Debutants to the fore, records galore Bangalore, November 08 India posted a clinical win against West Indies in the first Test at Eden Gardens, Kolkata to take a 1-0 lead in the two match series. During the process, the Indian team as well as a few players also achieved several records. Here are a few of them: # This win was Indias fifth Test victory in a row, which is their best ever streak. This is also the first time they achieved it - the four Tests that they won in a row against Australia earlier this year and the four times they won in 1993 and in 2009-10 were their previous best. # This was Indias third win by an innings at Eden Gardens - the most such wins at a venue. They have won thrice by an innings at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and The Green Park, Nagpur. # Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin were involved in a 280-run stand for the seventh wicket. This is the best seventh wicket stand as the Rohit-Ashwin pair surpassed the 259-run partnership between VVS Laxman and MS Dhoni against South Africa in 2010. # The Rohit-Ashwin partnership is overall the third best seventh- wicket stand in Test cricket, after the 347-run stand between Denis Atkinson and Clairmonte Depeiaza for West Indies against Australia in 1955 and the 308- run partnership between Imtiaz Ahmed and Waqar Hasan for Pakistan against New Zealand in 1955. # This is the third best partnership for India at Eden Gardens, after Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxmans 376-run stand against Australia in 2001 and the 344-run partnership between Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar against West Indies in 1978. This is also the best 7th wicket stand at Eden Gardens. # Rohit Sharma scored a superb 177 on Test debut, which is the second best by an Indian. Shikhar Dhawans 187 earlier this year against Australia is the best. # R Ashwin, who scored a fine 124, registered his second Test century against West Indies. In doing so, Ashwin joined Mark Boucher as the player with most hundreds against West Indies while batting at Number 8. # R Ashwin is now jointly on top with Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh on the list of Indians with most centuries while batting at Number 8. # Mohammed Shami had a superb debut Test as he picked up 9 wickets in the match, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings. His match figures of 9/118 is the second best by an Indian on debut. Narendra Hirwanis 16/136 against West Indies in 1988 is the best. # Shami also registered the best figures by a Indian pace bowler on debut. He went past Munaf Patel and Abid Ali, who had picked up 7/97 against England in 2006 and 7/116 against Australia in 1967 respectively. # Shami, who picked up 5/47 in the second innings, registered the second best bowling figures in an innings by an Indian pace bowler on debut. Abid Alis 6/55 against Australia in 1967 is the best.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:28:27 +0000
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