Dominating the Aussies

Yuzvendra Chahal... Glenn Maxwell is his bunny.

6

The number of ‘bowled’ dismissals achieved by the Indian bowlers in the Ranchi T20 International against Australia. This is the first time the Indian bowlers are achieving this in a T20I. Their previous best was the 5 ‘bowled’ dismissals, which also came against Australia in Durban during the 2007 T20 World Cup. Incidentally, India became only the fifth bowling side, after South Africa, Nepal, Bangladesh and the UAE, to claim six ‘bowled’ dismissals in T20I.

7

The number of victories in succession achieved by India against Australia in T20Is, following the match in Ranchi, since October 2013. Australia broke India’s run in Guwahati on October 10, 2017 by registering an eight-wicket win. Australia’s previous victory against India in T20I came during the 2012 World T20 match at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 28, 2012. Incidentally, only Pakistan have managed more victories in successive T20Is against a particular side — nine against Zimbabwe from October 2008 to September 2015.

10

The number of T20I victories achieved by India against Australia. This is by far the most by any side against the Aussies in T20Is. The next best is 8 wins each by Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

1

The number of times Virat Kohli has been dismissed for a duck in T20Is. Overall, it was the eighth occasion he was being dismissed for a duck in his T20 career. All previous seven instances, before the Ranchi T20I, came while playing for his franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore (six times in the IPL and once in the Champions League!).

48

The number of innings Virat Kohli played before his maiden duck in T20Is. It is the most number of innings played by any batsman before registering his first duck in T20Is. The table below has the details:

Inns	Batsman	For	T20I debut date	maiden duck	Against	Venue
48	Virat Kohli	India	12 June 2010	10 Oct 2017	Australia	Guwahati, ACA
41	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	28 Aug 2006	10 Sep 2012	Australia	Dubai
40	Yuvraj Singh	India	13 Sep 2007	12 Feb 2016	Sri Lanka	Ranchi
39	Samiullah Shenwari	Afghanistan	1 Feb 2010	14 Dec 2016	UAE	Dubai, ICCA
36	Eoin Morgan	England	5 June 2009	29 Aug 2013	Australia	Southampton

 

3

The number of wickets claimed by Pakistan’s Haris Sohail in his only over against Sri Lanka in the Dubai Test. He becomes the first bowler in Test history to claim three wickets in a single spell of one over. Interestingly, prior to this one-over spell, Haris had managed to claim just three wickets in his first-class career. He had bowled 43.2 overs during this period. For the record, previously three other bowlers have managed two wickets in their one-over spell in Test cricket. The details are given below:

Bowling Spell	Bowler	For	Opponent	Venue	Month, Year	Result
1-0-1-3	Haris Sohail	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Dubai	October 2017	Lost
1-0-5-2	Gordon White	South Africa	England	Cape Town	March 2010	Won
1-0-4-2	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	Kandy	January 1998	Lost
1-0-1-2	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	India	Bridgetown	May 2002	Won

 

4

The number of teams that have managed to win a Test despite being dismissed for a total of less than 100 in the third innings of the match. Interestingly, the last occasion this occurred was way back in July 1902 — 115 years ago! The table below has the details:

Total	Winning side	Losing side	Venue	Month, Year	Result
60	Australia	England	Lord’s	July 1888	Aus won by 61 runs
84	England	Australia	The Oval	August 1896	Eng won by 66 runs
86	Australia	England	Manchester	July 1902	Aus won by 3 runs
96	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Dubai	October 2017	SL won by 68 runs

 

10

The number of years Pakistan remained unbeaten in a ‘home’ series before their 0-2 loss to Sri Lanka, that includes ‘home’ Tests in Pakistan, the UAE and England. The last time they lost a home Test series was in October 2007, against South Africa in Pakistan. They lost the two-Test series 0-1. South Africa won the first Test in Karachi by 160 runs, while the second Test in Lahore was drawn.

 

THIS WEEK IN 1996 October 24 At 14 years and 227 days, Hasan Raza of Pakistan became the youngest player to appear in a Test match — against Zimbabwe in Faisalabad. He is, in fact, still the youngest ever to appear in an international cricket match, across all formats!

 

QUERIES CORNER In the recent Abu Dhabi Test, 16 wickets fell on the final day. Is this the most to fall on the fifth day of a decisive Test match? — R. Bharath, Coimbatore The 16 wickets to fall on the fifth day in Abu Dhabi equals the tally of a Test in Kandy on March 14, 1984, when New Zealand, before declaring at 201 for 8, lost six wickets on the fifth day, after which Sri Lanka were dismissed for 97. Thus, 16 wickets fell on the final day as the visiting side won by 165 runs. On how many occasions has Yuzvendra Chahal (pic above) dismissed Glenn Maxwell? Can you please list all the dismissals? — Ravi Kamath, Bangalore Yuzvendra Chahal has dismissed Glenn Maxwell on six occasions so far, the last five coming in successive games. Note:Maxwell plays for KXIP, while Chahal for RCB   When is the last time India lost a bilateral series at home in any format? — S. Rajan, Nagpur It’s been nearly two years since India had lost a bilateral series at home. Their last series loss came at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on October 25, 2015, when South Africa beat them by 214 runs to take the ODI series 3-2. Since then, in 11 bilateral series, including Tests, ODIs and T20Is, India have won 10 and drawn one! South Africa, at Bloemfontein, reached 428 for 3 on the opening day against Bangladesh. Is this the maximum runs made by a team on the opening day of a Test after being put in to bat? — Md Shiraz, Jamshedpur South Africa’s 428 is the third highest score made on the opening day of a Test after being put in to bat by the opposition. The record total is 452 for 9 by New Zealand against Zimbabwe in Harare on August 7, 2005. Note: All figures above are updated as on October 14, 2017. Readers may send in their queries to sportstar@thehindu.co.in