3rd Test: India v New Zealand, Statistical highlights
It was the 1465th Test in cricket history
- It was the 1465th Test in cricket history.
- It was India's 328th and NewZealand's 274th Test match.
- It was the 40th between the two sides. The record now reads: India 14, New Zealand 7, drawn 19.
- It was the fifth Test on this ground (first for New Zealand).
- Umpires Rudi Koertzen and VK Ramaswamy were officiating in their 15th and 26th Test respectively.
- Sachin Tendulkar was playing his 12th Test against New Zealand. With this he equalled Mohammad Azharuddin and Bishen Singh Bedi's tally of most Tests for India against New Zealand.
- Sadagopan Ramesh scored his second century in his 7th Test. (His only other century came against Sri Lanka at Colombo's SSC in February this year when he scored 143).
- Sachin Tendulkar scored his maiden double Test hundred in his 71st match (110th innings). He became the 12th Indian ( and 18th occasion) to score a double Test hundred.
- Tendulkar during his 217 created many records. They are listed as under:
- He surpassed his previous best against New Zealand. The previous best being 126* at Mohali in the first Test of this series.
- He surpassed the highest by any batsman at this ground. The previous best being 152 by Md Azharuddin v Sri Lanka in 1993-94.
- He surpassed his previous highest score in Tests. The previous best being 179 against West Indies at Nagpur in 1994-95.
- He surpassed his previous highest in first class cricket.The previous best being 204* against Australians at Mumbai in 1997-98.
- He surpassed the highest by any Indian captain. The previous best previous best 205* by Sunil Gavaskar against West Indies at Mumbai in 1978-79.
- Tendulkar has now become the second highest scorer of hundreds for India along with Mohammad Azharuddin with 21 hundreds. Only Sunil Gavsakar with a record 34 hundreds has scored more for India. Interestingly Tendulkar has now scored a hundred every 3.4 Tests - the best average among Indian batsmen who have scored 10 or more hundreds. The details :
Tests 100s Tests for each 100SM Gavaskar 125 34 3.68 SR Tendulkar 71 21 3.38 M Azharuddin 98 21 4.66 DB Vengsarkar 116 17 6.82 GR Viswanath 91 14 6.50 PR Umrigar 59 12 4.92 M Amarnath 69 11 6.27 RJ Shasti 80 11 7.27
Grounds Total 100s 19 34 SM Gavaskar (Ind)- Georgetown, Bridgetown, Port-of-Spain, Manchester, Auckland, Mumbai, Perth, Melbourne, Karachi, Calcutta, Delhi, The Oval, Chennai and Bangalore.18 20 KF Barrington (Eng)- Bridgetown, Port-of-Spain, Lahore, Mumbai, Kanpur, Delhi, Adelaide, Sydney, Auckland, Manchester, Durban, Johannesburg, Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham and The Oval.
17 21 SR Tendulkar (Ind)- Manchester, Sydney, Perth, Johannesburg, Chennai, Colombo SSC, Lucknow, Nagpur, Birmingham, Nottingham, Cape Town, Colombo RP, Mumbai, Bangalore, Wellington, Mohali and Ahmedabad.
17 24 IVA Richards (WI)- Delhi, Adelaide, Bridgetown, Port-of-Spain, Nottingham, Manchester, The Oval, Brisbane, Lord's, Multan, St.John's, Georgetown, Mumbai, Birmingham, Melbourne, Perth and Kingston
15 21 M Azharuddin (Ind)- Calcutta, Chennai, Kanpur, Jaipur, Faisalabad, Auckland, Lord's, Manchester, Adelaide, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Cape Town, Colombo RP, Colombo SSC and Wellington.
15 27 AR Border (Aus)- Melbourne, Chennai, Perth, Lahore, Manchester, The Oval, Adelaide, Brisbane, Port-of-Spain, Lord's, Christchurch, Faisalabad, Moratuwa, Leeds and Hobart.
India's Vinoo Mankad is the only one to concede 200 runs on two occasions. The details :
O M R W 87 11 298 1 L.O'B.Fleetwood-Smith Aus Eng The Oval 1938 78 8 276 1 R.K.Chauhan Ind SL Colombo RP 1996-97 80.2 13 266 5 O.C.Scott WI Eng Kingston 1929-30 54 5 259 0 Khan Mohammad Pak WI Kingston 1957-58 85.2 20 247 2 Fazal Mahmood Pak WI Kingston 1957-58 70 10 229 1 S.L.Boock NZ Pak Auckland 1988-89 82 17 228 5 M.H.Mankad Ind WI Kingston 1952-53 64.2 8 226 6 B.S.Bedi Ind Eng Lord's 1974 54 3 224 2 M.Muralitharan SL Aus Perth 1995-96 72 7 223 1 A.Kumble Ind SL Colombo RP 1996-97 38.4 3 220 7 Kapil Dev Ind Pak Faisalabad 1982-83 52 7 217 3 I.T.Botham Eng Pak The Oval 1987 69 12 212 5 P.A.Strang Zim Pak Sheikhupur 1996-97 71 8 204 6 I.A.R.Peebles Eng Aus The Oval 1930 75 16 202 3 M.H.Mankad Ind WI Mumbai 1948-49 84 19 202 6 Haseeb Ahsan Pak Ind Chennai 1960-61 57 5 200 4 D.L.Vettori NZ Ind Ahmedabad 1999-00
India's overall Test record : played 328, won 61, lost 107, tied 1 and drawn 159.
New Zealand's overall Test record : played 274, won 42, lost 111 and drawn 121.
Sachin Tendulkar's captaincy record : played 20, won 4, lost 4, drawn 12. Stephen Fleming's captaincy record : played 22, won 8, lost 7 and drawn 7.
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