When DL Vettori captured his fourth wicket in India’s innings – that of Harbhajan Singh caught by wicket keeper G Hopkins for 69 – he captured his 100^th wicket as captain. He joined the select band of seven other captains – furnished in the list below – to capture 100 wickets as captain.

Shrinking this list further, he became the second captain in the annals of test cricket to capture 100 plus wickets as captain-cum-left arm spinner.

No	Captains	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	Imran Khan	Pak	48	71	9211	3790	187	8/60	11/079	20.26	12	4
2	R Benaud	Aus	28	56	10720	3559	138	6/70	09/173	25.78	9	0
3	GS Sobers	Win	39	69	10860	3978	117	6/73	08/080	34.00	3	0
4	N Kapil Dev	Ind	34	58	6718	2925	111	9/83	10/135	26.35	4	1
5	Wasim Akram	Pak	25	46	5444	2499	107	6/48	10/106	23.35	3	1
6	BS Bedi	Ind	22	39	7279	2631	106	6/71	10/194	24.82	8	1
7	SM Pollock	SAF	26	50	5833	2201	103	6/30	10/147	21.36	4	1
8	DL Vettori	NZl	28	48	7741	3274	100	6/56	09/133	32.74	5	0