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Batsmen who have scored 199 runs in a test innings. F de Plessis of South Africa joins the list

29/12/2020 hrg

F du Plessis of South Africa scored 199 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Centurion to provide the 13^th occasion of a batsman scoring 199 in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	Mudassar Nazar	199	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984
2	M Azharuddin	199	Ind	Srl	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
3	MTG Elliott	199	Aus	Eng	Leeds	24 Jul 1997
4	ST Jayasuriya	199	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
5	SR Waugh	199	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
6	A Flower	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
7	Younis Khan	199	Pak	Ind	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
8	IR Bell	199	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
9	KC Sangakkara	199*	Srl	Pak	Galle	22 Jun 2012
10	SPD Smith	199	Aus	Win	Kingston	11 Jun 2015
11	KL Rahul	199	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
12	D Elgar	199	SAF	Ban	Pot’stroom	28 Sep 2017
13	F du Plessis	199	SAF	Srl	Centurion	26 Dec 2020

F du Plessis of South Africa was dismissed for 199 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Centurion to provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman dismissed for 199 in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	Mudassar Nazar	199	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984
2	M Azharuddin	199	Ind	Srl	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
3	MTG Elliott	199	Aus	Eng	Leeds	24 Jul 1997
4	ST Jayasuriya	199	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
5	SR Waugh	199	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
6	Younis Khan	199	Pak	Ind	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
7	IR Bell	199	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
8	SPD Smith	199	Aus	Win	Kingston	11 Jun 2015
9	KL Rahul	199	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
10	D Elgar	199	SAF	Ban	Pot’stroom	28 Sep 2017
11	F du Plessis	199	SAF	Srl	Centurion	26 Dec 2020

Apart from the above eleven batsmen, A Flower of Zimbabwe and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka have scored 199 not in a test innings. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
6	A Flower	199*	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
9	KC Sangakkara	199*	Srl	Pak	Galle	22 Jun 2012

F du Plessis became the second South African batsmen to score 199 in a test innings after D Elgar. D Elgar had scored 199 against Bangladesh at Potchefstroom in Sep 2017. The following table lists the performance of these two South African cricketers.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	D Elgar	199	SAF	Ban	Pot’stroom	28 Sep 2017
2	F du Plessis	199	SAF	Srl	Centurion	26 Dec 2020

F du Plessis became the second batsmen to score 199 in a test innings against Sri Lanka after M Azharuddin. M Azharuddin had scored 199 against Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Dec 1996. The following table lists the performance of these two cricketers.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	M Azharuddin	199	Ind	Srl	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
2	F du Plessis	199	SAF	Srl	Centurion	26 Dec 2020

India posts its 29th win against Australia and its eighth win against Australia in Australia

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Fourth day Australia Vs India Melbourne

Aus was 133 for 6 at the end of the third day was dismissed for 200 in the last over before Lunch. Aus added 67 runs.

Australia was dismissed all out for a total of exact 200 runs in the third innings of the test to provide the eighth occasion of a team dismissed all out for exact 200 runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Pak	200	3	Eng	Lahore	21 Oct 1961
2	NZl	200	3	Pak	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969
3	NZl	200	3	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973
4	Aus	200	3	Win	St John’s	07 Apr 1984
5	Srl	200	3	Pak	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985
6	Zim	200	3	Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996
7	Ind	200	3	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
8	Aus	200	3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the second occasion of Australia dismissed all out for exact 200 runs in the third innings of a test. Prior to this Australia was dismissed for an exact 200 runs in the third innings of a test against West Indies at St John’s in Apr 1984. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	200	3	Win	St John’s	07 Apr 1984
2	Aus	200	3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Australia was dismissed all out for a total of exact 200 runs in the third innings of the test to provide the first occasion of a team dismissed all out for exact 200 runs in a test innings against India.

R Ashwin’s two wickets in Australia’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 375 test wickets. He now stands fourth in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets. Others are – A Kumble {619}, N Kapil Dev {434} and Harbhajan Singh {417}

He now stands third in the list of Indian spin bowlers who have captured most wickets. Others are – A Kumble {619} and Harbhajan Singh {417}

The following table lists the seven spin bowlers who have an aggregate of 375 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket. R Ashwin joined this elite list as the seventh bowler

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
4	HMRKB Herath	Srl	093	170	25993	12157	433
5	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417
6	NM Lyon	Aus	098	186	24857	12460	394
7	R Ashwin	Ind	073	136	20097	9459	375

R Ashwin became the 20^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 375 plus wickets.

India won this test by eight wickets to carve its 29^th win against Australia. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	119 runs	Aus	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
2	India	won	2 wkts	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	10 Oct 1964
3	India	won	7 wkts	Aus	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
4	India	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
5	India	won	inns & 2 runs	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
6	India	won	153 runs	Aus	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
7	India	won	inns & 100 runs	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
8	India	won	59 runs	Aus	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
9	India	won	7 wkts	Aus	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
10	India	won	179 runs	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
11	India	won	inns & 219 runs	Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
12	India	won	171 runs	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
13	India	won	2 wkts	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
14	India	won	4 wkts	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
15	India	won	13 runs	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
16	India	won	72 runs	Aus	Perth	16 Jan 2008
17	India	won	320 runs	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
18	India	won	172 runs	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
19	India	won	1 wkts	Aus	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
20	India	won	7 wkts	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
21	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
22	India	won	inns & 135 runs	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
23	India	won	6 wkts	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
24	India	won	6 wkts	Aus	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
25	India	won	75 runs	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
26	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
27	India	won	31 runs	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
28	India	won	137 runs	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
29	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

India won this test by eight wickets to carve its eighth win against Australia in Australia. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
2	India	won	inns & 2 runs	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
3	India	won	59 runs	Aus	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
4	India	won	4 wkts	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
5	India	won	72 runs	Aus	Perth	16 Jan 2008
6	India	won	31 runs	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
7	India	won	137 runs	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
8	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

India won this test by eight wickets to carve its fourth win against Australia at Melbourne. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
2	India	won	59 runs	Aus	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
3	India	won	137 runs	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
4	India	won	8 wkts	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

India has won nine tests when AM Rahane has scored centuries. The following table lists the centuries scored by AM Rahane

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	Res
1	103	1	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014	Won
2	126	3	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015	Won
3	127	1	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Won
4	100*	3	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Won
5	188	1	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016	Won
6	132	1	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017	Won
7	102	3	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019	Won
8	115	1	SAF	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Won
9	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Won

India has drawn three tests when AM Rahane has scored centuries. The following table lists the centuries scored by AM Rahane

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	Res
1	118	2	NZl	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Draw
2	147	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014	Draw
3	108*	2	Win	Kingston	30 Jul 2015	Draw

AM Rahane has scored 12 centuries in his test career upto the end of this test. India has won nine tests in which AM Rahane has scored centuries and three tests have ended in draw when AM Rahane scored centuries. Thus India is yet to lose a test when AM Rahane has scored a century.

Australia lost this test by eight wickets to provide its 100^th loss on home soil. Australia became the second team in the annals of test cricket to lose 100 plus tests on home soil after England. England has lost 123 tests.

Melbourne test was the 100^th test between India and Australia. India has won 29 tests, Australia has lost 43 tests, one test was tied and 27 tests have ended in draw.

AM Rahane completed 1000 runs against Australia when he was on 24 during his knock of 27 not out in India’s second innings. At the end of the test, his run aggregate against Australia read 1003. He became the 12^th Indian batsman to achieve such a feat. The following table lists all these twelve batsmen.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS
1	SR Tendulkar	39	74	8	3630	241*
2	VVS Laxman	29	54	5	2434	281
3	R Dravid	32	60	6	2143	233
4	V Sehwag	22	43	1	1738	195
5	CA Pujara	18	33	2	1685	204
6	V Kohli	20	36	1	1682	169
7	SM Gavaskar	20	31	1	1550	172
8	GR Viswanath	18	31	2	1538	161*
9	SC Ganguly	24	44	4	1403	144
10	M Vijay	15	28	0	1324	167
11	DB Vengsarkar	24	38	4	1304	164*
12	AM Rahane	15	28	3	1003	147

Captains dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings. Mohd Rizwan of Pakistan joins the list

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Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan was dismissed run out for 71 against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Mount Maunganui to provide the 60^th occasion of a captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	67	1	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	17 Jan 1902
2	HW Taylor	56	3	SAF	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1924
3	WM Woodfull	83	2	Aus	Win	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931
4	WM Woodfull	73	2	Aus	Eng	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
5	AD Nourse	208	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
6	VS Hazare	155	1	Ind	Eng	Mum-BS	14 Dec 1951
7	JE Cheetham	54	1	SAF	NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1953
8	DS Atkinson	60	1	Win	NZl	Wellington	03 Mar 1956
9	FCM Alexander	57	3	Win	Pak	Trinidad	05 Feb 1958
10	DJ McGlew	120	2	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg	02 Feb 1962
11	ER Dexter	52	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
12	RB Simpson	77	3	Aus	Ind	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
13	TL Goddard	60	1	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	22 Jan 1965
14	JR Reid	52	2	NZl	Pak	Auckland	29 Jan 1965
15	GS Sobers	69	1	Win	Aus	Trinidad	26 Mar 1965
16	IM Chappell	72	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	09 Mar 1973
17	AW Greig	51	1	Eng	Aus	Leeds	14 Aug 1975
18	Mushtaq Mohd	101	1	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	23 Oct 1976
19	GS Chappell	58	2	Aus	NZl	Auckland	25 Feb 1977
20	RB Simpson	67	2	Aus	Win	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
21	Mushtaq Mohd	67	2	Pak	Ind	Lahore	27 Oct 1978
22	SM Gavaskar	52	2	Ind	Eng	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982
23	GP Howarth	56	2	NZl	Aus	Auckland	12 Mar 1982
24	GS Chappell	53	2	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982
25	CH Lloyd	67	2	Win	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1983
26	Imran Khan	118	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
27	GA Gooch	114	3	Eng	NZl	Auckland	30 Jan 1992
28	AR Border	73	1	Aus	Win	Brisbane	27 Nov 1992
29	MA Taylor	59	1	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
30	MA Atherton	113	1	Eng	Win	Nottingham	10 Aug 1995
31	SR Tendulkar	88	2	Ind	Win	Trinidad	14 Mar 1997
32	A Ranatunga	86	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
33	SP Fleming	75	4	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997
34	BC Lara	62	2	Win	Aus	Trinidad	05 Mar 1999
35	SP Fleming	55	3	NZl	Zim	Wellington	26 Dec 2000
36	SP Fleming	57	4	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
37	SR Waugh	67	4	Aus	NZl	Perth	30 Nov 2001
38	SR Waugh	90	2	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001
39	SV Carlisle	77	1	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002
40	SC Ganguly	77	2	Ind	Pak	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004
41	AC Gilchrist	80	3	Aus	Srl	Darwin	01 Jul 2004
42	S Chanderpaul	127	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
43	Habibul Bashar	84	1	Ban	Srl	Col-RPS	12 Sep 2005
44	Inzamam-ul-Haq	109	1	Pak	Eng	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
45	Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	2	Pak	Eng	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
46	R Dravid	53	3	Ind	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
47	R Dravid	103	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
48	RT Ponting	52	2	Aus	Ban	Chattogram	16 Apr 2006
49	RT Ponting	66	4	Aus	Eng	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
50	GC Smith	75	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2009
51	RT Ponting	71	1	Aus	Ind	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
52	LRPL Taylor	74	3	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Nov 2012
53	AN Cook	190	2	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
54	MS Dhoni	99	2	Ind	Eng	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012
55	MS Dhoni	82	1	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
56	SPD Smith	59	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
57	JE Root	80	1	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
58	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
59	AM Rahane	112	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020
60	Mohd Rizwan	71	2	Pak	NZl	Mt Maunganui	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the sixth occasion of a Pakistan captain dismissed run out in a test innings after scoring a fifty. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Mushtaq Mohd	101	1	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	23 Oct 1976
2	Mushtaq Mohd	67	2	Pak	Ind	Lahore	27 Oct 1978
3	Imran Khan	118	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
4	Inzamam-ul-Haq	109	1	Pak	Eng	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	2	Pak	Eng	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
6	Mohd Rizwan	71	2	Pak	NZl	Mt Maunganui	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the eighth occasion of a captain dismissed run out in a test innings after scoring a fifty against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JE Cheetham	54	1	SAF	NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1953
2	DS Atkinson	60	1	Win	NZl	Wellington	03 Mar 1956
3	DJ McGlew	120	2	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg	02 Feb 1962
4	Mushtaq Mohd	101	1	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	23 Oct 1976
5	GS Chappell	58	2	Aus	NZl	Auckland	25 Feb 1977
6	GA Gooch	114	3	Eng	NZl	Auckland	30 Jan 1992
7	SR Waugh	67	4	Aus	NZl	Perth	30 Nov 2001
8	Mohd Rizwan	71	2	Pak	NZl	Mt Maunganui	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the second occasion of a Pakistan captain dismissed run out in a test innings after scoring a fifty. Prior to this Mushtaq Mohammmad was dismissed run out for 101 against New Zealand at Hyd-Pak in Oct 1976. Both the occasions are tabulated below. Thus it took 46 years and two months for another Pakistan to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against New Zealand after Mushtaq Mohammad was dismissed run out for 101.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Mushtaq Mohd	101	1	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	23 Oct 1976
2	Mohd Rizwan	71	2	Pak	NZl	Mt Maunganui	26 Dec 2020

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan was dismissed run out for 71 against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Mount Maunganui to provide the fifth occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FCM Alexander	57	3	Win	Pak	Trinidad	05 Feb 1958
2	AC Gilchrist	80	3	Aus	Srl	Darwin	01 Jul 2004
3	MS Dhoni	99	2	Ind	Eng	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012
4	MS Dhoni	82	1	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
5	Mohd Rizwan	71	2	Pak	NZl	Mt Maunganui	26 Dec 2020

Australia lose six wickets in its second innings and staring at defeat at Melbourne

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Third Day Second Test Australia vs India at Melbourne

AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 112 in India’s first innings to provide the 16^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	VM Merchant	128	1	Eng	The Oval	17 Aug 1946
2	VS Hazare	155	1	Eng	Mumbai (BS)	14 Dec 1951
3	PR Umrigar	108	2	Pak	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955
4	AA Baig	112	4	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
5	SM Gavaskar	101	2	Eng	Manchester	06 Jun 1974
6	GR Viswanath	112	4	Win	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976
7	SV Manjrekar	218	1	Pak	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
8	M Azharuddin	115	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
9	NS Sidhu	131	2	Srl	Mohali	19 Nov 1997
10	R Dravid	180	3	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
11	R Dravid	217	2	Eng	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
12	VVS Laxman	140	2	Zim	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
13	R Dravid	103	2	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
14	R Dravid	144	1	Srl	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
15	CA Pujara	123	1	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
16	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	VM Merchant	128	1	Eng	The Oval	17 Aug 1946
2	PR Umrigar	108	2	Pak	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955
3	AA Baig	112	4	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
4	SM Gavaskar	101	2	Eng	Manchester	06 Jun 1974
5	GR Viswanath	112	4	Win	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976
6	SV Manjrekar	218	1	Pak	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
7	M Azharuddin	115	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
8	R Dravid	217	2	Eng	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
9	VVS Laxman	140	2	Zim	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
10	R Dravid	103	2	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
11	CA Pujara	123	1	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
12	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 112 in India’s first innings to provide the third occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century against Australia. R Dravid and CA Pujara are the other two batsmen. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	R Dravid	180	3	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
2	CA Pujara	123	1	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
3	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out for a score of 112 in a test innings. AA Baig and GR Viswanath are the other two batsmen. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Baig	112	4	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
2	GR Viswanath	112	4	Win	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976
3	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 112 in India’s first innings to provide the third occasion of an Indian captain dismissed run out after scoring a century. VS Hazare and R Dravid are the other two captains. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	155	1	Eng	Mumbai (BS)	14 Dec 1951
2	R Dravid	103	2	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
3	AM Rahane	112	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane became the 12^th captain in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed run out after scoring a century. He also became the first captain to be dismissed run out after scoring a century against Australia. The following table lists all these twelve captains.

No	Player	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
2	VS Hazare	1	Ind	Eng	Mum-BS	14 Dec 1951
3	DJ McGlew	2	SAF	NZl	Jo’burg	02 Feb 1962
4	Mushtaq Mohd	1	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	23 Oct 1976
5	Imran Khan	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
6	GA Gooch	3	Eng	NZl	Auckland	30 Jan 1992
7	MA Atherton	1	Eng	Win	Nottingham	10 Aug 1995
8	S Chanderpaul	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
9	Inzamam-ul-Haq	1	Pak	Eng	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
10	R Dravid	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
11	AN Cook	2	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
12	AM Rahane	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

KS Williamson of New Zealand and AM Rahane of India joined the elite list of captains who have scored centuries in tests starting on 26 December in various years. The following table lists the fourteen captains who have accomplished such a feat. KS Williamson scored 129 against Pakistan, while AM Rahane scored 112 against Australia.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Year
1	WM Lawry	205	2	Aus	Win	Melbourne	1968
2	CH Lloyd	102	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	1975
3	AR Border	163	3	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1985
4	DB Vengsarkar	102*	2	Ind	Win	Kolkata	1987
5	AR Border	110	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	1992
6	M Azharuddin	103*	1	Ind	NZl	Wellington	1998
7	AJ Stewart	107	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1998
8	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	1999
9	N Hussain	146*	1	Eng	SAF	Durban	1999
10	SR Waugh	121*	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	2000
11	SPD Smith	165*	2	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	2016
12	SPD Smith	102*	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	2017
13	KS Williamson	129	1	NZl	Pak	Mt Maunganui	2020
14	AM Rahane	112	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	2020

AM Rahane became the fourth Indian captain to score a century in a test which has a start date of 26 December. The following table lists all these four captains.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Year
1	DB Vengsarkar	102*	2	Ind	Win	Kolkata	1987
2	M Azharuddin	103*	1	Ind	NZl	Wellington	1998
3	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	1999
4	AM Rahane	112	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	2020

RA Jadeja celebrated his 50^th test appearance by scoring 57 in the first innings of this test. He also stitched a partnership of 121 runs with his skipper AM Rahane for the sixth wicket.

His 57 in India’s first innings represent his 15^th half century and also his 16^th fifty. His run aggregate read 1926 at the end of first innings.

TM Paine effected his 150^th dismissal when he caught RR Pant off MA Starc. Breakup of his 150 dismissal read thus 147^th catch plus 07 stumping dismissals. It also provides his 31^st dismissal against India – all catches.

N Lyon’s aggregate of wickets at the end of Indian innings read 394 which includes his 3 for 72 in India’s first innings. He has also captured 195 wickets on home soil.

N Lyon’s aggregate of wickets at the end of Indian innings read 89 against India which includes his 3 for 72 in India’s first innings. He has also captured 55 wickets on home soil against India.

AM Rahane’s catch to dismiss M Labuschagne off R Ashwin fetched him an aggregate of 85 catches in tests. He now stands seventh in the list of Indian fieldsmen other than the wicket keepers who have pouched most catches. Others are – R Dravid {209}, VVS Laxman {135}, SR Tendulkar {115}, SM Gavaskar {108}, Azharuddin {105} and V Sehwag {90}. AM Rahane went past V Kohli who had an aggregate of 84 catches on his way to occupy the seventh place.

RA Jadeja captured two wickets in Australia’s second innings which fetched him an aggregate of 216 wickets and 59 wickets on away soil. Jadeja has an aggregate of 59 wickets against Australia of which ten wickets are on Australian soil

R Ashwin’s lone wicket in Australia’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 374 wickets and 120 wickets on away soil. R Ashwin has an aggregate of 86 wickets against Australia of which 36 wickets are on Australian soil

Captains scoring centuries in tests starting on 26th December

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No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Year
1	WM Lawry	205	2	Aus	Win	Melbourne	1968
2	CH Lloyd	102	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	1975
3	AR Border	163	3	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1985
4	DB Vengsarkar	102*	2	Ind	Win	Kolkata	1987
5	AR Border	110	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	1992
6	M Azharuddin	103*	1	Ind	NZl	Wellington	1998
7	AJ Stewart	107	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1998
8	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	1999
9	N Hussain	146*	1	Eng	SAF	Durban	1999
10	SR Waugh	121*	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	2000
11	SPD Smith	165*	2	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	2016
12	SPD Smith	102*	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	2017
13	KS Williamson	129	1	NZl	Pak	Mt Maunganui	2020
14	AM Rahane	112	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	2020

AM Rahane became the fourth Indian captain to score a century in a test which has a start date of 26 December. The following table lists all these four captains.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Year
1	DB Vengsarkar	102*	2	Ind	Win	Kolkata	1987
2	M Azharuddin	103*	1	Ind	NZl	Wellington	1998
3	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	1999
4	AM Rahane	112	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	2020

KS Williamson posts his 23rd test century

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New Zealand Vs Pakistan at Mt Maunganui 26 Dec 2020

Mohammad Rizwan led Pakistan in this test to become the 33^rd captain to lead Pakistan in tests. He also became the 28^th captain to lead Pakistan in away tests.

Mohammad Rizwan led Pakistan in this test to become the 18th captain to lead Pakistan in tests against New Zealand. He also became the 13th captain to lead Pakistan in away tests against New Zealand.

Mohammad Rizwan became the 32^nd wicketkeeper captain to lead a team in tests.

He is the sixth captain wicket keeper to lead Pakistan in tests. Others are – Imtiaz Ahmed, Wasim Bari, Rashid Latif, Moin Khan and Sarfaraz Ahmed. He also became the fifth captain wicket keeper to lead Pakistan in away tests. Others are – Wasim Bari, Rashid Latif, Moin Khan and Sarfaraz Ahmed.

He is the third captain wicket keeper to lead Pakistan in tests against New Zealand. Others are – Moin Khan and Sarfaraz Ahmed. He also became the second captain wicket keeper to lead Pakistan in away tests against New Zealand after Sarfaraz Ahmed.

KS Williamson scored 129 in the first innings to provide the 304^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 165th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil

KS Williamson scored 129 in the first innings to provide the 37^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the ^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil against Pakistan

KS Williamson scored 129 in the first innings to provide his 55^th fifty. He now shares the record for most fifties by a New Zealand batsman in tests with SP Fleming. SP Fleming has also scored 55 fifties.

KS Williamson scored 129 in the first innings to provide his 23^rd century and also his 21^st century while batting at number three. The following batsmen have score more centuries than KS Williamson when they batted at number three. KC Sangakkara {37}, RT Ponting {32}, R Dravid {28}, HM Amla {25}. KS Williamson went past DG Bradman who had scored centuries at number three on his way to occupy the fifth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most centuries while batting at number three.

LRPL Taylor became New Zealand’s most capped cricketer across all the three formats of the game {Tests, ODIs and TIs.} This test was his 438^th game. He went past DL Vettori who has played 437 games.

KS Williamson {129}, LRPL Taylor {70}, HM Nicholls {56} and BJ Watling {73} scored fifties in this game to provide the 49th occasion of batsmen batting at number three, four, five and six scoring fifties in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the third such occasion against Pakistan in a test innings.

KS Williamson {129}, LRPL Taylor {70}, HM Nicholls {56} and BJ Watling {73} scored fifties in this game to provide the first occasion of New Zealand batsmen batting at number three, four, five and six scoring fifties in a test innings.

KS Williamson-LRPL Taylor added 1 runs for the third wicket to provide the 349^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 54th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings.

KS Williamson-LRPL Taylor added 1 runs for the third wicket to provide the 46^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the ninth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings against Pakistan.

KS Williamson-HM Nicholls added 133 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the 350^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 53^rd occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings.

KS Williamson-HM Nicholls added 133 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the 47^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the fifth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings against Pakistan.

KS Williamson-LRPL Taylor added 120 runs for the third wicket and KS Williamson-HM Nicholls added 133 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the 67^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting two or more three figure partnerships in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	CS Dempster, ML Page	3	118	3	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 31
	RC Blunt, ML Page	4	142	3	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 31

2	ME Chapple, GO Rabone	1	126	1	SAF	C Town	Jan 54
	JEF Beck, JR Reid	5	176	1	SAF	C Town	Jan 54

3	JW Guy, B Sutcliffe	2	130	1	Ind	Delhi	Dec 55
	JR Reid, B Sutcliffe	3	222*	1	Ind	Delhi	Dec 55

4	GT Dowling, JR Reid	3	101	1	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 65
	B Sutcliffe, BR Taylor	7	163	1	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 65

5	GT Dowling, TW Jarvis	1	136	2	Pak	Lahore	Apr 65
	JR Reid, BW Sinclair	3	178	2	Pak	Lahore	Apr 65

6	GT Dowling, BAG Murray	1	126	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 68
	MG Burgess, GT Dowling	4	103	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 68
	GT Dowling, K Thomson	5	119	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 68

7	GT Dowling, GM Turner	1	115	3	Win	Ch’urch	Mar 69
	BF Hastings, V Pollard	5	110	3	Win	Ch’urch	Mar 69

8	RE Redmond, GM Turner	1	159	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 73
	RO Collinge, BF Hastings	10	151	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 73

9	BE Congdon, BF Hastings	3	190	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 73
	MG Burgess, V Pollard	6	117	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 73

10	JFM Morrison, GM Turner	2	108	2	Aus	Wel’ton	Mar 74
	BE Congdon, BF Hastings	4	229	2	Aus	Wel’ton	Mar 74

11	JFM Morrison, JM Parker	2	116	2	Eng	A’land	Feb 75
	JM Parker, KJ Wadsworth	6	112	2	Eng	A’land	Feb 75

12	JV Coney, MD Crowe	5	114	3	Eng	Wel’ton	Jan 84
	BL Cairns, JV Coney	9	118	3	Eng	Wel’ton	Jan 84

13	MD Crowe, JF Reid	3	100	2	Srl	Col-CCC	Mar 84
	JV Coney, JF Reid	6	133	2	Srl	Col-CCC	Mar 84

14	JV Coney, MD Crowe	5	142	2	Win	G’town	Apr 85
	MD Crowe, IDS Smith	7	143	2	Win	G’town	Apr 85

15	JV Coney, KR Rutherford	6	109	2	Aus	Wel’ton	Feb 86
	JV Coney, RJ Hadlee	7	132*	2	Aus	Wel’ton	Feb 86

16	AH Jones, JG Wright	2	128	1	Aus	A’laide	Dec 87
	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	213	1	Aus	A’laide	Dec 87

17	MD Crowe, MJ Greatbatch	4	155	1	Eng	Wel’ton	Mar 88
	JG Bracewell, KR Rutherford	6	134	1	Eng	Wel’ton	Mar 88

18	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	149	1	Pak	Wel’ton	Feb 89
	JJ Crowe, MD Crowe	5	114	1	Pak	Wel’ton	Feb 89

19	AH Jones, RH Vance	2	109	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 89
	MD Crowe, MJ Greatbatch	5	154	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 89

20	AH Jones, JG Wright	2	115	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 90
	MJ Greatbatch, JG Wright	4	125	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 90

21	RJ Hadlee, IDS Smith	8	103	1	Ind	A’land	Feb 90
	IDS Smith, MC Snedden	9	136	1	Ind	A’land	Feb 90

22	AH Jones, JG Wright	2	148	3	Ind	A’land	Feb 90
	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	179	3	Ind	A’land	Feb 90

23	TJ Franklin, JG Wright	1	185	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 90
	MJ Greatbatch, RJ Hadlee	6	123	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 90

24	TJ Franklin, JG Wright	1	134	3	Srl	Wel’ton	Jan 91
	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	467	3	Srl	Wel’ton	Jan 91

25	TJ Franklin, JG Wright	1	161	3	Srl	H’ton	Feb 91
	AH Jones, SA Thomson	5	105	3	Srl	H’ton	Feb 91

26	MJ Greatbatch, RT Latham	1	116	1	Zim	B’wayo	Nov 92
	AH Jones, RT Latham	2	127	1	Zim	B’wayo	Nov 92

27	CM Spearman, RG Twose	1	214	3	Zim	A’land	Jan 96
	CL Cairns, AC Parore	5	166	3	Zim	A’land	Jan 96

28	MJ Horne, BA Young	2	140	1	Srl	Dunedin	Mar 97
	CL Cairns, BA Young	6	123	1	Srl	Dunedin	Mar 97

29	MJ Horne, AC Parore	2	103	2	Zim	Wel’ton	Feb 98
	CD McMillan, DJ Nash	7	108	2	Zim	Wel’ton	Feb 98

30	CD McMillan, AC Parore	5	140	3	Ind	H’ton	Jan 99
	CL Cairns, DJ Nash	7	147	3	Ind	H’ton	Jan 99

31	MJ Horne, GR Stead	1	131	4	Ind	Ahm’bad	Oct 99
	SP Fleming, CM Spearman	3	121*	4	Ind	Ahm’bad	Oct 99

32	SP Fleming, MS Sinclair	3	164	1	Win	Wel’ton	Dec 99
	NJ Astle, MS Sinclair	4	189	1	Win	Wel’ton	Dec 99

33	NJ Astle, MH Richardson	4	135	1	Zim	Harare	Sep 00
	CL Cairns, DJ Nash	8	144	1	Zim	Harare	Sep 00

34	MD Bell, MH Richardson	1	102	1	Pak	Ch’urch	Mar 01
	AC Parore, MS Sinclair	7	101	1	Pak	Ch’urch	Mar 01

35	MD Bell, MH Richardson	1	181	2	Pak	H’ton	Mar 01
	SP Fleming, CD McMillan	4	147	2	Pak	H’ton	Mar 01

36	SP Fleming, L Vincent	3	199	1	Aus	Perth	Nov 01
	NJ Astle, AC Parore	8	253	1	Aus	Perth	Nov 01

37	MJ Horne, MH Richardson	1	104	2	Ban	Wel’ton	Dec 01
	SP Fleming, CD McMillan	4	130	2	Ban	Wel’ton	Dec 01

38	SP Fleming, MH Richardson	2	172	1	Srl	Col-PSS	Apr 03
	SP Fleming, SB Styris	4	157	1	Srl	Col-PSS	Apr 03

39	MH Richardson, L Vincent	1	231	1	Ind	Mohali	Oct 03
	MH Richardson, SB Styris	2	151	1	Ind	Mohali	Oct 03

40	SP Fleming, MH Richardson	2	101	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03
	SP Fleming, SB Styris	3	100	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03
	SP Fleming, DL Vettori	8	125	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03

41	MH Richardson, SB Styris	3	125	2	SAF	A’land	Mar 04
	CD McMillan, SB Styris	4	148	2	SAF	A’land	Mar 04
	CL Cairns, JDP Oram	7	225	2	SAF	A’land	Mar 04

42	NJ Astle, MH Richardson	2	103	1	Eng	Lord’s	May 04
	JDP Oram, MH Richardson	5	106	1	Eng	Lord’s	May 04

43	HJH Marshall, JAH Marshall	2	107	1	Srl	Napier	Apr 05
	NJ Astle, HJH Marshall	4	125	1	Srl	Napier	Apr 05
	NJ Astle, BB McCullum	6	129	1	Srl	Napier	Apr 05

44	NJ Astle, SP Fleming	4	106	1	SAF	C Town	Apr 06
	SP Fleming, JEC Franklin	8	256	1	SAF	C Town	Apr 06

45	DR Flynn, TG McIntosh	2	118	2	Win	Napier	Dec 08
	TG McIntosh, JD Ryder	4	100	2	Win	Napier	Dec 08

46	JD Ryder, LRPL Taylor	4	271	1	Ind	Napier	Mar 09
	JEC Franklin, JD Ryder	5	121	1	Ind	Napier	Mar 09

47	MJ Guptill, LRPL Taylor	3	117	1	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 09
	BB McCullum, DL Vettori	7	164	1	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 09

48	BB McCullum, LRPL Taylor	3	104	2	Ind	Ahm’bad	Nov 10
	JD Ryder, KS Williamson	5	194	2	Ind	Ahm’bad	Nov 10

49	BB McCullum, TG McIntosh	1	125	3	Ind	Hyd-RG	Nov 10
	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	5	124	3	Ind	Hyd-RG	Nov 10

50	PG Fulton, KS Williamson	2	126	1	Ban	Chat’am	Oct 13
	TA Boult, BJ Watling	10	127	1	Ban	Chat’am	Oct 13

51	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	4	221	1	Ind	A’land	Feb 14
	CJ Anderson, BB McCullum	5	133	1	Ind	A’land	Feb 14

52	BB McCullum, BJ Watling	6	352	3	Ind	Wel’ton	Feb 14
	BB McCullum, JDS Neesham	7	179	3	Ind	Wel’ton	Feb 14

53	TWM Latham, KS Williamson	2	165	1	Win	Kingston	Jun 14
	JDS Neesham, BJ Watling	6	201	1	Win	Kingston	Jun 14

54	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	2	297	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	116	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14

55	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	4	126	1	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 14
	BB McCullum, JDS Neesham	5	153	1	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 14

56	MJ Guptill, TWM Latham	1	148	2	Eng	Lord’s	May 15
	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	189	2	Eng	Lord’s	May 15

57	TWM Latham, KS Williamson	2	156	2	Zim	B’wayo	Jul 16
	LRPL Taylor, BJ Watling	6	253	2	Zim	B’wayo	Jul 16

58	MJ Guptill, TWM Latham	1	169	1	Zim	B’wayo	Aug 16
	TWM Latham, KS Williamson	2	160	1	Zim	B’wayo	Aug 16
	LRPL Taylor, BJ Watling	5	193*	1	Zim	B’wayo	Aug 16

59	HM Nicholls, LRPL Taylor	4	127	2	Win	Wel’ton	Dec 17
	TA Blundell, C de Grandhomme	7	148	2	Win	Wel’ton	Dec 17

60	TWM Latham, KS Williamson	2	162	2	Srl	Wel’ton	Dec 18
	TWM Latham, HM Nicholls	4	114	2	Srl	Wel’ton	Dec 18

61	TWM Latham, JA Raval	1	121	3	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 18
	TWM Latham, HM Nicholls	4	214	3	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 18
	C de Grandhomme, HM Nicholls	5	124*	3	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 18

62	TWM Latham, JA Raval	1	254	2	Ban	H’ton	Feb 19
	HM Nicholls, KS Williamson	4	100	2	Ban	H’ton	Feb 19
	C de Grandhomme, KS Williamson	7	110*	2	Ban	H’ton	Feb 19

63	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	172	2	Ban	Wel’ton	Mar 19
	HM Nicholls, LRPL Taylor	4	216	2	Ban	Wel’ton	Mar 19

64	TWM Latham, BJ Watling	5	143	2	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 19
	C de Grandhomme, BJ Watling	6	113	2	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 19

65	C de Grandhomme, BJ Watling	6	119	2	Eng	M M’nui	Nov 19
	MJ Santner, BJ Watling	7	261	2	Eng	M M’nui	Nov 19

66	TWM Latham, LRPL Taylor	3	116	1	Eng	H’ton	Nov 19
	DJ Mitchell, BJ Watling	6	124	1	Eng	H’ton	Nov 19

67	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	120	1	Pak	M M’nui	Dec 20
	HM Nicholls, KS Williamson	4	133	1	Pak	M M’nui	Dec 20

KS Williamson-LRPL Taylor added 120 runs for the third wicket and KS Williamson-HM Nicholls added 133 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the tenth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting two or more three figure partnerships in a test innings against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	GT Dowling, TW Jarvis	1	136	2	Pak	Lahore	Apr 65
	JR Reid, BW Sinclair	3	178	2	Pak	Lahore	Apr 65

2	RE Redmond, GM Turner	1	159	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 73
	RO Collinge, BF Hastings	10	151	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 73

3	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	149	1	Pak	Wel’ton	Feb 89
	JJ Crowe, MD Crowe	5	114	1	Pak	Wel’ton	Feb 89

4	AH Jones, RH Vance	2	109	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 89
	MD Crowe, MJ Greatbatch	5	154	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 89

5	MD Bell, MH Richardson	1	102	1	Pak	Ch’urch	Mar 01
	AC Parore, MS Sinclair	7	101	1	Pak	Ch’urch	Mar 01

6	MD Bell, MH Richardson	1	181	2	Pak	H’ton	Mar 01
	SP Fleming, CD McMillan	4	147	2	Pak	H’ton	Mar 01

7	SP Fleming, MH Richardson	2	101	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03
	SP Fleming, SB Styris	3	100	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03
	SP Fleming, DL Vettori	8	125	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03

8	MJ Guptill, LRPL Taylor	3	117	1	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 09
	BB McCullum, DL Vettori	7	164	1	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 09

9	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	2	297	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	116	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14

10	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	120	1	Pak	M M’nui	Dec 20
	HM Nicholls, KS Williamson	4	133	1	Pak	M M’nui	Dec 20

BJ Watling scored 73 in New Zealand’s innings to provide the 87th occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the 12^th occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings against Pakistan.

BJ Watling scored 73 in New Zealand’s innings to provide his 25^th test fifty as a wicket keeper batsman. He became the first New Zealand wicket keeper batsman to score 25 fifties. He also became the tenth wicket keeper batsman to score 25 plus fifties in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all these wicket keeper batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Mat	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	AC Gilchrist	Aus	96	20	5570	17	26	43
2	MV Boucher	SAF	147	24	5515	5	35	40
3	MS Dhoni	Ind	90	16	4876	6	33	39
4	A Flower	Zin	55	18	4404	12	23	35
5	APE Knott	Eng	95	15	4389	5	30	35
6	MJ Prior	Eng	79	21	4099	7	28	35
7	AJ Stewart	Eng	82	15	4540	6	23	29
8	Q de Kock	SAF	46	05	2884	5	21	26
9	IA Healy	Aus	1	23	4356	4	22	26
10	BJ Watling	NZl	64	13	3369	7	18	25

New Zealand was dismissed all out for 431 in its first innings to provide the 63^rd occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out for a total of 400 plus runs in a test innings. It also provides the 36th occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out for a total of 400 plus runs in a test innings on home soil

New Zealand was dismissed all out for 431 in its first innings to provide the 14th occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out for a total of 400 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the tenth occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out for a total of 400 plus runs in a test innings on home soil against Pakistan.

Skipper AM Rahane scores century on the second day of the Melbourne Test

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Second Day Second Test Australia vs India at Melbourne

RR Pant became MA Starc’s 250^th victim in tests. MA Starc became the 46^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 250 plus wickets. He also became the ninth Australian bowler to reach the landmark.

MA Starc became the 33^rd pace bowler to capture 250 plus wickets. He also became the seventh Australian pace bowler to reach the landmark.

MA Starc became the tenth left arm bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 250 plus wickets. He also became the second left arm Australian bowler to reach the landmark after MG Johnson. MG Johnson has an aggregate of 313 wickets.

MA Starc became the sixth left arm pace bowler to capture 250 plus wickets. He also became the second Australian left arm pace bowler to reach the landmark after MG Johnson. MG Johnson has an aggregate of 313 wickets.

RA Jadeja was making his 50^th test appearance in this test. He became the 34^th Indian cricketer to play 50 plus tests.

AM Rahane scored 53 not out at Tea on the second day of the test. His fifty provide the 41st occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 23^rd occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against Australia in Australia.

AM Rahane scored 104 not out at the end of the second day of the test. His century provide the 74^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 31^st occasion of an an Indian captain scoring a century in a test innings on away soil

AM Rahane scored 104 not out at the end of the second day of the test. His century provide the 14^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MAK Pataudi	128*	2	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
2	SM Gavaskar	115	1	Aus	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
3	SM Gavaskar	123	1	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
4	N Kapil Dev	119	2	Aus	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
5	M Azharuddin	106	4	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
6	M Azharuddin	163*	2	Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
7	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
8	SC Ganguly	144	2	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
9	MS Dhoni	224	2	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
10	V Kohli	115	2	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
11	V Kohli	141	4	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
12	V Kohli	147	2	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
13	V Kohli	123	2	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2018
14	AM Rahane	104*	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the eighth occasion of an an Indian captain scoring a century in a test innings on away soil against Australia

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin	106	4	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
2	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
3	SC Ganguly	144	2	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
4	V Kohli	115	2	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
5	V Kohli	141	4	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
6	V Kohli	147	2	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
7	V Kohli	123	2	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2018
8	AM Rahane	104*	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane became the second Indian captain to score a century against Australia at Melbourne after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar had scored 116 at Melbourne in Dec 1999.

AM Rahane scored 104 not out at the end of the second day of the test. His century provide the 84^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 46th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings on away soil against Australia.

AM Rahane scored 104 not out at the end of the second day of the test. His century provide the 518th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against all oppositions. It also provides the 240th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings on away soil against all oppositions.

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 582nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provide the 46^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 264^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil. It also provide the 17^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket on away soil

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 103rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the tenth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 51^st occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil against Australia. It also provides the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket on away soil against Australia.

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 12th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia at Melbourne. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket in tests at Melbourne.

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the ground record by Indian batsmen for the sixth wicket partnership at Melbourne. The previous best was the 79 runs partnership between N Kapil Dev and RJ Shastri in Dec 1985.

AM Rahane’s 104 not out in this test represent his 12^th century in a test innings against various oppositions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	118	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
2	103	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
3	147	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
4	126	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
5	127	1	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
6	100*	3	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
7	108*	2	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jul 2016
8	188	1	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
9	132	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017
10	102	3	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019
11	115	1	v South Africa	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
12	104*	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane’s 104 not out in this test represent his second century in a test innings against Australia. He had scored 147 at Melbourne in Dec 2014. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	147	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
2	104*	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

The following table lists the Indian batsmen who have scored centuries against Australia at Melbourne

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad	116	2	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
2	MH Mankad	111	2	Aus	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
3	SM Gavaskar	118	3	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
4	GR Viswanath	114	1	Aus	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
5	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
6	V Sehwag	195	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
7	V Kohli	169	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
8	AM Rahane	147	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
9	CA Pujara	106	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
10	AM Rahane	104*	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

An interesting observation

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An interesting observation. On 26 December 20, three test matches had their start dates. In all the three tests, a team was led by captain wicket keeper.
Based on Indian time schedule New Zealand Vs Pakistan was the first test in which Pakistan was led by wicket keeper captain Mohammad Rizwan.
Australia Vs India was the second test in which Australia was led by wicketkeeper captain TM Paine.
South Afirca Vs Sri Lanka was the third test in which South Africa was lead by wicket keeper captain Q de Kock
Mohammad Rizwan and Q de Kock were making their captaincy debut.

Second Test at Melbourne – Australia dismissed all out for 195

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Second Test Australia vs India at Melbourne – First Day

India capped Mohammad Siraj and Shubman Gill for this test. They became the 296^th and 297^th cricketers to represent India in Tests. They also became the 46^th and 47^th Indian cricketers to make their test debut against Australia and also became the 20^th and 21^st Indian cricketers to make their test debut against Australia in Australia. They also became the 133^rd and 134^th Indian cricketers to make their test debut on away soil

JA Burns of Australia scored duck in this game to provide the 199th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings. It also provides the 22nd occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings against India.

JA Burns of Australia scored duck in this game to provide the 99^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings on home soil. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings against India on home soil.

JA Burns had also scored a duck in the Boxing Day test at Melbourne against New Zealand. The following opening batsmen have scored ducks at Melbourne test starting on 26 December in various years

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WJ Edwards	0	6	4	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974
2	GM Wood	0	2	1	NZl	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980
3	ML Hayden	0	5	3	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996
4	DA Warner	0	6	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
5	JA Burns	0	1	1	NZl	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019
6	JA Burns	0	10	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

The following ten Australian opening batsmen have scored ducks in home tests after facing ten or more deliveries. JA Burns joined this list to become the tenth batsman. He score duck in Australia’s first innings facing ten deliveries. JA Burns became the first Australian batsman to score a duck at home against India after facing ten or more deliveries.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Jones	0	20	2	Eng	Sydney	10 Feb 1888
2	WM Woodfull	0	19	3	Eng	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
3	WM Lawry	0	17	2	Eng	Perth	11 Dec 1970
4	DC Boon	0	17	4	Win	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
5	MTG Elliott	0	15	1	Win	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996
6	JHW Fingleton	0	14	4	Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
7	DC Boon	0	11	3	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
8	AR Morris	0	10	3	Eng	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950
9	PJ Hughes	0	10	1	Pak	Sydney	03 Jan 2010
10	JA Burns	0	10	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith failed to score in Australia’s first innings to provide his fifth duck in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides his first duck against India in a test innings.

No	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	0	3	Eng	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
2	0	4	SAF	P Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
3	0	2	Pak	A Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
4	0	2	SAF	Perth	03 Nov 2016
5	0	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Mohammad Siraj’s first test victim was M Labuschagne caught by S Gill for 48. Both Mohammad Siraj and S Gill were making their debut in this test

AM Rahane’s catch to dismiss TM Head off JR Bumrah was his 84^th catch in tests. He is now on par with V Kohli who has also taken 84 catches. It was his 16^th catch against Australia. CA Pujara’s catch to dismiss SPD Smith off R Ashwin was his 53^rd catch in tests.

R Ashwin captured three for 35 in Australia’s first innings which fetched him an aggregate of 373 wickets. It also fetched him an aggregate of 119 wickets on away soil. It also fetched him an aggregate of 35 wickets on away soil against Australia. He is now on par with BS Bedi who also has captured 35 wickets against Australia on away soil. Only N Kapil Dev {51} and A Kumble {49} have captured more wickets against Australia on away soil than R Ashwin and BS Bedi

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the 54^th batsman to be dismissed for a duck by R Ashwin. The following table lists all these 54 batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KOA Powell	caught	0	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	MN Samuels	bowled	0	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
3	D Bishoo	lbw	0	3	Win	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
4	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
5	CS Martin	bowled	0	2	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
6	TA Boult	caught	0	3	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
7	CS Martin	lbw	0	3	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
8	IJL Trott	caught	0	2	Eng	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
9	MS Panesar	lbw	0	2	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
10	KP Pietersen	caught	0	4	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
11	PJ Hughes	bowled	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
12	JL Pattinson	lbw	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
13	DJG Sammy	caught	0	1	Win	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
14	J Mubarak	caught	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
15	KTGD Prasad	lbw	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
16	FDM Karunaratne	bowled	0	3	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
17	KTGD Prasad	caught	0	4	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
18	F du Plessis	caught	0	1	SAF	Bengaluru	14 Nov 2015
19	S van Zyl	caught	0	2	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
20	JP Duminy	lbw	0	4	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
21	J Blackwood	caught	0	3	Win	N Sound	21 Jul 2016
22	ML Cummins	caught	0	2	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
23	AS Joseph	caught	0	4	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
24	MJ Guptill	caught	0	4	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
25	N Wagner	lbw	0	4	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
26	LRPL Taylor	caught	0	2	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
27	L Ronchi	caught	0	2	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
28	TA Boult	caught	0	2	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
29	JS Patel	bowled	0	4	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
30	MJ Henry	caught	0	4	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
31	JM Anderson	lbw	0	2	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
32	BM Duckett	caught	0	4	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
33	ZS Ansari	bowled	0	4	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
34	CR Woakes	bowled	0	3	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
35	SE Marsh	lbw	0	3	Aus	Pune	23 Feb 2017
36	MS Wade	caught	0	4	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
37	JR Hazlewood	lbw	0	3	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
38	N Pradeep	caught	0	4	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
39	WU Tharanga	caught	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
40	N Pradeep	bowled	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
41	MDK Perera	lbw	0	3	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
42	HMRKB Herath	caught	0	3	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
43	PLS Gamage	bowled	0	3	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
44	ARS Silva	caught	0	2	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
45	N Dickwella	bowled	0	2	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
46	Q de Kock	caught	0	1	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
47	Yamin Ahmadzai	caught	0	2	Afg	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
48	Wafadar Momand	bowled	0	3	Afg	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
49	JC Buttler	lbw	0	1	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
50	AN Cook	bowled	0	3	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
51	SH Lewis	bowled	0	2	Win	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018
52	KOA Powell	caught	0	3	Win	Hyd-RGS	12 Oct 2018
53	VD Philander	bowled	0	2	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
54	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the seventh Australian batsman to be dismissed for a duck by R Ashwin. The following table lists all these seven batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
2	PJ Hughes	bowled	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
3	JL Pattinson	lbw	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
4	SE Marsh	lbw	0	3	Aus	Pune	23 Feb 2017
5	MS Wade	caught	0	4	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
6	JR Hazlewood	lbw	0	3	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
7	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the 15^th batsman to be dismissed for a duck on away soil by R Ashwin. The following table lists all these fifteen batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
2	J Mubarak	caught	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	KTGD Prasad	lbw	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
4	FDM Karunaratne	bowled	0	3	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
5	KTGD Prasad	caught	0	4	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
6	J Blackwood	caught	0	3	Win	N Sound	21 Jul 2016
7	ML Cummins	caught	0	2	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
8	AS Joseph	caught	0	4	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
9	N Pradeep	caught	0	4	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
10	WU Tharanga	caught	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
11	N Pradeep	bowled	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
12	Q de Kock	caught	0	1	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
13	JC Buttler	lbw	0	1	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
14	AN Cook	bowled	0	3	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
15	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the second Australian batsman to be dismissed for a duck by R Ashwin on away soil. The following table lists both these two batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
2	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Australia was dismissed for 195 in its first innings in this test to provide the seventh occasion of Australia dismissed all out for a total less than 200 runs in its first innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	131	49.4×8	Ind	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
2	145	66.4	Ind	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
3	166	46.7×8	Ind	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
4	174	84.5	Ind	Kolkata	17 Oct 1964
5	177	86.3	Ind	Kolkata	02 Nov 1956
6	182	73.0	Ind	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
7	195	72.3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Australia was dismissed for 195 in its first innings in this test to provide the fourth occasion of Australia dismissed all out for a total less than 200 runs in its first innings against India at home. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	131	49.4×8	Ind	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
2	145	66.4	Ind	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
3	166	46.7×8	Ind	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
4	195	72.3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

MA Agarwal was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 166th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings. It also provides the 101st occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings on away soil

MA Agarwal was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 38^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 24^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia on away soil

JA Burns of Australia and MA Agarwal of India scored zeroes in this test to provide the tenth occasion of rival openers scoring ducks in a test match in Australia-India test series.

JA Burns of Australia and MA Agarwal of India scored zeroes in first and second innings this test to provide the second occasion of rival openers scoring ducks in the first and second innings of a test match in Australia-India test series. The first such occasion was witnessed in the test at Sydney in Jan 1981. SM Gavaskar of India in the first innings and J Dyson of Australia in the second innings of this test had failed to open their accounts.

Karnataka in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

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SERIES RESULTS

Series/Tournament	Season	Winner
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (in India	2018/19	Karnataka
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (in India	2019/20	Karnataka

RESULT SUMMARY

Opp	Span	M	W	L	T	TW	TL	NR
v And	2007-2019	10	7	3	0	0	0	0
v Aru	2019-2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
v Asm	2019-2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
v Bar	2012-2019	3	0	2	0	0	1	0
v Ben	2013-2019	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
v Bih	2019-2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
v Chh	2019-2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
v Delhi	2019-2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
v Goa	2007-2019	10	8	2	0	0	0	0
v Guj	2007-2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
v Har	2019-2019	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
v Hyd	2007-2018	8	6	2	0	0	0	0
v Jha	2018-2019	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
v Ker	2007-2018	8	6	2	0	0	0	0
v Mah	2016-2019	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
v Miz	2019-2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
v Mum	2016-2019	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
v Odi	2007-2019	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
v Pun	2007-2019	4	2	1	0	0	1	0
v Rlys	2007-2007	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
v Raj	2018-2018	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
v Ser	2016-2019	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
v T N	2007-2019	10	6	3	1	0	0	0
v U P	2013-2019	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
v U K	2019-2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
v Vid	2019-2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

HIGHEST TOTALS – 150 PLUS RUNS

Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
250/3	20.0	v Ser	V’nagaram	12.11.19
242/4	20.0	v Miz	Cuttack	25.02.19
226/4	20.0	v Aru	Cuttack	24.02.19
205/5	20.0	v Hyd	Vizag	11.01.18
202/8	20.0	v Hyd	Chennai	20.10.11
201/6	20.0	v And	Vizag	04.04.07
201/4	20.0	v Jha	Kolkata	24.01.18
195/2	15.0	v Har	Surat	29.11.19
192/7	20.0	v Ker	Chennai	30.01.17
189/5	18.5	v And	Vizag	11.11.19
189/6	20.0	v Jha	Surat	22.11.19
185/5	20.0	v Ker	Bhadravati	18.03.13
185/7	20.0	v Hyd	Bhadravati	21.03.13
182/9	20.0	v Bar	Vizag	09.11.19
181/6	20.0	v Ker	V’nagaram	14.01.18
180/5	20.0	v T N	Surat	01.12.19
179/9	20.0	v T N	V’nagaram	12.01.18
177/8	20.0	v And	Chennai	31.01.17
176/3	18.4	v Mum	Kolkata	25.01.18
175/6	19.2	v Chh	Cuttack	27.02.19
173/5	20.0	v Ker	Vizag	03.04.07
172/4	20.0	v Goa	Vizag	08.01.18
172/9	20.0	v Goa	V’nagaram	17.11.19
171/6	20.0	v Mum	Surat	25.11.19
170/8	20.0	v Goa	Chennai	16.10.11
169/6	20.0	v Asm	Cuttack	21.02.19
167/3	18.0	v Pun	Surat	24.11.19
167/6	20.0	v Bar	Mum-BS	23.03.12
167	20.0	v Bar	Indore	30.03.13
162/5	20.0	v Rlys	Mum-BS	19.04.07
162	20.0	v Mum	Cuttack	03.01.16
161/1	16.2	v T N	Surat	21.11.19
160/6	20.0	v U P	Cuttack	04.01.16
159/2	18.3	v Mah	Indore	14.03.19
158	18.3	v Mah	Cuttack	07.01.16
158/7	20.0	v Pun	Kolkata	21.01.18
157/7	20.0	v Odi	Mumbai	18.04.07
156/8	20.0	v And	V’nagaram	09.01.18
155/9	20.0	v Odi	Cuttack	28.02.19
154/6	19.3	v Guj	Mum-BS	17.04.07
153/8	20.0	v U P	Indore	28.03.13
152/6	19.1	v Hyd	Hyd-RGS	19.10.10
152/6	19.2	v Ben	Indore	29.03.13
150/7	20.0	v T N	Shimoga	19.03.13

TEAM DISMISSED ALL OUT

Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
66	13.2	v Goa	Vizag	04.04.14
91	17.5	v And	Kochi	25.03.15
104	18.4	v Ker	Vizag	03.04.14
113	15.4	v And	Chennai	21.10.11
114	19.2	v T N	Vizag	06.04.07
138	20.0	v Raj	Kolkata	23.01.18
140	20.0	v Hyd	Vizag	02.04.14
148	19.4	v Goa	Vizag	25.09.09
158	18.3	v Mah	Cuttack	07.01.16
162	20.0	v Mum	Cuttack	03.01.16
167	20.0	v Bar	Indore	30.03.13

VICTORY MARGIN – BY SINGLE DIGIT RUNS

Margin	Target	Opp	Ground	Date
1 run	163	v Mum	Cuttack	03.01.16
1 run	181	v T N	Surat	01.12.19
2 runs	206	v Hyd	Vizag	11.01.18
3 runs	130	v Ker	Chennai	17.10.11

VICTORY MARGIN -BY TWO WICKETS

Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
2 wickets	1	137	19.5	v Goa	Vizag	05.04.07
2 wickets	2	130	19.4	v Pun	Indore	26.03.13

VICTORY MARGIN – BY NINE WICKETS

Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
9 wickets	10	120	18.2	v Goa	Shimoga	17.03.13
9 wickets	11	131	18.1	v And	Shimoga	22.03.13
9 wickets	25	132	15.5	v Ben	Cuttack	22.02.19
9 wickets	40	98	13.2	v Mum	Indore	08.03.19
9 wickets	26	133	15.4	v U K	Vizag	08.11.19
9 wickets	52	107	11.2	v Bih	Vizag	15.11.19
9 wickets	22	159	16.2	v T N	Surat	21.11.19

BY BALLS REMAINING IN THE SECOND INNINGS

Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
2 wickets	1	137	19.5	v Goa	Vizag	05.04.07
2 wickets	2	130	19.4	v Pun	Indore	26.03.13
6 wickets	3	132	19.3	v Hyd	Vizag	07.04.07
4 wickets	3	152	19.3	v Guj	Mum-BS	17.04.07
4 wickets	4	152	19.2	v Ben	Indore	29.03.13
4 wickets	4	172	19.2	v Chh	Cuttack	27.02.19
6 wickets	4	139	19.2	v Vid	Indore	12.03.19
4 wickets	5	149	19.1	v Hyd	Hyd-RGS	19.10.10
5 wickets	7	185	18.5	v And	Vizag	11.11.19
6 wickets	8	144	18.4	v And	Hyd	15.10.10
7 wickets	8	176	18.4	v Mum	Kolkata	25.01.18
8 wickets	9	156	18.3	v Mah	Indore	14.03.19

TIED MATCHES

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Date
Bar	Karnataka	Mum-BS	23.03.12
Karnataka	T N	Shimoga	19.03.13
Pun	Karnataka	JUC 2nd Grd, Kolkata	21.01.18

500 PLUS RUNS

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs
MA Agarwal	2010-2019	49	49	7	1465
MK Pandey	2007-2019	61	55	9	1450
KK Nair	2013-2019	59	52	9	1159
RV Uthappa	2007-2016	35	35	1	1018
RP Kadam	2019-2019	20	19	3	794
KL Rahul	2013-2019	22	22	4	638
D Padikkal	2019-2019	12	12	3	580

CENTURIONS

Player	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
MK Pandey	129*	v Ser	V’nagaram	12.11.19
D Padikkal	122*	v And	Vizag	11.11.19
MK Pandey	111*	v Aru	Cuttack	24.02.19
MA Agarwal	111	v Hyd	Bhadravati	21.03.13
KK Nair	111	v T N	V’nagaram	12.01.18
KK Nair	100	v Jha	Kolkata	24.01.18

INDIVIDUAL NINETY

Player	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
RV Uthappa	92	v Hyd	Chennai	20.10.11

FIVE OR MORE FIFTIES

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	50+
MA Agarwal	49	49	7	1465	111	1	11	12
MK Pandey	61	55	9	1450	129*	2	7	9
RP Kadam	20	19	3	794	89	0	8	8
D Padikkal	12	12	3	580	122*	1	5	6
KL Rahul	22	22	4	638	84*	0	6	6
RV Uthappa	35	35	1	1018	92	0	6	6
KK Nair	59	52	9	1159	111	2	4	6

MOST SIXES

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	6s
MK Pandey	2007-2019	61	55	9	1450	52
KK Nair	2013-2019	59	52	9	1159	51
MA Agarwal	2010-2019	49	49	7	1465	44
RV Uthappa	2007-2016	35	35	1	1018	37
D Padikkal	2019-2019	12	12	3	580	33
KL Rahul	2013-2019	22	22	4	638	25

TEN OR MORE WICKETS

Player	M	I	Overs	M	Runs	W
A Mithun	51	51	167.4	2	1336	56
R Vinay Kumar	49	49	169.4	1	1172	54
S Aravind	37	36	124.4	0	832	49
S Gopal	28	27	82.4	3	543	40
STR Binny	35	34	101.1	1	746	38
J Suchith	39	39	126.0	2	870	34
V Koushik	20	20	73.1	1	556	28
K Gowtham	34	34	109.0	0	807	24
RG More	12	12	44.0	2	336	17
KC Cariappa	18	18	68.0	0	395	17
P Dubey	14	14	44.3	0	306	16
B Akhil	16	16	50.5	1	356	16
RR Bhatkal	14	12	32.3	0	212	12
KP Appanna	10	10	33.0	0	244	12
SB Joshi	11	11	38.0	0	256	12
MK Pandey	61	10	28.0	0	212	10
M Prasidh Krishna	10	10	33.1	1	243	10

FOUR-PLUS-WICKETS-IN-AN-INNINGS

Player	W	Opp	Ground	Date
S Aravind	4-24	v Goa	Vizag	5.04.07
AB Sagar	4-29	v Hyd	Hyd-RGS	19.10.10
STR Binny	4-14	v Goa	Chennai	16.10.11
A Mithun	5-37	v Ker	Chennai	17.10.11
K Gowtham	4-19	v Hyd	Bhadravati	21.03.13
MK Pandey	4-37	v Hyd	Bhadravati	21.03.13
MK Pandey	4-27	v And	Shimoga	22.03.13
Amit Verma	4-02	v T N	Vizag	05.04.14
S Aravind	4-29	v Goa	Chennai	03.02.17
P Dubey	4-19	v T N	V’nagaram	12.01.18
S Aravind	4-32	v Pun	Kolkata	21.01.18
S Gopal	5-11	v Aru	Cuttack	24.02.19
S Gopal	4-08	v Miz	Cuttack	25.02.19
KC Cariappa	4-15	v Odi	Cuttack	28.02.19
V Koushik	4-19	v Del	Indore	10.03.19
S Gopal	5-19	v Ser	V’nagaram	12.11.19
RG More	4-25	v Pun	Surat	24.11.19
A Mithun	5-39	v Har	Surat	29.11.19

FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Date
A Mithun	5-37	v Ker	Chennai	17.10.11
S Gopal	5-11	v Aru	Cuttack	24.02.19
S Gopal	5-19	v Ser	V’nagaram	12.11.19
A Mithun	5-39	v Har	Surat	29.11.19

FIFTY PLUS RUNS CONCEDED IN AN INNINGS

Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Date
B Akhil	1-67	v T N	Hyd-RGS	18.10.10
A Mithun	0-53	v Hyd	Vizag	11.01.18
V Koushik	1-53	v Pun	Surat	24.11.19
A Mithun	0-52	v Bar	Vizag	09.11.19
RG More	0-51	v Har	Surat	29.11.19

MOST DISMISSALS

Player	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
CM Gautam	35	35	47	37	10
BR Sharath	13	13	16	11	5
RV Uthappa	35	6	10	7	3

MOST DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGS

Player	Dis	Ct	St	I	Opp	Ground	Date
CM Gautam	4	3	1	1	v And	Shimoga	22.03.13
RV Uthappa	3	1	2	1	v Goa	Hyd-RGS	14.10.10
RV Uthappa	3	2	1	2	v Ker	Hyd-RGS	16.10.10
MK Pandey	3	3	0	1	v Goa	Kochi	26.03.15
CM Gautam	3	3	0	2	v Mumbai	Cuttack	03.01.16
CM Gautam	3	3	0	1	v Goa	Chennai	03.02.17
CM Gautam	3	2	1	2	v Pun	Kolkata	21.01.18
BR Sharath	3	2	1	1	v Mumbai	Kolkata	25.01.18
BR Sharath	3	1	2	2	v Odisha	Cuttack	28.02.19
LS Sisodia	3	1	2	2	v Goa	V’nagaram	17.11.19

MOST CATCHES

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct
MK Pandey	2007-2019	61	58	41
KK Nair	2013-2019	59	59	29
R Vinay Kumar	2007-2019	49	49	22
MA Agarwal	2010-2019	49	49	20
J Suchith	2014-2019	39	39	15

MOST CATCHES IN AN INNINGS

Player	Ct	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date
KK Nair	4	2	v Aru	Cuttack	24.02.19
RR Bhatkal	3	1	v Guj	Mum-BS	17.04.07
P Dubey	3	2	v T N	V’nagaram	12.01.18
MK Pandey	3	2	v Ker	V’nagaram	14.01.18
MK Pandey	3	2	v Goa	V’nagaram	17.11.19

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS BY WICKET

Wkt	Runs	Partners	Opp	Ground	Date
1st	125	KL Rahul, D Padikkal	v Har	Surat	29.11.19
2nd	167	D Padikkal, MK Pandey	v Ser	V’nagaram	12.11.19
3rd	130	KK Nair, PU Deshpande	v Jha	Kolkata	24.01.18
4th	155	MK Pandey, BR Sharath	v Aru	Cuttack	24.02.19
5th	64	D Padikkal, S Gopal	v And	Vizag	11.11.19
6th	67	MK Pandey, B Akhil	v Goa	Vizag	05.04.07
7th	53*	R Vinay Kumar, A Mithun	v Chh	Cuttack	27.02.19
8th	47*	AA Joshi, R Vinay Kumar	v Pun	Kolkata	21.01.18
9th	34	RV Uthappa, A Mithun	v Mah	Cuttack	07.01.16
10th	53	AA Joshi, S Aravind	v Raj	Kolkata	23.01.18

HUNDRED PARTNERSHIPS

Partners	Runs	Wkt	Opp	Ground	Date
MA Agarwal, MK Pandey	108	1st	v Goa	Shimoga	17.03.13
MA Agarwal, KL Rahul	135*	2nd	v And	Shimoga	22.03.13
MA Agarwal, K Gowtham	102	2nd	v Ker	Chennai	30.01.17
KK Nair, K Gowtham	131	2nd	v Hyd	Vizag	11.01.18
KK Nair, PU Deshpande	130	3rd	v Jha	Kolkata	24.01.18
RP Kadam, BR Sharath	117	1st	v Ben	Cuttack	22.02.19
MK Pandey, BR Sharath	155	4th	v Aru	Cuttack	24.02.19
RP Kadam, KK Nair	128	2nd	v Miz	Cuttack	25.02.19
RP Kadam, D Padikkal	108*	2nd	v Utt	Vizag	08.11.19
D Padikkal, MK Pandey	167	2nd	v Ser	V’nagaram	12.11.19
D Padikkal, KK Nair	102*	2nd	v Bih	Vizag	15.11.19
KL Rahul, D Padikkal	114	1st	v Jha	Surat	22.11.19
KL Rahul, D Padikkal	125	1st	v Har	Surat	29.11.19