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Stats: A day of many records in Colombo

Last updated on: July 30, 2010 10:20 IST

The fourth day of second Test between India [ Images ] and Sri Lanka [ Images ] in Colombo on Friday, saw a plethora of records being established.

Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] hit his fifth double century (203) and Suresh Raina [ Images ] scored a century (120) on debut helping India reach 670 for nine in their first innings at close on day four in reply to Sri Lanka's 642 for four declared.

A look at some of the records:

Highest scores by Indian batsmen in debut innings:
Batsman Runs Vs Venue Season
Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] 131 Eng Lord's 1996
Surender Amarnath 124 NZ Auckland 1975-76
Suresh Raina 120 SL Colombo SSC 2010
Deepak Shodhan 110 Pak Kolkata [ Images ] 1952-53
M Azharuddin 110 Eng Kolkata 1984-85

Indian batsmen involved in a double century partnership on debut:
Runs Wkt Vs Venue Season Partner
Suresh Raina 256 5th SL Colombo SSC 2010 Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag [ Images ] 220 5th SA Bloemfontein 2001-02 Sachin Tendulkar
M Azharuddin 214 5th Eng Kolkata 1984-85 Ravi Shastri
Surinder Amarnath 204 2nd NZ Auckland 1975-76 Sunil Gavaskar [ Images ]

Most double-tons by Indian batsmen:
200s Batsman
6 Virender Sehwag
5 Rahul Dravid [ Images ]
5 Sachin Tendulkar
4 Sunil Gavaskar

Most scores of 150+ in Test cricket:
Mts 100s 150+
Brian Lara [ Images ] (WI) 131 34 19
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 168 48 19
Don Bradman (Aus) 52 29 18
Steve Waugh [ Images ] (Aus) 168 32 14
Ricky Ponting [ Images ] (Aus) 146 39 14
Virender Sehwag (Ind) 78 20 13
Mahela Jayawardene [ Images ] (SL) 112 28 13

Highest scores by foreign players on Sri Lankan soil:
Score Batsman For Venue Season
274* Stephen Fleming [ Images ] NZ Colombo PSS 2002-03
221 Brian Lara WI Colombo SSC 2001-02
203 Sachin Tendulkar Ind Colombo SSC 2010
201* Virender Sehwag Ind Galle 2008

Highest totals by visiting sides on Sri Lankan soil:
Total By Venue Season
669-9 Ind Colombo SSC 2010
600-8d Pak Galle 1999-00
537-8d Ind Colombo RPS 1997-98
518-7d Ind Colombo SSC 1998-99
515-7d NZ Colombo PSS 2002-03
514-4d Aus Kandy 1982-83
512-8d Aus Galle 2003-04

Both sides scoring 600+ in first innings:
Batted 1st Batted 2nd Venue Year Result
Aus (658-8d) Eng (611) Manchester 1964 Drawn
SL (644-7d) Pak (765-6d) Karachi 2009 Drawn
Eng (600-6d) WI (749-9d) Bridgetown 2009 Drawn
SL (642-4d) Ind (669-9) Colombo SSC 2010 Match in progress

Bowlers conceding most runs in debut innings:
Bowler Runs Wkts For Vs Venue Year
Jason Krejza [ Images ] 215 8 Aus Ind Nagpur 2008
Suraj Randiv [ Images ] 212 2 SL Ind Colombo SSC 2010
Omari Banks 204 3 WI Aus Bridgetown 2003
Nilesh Kulkarni 195 1 Ind SL Colombo RPS 1997

Note: Statistics updated at close of play on day four of second Test in Colombo (July 29, 2010).

Rajneesh Gupta