Two Indian batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test match

Two Indian batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test match

M Vijay {65 and 76} and CA Pujara {62 and 78} scored twin fifties in the just concluded Kanpur Test against New Zealand to provide the 21st occasion of two or more Indian batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 VS Hazare 59 58* v West Indies Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
  2 RS Modi 80 87 v West Indies Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
  3 S Mushtaq Ali 54 106 v West Indies Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
               
2 1 ML Apte 64 52 v West Indies Port of Spain 21 Jan 1953
  2 PR Umrigar 130 69 v West Indies Port of Spain 21 Jan 1953
               
3 1 ML Jaisimha 56 51 v England Mumbai (BS) 11 Nov 1961
  2 VL Manjrekar 68 84 v England Mumbai (BS) 11 Nov 1961
               
4 1 RG Nadkarni 52* 122* v England Kanpur 15 Feb 1964
  2 DN Sardesai 79 87 v England Kanpur 15 Feb 1964
               
5 1 ML Jaisimha 74 101 v Australia Brisbane 19 Jan 1968
  2 RF Surti 52 64 v Australia Brisbane 19 Jan 1968
               
6 1 CPS Chauhan 52 84 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
  2 SM Gavaskar 205 73 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
               
7 1 SM Gavaskar 61 68 v England Birmingham 12 Jul 1979
  2 GR Viswanath 78 51 v England Birmingham 12 Jul 1979
               
8 1 SV Manjrekar 93 50 v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
  2 SR Tendulkar 68 119* v England Manchester 09 Aug 1990
               
9 1 NS Sidhu 107 76 v West Indies Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
  2 SR Tendulkar 179 54 v West Indies Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
               
10 1 R Dravid 148 81 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
  2 SC Ganguly 73 60 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
               
11 1 R Dravid 52 56 v Australia Chennai 06 Mar 1998
  2 NS Sidhu 62 64 v Australia Chennai 06 Mar 1998
               
12 1 SC Ganguly 56 78 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 24 Feb 1999
  2 SR Tendulkar 53 124* v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 24 Feb 1999
               
13 1 A Chopra 60 52 v New Zealand Mohali 16 Oct 2003
  2 VVS Laxman 104* 67* v New Zealand Mohali 16 Oct 2003
               
14 1 R Dravid 110 135 v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
  2 SR Tendulkar 52 52 v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
               
15 1 W Jaffer 60 54 v West Indies Basseterre 22 Jun 2006
  2 VVS Laxman 100 63 v West Indies Basseterre 22 Jun 2006
               
16 1 G Gambhir 56 74 v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008
  2 V Sehwag 201* 50 v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008
               
17 1 MS Dhoni 56 55 v Australia Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
  2 V Sehwag 66 92 v Australia Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
               
18 1 R Dravid 83 62 v New Zealand Napier 26 Mar 2009
  2 VVS Laxman 76 124* v New Zealand Napier 26 Mar 2009
               
19 1 B Kumar 58 63* v England Nottingham 09 Jul 2014
  2 M Vijay 146 52 v England Nottingham 09 Jul 2014
               
20 1 V Kohli 115 141 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
  2 M Vijay 53 99 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
               
21 1 CA Pujara 62 78 v New Zealand Kanpur 22 Sep 2016
  2 M Vijay 65 76 v New Zealand Kanpur 22 Sep 2016

M Vijay {65 and 76} and CA Pujara {62 and 78} scored twin fifties in the just concluded Kanpur Test against New Zealand to provide the thirdt occasion of two or more Indian batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test against New Zealand. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 A Chopra 60 52 v New Zealand Mohali 16 Oct 2003
  2 VVS Laxman 104* 67* v New Zealand Mohali 16 Oct 2003
               
2 1 R Dravid 83 62 v New Zealand Napier 26 Mar 2009
  2 VVS Laxman 76 124* v New Zealand Napier 26 Mar 2009
               
3 1 CA Pujara 62 78 v New Zealand Kanpur 22 Sep 2016
  2 M Vijay 65 76 v New Zealand Kanpur 22 Sep 2016

R Dravid {04}, SR Tendulkar {04}, VVS Laxman {03} and M Vijay {03} are the four batsmen to appear in the captioned list on three or more occasions. The following table lists the performance of these four batsman

No No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 R Dravid 148 81 v South Africa Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
  2 R Dravid 52 56 v Australia Chennai 06 Mar 1998
  3 R Dravid 110 135 v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
  4 R Dravid 83 62 v New Zealand Napier 26 Mar 2009
               
2 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 53 124* v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 24 Feb 1999
  4 SR Tendulkar 52 52 v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
               
3 1 VVS Laxman 104* 67* v New Zealand Mohali 16 Oct 2003
  2 VVS Laxman 100 63 v West Indies Basseterre 22 Jun 2006
  3 VVS Laxman 76 124* v New Zealand Napier 26 Mar 2009
               
4 1 M Vijay 146 52 v England Nottingham 09 Jul 2014
  2 M Vijay 53 99 v Australia Adelaide 09 Dec 2014
  3 M Vijay 65 76 v New Zealand Kanpur 22 Sep 2016

M Vijay {65 and 76} and CA Pujara {62 and 78} scored twin fifties in the just concluded Kanpur Test against New Zealand to provide the second occasion of two or more Indian batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test at Kanpur. The other occasion was against England when RG Nadkarni and DN Sardesai scored twin fifties. Both the occasions are listed below

No No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 RG Nadkarni 52* 122* v England Kanpur 15 Feb 1964
  2 DN Sardesai 79 87 v England Kanpur 15 Feb 1964
               
2 1 CA Pujara 62 78 v New Zealand Kanpur 22 Sep 2016
  2 M Vijay 65 76 v New Zealand Kanpur 22 Sep 2016

 

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