Dravid's feat

Rahul Dravid on Saturday became only the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to score century in each innings of a Test on more than one occasion.

Dravid had also performed the similar feat against New Zealand at Hamilton in 1998-99. Overall, it was the sixth such instance for India.

The details:

Indian batsmen making century in each innings of a Test

1st	2nd	Batsman	Vs	Venue	Season
116	145	VS Hazare	Aus	Adelaide	1947-48
124	220	SM Gavaskar	WI	Port-of-Spain	1970-71
111	137	SM Gavaskar	Pak	Karachi	1978-79
107	182*	SM Gavaskar	WI	Kolkata	1978-79
190	103*	R Dravid	NZ	Hamilton	1998-99
110	135	R Dravid	Pak	Kolkata	2004-05

It was the second instance for India and seventh overall when a batsman scored centuries in each innings of a Test against Pakistan.

The details:

Century in each innings of a Test against Pakistan

1st	2nd	Batsman	For	Venue	Season
125	109*	G Sobers	WI	Georgetown	1957-58
153	115	RB Simpson	Aus	Karachi (Nat.)	1964-65
111	137	SM Gavaskar	Ind	Karachi (Nat.)	1978-79
150*	153	AR Border	Aus	Lahore (Gad.)	1979-80
116	121*	DM Jones	Aus	Adelaide	1989-90
138*	103*	PA de Silva	SL	Colombo (SSC)	1996-97
110	135	R Dravid	Ind	Kolkata	2004-05

On a curious note, out of the 17 previous Tests in which Dravid has scored a century, India have lost only one Test. Seven of Dravid's centuries were for the winning cause, while ten centuries (in nine Tests) came in drawn affairs.

One more interesting point. Dravid has now aggregated 7658 runs in his Test career. His tally is the highest for any Indian batsman after exactly 88 Tests. The previous record was of 7585 runs held by Sunil Gavaskar.

Infact, in all Tests, only one batsman -- West Indies' Gary Sobers -- has aggregated more runs than Dravid after exactly 88 Tests.

Highest run-aggregate after 88 Tests

Batsman	For	Runs	Inns	NO	Ave	Hs	100s	50s	0s
G Sobers	WI	7782	154	20	58.07	365*	25	29	10
R Dravid	Ind	7658	149	18	58.45	270	20	36	5
SM Gavaskar	Ind	7585	154	12	53.42	221	27	33	8
BC Lara	WI	7423	154	4	49.49	375	18	36	10
SR Tendulkar	Ind	7329	142	15	57.71	217	27	29	7