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R Ashwin’s feat as a spinner sharing the new ball

15/02/2021 hrg

R Ashwin shared the new ball with I Sharma in England’s first innings the second test. His five for 43 in England’s first innings fetched him an aggregate of 130 wickets when he has shared the new ball. His 130 wickets represent the most wickets by a spinner who has shared the new ball. His five wickets in England’s innings represent his 14^th five wicket haul. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W-Runs	Pos	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	6-047	2	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	5-095	1	3	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
3	5-063	2	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
4	5-087	2	2	Ban	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
5	5-042	1	4	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
6	5-051	1	2	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
7	5-032	2	2	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
8	7-066	2	4	SAG	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
9	5-061	2	4	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
10	6-132	2	4	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
11	6-041	2	4	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
12	5-069	2	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
13	6-061	1	3	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
14	5-043	2	1	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

It also fetched him an aggregate of 94 wickets on home soil when he has shared the new ball. He became the first spin bowler sharing the new ball on home soil to capture 90 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket. His eleven five wicket hauls on home soil are tabulated below. He is the only bowler sharing the new ball to capture ten or more five wicket hauls on home soil

No	W-Runs	Pos	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	6-047	2	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	5-095	1	3	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
3	5-063	2	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
4	5-051	1	2	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
5	5-032	2	2	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
6	7-066	2	4	SAG	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
7	5-061	2	4	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
8	6-132	2	4	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
9	6-041	2	4	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
10	6-061	1	3	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
11	5-043	2	1	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

Second day – India Vs England – Second test at Chepauk

14/02/2021 hrg

In Indian innings four batsmen scored ducks – Shubman Gill, V Kohli, I Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav – to provide the 26th occasion of four Indian batsman scoring ducks in a test innings. It also provides the ninth such occasion on home soil.

It also provides the tenth such occasion in a test innings against England and also provides the third such occasion against England on home soil. The other two occasions were – at Delhi in Dec 1976 and at Mumbai in Feb 1980

Kuldeep Yadav failed to score and faced 15 deliveries. His scoring duck after facing 15 deliveries provide the 34th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck after facing 15 or more deliveries. It also provides the 12^th such occasion against England and second such occasion against England at Chepauk. CPS Chauhan batted 15 deliveries scoring a duck against England at Chepuak in Jan 1973.

There was no extras conceded in India’s innings of 329 in this test to provide the 43^rd occasion of No extras in a test innings.

England lost its first wicket without a run on the board to provide the eleventh occasion of England losing its first wicket without a run against India and 124^th such occasion against various oppositions.

RR Burns was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against India. It also provides the tenth occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against India in India and the third such occasion at Chepauk.

RR Burns and AJ Stewart are the two opening batsmen to score ducks on two occasions against India in India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Stewart	0	2	Ind	Kolkata	29 Jan 1993
2	AJ Stewart	0	3	Ind	Chepauk	11 Feb 1993

1	RJ Burns	0	3	Ind	Chepauk	05 Feb 2021
2	RJ Burns	0	2	Ind	Chepauk	13 Feb 2021

SCJ Broad of India was dismissed for a duck in this test to provide the 27^th occasion of an England batsman batting at number eleven dismissed for a duck against India.

RJ Burns batting at number one and SCJ Broad batting at number eleven were dismissed for ducks in England’s innings to provide the third occasion of an England batsmen batting at number one and batting at number eleven were dismissed for ducks in England’s innings against India. All such occasions are detailed below.

No	Pos	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	01	DL Amiss	0	4	Ind	Bengaluru	Jan 1977
	11	RGD Willis	0	4	Ind	Bengaluru	Jan 1977

2	01	GA Gooch	0	1	Ind	Birmingham	Jul 1986
	11	NV Radford	0	1	Ind	Birmingham	Jul 1986

3	01	RJ Burns	0	2	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021
	11	SCJ Broad	0	2	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021

R Ashwin returned with 5 for 43 in England’s first innings which fetched him an aggregate of 391 wickets. It also fetched him an aggregate of 268 wickets on home soil. He now occupies the second place in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets on home soil. He went past Harbhajan Singh who had captured 265 wickets on home soil on his way to the second place. A Kumble with 350 wickets on home soil occupies the first place.

R Ashwin’s 5 for 43 in England’s first innings represent his 29^th five wicket haul and also his 23^rd five wicket haul on home soil.

R Ashwin’s five wickets fetched him an aggregate of 70 wickets against England. He became the fifth Indian bowler to capture 70 plus wickets against England. Others are – BS Chandrasekhar {95}, A Kumble {92}, BS Bedi {85} and N Kapil Dev {85}

R Ashwin’s five wickets fetched him an aggregate of 56 wickets against England on home soil. He now shares the second place with A Kumble in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets against England on home soil. BS Chandrasekhar occupies the first place with 64 wickets to his credit.

R Ashwin’s five for 43 in this test provides his fifth five wicket haul against England. He became the second Indian bowler to capture five plus wickets against England on five or more occasions. BS Chandrasekhar has captured five wickets in an innings on eight occasions against England.

R Ashwin’s five for 43 in this test provides his fifth five wicket haul against England on home soil He became the second Indian bowler to capture five plus wickets against England on five or more occasions on home soil. BS Chandrasekhar has captured five wickets in an innings on six occasions on home soil against England

R Ashwin shared the new ball with I Sharma in England’s first innings. His five wickets in England’s first innings fetched him an aggregate of 130 wickets when he has shared the new ball. His 130 wickets represent the most wickets by a spinner who has shared the new ball. His five wickets in England’s innings represent his 14^th five wicket haul

It also fetched him an aggregate of 94 wickets on home soil when he has shared the new ball. He became the first spin bowler sharing the new ball on home soil to capture 90 plus wickets.

His five for 43 represent his eleventh five wicket haul when he has shared the new ball on home soil. He is the only spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture ten or more five wickets haul while sharing the new ball on home soil

England was dismissed all out for 134 in its first innings to provide the sixth occasion of England dismissed all out for a total less than 150 runs against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	134	2	Ind	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936
2	Eng	101	3	Ind	The Oval	19 Aug 1971
3	Eng	102	4	Ind	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981
4	Eng	102	2	Ind	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
5	Eng	128	4	Ind	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
6	Eng	134	2	Ind	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

England was dismissed all out for 134 in its first innings to provide the second occasion of England dismissed all out for a total less than 150 runs against India in India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	102	4	Ind	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981
2	Eng	134	2	Ind	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

One Opener scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings

14/02/2021 hrg

RG Sharma {161} and Shubman Gill {0} scored century and duck in the ongoing second test between India and West Indies at Chennai to provide the 96^th 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 S C	104
	Elgar D	0	SAF	Aus	2	Adelaide	24.11.2016

89	Cook S C	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	Newlands	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

First day – Second test – India Vs England

13/02/2021 hrg

India won the toss and elected to bat first to provide the 52nd occasion of India doing so against England. It also provides the 32^nd occasion of India doing so against England in India and the third such occasion at Chepauk.

India capped A Patel for this test. He became the 301^st cricketer to represent India in test cricket. He also became the 164^th cricketer to represent India on home soil and 22^nd cricketer to make his test debut at Chepauk.

He became the fourth Indian cricketer to make his test debut against England at Chepauk. Others are Yuvaraj of Patiala in Feb 1934, AO Malhotra and Pranab Roy in Jan 1982. So after a gap of 39 years, AR Patel is making his debut against England at Chepauk.

AR Patel became the 96^th Indian cricketer to make his debut against England and 44^th Indian cricketer to make his debut against England at home.

Chepauk became the 20^th venue to host two or more consecutive tests of the same series in the annals of test cricket. It has already hosted the first test of the ongoing test series against England from 05.02.21 and the second test against England has started today. Chepauk became the first venue in India to host two consecutive tests of the same series.

Chepauk became the third venue to host two or more consecutive tests of the same series in the annals of test cricket after the pandemic Covid-19. It has already hosted the first test of the ongoing test series against England from 05.02.21 and the second test against England has started today. Manchester and Southampton in England are the other two venues to host two consecutive tests of the series. Manchester hosted two consecutive tests between England and West Indies in Jul 2019, while Southamption hosted two consecutive tests between England and Pakistan in Aug 2019. Chepauk became the first venue in India to host two consecutive tests of the same series.

Shubman Gill’s duck in this test provides the 46^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck in a test innings against England. It also provides the 15th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck in a test innings against England on home soil. He became the fourth Indian opening batsman to collect a duck against England at Chepauk

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CPS Chauhan	0	2	Eng	Chepauk	12 Jan 1973
2	M Amarnath	0	2	Eng	Chepauk	14 Jan 1977
3	K Srikkanth	0	1	Eng	Chepauk	13 Jan 1985
4	Shubman Gill	0	1	Eng	Chepauk	13 Feb 2021

India lost its first wicket without a run on the board to provide the 87th occasion of India losing its first wicket without scoring in a test innings. It also provides the 35th such occasion on home soil and the seventh such occasion at Chepauk

It also provides the 18^th such occasion against England and the third such occasion against England on home soil and the first such occasion against England at Chepauk

V Kohli was dismissed for a duck in this innings to provide the 64^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck in a test innings. It also provides the 32nd occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck in a test innings on home soil. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck in a test innings at Chepauk

V Kohli was dismissed for a duck in this innings to provide the 23rd occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck in a test innings against England. It also provides the 12th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck in a test innings on home soil against England. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck in a test innings at Chepauk against England. AL Wadekar was the other captain to collect a duck against England at Chepauk. He was dismissed for a duck in Jan 1973.

V Kohli collected his seventh duck as captain when he failed to score in this test. He is now on par with MAK Pataudi who has also scored seven ducks as captain. V Kohli and MAK Pataudi share the second place amongst the Indian captains who have scored most ducks. MS Dhoni occupies the first place with eight ducks to his credit.

V Kohli became the 14^th captain in the annals of test cricket to score seven or more ducks.

RG Sharma scored 161 and Shubman Gill scored a duck in India’s first innings to provide the 15^th occasion of one of the Indian opener scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date
1	1	MH Mankad	111	2	Aus	Melbourne	06.02.48
	2	CT Sarwate	0	2	Aus	Melbourne	06.02.48

2	1	MH Mankad	184	3	Eng	Lord’s	19.06.52
	2	P Roy	0	3	Eng	Lord’s	19.06.52

3	1	SM Gavaskar	156	2	Win	Trinidad	24.03.76
	2	DB Vengsarkar	0	2	Win	Trinidad	24.03.76

4	1	SM Gavaskar	137	3	Pak	Karachi	14.11.78
	2	CPS Chauhan	0	3	Pak	Karachi	14.11.78

5	1	RJ Shastri	206	2	Aus	Sydney	02.01.92
	2	NS Sidhu	0	2	Aus	Sydney	02.01.92

6	1	M Prabhakar	120	2	Win	Mohali	10.12.94
	2	NS Sidhu	0	2	Win	Mohali	10.12.94

7	1	NS Sidhu	201	2	Win	Trinidad	14.03.97
	2	VVS Laxman	0	2	Win	Trinidad	14.03.97

8	1	V Sehwag	106	1	Eng	Nottingham	08.08.02
	2	W Jaffer	0	1	Eng	Nottingham	08.08.02

9	1	W Jaffer	100	4	Eng	Nagpur	01.03.06
	2	V Sehwag	0	4	Eng	Nagpur	01.03.06

10	1	V Sehwag	151	3	Aus	Adelaide	24.01.08
	2	IK Pathan	0	3	Aus	Adelaide	24.01.08

11	1	G Gambhir	179	1	Eng	Mohali	19.12.08
	2	V Sehwag	0	1	Eng	Mohali	19.12.08

12	1	R Dravid	117	2	Eng	Nottingham	29.07.11
	2	A Mukund	0	2	Eng	Nottingham	29.07.11

13	1	KL Rahul	110	2	Aus	Sydney	06.01.15
	2	M Vijay	0	2	Aus	Sydney	06.01.15

14	1	PP Shaw	134	1	Win	Rajkot	04.10.18
	2	KL Rahul	0	1	Win	Rajkot	04.10.18

15	1	RG Sharma	161	1	Eng	Chepauk	13.02.21
	2	Shubhman Gill	0	1	Eng	Chepauk	13.02.21

It also provides the sixth occasion of one of the Indian opener scoring a century and another duck in a test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date
1	1	MH Mankad	184	3	Eng	Lord’s	19.06.52
	2	P Roy	0	3	Eng	Lord’s	19.06.52

2	1	V Sehwag	106	1	Eng	Nottingham	08.08.02
	2	W Jaffer	0	1	Eng	Nottingham	08.08.02

3	1	W Jaffer	100	4	Eng	Nagpur	01.03.06
	2	V Sehwag	0	4	Eng	Nagpur	01.03.06

4	1	G Gambhir	179	1	Eng	Mohali	19.12.08
	2	V Sehwag	0	1	Eng	Mohali	19.12.08

5	1	R Dravid	117	2	Eng	Nottingham	29.07.11
	2	A Mukund	0	2	Eng	Nottingham	29.07.11

6	1	RG Sharma	161	1	Eng	Chepauk	13.02.21
	2	Shubhman Gill	0	1	Eng	Chepauk	13.02.21

RG Sharma scored 161 in this test to provide the 102nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against England. It also provides the 58th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against England on home soil and it also provides the eleventh occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against England at Chepauk

RG Sharma scored 161 in this test to provide the 32nd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century against England. It also provides the 19th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century against England on home soil and it also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century against England at Chepauk

RG Sharma scored 161 and Shubman Gill scored a duck in India’s first innings to provide the seventh occasion of one of the Indian opener scoring 150 plus runs and another a duck in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date
1	1	MH Mankad	184	3	Eng	Lord’s	19.06.52
	2	P Roy	0	3	Eng	Lord’s	19.06.52

2	1	SM Gavaskar	156	2	Win	Trinidad	24.03.76
	2	DB Vengsarkar	0	2	Win	Trinidad	24.03.76

3	1	RJ Shastri	206	2	Aus	Sydney	02.01.92
	2	NS Sidhu	0	2	Aus	Sydney	02.01.92

4	1	NS Sidhu	201	2	Win	Trinidad	14.03.97
	2	VVS Laxman	0	2	Win	Trinidad	14.03.97

5	1	V Sehwag	151	3	Aus	Adelaide	24.01.08
	2	IK Pathan	0	3	Aus	Adelaide	24.01.08

6	1	G Gambhir	179	1	Eng	Mohali	19.12.08
	2	V Sehwag	0	1	Eng	Mohali	19.12.08

7	1	RG Sharma	161	1	Eng	Chepauk	13.02.21
	2	Shubhman Gill	0	1	Eng	Chepauk	13.02.21

It also provides the third occasion of one of the Indian opener scoring 150 plus runs and another duck in a test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date
1	1	MH Mankad	184	3	Eng	Lord’s	19.06.52
	2	P Roy	0	3	Eng	Lord’s	19.06.52

2	1	G Gambhir	179	1	Eng	Mohali	19.12.08
	2	V Sehwag	0	1	Eng	Mohali	19.12.08

3	1	RG Sharma	161	1	Eng	Chepauk	13.02.21
	2	Shubhman Gill	0	1	Eng	Chepauk	13.02.21

RG Sharma scored 161 in this test to provide the 26th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 150 plus runs against England. It also provides the 18th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 150 plus runs against England on home soil and it also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 150 plus runs against England at Chepauk

RG Sharma scored 161 in this test to provide the ninth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs against England. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs against England on home soil and it also provides the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs against England at Chepauk

RG Sharma and AM Rahane added 162 runs for the fourth wicket in India’s first innings to provide the 110th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England. It also provides the 67^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England on home soil. It also provides the 15th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England at Chepauk.

RG Sharma and AM Rahane added 162 runs for the fourth wicket in India’s first innings to provide the 16th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against England. It also provides the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against England on home soil. It also provides the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against England at Chepauk.

RG Sharma and AM Rahane added 162 runs for the fourth wicket in India’s first innings to provide the 42nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership against England. It also provides the 26^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership against England on home soil. It also provides the seventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership against England at Chepauk.

RG Sharma and AM Rahane added 162 runs for the fourth wicket in India’s first innings to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket against England. It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket against England on home soil. Interesting all these three 150 plus runs partnerships have come at Chepauk.

Moeen Ali returned with figures of 2 for 112 to provide the 95^th occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings against India. It also provides the 54th occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings against India in India. It also provides the 16^th occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings against India at Chepauk.

AM Rahane’s 67 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 4539 runs. He became the 14^th Indian batsman to aggregate 4500 plus runs in tests. His 67 fetched him 23^rd half century. He became the 14^th Indian batsman to score 23 or more half centuries in tests.

Two or more consecutive tests of the same series at the same venue

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Chennai will become the 20^th venue to host two or more consecutive tests of the same series in the annals of test cricket. It has already hosted the first test of the ongoing test series against England from 05.02.21 and the second test against England will start today. Chennai will become the first venue to host two consecutive tests of the same series. All such venues team wise has been listed below

No	No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	Aus	won	45 runs	Eng	Melbourne	15.03.1877
	2	Aus	lost	4 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	31.03.1877

2	1	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	30.12.1882
	2	Aus	lost	inns & 27 runs	Eng	Melbourne	19.01.1883

3	1	Aus	lost	69 runs	Eng	Sydney	26.01.1883
	2	Aus	won	4 wkts	Eng	Sydney	17.02.1883

4	1	Aus	won	6 runs	Eng	Sydney	20.02.1885
	2	Aus	won	8 wkts	Eng	Sydney	14.03.1885

5	1	Aus	lost	13 runs	Eng	Sydney	28.01.1887
	2	Aus	lost	71 runs	Eng	Sydney	25.02.1887

6	1	Eng	won	113 runs	Win	Manchester	16.07.2020
	2	Eng	won	269 runs	Win	Manchester	24.07.2020

7	1	Eng	draw	–	Pak	Southampton	13.08.2020
	2	Eng	draw	–	Pak	Southampton	21.08.2020

8	1	SAF	draw	–	Aus	Jo’burg	11.10.1902
	2	SAF	won	159 runs	Aus	Jo’burg	18.10.1902

9	1	SAF	won	1 wkt	Eng	Jo’burg	02.01.1906
	2	SAF	won	9 wkts	Eng	Jo’burg	06.03.1906
	3	SAF	won	243 runs	Eng	Jo’burg	10.03.1906

10	1	SAF	lost	4 wkts	Eng	Cape Town	24.03.1906
	2	SAF	won	inns & 16 runs	Eng	Cape Town	30.03.1906

11	1	Win	draw	–	Ind	Port of Spain	24.03.1976
	2	Win	lost	6 wkts	Ind	Port of Spain	07.04.1976

12	1	Win	won	3 wkts	Eng	Port of Spain	05.02.1998
	2	Win	lost	3 wkts	Eng	Port of Spain	13.02.1998

13	1	NZl	draw	–	Eng	Auckland	14.02.1930
	2	NZl	draw	–	Eng	Auckland	21.02.1930

14	1	Ind	Lost	227 runs	Eng	Chennai	05.02.2021
	2	Ind			Eng	Chennai	13.02.2021

15	1	Zim	lost	6 wkts	Srl	Harare	26.11.1999
	2	Zim	draw	–	Srl	Harare	04.12.1999

16	1	Zim	won	335 runs	Ban	Harare	17.04.2013
	2	Zim	lost	143 runs	Ban	Harare	25.04.2013

17	1	Zim	lost	221 runs	Pak	Harare	03.09.2013
	2	Zim	won	24 runs	Pak	Harare	10.09.2013

18	1	Zim	lost	225 runs	Srl	Harare	29.10.2016
	2	Zim	lost	257 runs	Srl	Harare	06.11.2016

19	1	Zim	lost	117 runs	Win	Bulawayo	21.10.2017
	2	Zim	draw	–	Win	Bulawayo	29.10.2017

20	1	Zim	lost	10 wkts	Srl	Harare	19.01.2020
	2	Zim	draw	–	Srl	Harare	27.01.2020

Approaching milestones ahead of the second test at Chennai between India and England

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RR Pant has effected 72 dismissals prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs three more dismissals which would fetch him 75 dismissals. If he effects it, he would then become the seventh Indian wicket keeper to effect 75 plus dismissals Others are – MS Dhoni {294}, SMH Kirmani {198} and KS More {130}, NR Mongia {107}, WP Saha {103} and FM Engineer {82}

RR Pant has pouched 69 catches prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs one more catch which would fetch him 70 catches. If he pouches it, he would then become the sixth Indian wicket keeper to pouch 70 plus catches. Others are – MS Dhoni {256}, SMH Kirmani {160} and KS More {110}, NR Mongia {99} and WP Saha {92}

RR Pant has effected 18 dismissals against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs two more dismissals which would fetch him 20 dismissals. If he effects it, he would then become the fifth Indian wicket keeper to effect 20 plus dismissals against England. Others are – MS Dhoni {67}, SMH Kirmani {43} and KS More {37 and FM Engineer {29}

RR Pant has pouched 17 catches against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs three more catches which would fetch him 20 catches. If he pouches it, he would then become the fifth Indian wicket keeper to pouch 20 plus catches against England. Others are – MS Dhoni {63}, KS More {33}, SMH Kirmani {31} and FM Engineer {23}

RA Jadeja has an aggregate of 1954 runs prior to the start of the second Test against England at Chennai against England. He requires 46 more runs for his 2000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the 41st Indian batsman to total 2000 plus runs in tests. RA Jadeja has already taken 220 wickets in tests. If he scores 2000 runs, then he would become the fifth Indian all rounder to score 2000 runs and capture 200 plus wickets.

No	Player	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	A Kumble	132	2506	619
2	N Kapil Dev	131	5248	434
3	Harbhajan Singh	103	2224	417
4	R Ashwin	073	2467	377
5	RA Jadeja	050	1954	220

If he scores 46 runs, then he would become the 21^st all rounder in the history of test cricket to score 2000 plus runs and capture 200 plus wickets. The following table lists all the 21 cricketers.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	SK Warne	Aus	145	3154	708
2	A Kumble	Ind	132	2506	619
3	SCJ Broad	Eng	143	3335	514
4	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	5248	434
5	RJ Hadlee	NZl	086	3124	431
6	SM Pollock	SAF	108	3781	421
7	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	2224	417
8	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	2898	414
9	IT Botham	Eng	102	5200	383
10	R Ashwin	Ind	073	2418	375
11	Imran Khan	Pak	088	3807	362
12	DL Vettori	NZl	113	4531	362
13	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	3089	355
14	MG Johnson	Aus	073	2065	313
15	JH Kallis	SAF	166	13289	292
16	R Benaud	Aus	063	2201	248
17	GS Sobers	Win	093	8032	235
18	A Flintoff	Eng	079	3845	226
19	CL Cairns	NZl	062	3320	218
20	RA Jadeja	Ind	050	1926	216
21	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	056	3862	210

V Kohli has a run aggregate of 1653 runs against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires 47 more runs for his 1700 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the fifth Indian batsman to score 1600 plus runs against England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2525}, SM Gavaskar {2483}, R Dravid {1950} and GR Viswanath {1880}

CA Pujara has a run aggregate of 1427 runs against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires 73 more runs for his 1500 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the seventh Indian batsman to score 1500 plus runs against England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2525}, SM Gavaskar {2483}, R Dravid {1950} and GR Viswanath {1880}, DB Vengsarkar {1589} and V Kohli {1653}

CA Pujara has scored nine fifties against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires one more fifties for his ten fifties. If he scores them, then he would become the ninth Indian batsman to score ten or more fifties against England.

No	Player	Mat	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	50+
1	SM Gavaskar	38	67	2	2483	221	4	16	20
2	SR Tendulkar	32	53	4	2535	193	7	13	20
3	GR Viswanath	30	54	4	1880	222	4	12	16
4	R Dravid	21	37	5	1950	217	7	08	15
5	MS Dhoni	21	37	2	1157	99	0	12	12
6	DB Vengsarkar	26	43	6	1589	157	5	06	11
7	V Kohli	20	37	3	1653	235	5	06	11
8	N Kapil Dev	27	39	6	1355	116	2	08	10
9	CA Pujara	19	35	3	1427	206*	5	04	09

AM Rahane has pouched 88 catches prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires two more catches for his 90 catches. If he pouches them, then he would become the seventh Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch 90 plus catches. Others are – R Dravid {209}, VVS Laxman {135}, SR Tendulkar {115}, SM Gavaskar {108}, M Azharuddin {105} and V Sehwag {90}.

V Kohli has pouched 84 catches prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires six more catches for his 90 catches. If he pouches them, then he would become the eighth Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch 90 plus catches. Others are – R Dravid {209}, VVS Laxman {135}, SR Tendulkar {115}, SM Gavaskar {108}, M Azharuddin {105}, V Sehwag {90} and AM Rahane {88}

V Kohli has pouched nine catches as captain against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He requires one more catch for his ten catches. If he pouches it, then he would become the third Indian captain other than the wicket keepers to pouch 10 plus catches against England. Others are – SM Gavaskar {14} and R Dravid {11}. V Kohli would go past MAK Pataudi and AL Wadekar who have pouched nine catches against England as Indian skippers.

V Kohli has scored four centuries as captain against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. He needs one more century for his five centuries. If he scores it, he would become the second Indian captain to score five centuries against England. He also would become the sixth captain to score five or more centuries against England. Others are – DG Bradman {10}, GA Smith {07}, AR Border {05}, DPMD Jayawardene {05} and GS Sobers {05}.

V Kohli has scored 15 fifties as captain on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. one more fifties would fetch him 16 fifties and with it he would occupy the second place amongst the Indian captains who have scored most fifties on home soil. The second place is occupied by SM Gavaskar who has scored 18 fifties. V Kohli would go past MS Dhoni on his way to occupy the second place. MS Dhoni has scored 15 fifties while leading India on home soil

V Kohli has scored 24 fifties on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. One more fifties would fetch him 25 fifties and with it he would ninth Indian batsman to score 25 plus fifties on home soil.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	SR Tendulkar	94	153	16	7216	22	32	54
2	R Dravid	70	120	11	5598	15	27	42
3	SM Gavaskar	65	108	07	5067	16	23	39
4	VVS Laxman	57	091	18	3767	08	24	32
5	V Sehwag	52	089	03	4656	13	19	32
6	CA Pujara	42	066	06	3559	10	19	29
7	DB Vengsarkar	54	080	13	3725	13	15	28
8	GR Viswanath	48	081	07	3502	10	15	25
9	V Kohli	40	062	08	3641	13	11	24

CA Pujara has scored 29 fifties on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. One more fifty would fetch him 25 fifties and with it he would sixth Indian batsman to score 30 plus fifties on home soil.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	SR Tendulkar	94	153	16	7216	22	32	54
2	R Dravid	70	120	11	5598	15	27	42
3	SM Gavaskar	65	108	07	5067	16	23	39
4	VVS Laxman	57	091	18	3767	08	24	32
5	V Sehwag	52	089	03	4656	13	19	32
6	CA Pujara	42	066	06	3559	10	19	29

V Kohli has scored 10 centuries as captain on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. One more century would fetch him 11 centuries and with it he would share the record for most centuries by a captain home soil with RT Ponting. RT Ponting has scored eleven centuries on home soil while leading Australia. V Kohli would go past GS Chappell and SPD Smith who have scored ten centuries while leading Australia, on his way to share the record.

V Kohli has scored 10 centuries as captain on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. Two more centuries would fetch him 12 centuries and with it he would own the record for most centuries by a captain home soil. V Kohli would go past RT Ponting on his way to own the record. RT Ponting has scored eleven centuries on home soil while leading Australia.

CA Pujara has scored four centuries against England on home soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England. One more century would fetch him his fifth century. He would then own the record for most centuries by an Indian batsman on home soi. He would go past M Azharuddin who has scored four centuries against England on home soil.

JE Root has scored 69 fifties prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. One more fifty would fetch him 70 fifties and with it he would become the second England batsman to score 70 plus fifties. AN Cook is the other England batsman who has scored 90 fifties.

JE Root has scored 49 half centuries prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. One more half century would fetch him 50 half centuries. If he scores it, he would then become the second England batsman to score 50 half centuries after AN Cook. AN Cook has scored 57 half centuries

JE Root has scored nine half centuries prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. One more half century would fetch him ten half centuries. If he scores it, he would then become the second England batsman to score 10 half centuries against India. He would go past KF Barrington and AN Cook who have scored nine half centuries against India.

JE Root has scored 05 half centuries against India in India prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. He needs one more half century which would fetch him his sixth half century. If he scores it, he would then share the record with KW Fletcher most half centuries by an England batsman against India in India. JE Root would go past A Flintoff and DI Gower on his way to share the record. A Flintoff and DI Gower has scored five half centuries against India in India

JE Root has scored 05 half centuries against India in India prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. Two more half centuries would fetch him his seventh half century. If he scores it, he would then own the record for most half centuries by an England batsman against India in India. JE Root would go past KW Fletcher on his way to own the record. KW Fletcher has scored six half centuries against India in India.

JE Root has scored 22 half centuries on away soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. Two more half centuries would fetch him his 24th half century. If he scores it, he would then own the second place for record for most half centuries by an England batsman on away soil. The second place is occupied by G Boycott who has scored 27 half centuries on away soil.

JE Root has an aggregate of 3872 runs on away soil prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. He needs 128 runs for his 4000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the fourth England batsman to score 4000 plus runs on away soil. Others are – AN Cook {5295}, WR Hammond {4245} and MC Cowdrey {4087}. He also would become the 26^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to total 4000 plus runs on away soil.

SCJ Broad has an aggregate of 70 wickets against India prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against India. He needs five more wickets which would fetch him 75 wickets. If he gets them, he would then become the second England bowler to capture 75 plus wickets against India. JM Anderson has captured 115 wickets against India. He would also become the sixth bowler to capture 75 plus wickets against India. Others are – JM Anderson {115}, M Muralitharan {105}, Imran Khan {94}, NM Lyon {94} and MD Marshall {76}

Indian Test captains

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The following table lists the 33 Indian captains with their performances from India’s test debut in 1932 against England to the just concluded first test against England at Chennai

No	Name	Season	Opp	Venue	P	W	L	D
1	CK Nayudu	1932	Eng	Eng	1	0	1	0
		1933–34	Eng	Ind	3	0	2	1
		Total			4	0	3	1
2	MK Vizianagram	1936	Eng	Eng	3	0	2	1
		Total			3	0	2	1
3	IAK Pataudi	1946	Eng	Eng	3	0	1	2
		Total			3	0	1	2
4	L Amarnath	1947–48	Aus	Aus	5	0	4	1
		1948–49	Win	Ind	5	0	1	4
		1952–53	Pak	Ind	5	2	1	2
		Total			15	2	6	7
5	VS Hazare	1951–52	Eng	Ind	5	1	1	3
		1952	Eng	Eng	4	0	3	1
		1952–53	Win	Win	5	0	1	4
		Total			14	1	5	8
6	MH Mankad	1954–55	Pak	Pak	5	0	0	5
		1958–59	Win	Ind	1	0	1	0
		Total			6	0	1	5
7	Ghulam Ahmed	1955–56	NZl	Ind	1	0	0	1
		1958–59	Win	Ind	2	0	2	0
		Total			3	0	2	1
8	PR Umrigar	1955–56	NZl	Ind	4	2	0	2
		1956–57	Aus	Ind	3	0	2	1
		1958–59	Win	Ind	1	0	0	1
		Total			8	2	2	4
9	HR Adhikari	1958–59	Win	Ind	1	0	0	1
		Total			1	0	0	1
10	DK Gaekwad	1959	Eng	Eng	4	0	4	0
		Total			4	0	4	0
11	P Roy	1959	Eng	Eng	1	0	1	0
		Total			1	0	1	0
12	GS Ramchand	1959–60	Aus	Ind	5	1	2	2
		Total			5	1	2	2
13	NJ Contractor	1960–61	Pak	Ind	5	0	0	5
		1961–62	Eng	Ind	5	2	0	3
		1961–62	Win	Win	2	0	2	0
		Total			12	2	2	8
14	MAK Pataudi	1961–62	Win	Win	3	0	3	0
		1963–64	Eng	Ind	5	0	0	5
		1964–65	Aus	Ind	3	1	1	1
		1964–65	NZl	Ind	4	1	0	3
		1966–67	Win	Ind	3	0	2	1
		1967	Eng	Eng	3	0	3	0
		1967–68	Aus	Aus	3	0	3	0
		1967–68	NZl	NZl	4	3	1	0
		1969–70	NZl	Ind	3	1	1	1
		1969–70	Aus	Ind	5	1	3	1
		1974–75	Win	Ind	4	2	2	0
		Total			40	9	19	12
15	CG Borde	1967–68	Aus	Aus	1	0	1	0
		Total			1	0	1	0
16	AL Wadekar	1970–71	Win	Win	5	1	0	4
		1971	Eng	Eng	3	1	0	2
		1972–73	Eng	Ind	5	2	1	2
		1974	Eng	Eng	3	0	3	0
		Total			16	4	4	8
17	S Venkataraghavan	1974–75	Win	Ind	1	0	1	0
		1979	Eng	Eng	4	0	1	3
		Total			5	0	2	3
18	SM Gavaskar	1975–76	NZl	NZl	1	1	0	0
		1978–79	Win	Ind	6	1	0	5
		1979–80	Aus	Ind	6	2	0	4
		1979–80	Pak	Ind	5	2	0	3
		1980–81	Aus	Aus	3	1	1	1
		1980–81	NZl	NZl	3	0	1	2
		1981–82	Eng	Ind	6	1	0	5
		1982	Eng	Eng	3	0	1	2
		1982–83	Srl	Ind	1	0	0	1
		1982–83	Pak	Pak	6	0	3	3
		1984–85	Pak	Pak	2	0	0	2
		1984–85	Eng	Ind	5	1	2	2
		Total			47	9	8	30
19	BS Bedi	1975–76	NZl	NZl	2	0	1	1
		1975–76	Win	Win	4	1	2	1
		1976–77	NZl	Ind	3	2	0	1
		1976–77	Eng	Ind	5	1	3	1
		1977–78	Aus	Aus	5	2	3	0
		1978–79	Pak	Pak	3	0	2	1
		Total			22	6	11	5
20	GR Viswanath	1979–80	Pak	Ind	1	0	0	1
		1979–80	Eng	Ind	1	0	1	0
		Total			2	0	1	1
21	Kapil Dev	1982–83	Win	Win	5	0	2	3
		1983–84	Pak	Ind	3	0	0	3
		1983–84	Win	Ind	6	0	3	3
		1985	Srl	Srl	3	0	1	2
		1985–86	Aus	Aus	3	0	0	3
		1986	Eng	Eng	3	2	0	1
		1986–87	Aus	Ind	3	0	0	2
		1986–87	Srl	Ind	3	2	0	1
		1986–87	Pak	Ind	5	0	1	4
		Total			34	4	7	23
22	DB Vengsarkar	1987–88	Win	Ind	3	0	1	2
		1988–89	NZl	Ind	3	2	1	0
		1988–89	Win	Win	4	0	3	1
		Total			10	2	5	3
23	RJ Shastri	1987–88	Win	Ind	1	1	0	0
		Total			1	1	0	0
24	K Srikkanth	1989–90	Pak	Pak	4	0	0	4
		Total			4	0	0	4
25	M Azharuddin	1989–90	NZl	NZl	3	0	1	2
		1990	Eng	Eng	3	0	1	2
		1990–91	Srl	Ind	1	1	0	0
		1991–92	Aus	Aus	5	0	4	1
		1992–93	Zim	Zim	1	0	0	1
		1992–93	SAF	SAF	4	0	1	3
		1992–93	Eng	Ind	3	3	0	0
		1992–93	Zim	Ind	1	1	0	0
		1993	Srl	Srl	3	1	0	2
		1993–94	Srl	Ind	3	3	0	0
		1993–94	NZl	NZl	1	0	0	1
		1994–95	Win	Ind	3	1	1	1
		1995–96	NZl	Ind	3	1	0	2
		1996	Eng	Eng	3	0	1	2
		1997–98	Aus	Ind	3	2	1	0
		1998–99	Zim	Zim	1	0	1	0
		1998–99	NZl	NZl	2	0	1	1
		1998–99	Pak	Ind	2	1	1	0
		1998–99	Pak	Ind	1	0	1	0
		1998–99	Srl	Srl	1	0	0	1
		Total			47	14	14	19
26	SR Tendulkar	1996–97	Aus	Ind	1	1	0	0
		1996–97	SAF	Ind	3	2	1	0
		1996–97	SAF	SAF	3	0	2	1
		1996–97	Win	Win	5	0	1	4
		1997	Srl	Srl	2	0	0	2
		1997–98	Srl	Ind	3	0	0	3
		1999–00	NZl	Ind	3	1	0	2
		1999–00	Aus	Aus	3	0	3	0
		1999–00	SAF	Ind	2	0	2	0
		Total			25	4	9	12
27	SC Ganguly	2000–01	Ban	Ban	1	1	0	0
		2000–01	Zim	Ind	2	1	0	1
		2000–01	Aus	Ind	3	2	1	0
		2001	Zim	Zim	2	1	1	0
		2001	Srl	Srl	3	1	2	0
		2001–02	SAF	SAF	2	0	1	1
		2001–02	Eng	Ind	3	1	0	2
		2001–02	Zim	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2001–02	Win	Win	5	1	2	2
		2002	Eng	Eng	4	1	1	2
		2002–03	Win	Ind	3	2	0	1
		2002–03	NZl	NZl	2	0	2	0
		2003–04	NZl	Ind	1	0	0	1
		2003–04	Aus	Aus	4	1	1	2
		2003–04	Pak	Pak	1	1	0	0
		2004–05	Aus	Ind	2	0	1	1
		2004–05	SAF	Ind	2	1	0	1
		2004–05	Ban	Ban	2	2	0	0
		2004–05	Pak	Ind	3	1	1	1
		2005–06	Zim	Zim	2	2	0	0
		Total			49	21	13	15
28	R Dravid	2003–04	NZl	Ind	1	0	0	1
		2003–04	Pak	Pak	2	1	1	0
		2004–05	Aus	Ind	2	1	1	0
		2005–06	Srl	Ind	2	1	0	1
		2005–06	Pak	Pak	3	0	1	2
		2005–06	Eng	Ind	3	1	1	1
		2005–06	Win	Win	4	1	0	3
		2006–07	SAF	SAF	3	1	2	0
		2007	Ban	Ban	2	1	0	1
		2007	Eng	Eng	3	1	0	2
		Total			25	8	6	11
29	V Sehwag	2005–06	Srl	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2009	NZl	NZl	1	0	0	1
		2010	Ban	Ban	1	1	0	0
		2012	Aus	Aus	1	0	1	0
		Total			4	2	1	1
30	A Kumble	2007	Pak	Ind	3	1	0	2
		2007–08	Aus	Aus	4	1	2	1
		2008	SAF	Ind	2	0	1	1
		2008	Srl	Srl	3	1	2	0
		2008	Aus	Ind	2	0	0	2
		Total			14	3	5	6
31	MS Dhoni	2008	SAF	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2008	Aus	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2008	Eng	Ind	2	1	0	1
		2009	NZl	NZl	2	1	0	1
		2009	Srl	Ind	3	2	0	1
		2010	Ban	Ban	1	1	0	0
		2010	SAF	Ind	2	1	1	0
		2010	Srl	Srl	3	1	1	1
		2010	Aus	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2010	NZl	Ind	3	1	0	2
		2010	SAF	SAF	3	1	1	1
		2011	Win	Win	3	1	0	2
		2011	Eng	Eng	4	0	4	0
		2011	Win	Ind	3	2	0	1
		2011–12	Aus	Aus	3	0	3	0
		2012	NZl	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2012–13	Eng	Ind	4	1	2	1
		2012–13	Aus	Ind	4	4	0	0
		2013–14	Win	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2013–14	SAF	SAF	2	0	1	1
		2013–14	NZl	NZl	2	0	1	1
		2014	Eng	Eng	5	1	3	1
		2014–15	Aus	Aus	2	0	1	1
		Total			60	27	18	15
32	V Kohli	2014–15	Aus	Aus	2	0	1	1
		2015	Ban	Ban	1	0	0	1
		2015	Srl	Srl	3	2	1	0
		2015–16	SAF	Ind	4	3	0	1
		2016	Win	Win	4	2	0	2
		2016–17	NZl	Ind	3	3	0	0
		2016–17	Eng	Ind	5	4	0	1
		2017	Ban	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2017	Aus	Ind	3	1	1	1
		2017	Srl	Srl	3	3	0	0
		2017–18	Srl	Ind	3	1	0	2
		2018	SAF	SAF	3	1	2	0
		2018	Eng	Eng	5	1	4	0
		2018	Win	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2018–19	Aus	Aus	4	2	1	1
		2019	Win	Win	2	2	0	0
		2019–20	SAF	Ind	3	3	0	0
		2019–20	Ban	Ind	2	2	0	0
		2019–20	NZl	NZl	2	0	2	0
		2020–21	Aus	Aus	1	0	1	0
		2020–21	Eng	Ind	1	0	1	0
		Total			57	33	14	10
33	AM Rahane	2017	Aus	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2018	Afg	Ind	1	1	0	0
		2020–21	Aus	Aus	3	2	0	1
		Total			5	4	0	1
		G Total			546	159	168	219

Centurions in Twenty20 Internationals

12/02/2021 hrg

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan scored 104 not out against South Africa in the first T20 International at Lahore on 11.02.21 to provide the 58^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	11.09.07
2	BB McCullum	116*	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	28.02.10
3	SK Raina	101	1	Ind	SAF	Gros Islet	02.05.10
4	M Jayawardene	100	1	Srl	Zim	Providence	03.05.10
5	TM Dilshan	104*	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06.08.11
6	RE Levi	117*	2	SAF	NZl	Hamilton	19.02.12
7	RD Berrington	100	1	Sco	Ban	The Hague	24.07.12
8	BB McCullum	123	1	NZl	Ban	Pallekele	21.09.12
9	MJ Guptill	101*	2	NZl	SAF	East London	23.12.12
10	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29.08.13
11	AD Hales	116*	2	Eng	Srl	Chattogram	27.03.14
12	Ahmed Shehzad	111*	1	Pak	Ban	Dhaka	30.03.14
13	F du Plessis	119	1	SAF	Win	Johannesburg	11.01.15
14	MN van Wyk	114*	1	SAF	Win	Durban	14.01.15
15	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	SAF	Dharamsala	02.10.15
16	Mohd Shahzad	118*	1	Afg	Zim	Sharjah	10.01.16
17	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31.01.16
18	Babar Hayat	122	2	HKG	Oman	Fatullah	19.02.16
19	Tamim Iqbal	103*	1	Ban	Oman	Dharamsala	13.03.16
20	CH Gayle	100*	2	Win	Eng	Mumbai	16.03.16
21	E Lewis	100	1	Win	Ind	Lauderhill	27.08.16
22	KL Rahul	110*	2	Ind	Win	Lauderhill	27.08.16
23	GJ Maxwell	145*	1	Aus	Srl	Pallekele	06.09.16
24	C Munro	101	1	NZl	Ban	Mt Maunganui	06.01.17
25	Shaiman Anwar	117*	1	UAE	PNG.	Abu Dhabi	14.04.17
26	E Lewis	125*	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	09.07.17
27	DA Miller	101*	1	SAF	Ban	Potchefstroom	29.10.17
28	C Munro	109*	1	NZl	Ind	Rajkot	04.11.17
29	RG Sharma	118	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22.12.17
30	C Munro	104	1	NZl	Win	Mt Maunganui	03.01.18
31	GJ Maxwell	103*	2	Aus	Eng	Hobart	07.02.18
32	MJ Guptill	105	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	16.02.18
33	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03.07.18
34	KL Rahul	101*	2	Ind	Eng	Manchester	03.07.18
35	RG Sharma	100*	2	Ind	Eng	Bristol	08.07.18
36	RG Sharma	111*	1	Ind	Win	Lucknow	06.11.18
37	R Sandaruwan	103	2	Kuw	Bah	Al Amerat	23.01.19
38	H Zazai	162*	1	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	23.02.19
39	GJ Maxwell	113*	2	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	27.02.19
40	TP Ura	107*	1	PNG	Phil	Port Moresby	23.03.19
41	Awais Ahmed	102*	1	ESP	Mal	Cartagena	30.03.19
42	R Singh	101	1	Can	CaIs	Sandys Parish	18.08.19
43	JP Kotze	101*	1	Nam	Bot	Windhoek	20.08.19
44	S Periyalwar	105*	1	Rom	Tur	Ilfov County	29.08.19
45	Wickramasekara	104*	1	CzR	Tur	Ilfov County	30.08.19
46	Bilal Zalmai	111*	1	Aut	CzR	Ilfov County	01.09.19
47	HG Munsey	127*	1	Sco	Net	Dublin (Malahide)	16.09.19
48	P Khadka	106*	2	Nep	Sin	Singapore	28.09.19
49	PK Matautaav	103	1	Van	Mal	Kuala Lumpur	01.10.19
50	KJ O’Brien	124	1	Ire	HKG	Al Amerat	07.10.19
51	LA Dunbar	104*	1	Serb	Bul	Corfu	14.10.19
52	S Davizi	101	1	CzR	Mal	Marsa	20.10.19
53	DA Warner	100*	1	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	27.10.19
54	DJ Malan	103*	1	Eng	NZl	Napier	08.11.19
55	G Malla	107	1	Nep	Bhu	Kirtipur	05.12.19
56	Shaheryar Butt	125*	1	Bel	CzR.	Walferdange	29.08.20
57	GD Phillips	108	1	NZl	Win	Mt Maunganui	29.11.20
58	Mohd Rizwan	104*	1	Pak	SAF	Lahore	11.02.21

RG Sharma {04}, C Munro {03}, GJ Maxwell {03}, BB McCullum {02}, CH Gayle {02}, E Lewis {02}, KL Rahul {02}, and MJ Guptill {02} are the eight batsmen who have scored two or more centuries in the history of T20 Internationals.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	SAF	Dharamsala	02.10.15
2	RG Sharma	118	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22.12.17
3	RG Sharma	100*	2	Ind	Eng	Bristol	08.07.18
4	RG Sharma	111*	1	Ind	Win	Lucknow	06.11.18

1	C Munro	101	1	NZl	Ban	Mt Maunganui	06.01.17
2	C Munro	109*	1	NZl	Ind	Rajkot	04.11.17
3	C Munro	104	1	NZl	Win	Mt Maunganui	03.01.18

1	GJ Maxwell	145*	1	Aus	Srl	Pallekele	06.09.16
2	GJ Maxwell	103*	2	Aus	Eng	Hobart	07.02.18
3	GJ Maxwell	113*	2	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	27.02.19

1	BB McCullum	116*	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	28.02.10
2	BB McCullum	123	1	NZl	Ban	Pallekele	21.09.12

1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	11.09.07
2	CH Gayle	100*	2	Win	Eng	Mumbai	16.03.16

1	E Lewis	100	1	Win	Ind	Lauderhill	27.08.16
2	E Lewis	125*	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	09.07.17

1	KL Rahul	110*	2	Ind	Win	Lauderhill	27.08.16
2	KL Rahul	101*	2	Ind	Eng	Manchester	03.07.18

1	MJ Guptill	101*	2	NZl	SAF	East London	23.12.12
2	MJ Guptill	105	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	16.02.18

Ahmed Shahzad and Mohd Rizwan are the two Pakistan batsman who have scored centuries in T20Is. The particulars are detailed below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ahmed Shehzad	111*	1	Pak	Ban	Dhaka	30.03.14
2	Mohd Rizwan	104*	1	Pak	SAF	Lahore	11.02.21

Mohammad Rizwan became the fifth batsman to score a century against South Africa in T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	11.09.07
2	SK Raina	101	1	Ind	SAF	Gros Islet	02.05.10
3	MJ Guptill	101*	2	NZl	SAF	East London	23.12.12
4	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	SAF	Dharamsala	02.10.15
5	Mohd Rizwan	104*	1	Pak	SAF	Lahore	11.02.21

Chepauk – Chennai’s distinction

12/02/2021 hrg

Chepauk – Chennai will become the first Indian venue to host two consecutive tests of the same series when it hosts the second test of the ongoing test series against England tomorrow. Due to pandemic Covid-19, Manchester and Southampton have already earned the distinction of hosting two consecutive tests of the same series. Manchester hosted the two consecutive tests between England and West Indies in Jul 2020. Southampton hosted the two consecutive tests between England and Pakistan in Aug 2020

At the end of the ongoing test series, India would be earning a unique distinction in hosting two consecutive tests of the same series at two different venues – Chennai and Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad is set to host the third and fourth tests

England opening batsmen batting at number one collecting the first ball duck

12/02/2021 hrg

RJ Burns of England collected the first ball duck in England’s second innings against India in the first test at Chennai of the ongoing test series against India to provide the 117^th occasion of an opening batsman batting at number one collecting the first ball duck in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 23^rd occasion of an England batsman to suffer such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	0	1	2	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
2	AC MacLaren	0	1	1	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894
3	AC MacLaren	0	1	3	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
4	LC Braund	0	1	4	Aus	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904
5	PF Warner	0	1	3	SAF	Jo’burg	06 Mar 1906
6	TW Hayward	0	1	1	SAF	The Oval	19 Aug 1907
7	CAG Russell	0	1	2	Aus	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
8	H Sutcliffe	0	1	1	NZl	Ch’church	24 Mar 1933
9	TS Worthington	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
10	L Hutton	0	1	3	Aus	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
11	LB Fishlock	0	1	3	Aus	Sydney	28 Feb 1947
12	RT Simpson	0	1	4	Aus	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950
13	BW Luckhurst	0	1	3	Pak	Leeds	08 Jul 1971
14	AR Lewis	0	1	2	Ind	Mum-BS	06 Feb 1973
15	G Boycott	0	1	3	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 1979
16	G Fowler	0	1	2	NZl	Auckland	10 Feb 1984
17	GA Gooch	0	1	2	NZl	Nottingham	07 Jun 1990
18	MA Atherton	0	1	4	Win	Trinidad	25 Mar 1994
19	ME Trescothick	0	1	3	SAF	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003
20	ME Trescothick	0	1	4	SAF	P Elizabeth	17 Dec 2004
21	AJ Strauss	0	1	1	SAF	Jo’burg	14 Jan 2010
22	AN Cook	0	1	4	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
23	RJ Burns	0	1	3	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

RJ Burns became the second England opening batsman batting at number one to collect the first ball duck against India after AR Lewis. Both the occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Lewis	0	1	2	Ind	Mum-BS	06 Feb 1973
2	RJ Burns	0	1	3	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

It also provides the eleventh occasion of an an opening batsman batting at number one collecting the first ball duck in the annals of test cricket against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Ground	Start Date
1	RC Fredericks	0	1	1	Win	Trindiad	06 Mar 1971
2	AR Lewis	0	1	2	Eng	Mum-BS	06 Feb 1973
3	Mohsin Khan	0	1	1	Pak	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983
4	SJ Cook	0	1	1	SAF	Durban	13 Nov 1992
5	KJ Arnott	0	1	2	Zim	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
6	Nafees Iqbal	0	1	3	Ban	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004
7	Javed Omar	0	1	2	Ban	Dhaka	25 May 2007
8	Javed Omar	0	1	3	Ban	Dhaka	25 May 2007
9	TM Dilshan	0	1	2	Srl	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
10	Karunaratne	0	1	2	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
11	RJ Burns	0	1	3	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021