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The numbers game - 2nd Test, Day 2

October 18, 2008 20:16 IST

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4 - Number of sixes hit by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, becoming the fourth Indian to hit four sixes in an innings against Australia after Ravi Shastri (6), Virender Sehwag (5) and Sachin Tendulkar (4).

7 - Number of batsmen to aggregate 3,000 runs on Indian soil with Sourav Ganguly becoming the latest entrant to this exclusive club.

16 - Number of Test centuries scored by Sourav Ganguly. All other left-handers have together scored 18 centuries for India!

18 - Number of balls taken by Amit Mishra to take his first wicket in Test cricket, that of Simon Katich.

32 - Number of balls faced by Matthew Hayden from Zaheer Khan in the series. Hayden has scored just four runs while getting out on three occasions to the left-arm pacer!

92 - Dhoni's score, which is the highest by a number eight batsman against Australia, surpassing Anil Kumble's 87 at Adelaide earlier this year.

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