Statistical highlights, Day 2

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·         Andrew Hall (163 off 453 balls) scored his maiden Test century - his previous highest was an unbeaten 99 (off just 87 balls!) against England at Leeds in 2003. (Hall creates unique record)

·         Hall's innings is now the highest ever by a South African player on Indian soil. The previous highest was Daryll Cullinan's unbeaten 153 at Kolkata in 1996-97.

·         Hall's innings is the third highest for a player playing his first innings against India on Indian soil. Only Australia's Dean Jones (210 at Madras in 1986-87) and England's Tom Graveney (175 at Bombay Brabourne in 1951-52) have made higher scores.

·         Hall also became second South African to score a century in his first innings against India. Kepler Wessels is the only other batsman to do so (118 at Durban in 1992-93).

·         Hall took 433 minutes to complete his century. This is the second slowest Test century by a South African. Jackie McGlew had taken 545 minutes to complete his century against Australia in 1957-58, which still remains the slowest ever for South Africa. Hall's century is also the fifth slowest in any Test on Indian soil.

·         The sixth wicket partnership of 144 runs between Andrew Hall and Zander de Bruyn is South Africa's best for this wicket against India -- home or abroad. This surpassed the previous record stand of 112 runs between Brian McMillan and Shaun Pollock at Johannesburg in 1996-97. Incidentally the previous record sixth wicket partnership for South Africa on Indian soil was a paltry 18 runs between Brian McMillan and Dave Richardson at Kanpur in 1996-97

·         The seventh wicket partnership of 60 between Pollock and de Bruyn is South Africa's best against India in India. The pair surpassed the unbroken 36 runs stand between Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher at Mumbai in 1999-00. 

·         Anil Kumble (5-116) took a five wicket innings haul for the 28th time in his career, which equals Shane Warne's tally. Now only Muralitharan (44) and Richard Hadlee (36) are ahead of Kumble.

·         Kumble was bowling 50 overs in an innings for the 13th time in his career. The last such occasion was against Australia at Melbourne in December 2003. Kumble has now equalled Bishan Singh Bedi's record of sending down 50 overs in an innings on 13 occasions. Only Vinoo Mankad (14) is ahead of him for India. Incidentally Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan holds the world record of most '50-overs in an innings' instances – a whopping 27!

·         Kumble has now conceded 100 or more runs in an innings on 34 occasions in Test cricket. Only Muralitharan (42) has done so more often. However Kumble has now equalled Bhagwat Chandrasekhar's record of doing so on most occasions on Indian soil.

·         The 53 extras in South African innings equal the maximum extras conceded by India in a home Test.  Overall it is the joint fourth highest number of extras conceded by India in an innings. The details:

·         The previous record of most extras conceded by India in an innings against South Africa was 39 in the first innings of Kolkata Test in 1996-97.

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