Stephen Fleming may be seeing visions of making history by becoming the first New Zealand captain to win a Test series in India, but his batsmen have already created another bit of history at Mohali.

When all-rounder Scott Styris completed his second Test century this afternoon, it was the first time ever in India that the top three batsmen of a side had scored a century in the same innings.

Earlier, on Day 1 of the match, openers Mark Richardson and Lou Vincent had reached the three-figure mark. In fact, captain Fleming was due in next, but he got tired of waiting the whole day in the pavilion with his pads on and decided to promote Styris in the order.

This was also the first time in New Zealand's Test history that the top three batsmen had scored centuries in the same innings.

India's batsmen had achieved this feat way back in 1986 when Sunil Gavaskar, Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Mohinder Amarnath scored centuries against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1986.

That match had, however, ended in a draw. And given the way the Kiwis batted through the first two days, a draw seems the most likely result in this game too, unless the Indians throw away their wickets.

Australia is the only team to have repeated the feat of the top three batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings. In fact they have done it thrice.

Following are all the seven instances of the top three batsmen of a Test side scoring centuries in the same innings:

Batsmen	Score	For	Against	Venue	Year
L Vincent M H Richardson S B Styris	106 145 119	New Zealand	India	Mohali	2003
H H Gibbs G Kirsten J H Kallis	147 220 157*	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Harare	2001
M A Taylor M J Slater D C Boon	111 152 164*	Australia	England	Lord's	1993
S M Gavaskar K Srikkanth M Amarnath	172 116 138	India	Australia	Sydney	1986
W M Lawry R B Simpson R M Cowper	210 201 102	Australia	West Indies	Bridgetown	1965
C C McDonald A R Morris R N Harvey	110 111 133	Australia	West Indies	Port-of-Spain	1955
J B Hobbs H Sutcliffe F E Woolley	211 122 134*	England	South Africa	Lord's	1924