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Openers – one scoring a duck and another a century – in the same test innings

15/03/2022 hrg

HDRL Thirimanne {0} and FDM Karunaratne {107} scored century and duck in the just concluded second test between India and Sri Lanka at Bengaluru to provide the 98th occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	MacLaren AC	124
	Mason JR	0	Eng	Aus	2	Adelaide	14.01.1898

2	Shalders WA	0
	Sherwell PW	115	SAF	Eng	2	Lord’s	01.07.1907

3	Hayward TW	0
	Fry CB	129	Eng	SAF	1	Kennington	19.08.1907

4	Jennings CB	0
	Kelleway CE	102	Aus	SAF	1	Lord’s	15.07.1912

5	Taylor HW	109
	Hartigan GPD	0	SAF	Eng	1	Lord’s-SAF	13.12.1913

6	Bardsley W	0
	Woodfull WM	141	Aus	Eng	1	Leeds	10.07.1926

7	Holmes P	0
	Sutcliffe H	102	Eng	SAF	1	Jo’burg-OW	24.12.1927

8	Woodfull WM	111
	Richardson VY	0	Aus	Eng	2	Sydney	14.12.1928

9	Ponsford WH	109
	Jackson AA	0	Aus	Win	1	Brisbane EG	16.01.1931

10	Dempster CS	120
	Mills JE	0	NZl	Eng	2	Lord’s	27.06.1931

11	Hutton L	122*
	Washbrook C	0	Eng	Aus	1	Sydney	28.02.1947

12	Mankad MH	111
	Sarwate CT	0	Ind	Aus	1	Melbourne	06.02.1948

13	Barnes SG	0
	Morris AR	105	Aus	Eng	1	Lord’s	24.06.1948

14	Hutton L	0
	Washbrook C	103*	Eng	NZl	2	Leeds	11.06.1949

15	Archer KA	0
	Morris AR	206	Aus	Eng	1	Adelaide	02.02.1951

16	Mankad MH	184
	Roy P	0	Ind	Eng	2	Lord’s	19.06.1952

17	Roy P	0
	Apte ML	163*	Ind	Win	2	Trinidad	19.02.1953

18	McDonald CC	127
	Favell LE	0	Aus	Win	1	Sabina Park	11.06.1955

19	McGlew DJ	105
	Westcott RJ	0	SAF	Aus	1	Kingsmead	24.01.1958

20	Simpson RB	103
	Lawry WM	0	Aus	Ind	2	Adelaide	23.12.1967

21	Edrich JH	0
	Boycott G	116	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	28.03.1968

22	Redpath IR	0
	Lawry WM	105	Aus	Win	1	Brisbane	06.12.1968

23	Boycott G	0
	Edrich JH	155	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.08.1969

24	Boycott G	112
	Luckhurst BW	0	Eng	Pak	1	Leeds	08.07.1971

25	Stackpole KR	0
	Redpath IR	159*	Aus	NZl	2	Auckland	22.03.1974

26	Murray DL	0
	Greenidge CG	107	Win	Ind	2	Bengaluru	22.11.1974

27	Gavaskar SM	156
	Vengsarkar DB	0	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	24.03.1976

28	Fredericks RC	0
	Greenidge CG	134	Win	Eng	1	Manchester	08.07.1976

29	Brearley JM	0
	Boycott G	191	Eng	Aus	1	Leeds	11.08.1977

30	Darling WM	0
	Wood GM	126	Aus	Win	2	Bourda	31.03.1978

31	Gavaskar SM	137
	Chauhan CPS	0	Ind	Pak	2	Karachi	14.11.1978

32	Hilditch AMJ	0
	Yallop GN	167	Aus	Ind	1	Kolkata	26.10.1979

33	Wright JG	110
	Edgar BA	0	NZl	Ind	1	Auckland	13.03.1981

34	Wright JG	130
	Edgar BA	0	NZl	Eng	1	Auckland	10.02.1984

35	Greenidge CG	100
	Haynes DL	0	Win	NZl	1	Trinidad	29.03.1985

36	Ramiz Raja	114
	Shoaib Mohd	0	Pak	Ind	1	Jaipur	21.02.1987

37	Greenidge CG	0
	Haynes DL	100	Win	Aus	2	Perth	02.12.1988

38	Taylor MA	108
	Boon DC	0	Aus	Srl	2	Hobart	16.12.1989

39	Gooch GA	0
	Atherton MA	151	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.06.1990

40	Shastri RJ	206
	Sidhu NS	0	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	02.01.1992

41	Atherton MA	144
	Stewart AJ	0	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	17.03.1994

42	Prabhakar MM	120
	Sidhu NS	0	Ind	Win	1	Mohali	10.12.1994

43	Williams SC	0
	Richardson RB	100	Win	Aus	1	Kingston	29.04.1995

44	Hudson AC	0
	Kirsten G	110	SAF	Eng	1	Jo’burg	30.11.1995

45	Laxman VVS	0
	Sidhu NS	201	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	14.03.1997

46	Taylor MA	0
	Elliott MTG	199	Aus	Eng	1	Leeds	24.07.1997

47	Flower GW	156*
	Viljoen DP	0	Zim	Pak	1	Bulawayo	14.03.1998

48	Slater MJ	113
	Taylor MA	0	Aus	Eng	2	Brisbane	20.11.1998

49	Butcher MA	116
	Atherton MA	0	Eng	Aus	1	Brisbane	20.11.1998

50	Atherton MA	0
	Stewart AJ	107	Eng	Aus	1	Melbourne	26.12.1998

51	Saeed Anwar	0
	W Wasti	133	Pak	Srl	1	Lahore	04.03.1999

52	Elliott MTG	0
	Slater MJ	106	Aus	Win	2	Trinidad	05.03.1999

53	Campbell SL	105
	Griffith AFG	0	Win	Aus	1	Bridgetown	26.03.1999

54	Saeed Anwar	119
	Mohd Wasim	0	Pak	Aus	2	Brisbane	05.11.1999

55	Atapattu MS	0
	Arnold RP	104*	Srl	Zim	1	Harare	04.12.1999

56	Slater MJ	143
	Blewett GS	0	Aus	NZl	1	Wellington	24.03.2000

57	Richardson MH	143
	Vincent L	0	NZl	Ban	1	Hamilton	18.12.2001

58	Imran Nazir	127
	Shahid Afridi	0	Pak	NZl	1	Lahore	01.05.2002

59	Jaffer W	0
	Sehwag V	106	Ind	Eng	1	Nottingham	08.08.2002

60	Taufeeq Umar	111
	Saleem Elahi	0	Pak	Zim	2	Harare	09.11.2002

61	Gayle CH	107
	Ganga D	0	Win	SAF	2	Centurion	16.01.2004

62	Smith DS	0
	Gayle CH	141	Win	Ban	1	Gros Islet	28.05.2004

63	Atapattu MS	0
	Jayasuriya ST	253	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.2004

64	Trescothick ME	180
	Strauss AJ	0	Eng	SAF	2	Jo’burg	13.01.2005

65	Gayle CH	317
	Hinds WW	0	Win	SAF	1	Antigua	29.04.2005

66	Langer JL	0
	Hayden ML	111	Aus	ICC	1	Sydney	14.10.2005

67	Jaffer W	100
	Sehwag V	0	Ind	Eng	2	Nagpur-VCA	01.03.2006

68	Vandort MG	0
	Tharanga WU	165	Srl	Ban	1	Bogra	08.03.2006

69	Vandort MG	105
	Tharanga WU	0	Srl	Eng	2	Birmingham	25.05.2006

70	Strauss AJ	0
	Cook AN	116	Eng	Aus	2	Perth	14.12.2006

71	Strauss AJ	0
	Cook AN	106	Eng	Win	2	Manchester	07.06.2007

72	Vandort MG	117
	WarnapuraBSM	0	Srl	Ban	1	Col-SSC	25.06.2007

73	Sehwag V	151
	Pathan IK	0	Ind	Aus	2	Adelaide	24.01.2008

74	Hayden ML	0
	Katich SM	131*	Aus	NZl	2	Brisbane	20.11.2008

75	Gambhir G	179
	Sehwag V	0	Ind	Eng	1	Mohali	19.12.2008

76	Strauss AJ	0
	Cook AN	106	Eng	Srl	2	Lord’s	03.06.2011

77	Mukund A	0
	Dravid R	117	Ind	Eng	1	Nottingham	29.07.2011

78	ParanavitanaNT	0
	Dilshan TM	121	Srl	Pak	1	Col-SSC	30.06.2012

79	Smith GC	131
	Petersen AN	0	SAF	Eng	1	The Oval	19.07.2012

80	Strauss AJ	0
	Cook AN	115	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.2012

81	Fulton PG	110
	Rutherford HD	0	NZl	Eng	2	Auckland	22.03.2013

82	Tamim Iqbal	0
	S Rahman	106	Ban	Srl	1	Chittagong	04.02.2014

83	Vijay M	0
	Rahul KL	110	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	06.01.2015

84	Cook AN	105
	Trott I J L	0	Eng	Win	1	Bridgetown	01.05.2015

85	Shan Masood	125
	A Shehzad	0	Pak	Srl	2	Pallekele	03.07.2015

86	Vijay M	0
	Rahul KL	108	Ind	Srl	1	Col-PSS	20.08.2015

87	van Zyl S	0
	Elgar D	118*	SAF	Eng	1	Durban	26.12.2015

88	Cook SC	104
	Elgar D	0	SAF	Aus	2	Adelaide	24.11.2016

89	Cook SC	0
	Elgar D	129	SAF	Srl	1	Cape Town	02.01.2017

90	Karunaratne D	0
	Mendis K	196	Srl	Ban	1	Chittagong	31.01.2018

81	Elgar D	141*
	Markram AK	0	SAF	Aus	1	Cape Town	22.03.2018

92	Shaw PP	134
	Rahul KL	0	Ind	Win	1	Rajkot	04.10.2018

93	Raval JA	0
	Latham TWM	154	NZl	Srl	1	Col-PSS	22.08.2019

94	Shan Masood	0
	Abid Ali	109*	Pak	Srl	1	Rawalpindi	11.12.2019

95	Shan Masood	100
	Abid Ali	0	Pak	Ban	1	Rawalpindi	07.02.2020

96	Sharma RG	161
	Shubman Gill	0	Ind	Eng	1	Chepauk	13.02.2021

97	RJ Burns	132
	DP Sibley	0	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.2021

98	Karunaratne D	107
	Thirimanne L	0	Srl	Ind	4	Bengaluru	12.03.2022

It also provides the eighth occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsmen performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Atapattu MS	0
	Arnold RP	104*	Srl	Zim	1	Harare	04.12.1999

2	Atapattu MS	0
	Jayasuriya ST	253	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.2004

3	Vandort MG	0
	Tharanga WU	165	Srl	Ban	1	Bogra	08.03.2006

4	Vandort MG	105
	Tharanga WU	0	Srl	Eng	2	Birmingham	25.05.2006

5	Vandort MG	117
	Warnapura BSM	0	Srl	Ban	1	Col-SSC	25.06.2007

6	Paranavitana NT	0
	Dilshan TM	121	Srl	Pak	1	Col-SSC	30.06.2012

7	Karunaratne D	0
	Mendis K	196	Srl	Ban	1	Chittagong	31.01.2018

8	Karunaratne D	107
	Thirimanne L	0	Srl	Ind	4	Bengaluru	12.03.2022

India Vs Sri Lanka – Second Test at Bangalore – Third day

14/03/2022 hrg

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 280th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in an innings. It also provides the 50th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in an innings against India

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 52nd occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in the in a losing cause. It also provides the ninth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century against India in a losing cause.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 51st occasion of a Sri Lankan captain scoring a century in an innings. It also provides the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain scoring a century in an innings against India

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the ninth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain’s century in a losing cause. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain’s century in an innings against India in a losing cause.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 81st occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a century in an innings. It also provides the 14th occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a century in an innings against India.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 19th occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman’s century in a losing cause. It also provides the third occasion of a Sri Lankan opening century in an innings against India in a losing cause.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 15th occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman scoring a century in an innings. It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman scoring a century in an innings against India. Prior to FDM Karunaratne, ST Jayasuriya had scored 111 as an opening batsman against India at Galle in Aug 2001. It also provides the first occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman scoring a century in an innings against India.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the second occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman’s century in a losing cause. It is interesting to note that on both occasions, it was FDM Karunaratne who witnessed both his centuries in losing cause as captain opening batsman. Prior to this, he had scored 103 against South Africa at Johannesburg in Jan 2021 which was in a losing cause. It also provides the first occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman’s century in an innings against India in a losing cause.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 19th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the eighth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman’s century in the fourth innings of a test in a losing cause. It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman’s century in the fourth innings of a test in a losing cause against India. AD Mathew’s 110 at Col-SSC in Aug 2015 was in losing cause against India

FDM Karunaratne’s 107 in this test represent his 14^th test century as an opening batsman. All his centuries are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne	152	3	NZl	Ch’church	26 Dec 2014
2	FDM Karunaratne	130	1	Pak	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
3	FDM Karunaratne	186	1	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
4	FDM Karunaratne	110	3	Zim	Harare	29 Oct 2016
5	FDM Karunaratne	126	3	Ban	Col-PSS	15 Mar 2017
6	FDM Karunaratne	141	3	Ind	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
7	FDM Karunaratne	196	1	Pak	Dub-DSC	06 Oct 2017
8	FDM Karunaratne	158*	1	SAF	Galle	12 Jul 2018
9	FDM Karunaratne	122	4	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
10	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2021
11	FDM Karunaratne	244	2	Ban	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
12	FDM Karunaratne	118	1	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
13	FDM Karunaratne	147	1	Win	Galle	21 Nov 2021
14	FDM Karunaratne	107	4	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

FDM Karunaratne now occupies the second place in the list of Sri Lankan openers who have scored most centuries. MS Atapattu leads the list with 16 centuries to his credit. FDM Karunaratne went past ST Jayasuriya who had scored 13 centuries, on his way to occupy the second place. MS Atapattu, FDM Karunaratne and ST Jayasuriya are the three Sri Lankan openers who have scored ten or more centuries.

It also represents his second century in the fourth innings of a test as an opening batsman. Both centuries are listed below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne	122	4	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
2	FDM Karunaratne	107	4	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

It also represents his sixth century while leading Sri Lanka. It also represents his sixth test century as captain opener for Sri Lanka.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne	122	4	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
2	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2021
3	FDM Karunaratne	244	2	Ban	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
4	FDM Karunaratne	118	1	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
5	FDM Karunaratne	147	1	Win	Galle	21 Nov 2021
6	FDM Karunaratne	107	4	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

FDM Karunaratne became the fourth Sri Lankan captain to score six or more centuries. Others are – DPMD Jayawardene {14}, KC Sangakkara {07} and AD Mathews {06}

FDM Karunaratne became the first Sri Lankan captain opener to score six centuries. MS Atapattu {04}, ST Jayasuriya {04} and TM Dilshan {01} are the other Sri Lankan captain openers who have scored centuries.

FDM Karunaratne was playing his 75^th test and made it memorable by scoring a century and also by reaching 5500 runs as an opening batsman. At the end of this test, his run aggregate read 5588. He is one of the three Sri Lankan openers who have an aggregate of 5000 plus runs. Others are ST Jayasuriya {5932} and MS Atapattu {5317}

FDM Karunaratne’s 107 in this test fetched him his 41^st fifty of his test career {14 C plus 27 HC} and with it the record for most fifties scored by a Sri Lankan opening batsman. He also became the 19^th opening batsmen who have scored 41 plus fifties in their test career. He also became the 24^th opening batsmen who have scored 14 or more centuries in their test career.

FDM Karunaratne’s centuries in losing cause as an opening batsman are listed below. He holds the record for most centuries by a Sri Lankan opening batsman in a losing cause.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne	152	3	NZl	Ch’church	26 Dec 2014
2	FDM Karunaratne	130	1	Pak	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
3	FDM Karunaratne	126	3	Ban	Col-PSS	15 Mar 2017
4	FDM Karunaratne	141	3	Ind	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
5	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2021
6	FDM Karunaratne	107	4	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

India won this test by 238 runs to provide India’s 168^th win. It also provides India’s 51^st win by 100 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	won	372 runs	NZl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 2021
2	Ind	won	337 runs	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
3	Ind	won	321 runs	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
4	Ind	won	320 runs	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
5	Ind	won	318 runs	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
6	Ind	won	317 runs	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
7	Ind	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
8	Ind	won	280 runs	SAF	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
9	Ind	won	279 runs	Eng	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
10	Ind	won	278 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
11	Ind	won	272 runs	NZl	Auckland	07 Mar 1968
12	Ind	won	259 runs	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
13	Ind	won	257 runs	Win	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
14	Ind	won	255 runs	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
15	Ind	won	246 runs	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
16	Ind	won	238 runs	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
17	Ind	won	237 runs	Win	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
18	Ind	won	235 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
19	Ind	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
20	Ind	won	216 runs	NZl	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
21	Ind	won	212 runs	Pak	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
22	Ind	won	208 runs	Ban	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
23	Ind	won	203 runs	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
24	Ind	won	203 runs	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
25	Ind	won	197 runs	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
26	Ind	won	195 runs	Pak	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
27	Ind	won	188 runs	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
28	Ind	won	187 runs	Eng	Kolkata	30 Dec 1961
29	Ind	won	179 runs	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
30	Ind	won	178 runs	NZl	Kolkata	30 Sep 2016
31	Ind	won	172 runs	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
32	Ind	won	172 runs	NZl	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988
33	Ind	won	171 runs	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
34	Ind	won	170 runs	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
35	Ind	won	162 runs	NZl	Mum-WS	10 Nov 1976
36	Ind	won	157 runs	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
37	Ind	won	153 runs	Aus	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979
38	Ind	won	151 runs	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
39	Ind	won	140 runs	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
40	Ind	won	138 runs	Eng	Mum-WS	27 Nov 1981
41	Ind	won	137 runs	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
42	Ind	won	131 runs	Pak	Mum-WS	16 Dec 1979
43	Ind	won	128 runs	Eng	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
44	Ind	won	124 runs	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
45	Ind	won	123 runs	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
46	Ind	won	119 runs	Aus	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
47	Ind	won	117 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
48	Ind	won	113 runs	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021
49	Ind	won	113 runs	Ban	Chattogram	17 Jan 2010
50	Ind	won	108 runs	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
51	Ind	won	100 runs	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1975

It also represents India’s eighth win by 100 plus runs margin against Sri Lanka. All such wins are tabulated below in the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
2	Ind	won	278 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
3	Ind	won	259 runs	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
4	Ind	won	238 runs	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
5	Ind	won	235 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
6	Ind	won	188 runs	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
7	Ind	won	170 runs	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
8	Ind	won	117 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

It also provides India’s 24^th win by 200 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	won	372 runs	NZl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 2021
2	Ind	won	337 runs	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
3	Ind	won	321 runs	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
4	Ind	won	320 runs	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
5	Ind	won	318 runs	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
6	Ind	won	317 runs	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
7	Ind	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
8	Ind	won	280 runs	SAF	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
9	Ind	won	279 runs	Eng	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
10	Ind	won	278 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
11	Ind	won	272 runs	NZl	Auckland	07 Mar 1968
12	Ind	won	259 runs	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
13	Ind	won	257 runs	Win	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
14	Ind	won	255 runs	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
15	Ind	won	246 runs	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
16	Ind	won	238 runs	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
17	Ind	won	237 runs	Win	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
18	Ind	won	235 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
19	Ind	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
20	Ind	won	216 runs	NZl	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
21	Ind	won	212 runs	Pak	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
22	Ind	won	208 runs	Ban	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
23	Ind	won	203 runs	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
24	Ind	won	203 runs	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018

It also provides India’s fifth win by 200 plus runs margin against Sri Lanka All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
2	Ind	won	278 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
3	Ind	won	259 runs	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
4	Ind	won	238 runs	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
5	Ind	won	235 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993

R Ashwin became India’s first bowler to appear in India’s 50 wins and his wicket aggregate in 50 test wins read 310.

R Ashwin became the 36^th cricketer to appear in a team’s 50 plus winning tests and he is the fifth bowler to have an aggregate of 300 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Wkts
1	SK Warne	Aus	92	510
2	Muralitharan	Srl	54	438
3	GD McGrath	Aus	84	414
4	JM Anderson	Eng	73	338
5	R Ashwin	Ind	50	310

R Ashwin became the second all round cricketer to score 1500 plus runs and capture 300 plus wickets in a team’s 50 plus winning tests

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	C
1	SK Warne	Aus	92	1830	510	0
2	R Ashwin	Ind	50	1571	310	4

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets at the end of this test read 442. He went past DW Steyn’s 439 wickets to occupy the eighth place in the list of most wicket takers in the annals of test cricket

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	JM Anderson	Eng	169	314	36396	17014	640
4	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
5	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563
6	SCJ Broad	Eng	152	280	30575	14932	537
7	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519
8	R Ashwin	Ind	86	162	23089	10666	442
9	DW Steyn	SAF	93	171	18608	10077	439

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 109 and 208 in this test to provide the 128^th occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in both innings of a test. It also provides the 23^rd occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in both innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Runs	W	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Sri Lanka	740	20	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
2	Sri Lanka	345	20	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
3	Sri Lanka	333	20	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987
4	Sri Lanka	280	20	v India	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
5	Sri Lanka	490	20	v India	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
6	Sri Lanka	392	20	v India	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
7	Sri Lanka	446	20	v India	Bengaluru	26 Jan 1994
8	Sri Lanka	341	20	v India	Ahm’bad	08 Feb 1994
9	Sri Lanka	495	20	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001
10	Sri Lanka	477	20	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
11	Sri Lanka	455	20	v India	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
12	Sri Lanka	428	20	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008
13	Sri Lanka	498	20	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
14	Sri Lanka	702	20	v India	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
15	Sri Lanka	692	20	v India	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
16	Sri Lanka	550	20	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015
17	Sri Lanka	440	20	v India	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
18	Sri Lanka	469	20	v India	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
19	Sri Lanka	569	20	v India	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
20	Sri Lanka	316	20	v India	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017
21	Sri Lanka	371	20	v India	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
22	Sri Lanka	352	20	v India	Mohali	04 Mar 2022
23	Sri Lanka	317	20	v India	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the eighth occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsmen performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Atapattu MS	0
	Arnold RP	104*	Srl	Zim	1	Harare	04.12.1999

2	Atapattu MS	0
	Jayasuriya ST	253	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.2004

3	Vandort MG	0
	Tharanga WU	165	Srl	Ban	1	Bogra	08.03.2006

4	Vandort MG	105
	Tharanga WU	0	Srl	Eng	2	Birmingham	25.05.2006

5	Vandort MG	117
	Warnapura BSM	0	Srl	Ban	1	Col-SSC	25.06.2007

6	Paranavitana NT	0
	Dilshan TM	121	Srl	Pak	1	Col-SSC	30.06.2012

7	Karunaratne D	0
	Mendis K	196	Srl	Ban	1	Chittagong	31.01.2018

8	Karunaratne D	107
	Thirimanne L	0	Srl	Ind	4	Bengaluru	12.03.2022

FDM Karunaratne {107} scored century the just concluded second test between India and Sri Lanka at Bengaluru to provide the eighth occasion of an opening scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Stollmeyer	104*	4	Win	Ind	Trinidad	19 Feb 1953
2	LRD Mendis	124	4	Srl	Ind	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
3	IVA Richards	109*	4	Win	Ind	Delhi	25 Nov 1987
4	MA Taylor	102*	4	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
5	Younis Khan	107*	4	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
6	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
7	Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
2	Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India on Indian soil. Bengaluru has witnessed two such occasions.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	IVA Richards	109*	4	Win	Ind	Delhi	25 Nov 1987
2	MA Taylor	102*	4	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
3	Younis Khan	107*	4	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
4	Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

HDRL Thirimanne scored duck in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 101^st occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings. It also provides the 13th occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings against India.

HDRL Thirimanne scored duck in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 17^th occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a duck in the fourth innings of a test. It also provides the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a duck in the fourth innings of a test against India.

R Ashwin’s six wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 62 wickets against Sri Lanka. He became the second Indian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets against Sri Lanka after A Kumble. A Kumble has an aggregate of 74 wickets against Sri Lanka.

R Ashwin with 62 wickets to his credit against Sri Lanka became the fourth bowler to aggregate 60 plus wickets against Sri Lanka. Others are – A Kumble {74}, Saeed Ajmal {66} and Wasim Akram {63}

No	Player	Team	Opp	M	I	W
1	A Kumble	Ind	Srl	18	28	74
2	S Ajmal	Pak	Srl	14	28	66
3	W Akram	Pak	Srl	19	32	63
4	R Ashwin	Ind	Srl	11	21	62

R Ashwin, A Kumble and Wasim Akram share the record for most wickets in winning matches against Sri Lanka. All the three bowlers have captured 48 wickets apiece.

No	Player	Team	Opp	M	I	W
1	R Ashwin	Ind	Srl	08	16	48
2	A Kumble	Ind	Srl	07	14	48
3	W Akram	Pak	Srl	10	20	48

R Ashwin has captured 20 wickets in India’s winnings tests against Sri Lanka on home soil. He became the 13^th bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in a team’s winning tests on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	M	I	W
1	A Kumble	Ind	5	10	35
2	Philander	SAF	5	10	33
3	Imran Khan	Pak	4	06	28
4	GD McGrath	Aus	4	08	28
5	TA Boult	NZl	5	10	26
6	TG Southee	NZl	5	10	26
7	Harbhajan	Ind	4	08	25
8	M Ntini	SAF	6	12	24
9	SLV Raju	Ind	4	08	24
10	MA Starc	Aus	4	08	22
11	Anderson	Eng	3	05	21
12	SM Pollock	SAF	6	11	21
13	R Ashwin	Ind	3	06	20

R Ashwin has captured 20 wickets in India’s winnings tests against Sri Lanka on home soil. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in a India’s winning tests on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	M	I	W
1	A Kumble	Ind	5	10	35
2	Harbhajan	Ind	4	08	25
3	SLV Raju	Ind	4	08	24
4	R Ashwin	Ind	3	06	20

R Ashwin’s six wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 258 wickets in India’s winning tests on home soil. He is one of the four bowlers who have captured 250 plus wickets in a team’s winning tests on home soil.

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Wkts
1	Muralitharan	Srl	37	074	305
2	JM Anderson	Eng	54	107	260
3	R Ashwin	Ind	39	077	258
4	SK Warne	Aus	49	095	250

JJ Bumrah became the fourth Indian pace bowler to capture exact eight wickets in a test against Sri Lanka. He returned with figures of 8 for 47 in this test. All the four occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	8-047	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
2	I Sharma	8-086	Srl	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
3	B Kumar	8-096	Srl	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
4	N Kapil Dev	8-207	Srl	Chennai	17 Sep 1982

JJ Bumrah’s 8 for 47 in this test represent the best match bowling effort by an Indian pace bowler against Sri Lanka. The previous best was 8 for 86 by Ishant Sharma at Col-SSC in Aug 2015.

No	Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	8-047	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
2	I Sharma	8-086	Srl	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

JJ Bumrah’s 8 for 47 in this test represent the best match bowling effort by an Indian pace bowler against Sri Lanka in India. The previous best was 8 for 96 by B Kumar at Kolkata in Nov 2017

No	Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	8-047	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
2	B Kumar	8-096	Srl	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017

It is interesting to note that an Indian pace bowlers is yet to return with match figures of ten plus wickets. The following Indian spin bowlers {seven occasions, six bowlers} have captured ten or more wickets in a match against Sri Lanka.

No	Player	W-Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SLV Raju	11-125	Opp	Ahm’bad	08 Feb 1994
2	A Kumble	11-128	Srl	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
3	Maninder	10-107	Opp	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
4	Harbhajan	10-141	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
5	Harbhajan	10-153	Opp	Galle	31 Jul 2008
6	A Kumble	10-157	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
7	R Ashwin	10-160	Opp	Galle	12 Aug 2015

Indian batsmen scoring twin fifties in a test on two or more occasions

14/03/2022 hrg

SS Iyer of India scored 92 and 67 in the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Bengaluru to provide the second occasion of his scoring fifties in both innings of a test. Prior to this he had scored 105 and 65 against New Zealand at Kanpur in November 2021.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SS Iyer	105	65	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21
2	SS Iyer	92	67	Srl	Bengaluru	12.03.22

SS Iyer’s feat of scoring fifties in both innings of a test on two occasions provides the 32^nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring twin fifties on two or more occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Date
1	1	R Dravid	148	81	SAF	Jo’burg	16.01.97
	2	R Dravid	93	85	Srl	Wankhede	03.12.97
	3	R Dravid	52	56	Aus	Chennai	06.03.98
	4	R Dravid	190	103*	NZl	Hamilton	02.01.99
	5	R Dravid	200*	70*	Zim	Delhi	18.11.00
	6	R Dravid	222	73	NZl	Ahm’bad	08.10.03
	7	R Dravid	233	72*	Aus	Adelaide	12.12.03
	8	R Dravid	110	135	Pak	Kolkata	16.03.05
	9	R Dravid	81	68	Win	Kingston	30.06.06
	10	R Dravid	83	62	NZl	Napier	26.03.09

2	1	SM Gavaskar	65	67*	Win	Trinidad	06.03.71
	2	SM Gavaskar	116	64*	Win	Georgetown	19.03.71
	3	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Win	Trinidad	13.04.71
	4	SM Gavaskar	101	58	Eng	Manchester	06.06.74
	5	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Pak	Karachi	14.11.78
	6	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Win	Wankhede	01.12.78
	7	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Win	Kolkata	29.12.78
	8	SM Gavaskar	61	68	Eng	Birmingham	12.07.79
	9	SM Gavaskar	50	64	Pak	Nagpur	05.10.83

3	1	V Kohli	52	63	Win	Wankhede	22.11.11
	2	V Kohli	103	51*	NZl	Bengaluru	31.08.12
	3	V Kohli	119	96	SAF	Jo’burg	18.12.13
	4	V Kohli	115	141	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.14
	5	V Kohli	169	54	Aus	Melbourne	26.12.14
	6	V Kohli	167	81	Eng	Vizag	17.11.16
	7	V Kohli	243	50	Srl	Delhi	02.12.17
	8	V Kohli	149	51	Eng	Birmingham	01.08.18
	9	V Kohli	97	103	Eng	Nottingham	18.08.18

4	1	VVS Laxman	59	281	Aus	Kolkata	11.03.01
	2	VVS Laxman	65	66	Aus	Chennai	18.03.01
	3	VVS Laxman	69*	74	Win	Trinidad	19.04.02
	4	VVS Laxman	104*	67*	NZl	Mohali	16.10.03
	5	VVS Laxman	100	63	Win	Basseterre	22.06.06
	6	VVS Laxman	200*	59*	Aus	Delhi	29.10.08
	7	VVS Laxman	76	124*	NZl	Napier	26.03.09
	8	VVS Laxman	56	103*	Srl	Col-PSS	03.08.10
	9	VVS Laxman	85	87	Win	Barbados	28.06.11

5	1	SR Tendulkar	68	119*	Eng	Manchester	09.08.90
	2	SR Tendulkar	179	54	Win	Nagpur	01.12.94
	3	SR Tendulkar	177	74	Eng	Nottingham	04.07.96
	4	SR Tendulkar	53	124*	Srl	Col-SSC	24.02.99
	5	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Aus	Melbourne	26.12.99
	6	SR Tendulkar	76	65	Aus	Wankhede	27.02.01
	7	SR Tendulkar	241*	60*	Aus	Sydney	02.01.04
	8	SR Tendulkar	52	52	Pak	Kolkata	16.03.05
	9	SR Tendulkar	214	53*	Aus	Bengaluru	09.10.10

6	1	GR Viswanath	52	139	Win	Kolkata	27.12.74
	2	GR Viswanath	83	79	NZl	Ch’church	05.02.76
	3	GR Viswanath	68	103*	NZl	Kanpur	18.11.76
	4	GR Viswanath	59	54	Aus	Melbourne	30.12.77
	5	GR Viswanath	89	73	Aus	Adelaide	28.01.78
	6	GR Viswanath	78	51	Eng	Birmingham	12.07.79
	7	GR Viswanath	56	75*	Eng	The Oval	08.07.82

7	1	M Amarnath	90	100	Aus	Perth	16.12.77
	2	M Amarnath	61	64	Pak	Hyd-Pak	14.01.83
	3	M Amarnath	58	117	Win	Trinidad	11.03.83
	4	M Amarnath	91	80	Win	Barbados	15.04.83
	5	M Amarnath	54	116	Win	St John’s	28.04.83
	6	M Amarnath	78	95	Eng	Chennai	13.01.85

8	1	SC Ganguly	73	60	SAF	Jo’burg	16.01.97
	2	SC Ganguly	56	78	Srl	Col-SSC	24.02.99
	3	SC Ganguly	125	53	NZl	Ahmedabad	29.10.99
	4	SC Ganguly	68	99	Eng	Nottingham	08.08.02
	5	SC Ganguly	239	91	Pak	Bengaluru	08.12.07
	6	SC Ganguly	67	51	Aus	Sydney	02.01.08

9	1	CA Pujara	52	82*	Aus	Delhi	22.03.13
	2	CA Pujara	62	78	NZl	Kanpur	22.09.16
	3	CA Pujara	83	54*	Ban	Hys-RGS	09.02.17
	4	CA Pujara	123	71	Aus	Adelaide	06.12.18
	5	CA Pujara	50	77	Aus	Sydney	07.01.21

10	1	V Sehwag	63	151	Aus	Adelaide	24.01.08
	2	V Sehwag	201*	50	Srl	Galle	31.07.08
	3	V Sehwag	66	92	Aus	Nagpur	06.11.08
	4	V Sehwag	96	54*	NZl	Hys-RGS	12.11.10
	5	V Sehwag	55	55	Win	Delhi	06.11.11

11	1	MS Dhoni	92	68*	Aus	Mohali	17.10.08
	2	MS Dhoni	56	55	Aus	Nagpur	06.11.08
	3	MS Dhoni	52	56*	NZl	Wellington	03.04.09
	4	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Eng	Birmingham	10.08.11

12	1	G Gambhir	56	74	Srl	Galle	31.07.08
	2	G Gambhir	67	104	Aus	Mohali	17.10.08
	3	G Gambhir	179	97	Eng	Mohali	19.12.08
	4	G Gambhir	93	64	SAF	Cape Town	02.01.11

13	1	AM Rahane	51*	96	SAF	Durban	26.12.13
	2	AM Rahane	54	52*	Eng	Southampton	27.07.14
	3	AM Rahane	127	100*	SAF	Delhi	03.12.15
	4	AM Rahane	81	102	Win	N Sound	22.08.19

14	1	VS Hazare	116	145	Aus	Adelaide	23.01.48
	2	VS Hazare	59	58*	Win	Kolkata	31.12.48
	3	VS Hazare	89	56	Eng	Leeds	05.06.52

15	1	W Jaffer	81	100	Eng	Nagpur	01.03.06
	2	W Jaffer	60	54	Win	Basseterre	22.06.06
	3	W Jaffer	202	56	Pak	Kolkata	30.11.07

16	1	SV Manjrekar	76	83	Pak	Faisalabad	23.11.89
	2	SV Manjrekar	93	50	Eng	Manchester	09.08.90
	3	SV Manjrekar	51	66	Win	Wankhede	18.11.94

17	1	MAK Pataudi	86	53	Aus	Brabourne	10.10.64
	2	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Eng	Leeds	08.06.67
	3	MAK Pataudi	75	85	Aus	Melbourne	30.12.67

18	1	NS Sidhu	82	104	Srl	Col-SSC	27.07.93
	2	NS Sidhu	107	76	Win	Nagpur	01.12.94
	3	NS Sidhu	62	64	Aus	Chennai	06.03.98

19	1	PR Umrigar	130	69	Win	Trinidad	21.01.53
	2	PR Umrigar	61	67	Win	Trinidad	19.02.53
	3	PR Umrigar	56	172*	Win	Trinidad	04.04.62

20	1	M Vijay	146	52	Eng	Nottingham	09.07.14
	2	M Vijay	53	99	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.14
	3	M Vijay	65	76	NZl	Kanpur	22.09.16

21	1	Azharuddin	122	54*	Eng	Kanpur	31.01.85
	2	Azharuddin	109	52	SAF	Kolkata	27.11.96

22	1	CG Borde	109	96	Win	Delhi	06.02.59
	2	CG Borde	68	61	Eng	Kolkata	30.12.61

23	1	CPS Chauhan	52	84	Win	Wankhede	01.12.78
	2	CPS Chauhan	58	84	Aus	Kanpur	02.10.79

24	1	SS Das	57	70	Zim	Harare	15.06.01
	2	SS Das	59	68	Srl	Col-SSC	29.08.01

25	1	SS Iyer	105	65	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21
	2	SS Iyer	92	67	Srl	Bengaluru	12.03.22

26	1	ML Jaisimha	56	51	Eng	Brabourne	11.11.61
	2	ML Jaisimha	74	101	Aus	Brisbane	19.01.68

27	1	VL Manjrekar	50	59	Pak	Bahawalpur	15.01.55
	2	VL Manjrekar	68	84	Eng	Brabourne	11.11.61

28	1	MH Mankad	59	71*	Eng	Kolkata	30.12.51
	2	MH Mankad	72	184	Eng	Lord’s	19.06.52

29	1	KL Rahul	90	51	Aus	Bengaluru	04.03.17
	2	KL Rahul	60	51*	Aus	Dharamsala	25.03.17

30	1	RG Sharma	65	50*	Srl	Delhi	02.12.17
	2	RG Sharma	176	127	SAF	Vizag	02.10.19

31	1	RF Surti	70	53	Aus	Adelaide	23.12.67
	2	RF Surti	52	64	Aus	Brisbane	19.01.68

32	1	DB Vengsarkar	159	63	Win	Delhi	29.10.83
	2	DB Vengsarkar	61	102*	Eng	Leeds	19.06.86

India Vs Sri Lanka Second Test at Bengaluru Second day

13/03/2022 hrg

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 109 in this game to provide the 60^th occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in an innings against India.

Sri Lanka’s 109 all out in this game represent its second lowest total in a completed innings against India. Its lowest total in a completed innings against India is 82 all out at Chandigarh in Nov 1990

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 109 in this game to provide the 60^th occasion of team dismissed all out in an innings in tests at Bengaluru.

Sri Lanka’s 109 all out in this game represent its second lowest total in a completed innings in tests at Bengaluru. Lowest total in a completed innings in tests at Bengaluru is 103 by Afghanistan {in the third innings of the test} against India in Jun 2018.

Sri Lanka in this test and Afghanistan in Jun 2018 {All out for 109 in second innings of the test against India share the second lowest total in a completed innings in tests at Bengaluru.

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the 34^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test at Bengaluru. It also provides the 20^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five plus wickets in tests at Bengaluru

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Date
1	Chandrasekhar	6	76	2	Ind	Eng	28.01.77
2	BS Bedi	6	71	4	Ind	Eng	28.01.77
3	KD Ghavri	5	51	3	Ind	Win	15.12.78
4	N Kapil Dev	5	68	2	Ind	Pak	14.09.83
5	Maninder	7	27	1	Ind	Pak	13.03.87
6	ND Hirwani	6	59	4	Ind	NZl	12.11.88
7	A Kumble	5	81	3	Ind	NZl	18.10.95
8	A Kumble	6	98	2	Ind	Aus	25.03.98
9	A Kumble	6	143	2	Ind	RSA	02.03.00
10	Harbhajan	5	146	1	Ind	Aus	06.10.04
11	Harbhajan	6	78	3	Ind	Aus	06.10.04
12	Harbhajan	6	152	1	Ind	Pak	24.03.05
13	I Sharma	5	118	2	Ind	Pak	08.12.07
14	A Kumble	5	60	4	Ind	Pak	08.12.07
15	Z Khan	5	91	1	Ind	Aus	09.10.08
16	PP Ojha	5	99	1	Ind	NZl	31.08.12
17	R Ashwin	5	69	3	Ind	NZl	31.08.12
18	RA Jadeja	6	63	2	Ind	Aus	04.03.17
19	R Ashwin	6	41	4	Ind	Aus	04.03.17
20	JJ Bumrah	5	24	2	Ind	Srl	12.03.22

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the 14^th occasion of a pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test at Bengaluru. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five plus wickets in tests at Bengaluru

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Date
1	KD Ghavri	5	51	3	Ind	Win	15.12.78
2	N Kapil Dev	5	68	2	Ind	Pak	14.09.83
3	I Sharma	5	118	2	Ind	Pak	08.12.07
4	Z Khan	5	91	1	Ind	Aus	09.10.08
5	JJ Bumrah	5	24	2	Ind	Srl	12.03.22

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the best figures in an innings by a pace bowler in a test at Bengaluru. The previous best was KD Ghavri’s five for 51 against West Indies in Dec 1978.

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Date
1	JJ Bumrah	5	24	2	Ind	Srl	12.03.22
2	KD Ghavri	5	51	3	Ind	Win	15.12.78

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the 25th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets against Sri Lanka. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five plus wickets against Sri Lanka.

JJ Bumrah’s five for 24 represent the best bowling figures by an Indian pace bowler against Sri Lanka. The previous best was Ishant Sharma’s five for 54 at Col-SSC in Aug 2015.

JJ Bumrah’s five for 24 represent his eighth five wicket haul in a test innings. It also represents his first five wicket haul on home soil.

No	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	5-54	2	SAF	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2018
2	5-65	4	Eng	Not’ham	18 Aug 2018
3	6-33	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
4	5-07	4	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
5	6-27	2	Win	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
6	5-64	3	Eng	Not’ham	04 Aug 2021
7	5-42	2	SAF	C Town	11 Jan 2022
8	5-24	2	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

SS Iyer scored 92 and 65+ in this test to provide the 155^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Indian batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test against Sri Lanka

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NS Sidhu	82	104	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
2	R Dravid	93	85	Srl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 1997
3	SC Ganguly	56	78	Srl	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999
4	Tendulkar	53	124*	Srl	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999
5	SS Das	59	68	Srl	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
6	G Gambhir	56	74	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
7	V Sehwag	201*	50	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
8	VVS Laxman	56	103*	Srl	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
9	V Kohli	243	50	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
10	RG Sharma	65	50*	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
11	SS Iyer	92	65+	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

SS Iyer scored 92 and 67 in this test to provide the 20th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety and a fifty a test match.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CG Borde	109	96	Win	Delhi	06 Feb 1959
2	M Amarnath	90	100	Aus	Perth	16 Dec 1977
3	M Amarnath	91	80	Win	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983
4	M Amarnath	78	95	Eng	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
5	SV Manjrekar	93	50	Eng	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
6	R Dravid	93	85	Srl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 1997
7	S Ramesh	60	96	Pak	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
8	SC Ganguly	68	99	Eng	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
9	SC Ganguly	239	91	Pak	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007
10	MS Dhoni	92	68*	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
11	V Sehwag	66	92	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
12	G Gambhir	179	97	Eng	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
13	V Sehwag	96	54*	NZl	Hyd-RGS	12 Nov 2010
14	G Gambhir	93	64	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
15	V Kohli	119	96	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
16	AM Rahane	51*	96	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2013
17	M Vijay	53	99	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
18	KL Rahul	90	51	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
19	V Kohli	97	103	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
20	SS Iyer	92	67	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a ninety and a fifty in a test against Sri Lanka

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	R Dravid	93	85	Srl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 1997
2	SS Iyer	92	67	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

RR Pant scored 50 in this test to provide the 131st occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings at Sri Lanka.

RR Pant scored 50 in this test to provide the tenth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings in a Pink Ball test. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings in a Pink Ball test.

SS Iyer scored 92 and 67 in this test to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a Pink Ball test.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DM Bravo	87	116	Win	Pak	Dub-DSC	Oct 2016
2	SPD Smith	130	63	Aus	PAK	Brisbane	Dec 2016
3	Labuschagne	143	50	Aus	NZl	Perth	Dec 2019
4	Labuschagne	103	51	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2021
5	SS Iyer	92	67	Ind	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

SS Iyer scored 92 and 67 in this test to provide the first occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and a fifty in a Pink Ball test.

RR Pant scored 50 in 28 balls in this test which fetched him a record the fastest fifty by an Indian batsman in a test innings. The previous record was held by N Kapil Dev who has scored the fifty in 30 balls against Pakistan at Karachi in 1982. Thus it took 40 years for RR Pant to rewrite the record of Kapil Dev

The following table lists the fastest fifties scored by Indian batsmen in terms of balls faced where known.

No	Balls	Player	Opp	Location	Year
1	28	RR Pant	Srl	Bengaluru	2022
2	30	Kapil Dev	Pak	Karachi	1982
3	31	SN Thakur	Eng	The Oval	2021
4	32	V Sehwag	Eng	Chennai	2008

RR Pant’s fifty in 28 balls is the second fastest fifty scored in a test Bangalore. Shahid Afridi had scored fifty in 26 balls against India at Bangalore in 2005.

India Vs Sri Lanka Second Test at Bengaluru First day

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Shreyas Iyer launches one over long on — **SS Iyer during his knock of 92 on the first day of the test – Photo courtesy – espncricinfo.com**

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 223^rd occasion of India doing so. It also provides the 24th occasion of India doing so against Sri Lanka.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 16^th occasion of team doing so in a pink ball test. It also provides the second occasion of India doing so in a pink ball test. Prior to this, India had won the toss and elected to bat in a pink ball test at Adelaide in Dec 2020

MA Agarwal was dismissed run out for 4 in this test to provide the 57th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings. It also provide the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings against Sri Lanka

MA Agarwal was dismissed run out for 4 in this test to provide the seventh occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings in a pink ball test. It also provide the first occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings in a pink ball test.

RG Sharma became the first captain to open a team’s innings in a Pink ball test. RG Sharma-FDM Karunaratne became the first rival captains who opened the innings for their respective teams in a pink ball test.

SS Iyer was dismissed stumped for 92 in India’s innings to provide the 29^th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped for nineties in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed stumped for nineties in an innings. All such four occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Vengsarkar	96	2	Pak	Chennai	Feb 1987
2	Tendulkar	90	2	Eng	Bengaluru	Dec 2001
3	V Sehwag	99	2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
4	SS Iyer	92	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed stumped for nineties in a test at Bangalore. SR Tendulkar was the other batsman to be dismissed stumped for nineties at Bangalore. He was dismissed stumped for 90 against England at Bangalore in Dec 2001.

SS Iyer became the eighth Indian batsman to be dismissed for 90s in a test at Bangalore. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Gavaskar	96	4	Pak	Bengaluru	Mar 1987
2	NS Sidhu	99	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Jan 1994
3	Tendulkar	96	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Jan 1994
4	Tendulkar	90	2	Eng	Bengaluru	Dec 2001
5	Ganguly	91	3	Pak	Bengaluru	Dec 2007
6	KL Rahul	90	1	Aus	Bengaluru	Mar 2017
7	CA Pujara	92	3	Aus	Bengaluru	Mar 2017
8	SS Iyer	92	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

SS Iyer became the third Indian batsman to be dismissed for 90s in a test at Bangalore against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	NS Sidhu	99	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Jan 1994
2	Tendulkar	96	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Jan 1994
3	SS Iyer	92	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

SS Iyer’s dismissal for 92 in India’s innings provides the 126^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for nineties in an innings. It also provides the 14^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for nineties in an innings against Sri Lanka.

SS Iyer’s dismissal for 92 in India’s innings provides the fifth occasion of an batsman dismissed for nineties in an innings in Pink Ball test. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for nineties in an innings in a Pink Ball test.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Sami Aslam	90	1	Pak	Win	Dub-DSC	Oct 2016
2	Babar Azam	97	2	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2019
3	DA Warner	95	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2021
4	SPD Smith	93	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2021
5	SS Iyer	92	1	Ind	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

The overall aggregate of boundary sixes scored in test at Bengaluru read 143 at the end of the first day. Indian batsmen have scored 79 boundary sixes while visiting batsmen have scored 64 boundary sixes.

SS Iyer’s 92 in this test represent the 134^th fifty scored by batsmen at Bangalore. Indian batsmen have scored 69^th fifty while visiting batsmen have scored 65 fifties.

SS Iyer’s 92 in this test represent the 102nd half century scored by batsmen at Bangalore. Indian batsmen have scored 52 half centuries while visiting batsmen have scored 50 fifties.

RG Sharma became the third Indian captain to score boundary sixes at Bengaluru. Others are MS Dhoni {04} and M Azharuddin {01}. A total number of six boundary sixes have been scored by Indian captains as at the end of the first day’s play in this test. Visiting captains have scored 13 boundary sixes and the total number of boundary sixes scored by captains at Bengaluru read 19.

RG Sharma’s lone six in India’s innings fetched a total number of 21 boundary sixes by Indian opening batsmen at Bengaluru. The total number of boundary sixes by opening batsmen read 36 at the end of the first day’s play which includes 15 boundary sixes by visiting opening batsmen.

Both the openers scoring centuries in the same innings of a test

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A Shafique {136 not out} and Imam-ul-Haq {111 not out} of Pakistan scored centuries against Australia in the just concluded test at Rawalpindi to provide the 78^th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in the same innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the tenth occasion of such a feat by openers against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Hon.FS Jackson	118	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	14.08.1899
	TW Hayward	137	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	14.08.1899

2	JB Hobbs	178	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	09.02.12
	W Rhodes	179	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	09.02.12

3	JB Hobbs	154	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01.01.25
	H Sutcliffe	176	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01.01.25

4	JB Hobbs	100	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	14.08.26
	H Sutcliffe	161	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	14.08.26

5	CJ Barnett	126	1	Eng	Aus	Not’ham	10.07.38
	L Hutton	100	1	Eng	Aus	Not’ham	10.07.38

6	CG Greenidge	120*	4	Win	Aus	Guyana	02.03.84
	DL Haynes	103*	4	Win	Aus	Guyana	02.03.84

7	SM Gavaskar	172	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02.01.86
	K Srikkanth	116	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02.01.86

8	AJ Strauss	110	3	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25.11.10
	AN Cook	235*	3	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25.11.10

9	M Vijay	153	2	Ind	Aus	Mohali	14.03.13
	S Dhawan	187	2	Ind	Aus	Mohali	14.03.13

10	A Shafique	136*	3	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22
	Imam-ul-Haq	111*	3	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

It also provides the fourth occasion of such a feat by Pakistan openers and the first such occasion against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Aamer Sohail	160	2	Pak	Win	Karachi	06.12.97
	Ijaz Ahmed	151	2	Pak	Win	Karachi	o6.12.97

2	Saeed Anwar	101	2	Pak	Ban	Multan	29.08.01
	Taufeeq Umar	104	2	Pak	Ban	Multan	29.08.01

3	Shan Masood	135	3	Pak	Srl	Karachi	19.12.19
	Abid Ali	174	3	Pak	Srl	Karachi	19.12.19

4	A Shafique	136*	3	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22
	Imam-ul-Haq	111*	3	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

Some Interesting derivatives of stats – batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test

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AR Border of Australia is the only batsman to score 150 plus runs in both innings of a test. He scored 150 not out and 153 against Pakistan at Lahore in March 1980

PA de Silva of Sri Lanka is the only batsman to score unbeaten centuries in both innings of a test. He scored 138 not out and 103 not out against Pakistan at Col-SSC in April 1997

GA Gooch’s 333 and 123 against India at Lord’s in July 1990 represents the only occasion of a captain scoring a triple century and a century in a test.

GA Gooch’s match aggregate of 456 while scoring century in both innings of test – 333 and 123 against India at Lord’s in July 1990 – represents not only the highest aggregate by a batsman but also by a captain in the test history.

LG Rowe of West Indies remains the only batsman to score centuries in both innings of which one is a double century in a test on debut. He scored 214 and 100 not out against New Zealand at Kingston in February 1972.

LG Rowe of West Indies and Yasir Hameed of Pakistan are the two batsmen who have scored centuries in both innings on test debut. It is interesting to note that these two batsmen have a score of 150 plus runs in their twin centuries.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	LG Rowe	214	100*	Win	NZl	Kingston	16.02.72
2	Y Hameed	170	105	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20.08.03

Chappell brothers – Greg and Ian – scored centuries in both innings of test to remain the only pair of brothers performing such a feat in the annals of test cricket

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	GS Chappell	247*	133	Aus	NZl	Wel’ton	01.03.74
2	IM Chappell	145	121	Aus	NZl	Wel’ton	01.03.74

Rival batsmen – AP Gurusinha of Sri Lanka and AH Jones of New Zealand – scored centuries in both innings of a test to provide the only occasion of rival batsmen performing such a feat in the annals of test cricket. AP Gurusinha scored 119 and 102 while AH Jones scored 122 and 100 not out at Hamilton in February 1991

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AP Gurusinha	119	102	Srl	NZl	Hamilton	22.02.91
2	AH Jones	122	100*	NZl	Srl	Hamilton	22.02.91

DA Warner, SM Gavaskar and RT Ponting are the three batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score centuries in both innings on three occasions

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	C Town	01.03.14
2	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09.12.14
3	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05.11.15

1	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Trinidad	13.04.71
2	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14.11.78
3	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29.12.78

1	RT Ponting	149	104*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	03.11.05
2	RT Ponting	120	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02.01.06
3	RT Ponting	103	116	Aus	SAF	Durban	24.03.06

RT Ponting of Australia is the only batsman and also captain to score centuries in both innings of a test in his 100^th test. He scored 120 and 143 not out against South Africa at Sydney in January 2006

RT Ponting of Australia is the only captain to score centuries in both innings of a test on three occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RT Ponting	149	104*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	03.11.05
2	RT Ponting	120	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02.01.06
3	RT Ponting	103	116	Aus	SAF	Durban	24.03.06

SM Gavaskar is the only batsman to score twin centuries of which one is 200 plus score in second innings. He scored 124 and 220 against West Indies at Trinidad in April 1971.

A Flower of Zimbabwe is the only wicket keeper batsman to score centuries in both innings of a test. He scored 142 and 199 not out against South Africa at

Harare in September 2001.

DA Warner of Australia is the only left hand batsman and also the left hand opening batsman to score centuries in both innings of a test on three occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	C Town	01.03.14
2	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09.12.14
3	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05.11.15

ML Hayden of Australia is the only left hand batsman in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 300 runs while scoring centuries in both innings of a test. He scored 197 and 103 against England at Brisbane in November 2002.

Centuries in both innings of a test by opening batsmen

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Imam-ul-Haq of Pakistan scored 157 and 111 not out against Australia at Rawalpindi in the just concluded test to provide the 31st occasion of an opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	W Bardsley	136	130	Aus	Eng	The Oval	09.08.09
2	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Mel’one	01.01.25
3	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	17.08.29
4	AR Morris	122	124*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	31.01.47
5	A Melville	189	104*	SAF	Eng	Not’ham	07.06.47
6	B Mitchell	120	189*	SAF	Eng	The Oval	16.08.47
7	J Moroney	118	101*	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	10.02.50
8	Hanif Mohd	111	104	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	19.01.62
9	RB Simpson	153	115	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24.10.64
10	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Trinidad	13.04.71
11	GM Turner	101	110*	NZl	Aus	Ch’church	08.03.74
12	Greenidge	134	101	Win	Eng	Man’ter	08.07.76
13	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14.11.78
14	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29.12.78
15	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26.07.90
16	AJ Stewa	118	143	Eng	Win	Barbados	08.04.94
17	G Kirsten	102	133	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27.11.96
18	GW Flower	104	151	Zim	NZl	Harare	18.09.97
19	W Wasti	133	121*	Pak	Srl	Lahore	04.03.99
20	ML Hayden	197	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	07.11.02
21	ML Hayden	117	132	Aus	Srl	Cairns	09.07.04
22	Trescothick	105	107	Eng	Win	Bir’ham	29.07.04
23	AJ Strauss	123	108	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11.12.08
24	PJ Hughes	115	160	Aus	SAF	Durban	06.03.09
25	KOA Powell	117	110	Win	Ban	Mirpur	13.11.12
26	PG Fulton	136	110	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22.03.13
27	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	C Town	01.03.14
28	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09.12.14
29	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05.11.15
30	RG Sharma	176	127	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02.10.19
31	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Hanif Mohd	111	104	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	19.01.62
2	W Wasti	133	121*	Pak	Srl	Lahore	04.03.99
3	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

It also provides the third occasion of an opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Mel’one	01.01.25
2	GM Turner	101	110*	NZl	Aus	Ch’church	08.03.74
3	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

It also provides the first occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test against Australia.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

The following table lists the eleven opening batsmen who have scored centuries in both innings of test of which one is 150 plus score

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Mel’one	01.01.25
2	A Melville	189	104*	SAF	Eng	Not’ham	07.06.47
3	RB Simpson	153	115	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24.10.64
4	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Trinidad	13.04.71
5	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26.07.90
6	GW Flower	104	151	Zim	NZl	Harare	18.09.97
7	ML Hayden	197	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	07.11.02
8	PJ Hughes	115	160	Aus	SAF	Durban	06.03.09
9	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05.11.15
10	RG Sharma	176	127	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02.10.19
11	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

DA Warner and SM Gavskar are the two opening batsmen to score centuries in both innings of a test on three occasions, while H Sutcliffe and ML Hayden are the two opening batsmen to perform such a feat on two occasions

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	C Town	01.03.14
2	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09.12.14
3	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05.11.15

1	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Trinidad	13.04.71
2	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14.11.78
3	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29.12.78

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Mel’one	01.01.25
2	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	17.08.29

1	ML Hayden	197	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	07.11.02
2	ML Hayden	117	132	Aus	Srl	Cairns	09.07.04

Centuries in both innings of a test – Imam-ul-Haq of Pakistan joins the list

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Imam-ul-Haq of Pakistan scored 157 and 111 not out against Australia at Rawalpindi in the just concluded test to provide the 88^th occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	W Bardsley	136	130	Aus	Eng	The Oval	09.08.09
2	CAG Russell	140	111	Eng	SAF	Durban	16.02.23
3	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Mel’one	01.01.25
4	Hammond	119*	177	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01.02.29
5	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	17.08.29
6	GA Headley	114	112	Win	Eng	Guyana	21.02.30
7	E Paynter	117	100	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	24.12.38
8	GA Headley	106	107	Win	Eng	Lord’s	24.06.39
9	Compton	147	103*	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	31.01.47
10	AR Morris	122	124*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	31.01.47
11	A Melville	189	104*	SAF	Eng	Not’ham	07.06.47
12	B Mitchell	120	189*	SAF	Eng	The Oval	16.08.47
13	DG Bradman	132	127*	Aus	Ind	Mel’one	01.01.48
14	VS Hazare	116	145	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23.01.48
15	ED Weekes	162	101	Win	Ind	Kolkata	31.12.48
16	J Moroney	118	101*	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	10.02.50
17	CL Walcott	126	110	Win	Aus	Trinidad	11.04.55
18	CL Walcott	155	110	Win	Aus	Kingston	11.06.55
19	GS Sobers	125	109*	Win	Pak	Guyana	13.03.58
20	RB Kanhai	117	115	Win	Aus	Adelaide	27.01.61
21	Hanif Mohd	111	104	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	19.01.62
22	RB Simpson	153	115	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24.10.64
23	KD Walters	242	103	Aus	Win	Sydney	14.02.69
24	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Trinidad	13.04.71
25	LG Rowe	214	100*	Win	NZl	Kingston	16.02.72
26	GS Chappell	247*	133	Aus	NZl	Wel’ton	01.03.74
27	IM Chappell	145	121	Aus	NZl	Wel’ton	01.03.74
28	GM Turner	101	110*	NZl	Aus	Ch’church	08.03.74
29	GS Chappell	123	109*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	28.11.75
30	Greenidge	134	101	Win	Eng	Man’ter	08.07.76
31	GP Howarth	122	102	NZl	Eng	Auckland	04.03.78
32	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14.11.78
33	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29.12.78
34	AR Border	150*	153	Aus	Pak	Lahore	18.03.80
35	LRD Mendis	105	105	Srl	Ind	Chennai	17.09.82
36	J Miandad	104	103*	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	25.11.84
37	AR Border	140	114*	Aus	NZl	Ch’church	28.02.86
38	DM Jones	116	121*	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	19.01.90
39	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26.07.90
40	AP Gurusinha	119	102	Srl	NZl	Hamilton	22.02.91
41	AH Jones	122	100*	NZl	Srl	Hamilton	22.02.91
42	AJ Stewa	118	143	Eng	Win	Barbados	08.04.94
43	G Kirsten	102	133	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27.11.96
44	PA de Silva	138*	103*	Srl	Pak	Col-SSC	26.04.97
45	SR Waugh	108	116	Aus	Eng	Man’ter	03.07.97
46	PA de Silva	146	120	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	09.08.97
47	GW Flower	104	151	Zim	NZl	Harare	18.09.97
48	R Dravid	190	103*	Ind	NZl	Hamilton	02.01.99
49	W Wasti	133	121*	Pak	Srl	Lahore	04.03.99
50	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07.09.01
51	BC Lara	221	130	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	29.11.01
52	ML Hayden	197	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	07.11.02
53	Y Hameed	170	105	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20.08.03
54	ML Hayden	117	132	Aus	Srl	Cairns	09.07.04
55	MP Vaughan	103	101*	Eng	Win	Lord’s	22.07.04
56	Trescothick	105	107	Eng	Win	Bir’ham	29.07.04
57	R Dravid	110	135	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	16.03.05
58	RT Ponting	149	104*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	03.11.05
59	Inzamam	109	100*	Pak	Eng	Fai’baf	20.11.05
60	RT Ponting	120	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02.01.06
61	RT Ponting	103	116	Aus	SAF	Durban	24.03.06
62	Mohd Yousuf	102	124	Pak	Win	Karachi	27.11.06
63	JH Kallis	155	100*	SAF	Pak	Karachi	01.10.07
64	AJ Strauss	123	108	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11.12.08
65	TM Dilshan	162	143	Srl	Ban	C’gram	03.01.09
66	PJ Hughes	115	160	Aus	SAF	Durban	06.03.09
67	HM Amla	114	123*	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	14.02.10
68	JH Kallis	161	109*	SAF	Ind	C Town	02.01.11
69	KOA Powell	117	110	Win	Ban	Mirpur	13.11.12
70	Sangakkara	142	105	Srl	Ban	Galle	08.03.13
71	PG Fulton	136	110	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22.03.13
72	BRM Taylor	171	102*	Zim	Ban	Harare	17.04.13
73	Sangakkara	319	105	Srl	Ban	C’gram	04.02.14
74	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	C Town	01.03.14
75	Younis Khan	106	103*	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	22.10.14
76	Azhar Ali	109	100*	Pak	Aus	A Dhabi	30.10.14
77	Misbah	101	101*	Pak	Aus	A Dhabi	30.10.14
78	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.14
79	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09.12.14
80	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05.11.15
81	AM Rahane	127	100*	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03.12.15
82	SD Hope	147	118*	Win	Eng	Leeds	25.08.17
83	M Haque	176	105	Ban	Srl	C’gram	31.01.18
84	BRM Taylor	110	106*	Zim	Ban	Mirpur	11.11.18
85	SPD Smith	144	142	Aus	Eng	Bir’ham	01.08.19
86	RG Sharma	176	127	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02.10.19
87	UT Khawaja	137	101*	Aus	Eng	Sydney	05.01.22
88	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

It also provides the tenth occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Hanif Mohd	111	104	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	19.01.62
2	J Miandad	104	103*	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	25.11.84
3	W Wasti	133	121*	Pak	Srl	Lahore	04.03.99
4	Y Hameed	170	105	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20.08.03
5	Inzamam	109	100*	Pak	Eng	Fai’baf	20.11.05
6	Mohd Yousuf	102	124	Pak	Win	Karachi	27.11.06
7	Younis Khan	106	103*	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	22.10.14
8	Azhar Ali	109	100*	Pak	Aus	A Dhabi	30.10.14
9	Misbah	101	101*	Pak	Aus	A Dhabi	30.10.14
10	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

It also provides the 13th occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Mel’one	01.01.25
2	Hammond	119*	177	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01.02.29
3	Compton	147	103*	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	31.01.47
4	VS Hazare	116	145	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23.01.48
5	CL Walcott	126	110	Win	Aus	Trinidad	11.04.55
6	CL Walcott	155	110	Win	Aus	Kingston	11.06.55
7	RB Kanhai	117	115	Win	Aus	Adelaide	27.01.61
8	GM Turner	101	110*	NZl	Aus	Ch’church	08.03.74
9	Younis Khan	106	103*	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	22.10.14
10	Azhar Ali	109	100*	Pak	Aus	A Dhabi	30.10.14
11	Misbah	101	101*	Pak	Aus	A Dhabi	30.10.14
12	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.14
13	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

It also provides the fourth occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Younis Khan	106	103*	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	22.10.14
2	Azhar Ali	109	100*	Pak	Aus	A Dhabi	30.10.14
3	Misbah	101	101*	Pak	Aus	A Dhabi	30.10.14
4	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

It also provides the 29th occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test of which one is 150 plus score. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Mel’one	01.01.25
2	Hammond	119*	177	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01.02.29
3	A Melville	189	104*	SAF	Eng	Not’ham	07.06.47
4	B Mitchell	120	189*	SAF	Eng	The Oval	16.08.47
5	ED Weekes	162	101	Win	Ind	Kolkata	31.12.48
6	CL Walcott	155	110	Win	Aus	Kingston	11.06.55
7	RB Simpson	153	115	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24.10.64
8	KD Walters	242	103	Aus	Win	Sydney	14.02.69
9	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Trinidad	13.04.71
10	LG Rowe	214	100*	Win	NZl	Kingston	16.02.72
11	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29.12.78
12	AR Border	150*	153	Aus	Pak	Lahore	18.03.80
13	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26.07.90
14	GW Flower	104	151	Zim	NZl	Harare	18.09.97
15	R Dravid	190	103*	Ind	NZl	Hamilton	02.01.99
16	A Flower	142	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07.09.01
17	BC Lara	221	130	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	29.11.01
18	ML Hayden	197	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	07.11.02
19	Y Hameed	170	105	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20.08.03
20	JH Kallis	155	100*	SAF	Pak	Karachi	01.10.07
21	TM Dilshan	162	143	Srl	Ban	C’gram	03.01.09
22	PJ Hughes	115	160	Aus	SAF	Durban	06.03.09
23	JH Kallis	161	109*	SAF	Ind	C Town	02.01.11
24	BRM Taylor	171	102*	Zim	Ban	Harare	17.04.13
25	Sangakkara	319	105	Srl	Ban	C’gram	04.02.14
26	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05.11.15
27	M Haque	176	105	Ban	Srl	C’gram	31.01.18
28	RG Sharma	176	127	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02.10.19
29	Imam	157	111*	Pak	Aus	R’pindi	04.03.22

DA Warner, SM Gavaskar and RT Ponting are the three batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score centuries in both innings on three occasions

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	C Town	01.03.14
2	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09.12.14
3	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05.11.15

1	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Trinidad	13.04.71
2	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14.11.78
3	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29.12.78

1	RT Ponting	149	104*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	03.11.05
2	RT Ponting	120	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02.01.06
3	RT Ponting	103	116	Aus	SAF	Durban	24.03.06

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored centuries in both innings of a test on two occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AR Border	150*	153	Aus	Pak	Lahore	18.03.80
2	AR Border	140	114*	Aus	NZl	Ch’church	28.02.86

1	BRM Taylor	171	102*	Zim	Ban	Harare	17.04.13
2	BRM Taylor	110	106*	Zim	Ban	Mirpur	11.11.18

1	CL Walcott	126	110	Win	Aus	Trinidad	11.04.55
2	CL Walcott	155	110	Win	Aus	Kingston	11.06.55

1	GA Headley	114	112	Win	Eng	Guyana	21.02.30
2	GA Headley	106	107	Win	Eng	Lord’s	24.06.39

1	GS Chappell	247*	133	Aus	NZl	Wel’ton	01.03.74
2	GS Chappell	123	109*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	28.11.75

1	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Mel’one	01.01.25
2	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	17.08.29

1	JH Kallis	155	100*	SAF	Pak	Karachi	01.10.07
2	JH Kallis	161	109*	SAF	Ind	C Town	02.01.11

1	ML Hayden	197	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	07.11.02
2	ML Hayden	117	132	Aus	Srl	Cairns	09.07.04

1	PA de Silva	138*	103*	Srl	Pak	Col-SSC	26.04.97
2	PA de Silva	146	120	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	09.08.97

1	R Dravid	190	103*	Ind	NZl	Hamilton	02.01.99
2	R Dravid	110	135	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	16.03.05

1	Sangakkara	142	105	Srl	Ban	Galle	08.03.13
2	Sangakkara	319	105	Srl	Ban	C’gram	04.02.14

250 plus runs partnerships for the first wicket in the annals of test cricket

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A Shaffiquq and Imam-ul-Haq posted 252 runs unfinished partnership for the first wicket against Australia at Rawalpindi in the just concluded test to provide the 36^th occasion of batsmen posting 250 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in the test history. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order

No	Partners	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Hobbs, W Rhodes	323	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 12
2	Hobbs, Sutcliffe	268	2	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 24
3	Hobbs, Sutcliffe	283	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 25
4	Dempster, JE Mills	276	1	NZl	Eng	Wel’ton	Jan 30
5	B Mitchell, IJ Siedle	260	1	SAF	Eng	C Town	Jan 31
6	Hutton, Washbrook	359	1	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 48
7	MH Mankad, P Roy	413	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai	Jan 56
8	Cowdrey, G Pullar	290	3	Eng	SAF	The Oval	Aug 60
9	Lawry, Simpson	382	1	Aus	Win	Barbados	May 65
10	Jarvis, Turner	387	2	NZl	Win	Guyana	Apr 72
11	Greenidge, Haynes	296	2	Win	Ind	John’s	Apr 83
12	Greenidge, Haynes	250*	4	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 84
13	GR Marsh, MA Taylor	329	1	Aus	Eng	Not’ham	Aug 89
14	Greenidge, Haynes	298	2	Win	Eng	John’s	Apr 90
15	Slater, Taylor	260	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 93
16	A Sohail, I Ahmed	298	2	Pak	Win	Karachi	Dec 97
17	Blewett, Slater	269	2	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	Nov 99
18	Campbell, Griffith	276	1	Win	NZl	Hamilton	Dec 99
19	Atapattu, Jayasuriya	335	1	Srl	Pak	Kandy	Jun 00
20	HH Gibbs, G Kirsten	256	1	SAF	Zim	Harare	Sep 01
21	HH Gibbs, GC Smith	368	1	SAF	Pak	C Town	Jan 03
22	HH Gibbs, GC Smith	338	1	SAF	Eng	Bit’ham	Jul 03
23	HH Gibbs, GC Smith	301	1	SAF	Win	Centurion	Jan 04
24	Atapattu, Jayasuriya	281	2	Srl	Zim	Harare	May 04
25	Hayden, JL Langer	255	1	Aus	Srl	Cairns	Jul 04
26	Strauss, Trescothick	273	3	Eng	SAF	Durban	Dec 04
27	Dravid, V Sehwag	410	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	Jan 06
28	McKenzie, GC Smith	415	1	SAF	Ban	C’gram	Feb 08
29	Gayle, KOA Powell	254	2	Win	NZl	N Sound	Jul 12
30	Dhawan, M Vijay	289	2	Ind	Aus	Mohali	Mar 13
31	Imrul Kayes, T Iqbal	312	3	Ban	Pak	Khulna	Apr 15
32	S Dhawan, M Vijay	283	1	Inf	Ban	Fatullah	Jun 15
33	TA Latham, JA Raval	254	2	NZl	Ban	Hamilton	Feb 19
34	Agarwal, Sharma	317	1	Ind	SAF	Vizag	Oct 19
35	Abid Ali, S Masood	278	3	Pak	Srl	Karachi	Dec 19
36	A Shafique, Imam	252*	3	Pak	Aus	Rawalpindi	Mar 22

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