	A Dhabi	Oct 2018
Yasir Shah	14-184	NZl	Dub-DSC	Nov 2018
Hasan Ali	10-114	SAF	Rawalpindi	Feb 2021

Pakistan bowlers capturing ten or more wickets in a test with five plus wicket haul in both innings of the test

09/02/2021 hrg

Hasan Ali of Pakistan captured 10 for 114 with two five wickets hauls in each innings of the just concluded Rawalpindi test against South Africa to provide the 27^th occasion of a Pakistan bowler capturing ten plus wickets in a match with five plus wickets haul in both innings. All such occasions are tabulated below,

No	Player	W-Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Fazal Mahmood	12-094	Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
2	Fazal Mahmood	12-099	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1954
3	Zulfiqar Ahmed	11-079	NZl	Karachi	13 Oct 1955
4	Fazal Mahmood	13-114	Aus	Karachi	11 Oct 1956
5	Fazal Mahmood	12-100	Win	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959
6	Intikhab Alam	10-182	NZl	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969
7	Imran Khan	12-165	Aus	Sydney	14 Jan 1977
8	Imran Khan	14-116	Srl	Lahore	22 Mar 1982
9	Imran Khan	11-180	Ind	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
10	Abdul Qadir	10-194	Eng	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
11	Wasim Akram	10-128	NZl	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985
12	Abdul Qadir	10-186	Eng	Karachi	16 Dec 1987
13	Wasim Akram	11-160	Aus	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
14	Waqar Younis	12-130	NZl	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990
15	Waqar Younis	13-135	Zim	Karachi	01 Dec 1993
16	Waqar Younis	11-119	Srl	Kandy	26 Aug 1994
17	Mushtaq Ahmed	10-106	Win	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997
18	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-187	Ind	Chennai	28 Jan 1999
19	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-216	Ind	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
20	Wasim Akram	11-110	Win	St John’s	25 May 2000
21	Danish Kaneria	12-094	Ban	Multan	29 Aug 2001
22	Shoaib Akhtar	11-078	NZl	Wellington	26 Dec 2003
23	Mohd Asif	11-071	Srl	Kandy	03 Apr 2006
24	Saeed Ajmal	11-111	Win	Providence	12 May 2011
25	Mohd Abbas	10-095	Aus	A Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
26	Yasir Shah	14-184	NZl	Dub-DSC	24 Nov 2018
27	Hasan Ali	10-114	SAF	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021

He also became the ninth Pakistan bowler to capture ten wickets in a test with five wickets in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-216	Ind	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
2	Abdul Qadir	10-194	Eng	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
3	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-187	Ind	Chennai	28 Jan 1999
4	Abdul Qadir	10-186	Eng	Karachi	16 Dec 1987
5	Intikhab Alam	10-182	NZl	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969
6	Wasim Akram	10-128	NZl	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985
7	Hasan Ali	10-114	SAf	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021
8	Mushtaq Ahmed	10-106	Win	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997
9	Mohd Abbas	10-095	Aus	A Dhabi	16 Oct 2018

Fifth day – India Vs England – First test at Chennai

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Shubman Gill scored 50 runs in India’s second innings to provide the 99^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against England.

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring exact 50 runs in an innings against England. Others are – ML Jaisimha at Delhi in Feb 1964 and SM Gavaskar at Bengaluru in Jan 1977

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Jaisimha	50	3	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
2	SM Gavaskar	50	3	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
3	Shubman Gill	50	4	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring exact 50 runs in an innings against various oppositions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NJ Contractor	50	4	Win	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958
2	ML Jaisimha	50	3	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
3	SM Gavaskar	50	3	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
4	SM Gavaskar	50	2	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
5	CPS Chauhan	50	4	Aus	Kolkata	26 Oct 1979
6	SM Gavaskar	50	1	Pak	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983
7	NR Mongia	50	3	SAF	Jo’burg	16 Jan 1997
8	V Sehwag	50	3	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
9	KL Rahul	50	1	Win	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
10	G Gambhir	50	3	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
11	Shubman Gill	50	2	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
12	Shubman Gill	50	4	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

Shubman Gill {02} and SM Gavaskar {03} are the two Indian opening batsmen who have scored exact 50 runs in a test innings on two or more occasions

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Shubman Gill	50	2	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
2	Shubman Gill	50	4	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

1	SM Gavaskar	50	3	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
2	SM Gavaskar	50	2	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
3	SM Gavaskar	50	1	Pak	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983

AM Rahane and Washigton Sundar scored ducks in India’s second innings to provide the 256^th and 257^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck in an innings against England.

It also provides the 98^th and 99^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck in an innings against England in India and also provides the 11^th and 12^th such occasion at Chennai.

R Ashwin had scored 2467 runs and captured 377 wickets prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against England. He needed 33 more runs for his 2500 runs. He scored 31 and 9 which fetched him 2507 runs. His nine wickets in this test fetched him 386 wickets. He became the third Indian all rounder to score 2500 runs and capture 375 plus wickets. Others are – Kapil Dev {5248 runs and 434 wickets} and A Kumble {2506 runs and 619 wickets}

Washington Sundar scored 85 not out and zero in this test to provide the 20^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty and a duck in a test against England.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amarnath	0	50	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
2	VM Merchant	78	0	Eng	Manchester	20 Jul 1946
3	P Roy	140	0	Eng	Mum-BS	14 Dec 1951
4	VL Manjrekar	133	0	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
5	SA Durani	71	0	Eng	Mum-BS	11 Nov 1961
6	VL Manjrekar	108	0	Eng	Chepauk	10 Jan 1964
7	AL Wadekar	0	91	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
8	S Abid Ali	58	0	Eng	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
8	FM Engineer	86	0	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
10	Vengsarkar	0	103	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
11	Vengsarkar	0	52	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
12	RJ Shastri	66	0	Eng	The Oval	08 Jul 1982
13	V Sehwag	106	0	Eng	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
14	MS Dhoni	0	76*	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jul 2007
15	R Dravid	136	0	Eng	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
16	SK Raina	0	78	Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
17	MS Dhoni	52	0	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
18	MS Dhoni	82	0	Eng	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
18	GH Vihari	56	0	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
20	W Sundar	85*	0	Eng	Chepauk	05 Feb 2021

He became the second Indian batsman to perform such a feat against England at Chepauk after VL Manjrekar. VL Manjrekar has scored 108 and zero in Jan 1964.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	VL Manjrekar	108	0	Eng	Chepauk	10 Jan 1964
2	W Sundar	85*	0	Eng	Chepauk	05 Feb 2021

V Kohli had scored nine fifties as captain against England prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against England. He needed one more fifty for his ten fifties. He scored 72 in India’s second innings to become the first Indian captain to score ten fifties against England. He joined the following nine captains who have scored ten or more fifties against England.

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	AR Border	Aus	29	48	9	2276	05	12	17
2	DG Bradman	Aus	19	32	5	2432	10	06	16
3	GC Smith	SAF	21	39	3	2051	07	07	14
4	IM Chappell	Aus	16	30	1	1181	02	09	11
5	CH Lloyd	Win	18	24	1	1103	02	09	11
6	IVA Richards	Win	19	26	2	1102	01	10	11
7	HW Taylor	SAF	15	27	2	1287	04	07	11
8	RT Ponting	Aus	19	33	2	1433	04	06	10
9	GS Sobers	Win	13	23	5	1417	05	05	10
10	V Kohli	Ind	11	20	2	1331	04	06	10

S Nadeem scored a duck in India’s second innings to provide the 100^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against England on home soil. It also provides the 12^th such occasion against England at Chennai and also provides the 258^th such occasion against England.

V Kohli’s 72 in this game provide the 49^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against England. It also represents V Kohli’s seventh fifty against England. MS Dhoni has scored eight fifties to own the record for most fifties by an Indian captain against England.

V Kohli had a run aggregate of 1570 runs against England prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against England. He required 30 more runs for his 1600 runs. He scored 11 and 72 runs in this test which fetched him an aggregate of 1653 runs. He became the fifth Indian batsman to score 1600 plus runs against England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2525}, SM Gavaskar {2483}, R Dravid {1950} and GR Viswanath {1880}

England won this test by 227 runs to carve its 48^th win against India. It also provide its 14th win against India in India and its fourth win at Chepauk

It also represent England’s fourth win by 200 plus against India in India. It also represent its largest victory by runs margin. Interestingly all the wins by run margin are with 200 plus runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Eng	won	227 runs	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021
2	Eng	won	212 runs	Ind	Mumbai	Mar 2006
3	Eng	won	202 runs	Ind	Chennai	Feb 1934
4	Eng	won	200 runs	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1977

Pakistan glovemen scoring centuries in a test innings

09/02/2021 hrg

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan scored 115 not out against South Africa in the just concluded test at Rawalpindi to provide the 227^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 19^th occasion of a Pakistan wicket keeper scoring a century against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	2	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Oct 1955
2	Imtiaz Ahmed	122	1	Pak	Win	Kingston	Feb 1958
3	Imtiaz Ahmed	135	1	Pak	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1961
4	Taslim Arif	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
5	Moin Khan	115*	1	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Nov 1994
6	Moin Khan	117*	4	Pak	Srl	Sialkot	Sep 1995
7	Moin Khan	105	1	Pak	Eng	Leeds	Aug 1996
8	Rashid Latif	150	1	Pak	Win	Sharjah	Jan 2002
9	Moin Khan	137	2	Pak	NZl	Hamilton	Dec 2003
10	Kamran Akmal	109	3	Pak	Ind	Mohali	Mar 2005
11	Kamran Akmal	154	2	Pak	Eng	Lahore	Nov 2005
12	Kamran Akmal	102*	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Jan 2006
13	Kamran Akmal	113	1	Pak	Ind	Karachi	Jan 2006
14	Kamran Akmal	119	2	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	Nov 2007
15	Kamran Akmal	158*	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	Feb 2009
16	Sarfaraz Ahmed	103	2	Pak	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug 2014
17	Sarfaraz Ahmed	109	1	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	Oct 2014
18	Sarfaraz Ahmed	112	2	Pak	NZl	Dub-DSC	Nov 2014
19	Mohd Rizwan	115*	3	Pak	SAF	Rawalpindi	Feb 2021

It also provides the 13^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a century against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below. Mohd Rizwan became the first Pakistan wicket keeper batsman to score a century against South Africa.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	H Wood	134*	2	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 1892
2	LEG Ames	148*	2	Eng	SAF	The Oval	Aug 1935
3	LEG Ames	115	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Dec 1938
4	JM Parks	108*	1	Eng	SAF	Durban	Dec 1964
5	AJ Stewart	164	3	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul 1998
6	RD Jacobs	113*	2	Win	SAF	Bridgetown	Mar 2001
7	A Flower	142	2	Zim	SAF	Harare	Sep 2001
8	A Flower	199*	3	Zim	SAF	Harare	Sep 2001
9	AC Gilchrist	204*	1	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 2002
10	AC Gilchrist	138*	2	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 2002
11	MS Dhoni	132*	2	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	Feb 2010
12	JM Bairstow	150*	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2016
13	Mohd Rizwan	115*	3	Pak	SAF	Rawalpindi	Feb 2021

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