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India post new record in Test cricket
Rajnesh Gupta
May 26, 2007

History was made on Saturday when Rahul Dravid, Dinesh Karthik and Sachin Tendulkar scored centuries in India's first innings of the second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur.

With Wasim Jaffer having already reached the three-figure mark on Day 1 of the Test, this provided the first instance in the annals of Test cricket that the first four batsmen of a side scored centuries in an innings.

The previous record of the first three batsmen scoring centuries together was made on seven occasions. The nearest any side reached this record was in 1993 at Lord's when Mark Taylor, Michael Slater and David Boon scored centuries and Mark Waugh got dismissed for 99 against England.

First FOUR batsmen scoring 100s together

For

Total

Opponent

Venue

Season

India

610-3d

Bangladesh

Mirpur

2007

First THREE batsmen scoring 100s together

For

Total

Opponent

Venue

Season

England

531-2d

South Africa

Lord's

1924

Australia

600-9d

West Indies

Port-of-Spain

1954-55

Australia

650-6d

West Indies

Bridgetown

1964-65

India

600-4d

Australia

Sydney

1985-86

Australia

632-4d

England

Lord's

1993

South Africa

600-3d

Zimbabwe

Harare

2001-02

New Zealand

630-6d

India

Mohali

2003-04

 

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