Records and Numbers tumble as Saha and Ashwin build 213-run partnership against West Indies

ByKishore Kumar, SportsCafe Editor

08/11/2016

Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha scored centuries on day 2 of the third Test against West Indies to take India to a respectable total. On the way, Ashwin scored his fourth century, while Saha went past his maiden ton. Here is a look at the records that were broken during this partnership.

1. Now six Indian batsmen have 4 or more Test 100s vs WI. The other five batsmen have 5 wickets in total and Ravi Ashwin has 189 wickets.

2. First time in their Test cricket history, two Indian batsmen while batting at 6 and 7 have made centuries in the same innings.

3. Most Test 100s vs WI for Ind

13 S Gavaskar

6 D Vengsarkar

5 R Dravid

4 G Viswanath/VVS Laxman/R Ashwin

4. Fewest inns to reach 4th Test 100 vs W Indies

6 K Walters (AUSTRALIA)

8 S Gavaskar (INDIA)

9 R ASHWIN (INDIA)

10 M Yousuf (PAKISTAN)

12 G Smith (SOUTH AFRICA)

5. It was only the 3rd time that two Indians batting at No.6 or lower scored centuries in the same test innings after team lost 4 wickets inside 100.

6. Wriddhiman Saha - 3rd Indian keeper to score a Test century outside Asia. All the 3 centuries have come in West Indies.

7. Players who have scored two centuries and picked up two 5-wicket hauls in a Test Series: (Ashwin is the third player to score 2 centuries and take 2 five-wicket hauls in an overseas Test series.)

Richie Benaud

Tony Greig

Ian Botham

Ravichandran Ashwin

8. Ashwin is overall the ninth spinner and the first Indian spinner to score two 50+ scores and take two five-wicket hauls in a Test series.

9. Ravi Ashwin now joins the elite list of Indians who completed Test century with a six. 13th Indian to do so.

List follows as ( Batsmanv Bowler (Country) - Date of the start of the match , Venue)

Polly Umrigar v Sonny Ramadhin (West Indies) - 21/01/1993, Port of Spain.

Kapil Dev v Norbert Phillip(West Indies) -24/01/1979 , Delhi.

Sachin Tendulkar v Courtney Walsh(West Indies) - 1/12/1994, Nagpur.

Sachin Tendulkar v Min Patel(England) - 6/6/1996, Birmingham.

Mohammad Azharuddin v Waugh (Australia) -18/3/1998, Kolkata.

Sachin Tendulkar v Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) - 26/12/1998, Wellington.

Sachin Tendulkar v Colin Miller (Australia) -18/03/2001, Chennai.

Rahul Dravid v Jason Gillespie (Australia) - 12/12/2003, Adelaide.

Virender Sehwag v Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) 8/12/2007, Bangalore.

Gautam Gambhir v Shane Watson (Australia) -29/12/2008 , New Delhi.

MS Dhoni v Rangana Hearth (Sri Lanka) - 2/12/2009, Mumbai (Brabourne).

Gautam Gambhir v Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) - 17/01/2010, Chittagong.

Sachin Tendulkar v Nathan Hauritz (Australia) - 9/10/2010, Bangalore.

Harbhajan Singh v Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) - 4/11/2010, Ahmedabad.

Sachin Tendulkar v Morne Morkel (South Africa) - 2/1/2011, Cape Town.

Rohit Sharma v Marlon Samuels (West Indies) - 14/11/2013, Mumbai (Wankhede).

KL Rahul v Roston Chase (West Indies) - 30/7/2016, Kingston.

Ravichandran Ashwin v Roston Chase (West Indies) - 9/8/2016, Gros Islet.

10. Lowest totals to include two 100s for India (where all 11 had batted):

330 v Aus, Perth, 1977-78

353 v WI, St Lucia, 2016

11. 10 August 2007: Kumble's maiden century vs ENG on Day 2 at The Oval. 10 August 2016: Ashwin's century vs WI on Day 2 at Gros Islet. (The Test in which Kumble scored a century ended in a draw.)

12. 213 runs were added by Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha for the sixth-wicket, which is India's second-highest in a Test outside India. It is also India's highest sixth-wicket stand against West Indies and fifth-highest against any team.

13. No player other than Ashwin has scored four centuries at No. 6 or lower against West Indies.

14. Last time India's No. 6 and No. 7 both made 50+ in a Test inns was in 2012 vs NZ at Chinnaswamy.