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Wasim Jaffer’s double century was the 32nd by Indians in Tests. Jaffer is also the last one to score a double hundred for India (212), against the West Indies in St John’s in June 2006
Jaffer’s was the fourth double century of 2007. Three of the four have been scored in the subcontinent. The others are:
Kevin Pieterson 226 vs Eng (Headingly)
Kumar Sangakkara 222* vs Ban (Kandy)
Kumar Sangakkara 200 vs Ban (Colombo, PSS)
Wasim Jaffer 202 vs Pak (Calcutta)
During this innings, Jaffer also became the highest run-scorer for India in Tests this year, going past Sachin Tendulkar (699). The top five Indian run-getters in 2007 are:
728 Jaffer in 8 matches
699 Tendulkar in 8 matches
582 Dinesh Karthik in 8 matches
647 Sourav Ganguly in 8 matches
516 Rahul Dravid in 8 matches
Jaffer also became the eighth Indian to score two or more double hundreds in Tests. The others are:
5 Dravid
4 Sunil Gavaskar
4 Tendulkar
3 Virender Sehwag
2 Vinoo Mankad
2 Dilip Sardesai
2 Vinod Kambli
2 Jaffer
Jaffer’s 202 was also the highest by an Indian at home against Pakistan. Both Aunshuman Gaekwad and Sehwag had made 201 each at Jullundar (1983-84) and Bangalore (2004-05), respectively.
This was Sourav’s (102) highest at Eden Gardens. He played his first Test at this venue against South Africa in Nov.-Dec. 1996. His previous highest (65) at this ground came nearly 10 years ago against Australia in 1997-98.
Sourav’s (102) was his:
14th Test century
13th in first innings
5th in India
2nd in 2007
First vs Pak
First at the Eden
V.V.S. Laxman, meanwhile, scored his 11th Test century, his first against Pakistan
Laxman’s 112 not out was his:
11th Test century
8th in the first innings
5th in India
3rd at the Eden
First in 2007
First vs Pak
India crossed 600 in a Test for the 15th time and for the fourth time against Pakistan. Given below are the instances versus Pakistan:
675/5 in Multan (2003-04)
616/5 decl. in Calcutta (2007-08)
603 in Faisalabad (2005-06)
600 in Rawalpindi (2003-04)
By conceding 194 runs in the Indian innings, Danish Kaneria became the eighth Pakistan bowler to concede more than 190 runs in a single innings. However, his spell of 50-7-194-2 was the most expensive in terms of runs conceded on this ground
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