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In the second test between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur, rival teams posted 200 plus runs partnerships. R Dravid and SR Tendulkar posted 222 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket {before R Dravid was retired hurt} in India’s first innings, while Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddiqe added 200 runs for the second wicket in Bangladesh’s second innings. This instance provides 28^th occasion of rival teams posting 200 plus runs in the annals of test cricket. All these 28 occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	HLCollins/JMGregory	3	209	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov/21
	CNFrank/AWNourse	4	206	3	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Nov/21
2	LEGAmes/ASandham	4	249	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	Apr/30
	GAHeadley/RKNunes	2	227	4	Win	Eng	Kingston	Apr/30
3	AMelville/ADNourse	3	319	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Jun/47
	DCSCompton/NWDYardley	5	237	3	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Jun/47
4	EDWeekes/FMMWorrell	4	283	2	Win	Eng	Nottingham	Jul/50
	RTSimpson/CWashbrook	1	212	3	Eng	Win	Nottingham	Jul/50
5	CLWalcott/FMMWorrell	4	213	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	Mar/53
	VLManjrekar/PRoy	2	237	3	Ind	Win	Kingston	Mar/53
6	RGArcher/KRMiller	6	206	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	May/55
	DSAtkinson/CCDepeiaza	7	347	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May/55
7	WMLawry/RBSimpson	1	382	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	May/65
	RBKanhai/SMNurse	3	200	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May/65
8	RCFredericks/LGRowe	2	269	1	Win	NZl	Kingston	Feb/72
	GMTurner/KJWadsworth	6	220	2	NZl	Win	Kingston	Feb/72
9	GSChappell/IMChappell	3	264	1	Aus	NZl	Wellington	Mar/74
	BECongdon/BFHastings	4	229	2	NZl	Aus	Wellington	Mar/74
10	GSChappell/GNYallop	4	217	1	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	Mar/80
	JavedMiandad/TaslimArif	3	223*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar/80
11	CGGreenidge/DLHaynes	1	296	2	Win	Ind	Antigua	Apr/83
	PJLDujon/CHLloyd	6	207	2	Win	Ind	Antigua	Apr/83
	MAmarnath/ADGaekwad	2	200	3	Ind	Win	Antigua	Apr/83
12	SMPatil/RJShastri	5	200	1	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Oct/84
	M Nazar/QasimUmar	2	250	2	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct/84
13	MAmarnath/SMGavaskar	2	224	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan/86
	DCBoon/GRMarsh	1	217	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	Jan/86
14	JavedMiandad/SaleemMalik	4	322	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	Jun/92
	RASmith/AJStewart	3	227	2	Eng	Pak	Birmingham	Jun/92
15	SChanderpaul/BCLara	5	219	1	Win	Eng	Antigua	Apr/94
	MAAtherton/RASmith	3	303	2	Eng	Win	Antigua	Apr/94
16	MAzharuddin/SRTendulkar	4	221	1	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	Aug/97
	STJayasuriya/RSMahanama	2	576	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	Aug/97
17	JHKallis/GKirsten	2	238	1	SAF	Eng	Manchester	Jul/98
	MAAtherton/AJStewart	3	226	3	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul/98
18	JLLanger/MATaylor	2	279	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct/98
	IjazAhmed/SaeedAnwar	2	211	2	Pak	Aus	Peshawar	Oct/98
18	RDravid/SRTendulkar	3	249	1	Ind	Zim	Nagpur	Nov/00
	ADRCampbell/AFlower	4	209	3	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	Nov/00
20	HHGibbs/GKirsten	2	227	1	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Sep/03
	GPThorpe/METrescothick	3	268	2	Eng	SAF	The Oval	Sep/03
21	ABdeVilliers/GCSmith	1	245	1	SAF	Win	Antigua	Apr/05
	JHKallis/AGPrince	5	267	1	SAF	Win	Antigua	Apr/05
	CHGayle/RRSarwan	2	331	2	Win	SAF	Antigua	Apr/05
22	MohdYousuf/YounisKhan	3	319	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Jan/06
	RDravid/VSehwag	1	410	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	Jan/06
23	MSDhoni/IKPathan	6	210	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan/06
	MohdYousuf/YounisKhan	3	242	3	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Jan/06
24	IRBell/KPPietersen	4	286	1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jul/08
	NDMcKenzie/GCSmith	1	204	3	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	Jul/08
25	ANCook/AJStrauss	1	229	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Feb/09
	DRamdin/RRSarwan	6	261	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Feb/09
26	PDCollingwood/MJPrior	5	218	1	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar/09
	SCChanderpaul/BPNash	5	234	2	Ein	Eng	Trinidad	Mar/09
27	MSDhoni/RDravid	6	224	1	Ind	Srl	Ahmedabad	Nov/09
	MJayawardene/PJayawardene	6	351	2	Srl	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov/09
28	RDravid/SRTendulkar	3	222*	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10
	JunaidSiddique/TamimIqbal	2	200	3	Win	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/10

Tamim Iqbal’s 151 in the test match between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur went in vain providing the 24th occasion of an opening batsman’s 150 plus runs scored in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket. All the 24 occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	JWZulch	150	3	SAF	Aus	Sydney	Mar/1911
2	JBHobbs	154	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Jan/1925
3	HSutcliffe	176	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Jan/1925
4	AJackson	164	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Feb/1929
5	HSutcliffe	161	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug/1930
6	LHutton	202*	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	Aug/1950
7	LHutton	156*	2	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Feb/1951
8	MHMankad	184	3	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jun/1952
9	DLAmiss	174	3	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	Feb/1974
10	DLAmiss	203	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	Aug/1976
11	ACHudson	163	2	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	Apr/1992
12	SLCampbell	170	1	Win	NZl	Hamilton	Dec/1999
13	VVSLaxman	167	3	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2000
14	MLHayden	203	1	Aus	Ind	Chennai	Mar/2001
15	GKirsten	153	3	SAF	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2002
16	MPVaughan	177	1	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Nov/2002
17	MLHayden	177	3	Aus	Win	St John’s	May/2003
18	HHGibbs	183	1	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Sep/2003
19	VSehwag	195	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/2003
20	HHGibbs	161	2	SAF	Eng	Johannesburg	Jan/2005
21	VSehwag	201	2	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	Mar/2005
22	METrescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov/2005
23	FawadAlam	168	3	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul/2009
24	TamimIqbal	151	3	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Tamim Iqbal’s 151 in the third innings of the test match between Bangladesh and Ind at Mirpur went in vain providing the 19^th occasion that a batsman’s 150 plus runs scored in third innings of test was in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket. All the 19 occasions are listed below

Nov	Batsmen	Runs	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	WLMurdoch	153*	3	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep/1880
2	KSRanjitsinhji	154*	3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul/1896
3	VTTrumper	185*	3	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec/1903
4	JWZulch	150	3	SAF	Aus	Sydney	Mar/1911
5	DCSCompton	184	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Jun/1948
6	MHMankad	184	3	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jun/1952
7	SaeedAhmed	166	3	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Nov/1959
8	PRUmrigar	172*	3	Ind	Win	Trinidad	Apr/1962
9	DLAmiss	174	3	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Feb/1974
10	DBVengsarkar	157	3	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jun/1982
11	ARBorder	152*	3	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov/1985
12	VVSLaxman	167	3	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2000
13	GJWhittall	188*	3	Zim	NZl	Harare	Sep/2000
14	AFlower	199*	3	Zim	SAF	Harare	Sep/2001
15	GKirsten	153	3	SAF	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2002
16	MLHayden	177	3	Aus	Win	St John’s	May/2003
17	JARudolph	154*	3	SAF	NZl	Auckland	Mar/2004
18	FawadAlam	168	3	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul/2009
19	TamimIqbal	151	3	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Zaheer Khan earned the distinction of becoming the tenth Indian bowler to capture ten or more wickets on away soil with his 10 for 149 at Mirpur in the second test against Bangladesh. He is the second bowler after Irfan Pathan to capture ten plus wickets against Bangladesh. Irfan Pathan has captured 11 for 96 at Dhaka in Dec 2004. BS Chandrashekhar has the best figures of 12 for 104 against Australia at Melbourne in Dec 1977 in this category of statistics. All the ten occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	Runs	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	EAS Prasanna	11	140	NZl	Auckland	Jan/1976
2	BS Bedi	10	194	Aus	Perth	Dec/1977
3	BSChandrasekhar	12	104	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/1977
4	C Sharma	10	188	Eng	Birmingham	Jul/1986
5	BKV Prasad	10	153	SAF	Durban	Dec/1996
6	A Kumble	12	279	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2004
7	IK Pathan	11	96	Ban	Dhaka	Dec/2004
8	IK Pathan	12	126	Zim	Harare	Sep/2005
9	HarbhajanSingh	10	153	Srl	Galle	Jul/2008
10	Z Khan	10	149	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Zaheer Khan’s 7 for 87 in the second innings at Mirpur against Bangladesh provides the eighth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing seven or more wickets in an innings on away soil. Zaheer Khan is the first Indian bowler to achieve the feat against Bangladesh on away soil. All the seven occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ins	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	SP Gupte	7	162	2	Win	Port of Spain	Jan/1953
2	EAS Prasanna	8	76	3	NZl	Auckland	Jan/1976
3	N Kapil Dev	7	220	2	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan/1983
4	N Kapil Dev	8	85	1	Pak	Lahore	Jan/1983
5	N Kapil Dev	8	106	1	Aus	Adelaide	Dec/1985
6	A Kumble	8	141	2	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2004
7	IK Pathan	7	59	1	Zim	Harare	Sep/2005
8	Z Khan	7	87	3	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Raquibul Hasan of Bangladesh returned with figures of 1.0-1-0-1 in India’s first innings which made him the fifth bowler in the annals of test cricket to have captured a wicket in the only bowled by a bowler to capture a wicket without conceding a run. Others are AW Nourse of South Africa {vs England} BAG Murray of New Zealand {vs India}, Wasim Raja of Pakistan {vs Australia} and DR Martyn of Australia {vs England}

The following list shows all the five bowlers with the details of bowling analysis, teams which they represented, opposition, ground, month and year

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	AWNourse	1.0	1	0	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	Jan/1910
2	BAGMurray	1.0	1	0	1	NZl	Ind	Wellington	Feb/1968
3	WasimRaja	1.0	1	0	1	Pak	Aus	Perth	Nov/1981
4	DRMartyn	1.0	1	0	1	Aus	Eng	Perth	Nov/2002
5	RaqibulHasan	1.0	1	0	1	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010

Tamim Iqbal scored zero and 151 against India at Mirpur providing the 133^rd occasion of a batsman registering zero and hundred in the annals of test cricket.

Tamim Iqbal’s feat o zero and 151 provides the 28th occasion of a batsman scoring zero and 150 in the annals of test cricket. All the 28 occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
No	WLMurdoch	0	153*	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep/1880
1	CHill	188	0	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Jan/1898
2	GBLegge	196	0	Eng	NZl	Auckland	Feb/1930
3	ADNovurse	0	231	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	Dec/1935
4	MLApte	0	163*	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	Feb/1953
5	ImtiazAhmed	209	0	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Oct/1955
6	HanifMohammad	160	0	Pak	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec/1960
7	SMNurse	201	0	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May/1965
8	DLAmiss	158	0	Eng	Pak	Hyd-Pak	Mar/1973
9	AsifIqbal	0	152*	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	Dec/1976
10	DWRandall	0	150	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan/1979
11	IVARichards	0	182*	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Mar/1981
12	IVARichards	208	0	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/1984
13	MDCrowe	174	0	NZl	Pak	Wellington	Feb/1989
14	AC udson	163	0	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	Apr/1992
15	KLTArthurton	157*	0	Win	Aus	Brisbane	Nov/1992
16	NRMongia	152	0	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Oct/1996
17	MWGoodwin	0	166*	Zim	Pak	Bulawayo	Mar/1998
18	DJCullinan	168	0	SAF	Win	Cape Town	Jan/1999
19	SaeedAnwar	0	188*	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	Feb/1999
20	TMDilshan	163*	0	Srl	Zim	Harare	Nov/1999
21	SLCampbell	170	0	Win	NZl	Hamilton	Dec/1999
23	MPVaughan	0	183	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan/2003
24	RTPonting	242	0	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec/2003
25	SPFleming	192	0	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	Dec/2003
26	BCLara	153	0	Win	Pak	Kingston	Jun/2005
27	AJStrauss	0	177	Eng	NZl	Napier	Mar/2008
28	TamimIqbal	0	151	Ban	Ind	Mirpur	Jan/2010

Tamim Iqbal became the third Bangladesh batsman after Javed Omr and Mohammad Ashraful to score a zero and hundred in a test, but earned the distinction of becoming the first Bangladesh batsman to score zero and 150 in a test match

No	Batsmen	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Javed Omar	119	0	Ban	Pak	Peshawar	Aug 2003
2	MohdAshraful	0	129*	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2007
3	Tamim Iqbal	0	151	Ban	Ind	Mirpur	Jan 2010

MS Dhoni’s 89 coupled with seven dismissals against Bangladesh at Mirpur provides the 27^th occasion of a wicket keeper scoring fifty in an innings and effecting seven or more dismissals in a test match. All the 27 occasions are listed below {Note : Stats as of the third day of the test between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur – 26.01.10}

No	Wktkeepers	FI	SI	Total	Dis	Ct	St
		Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	DT Lindsay	69	182	251	8	8	0
		SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec/1966
2	DT Lindsay	–	60	60	7	7	0
		SAF	Aus	P Elizabeth	Mar/1970
3	Wasim Bari	63	–	63	8	8	0
		Pak	Eng	Leeds	Jul/1971
4	RW Marsh	56	–	56	8	8	0
		Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec/1975
5	PJL Dujon	51	–	51	7	7	0
		Win	Aus	Adelaide	Jan/1982
6	PJL Dujon	77	–	77	7	7	0
		Win	Aus	Adelaide	Dec/1984
7	SAR Silva	111	–	111	9	8	1
		Srl	Ind	Colo-PSS	Sep/1985
8	CI Dunusinghe	–	91	91	7	7	0
		Srl	NZl	Napier	Mar/1995
9	IA Healy	70	–	70	8	8	0
		Aus	Srl	Adelaide	Jan/1996
10	IA Healy	–	63	63	7	7	0
		Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug/1997
11	MV Boucher	52	–	52	9	8	1
		SAF	Pak	P Elizabeth	Mar/1998
12	AJ Stewart	95	–	95	8	8	0
		Eng	SAG	Durban	Dec/1999
13	AC Gilchrist	75	–	75	10	10	0
		Aus	NZl	Hamilton	Mar/2000
14	Rashid Latif	71	–	71	7	7	0
		Pak	Eng	Manchester	May/2001
15	AC Gilchrist	54	–	54	7	6	1
		Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug/2001
16	MV Boucher	63	–	63	8	8	0
		SAF	Srl	Centurion	Nov/2002
17	MV Boucher	–	52	52	7	7	0
		SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Aug/2003
18	Khaled Mashud	–	61	61	7	5	2
		Ban	Zim	Harare	Feb/2004
19	T Taibu	59	58	117	7	5	2
		Zim	Ban	Harare	Feb/2004
20	AC Gilchrist	–	80	80	8	8	0
		Aus	Srl	Darwin	Jul/2004
21	AC Gilchrist	94	–	94	7	5	2
		Aus	v ICC	Sydney	Oct/2005
22	MV Boucher	53	–	53	7	7	0
		SAF	Ind	Durban	Dec/2006
23	AC Gilchrist	62	–	62	9	8	1
		Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan/2007
24	MS Dhoni	52	56*	108	7	7	0
		Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr/2009
24	BB McCullum	89	–	89	8	8	1
		NZl	Pak	Napier	Dec/2009
26	BJ Haddin	88	–	88	7	7	0
		Aus	Win	Perth	Dec/2009
27	MS Dhoni	89	–	89	7	5	2
		Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/2010

MS Dhoni effected five dismissals {03 ct plus 02 st} and scored 89 against Bangladesh at Mirpur providing the sixth occasion of a wicket keeper effective five or more dismissals and scoring fifty in the annals of test cricket. The following list shows all the five occasions

No	Wktkeeper	Runs	Dis	Ct	St
	Team	Opp	Ground	Series
1	DLLindsay	69+182	5	5	0
	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	1966/67
2	MVBoucher	63	5	5	0
	SAF	Srl	Centurion	2002/03
3	ACGilchrist	133	5	4	1
	Aus	Eng	Sydney	2002/03
4	ACGilchrist	62	5	5	0
	Eng	Aus	Sydney	2006/07
5	MSDhoni	52+56*	6	6	0
	Ind	NZl	Wellington	2008/09
5	MSDhoni	89	5	3	2
	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	2009/10

MS Dhoni and AC Gilchrist are the only two wicket keepers in this list to have achieved the distinction on two occasions.

No	Wktkeeper	Runs	Dis	Ct	St
	Team	Opp	Ground	Series
1	ACGilchrist	133	5	4	1
	Aus	Eng	Sydney	2002/03
2	ACGilchrist	62	5	5	0
	Eng	Aus	Sydney	2006/07
1	MSDhoni	52+56*	6	6	0
	Ind	NZl	Wellington	2008/09
2	MSDhoni	89	5	3	2
	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	2009/10

MS Dhoni of India and Mushfiqar Rahim of Bangladesh effected five dismissals each in the first and innings of the test match between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur providing the seventh occasion of rival wicket keepers effecting five or more dismissals in a test innings of the same test match. All the seven occasions are listed below

No	Wktkeeper	Dis	Ct	St	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	ATWGrout	5	5	0	1	Aus	Pak	Lahore	Nov/1959
2	ImtiazAhmed	5	4	1	2	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Nov/1959
1	HBTaber	5	5	0	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec/1966
2	DTLindsay	6	6	0	2	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec/1966
1	RWTaylor	5	5	0	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Dec/1978
2	JAMaclean	5	5	0	2	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Dec/1978
1	IAHealy	5	5	0	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec/1990
2	RCRussell	6	6	0	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec/1990
1	HPTillakaratne	5	5	0	1	Srl	NZl	Hamilton	Feb/1991
2	IDSSmith	7	7	0	2	NZl	Srl	Hamilton	Feb/1991
1	AJStewart	5	5	0	1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun/1998
2	MVBoucher	5	5	0	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	Jun/1998
1	MSDhoni	5	3	2	1	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/2010
2	MushfiqurRahim	5	4	1	2	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan/2010