Some interesting statistics on the opening day of the fourth Test between India and Australia [Images] in Nagpur on Thursday.
700 Australia became the second team to play these many Tests after England [Images] (877). However Australia have won 326 matches as against England's 305.
323 Runs scored by Laxman before being dismissed. He scored an unbeaten 200* in first innings of the Delhi [Images] Test, followed it up with another unbeaten 59 in the second innings� and made 64 on Thursday before getting out.
99 Number of venues that have hosted a Test match, Nagpur's VCA stadium being the latest entry to this list.
91 Number of fifty-plus scores Tendulkar has posted in his Test career (40 centuries+ 51 fifties) - more than any other batsman in Test annals. He was previously at level with Australia's Allan Border [Images].
80 Number of Tests fabulous four -- Sachin Tendulkar [Images], Sourav Ganguly [Images], Rahul Dravid [Images] and VVS Laxman -- have played together.
64 Laxman's score is the highest by an Indian in his 100th Test. This beats Kapil Dev's [Images] 55 against Pakistan at Karachi in 1989-90.
17 Number of Test centuries Tendulkar has scored at home soil -- most by any Indian. He was previously at level with Sunil Gavaskar [Images] with 16 centuries.
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