Some interesting statistics of the third day's play on Friday, in the third Test between India and Australia, at the Kotla.
50 Century partnerships involving Matthew Hayden. He became fourth Australian and ninth batsman overall to feature in 50 century partnerships.
21 Opening century partnerships involving Matthew Hayden. Only Jack Hobbs (24), Mike Atherton (23), Sunil Gavaskar and Gordon Greenidge (22 each) are ahead of him, while Herbert Sutcliffe was also involved in 21 century partnerships for the first wicket.
16 Byes conceded so far by Dhoni. This equals his worst performance behind the stumps.
4 First four Australian batsmen scored fifties -- the first such instance for Australia on Indian soil.
3 Wickets taken by Virender Sehwag in the Australian innings -- the third time he has taken three wickets in an innings. Also, his best performance against Australia.
1 Ricky Ponting became the first Australian captain to score a fifty at the Ferozshah Kotla.
0 Kumble has not taken a single wicket in the last four innings (including the second innings of the Colombo PSS Test vs Sri Lanka). He had never gone wicketless previously in more than two successive innings.
