Mohali Test – Fourth day highlights

R Dravid’s 77 and SR Tendulkar’s 98 in this test represent their 21^st half centuries in the second innings of the test match. At the end of India’s innings, they are on par with BC Lara of West Indies and IVA Richards of West Indies who also have scored 21 half centuries in the second innings of test match. Only VVS Laxman of India with 22 half centuries to his credit has scored more half centuries than these four batsmen

BW Hilfenhaus {none for 100} and NM Haurtiz {2 for 116} conceded 100 plus runs in this test providing the 68^th and 69^th occasion of Australian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings against India.

BW Hilfenhaus with his figures of none for 100 in this game provide the seventh occasion of an Australian bowler conceding 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket. The others are – none for 101 by AL Mann at Sydney in Jan 1978, none for 118 by RM Hogg at Bangalore in Sep 1979, none for 121 by RJ Bright at Sydney in Jan 1986, none for 147 by SK Warne at Kolkata in Mar 1998 and none for 139 by MS Kasprowicz at Kolkata in Mar 2001

SM Katich completed 4000 runs of his test career when he was on 13 during his knock of 37 in this innings. He reached the landmark with a boundary of Harbhajan Singh {fifth delivery of the 12^th over of the innings} to take his total from 3996 to 4000. He became the 23^rd Australian batsman to total 4000 plus runs in tests. At the end of this test, he has an aggregate of 4024 runs from 53 test and 93 innings

SR Watson scored 126 and 56 in this test to provide the 25^th occasion of an Australian batsman-scoring twin fifties in a test against India. His knocks provide the 12^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test against India.

SR Watson scored 126 and 56 in this test to provide the eighth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against India. His knocks provide the third occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test against India. The other two occasions are – 55 and 103 by RB Simpson at Adelaide in Dec 1967 and 136 and 53* by ML Hayden at Melbourne in Dec 2003

SM Katich completed 1000 runs against India when he was on 16 during his knock of 37 in Australia’s second innings. At the end of this test, his run aggregate stood at 1021. He became the eighth Australian batsman to total 1000 plus runs against India. Others are – ML Hayden {1888}, RT Ponting {1862}, AR Border {1567}, DC Boon {1204}, RB Simpson {1125}, SR Waugh {1090} and JL Langer {1047}

MEK Hussey completed 4000 runs of his test career when he was on 2 during his knock of 28 in this innings. He reached the landmark with a single of Ishant Sharma {third delivery of the 27th over of the innings} to take his total from 3999 to 4000. He became the 24^th Australian batsman to total 4000 plus runs in tests. At the end of this test, he has an aggregate of 4026 runs from 53 tests and 92 innings.

SR Watson with his 126 and 56 in this test was the top scorer for Australia in first and second innings respectively.

Three wickets in Australia’s second innings gave Zaheer Khan 250 test victims. His 250^th victim being BW Hilfenhaus who was bowled for 6.

Zaheer Khan became the 33^rd bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 250 plus test wickets. He is the fifth Indian bowler to reach the milestone. Others are – A Kumble {619}, N Kapil Dev {434}, Harbhajan Singh {362} and BS Bedi {266}.

Zaheer Khan became the second Indian pace bowler to total 250 test wickets after N Kapil Dev who had bagged 434 wickets.

Zaheer Khan earned the distinction of becoming the third left arm pace bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 250 plus wickets. Others are – Wasim Akram {434} and WPUJC Vaas {355}

At the end of this test, MS Dhoni had an aggregate of 28 dismissals – 22 catches and six stumpings

R Dravid was playing his 50^th innings representing India – in India’s second innings – against Australia and he made 13 in this innings, He became the second Indian batsman to play 50 or more innings against Australia after SR Tendulkar who is playing his 57^th innings as on the fourth day of Mohali test. SR Tendulkar and R Dravid are the two batsmen in India-Australia test series to play 50 plus innings.

R Dravid playing 50 innings against Australia provide the 67^th occasion of a batsman playing 50 plus innings against a specific opposition. He became the fourth Indian batsman to play 50 plus innings representing India against a specific opposition. Others are – SM Gavaskar – 67 innings vs England, SR Tendulkar -57 innings vs Australia and GR Viswananth – 54 innings vs England.

At the end of this test, R Dravid has most run aggregate in the fourth innings of a test against Australia – 273. He went past SM Gavaskar’s 270, which was the previous best.