Statistical Highlights: Day 2

·         Michael Clarke (91) became 12th Australian (on 15th occasion) to be a victim of nervous nineties. He also became the fifth to do so on Indian soil.

·         Parthiv Patel made four dismissals in an innings for only second time in his career. The only other such instance was against New Zealand in second innings of Hamilton Test in 2002-03.

·         The catch of Virender Sehwag, Adam Gilchrist held off the bowling of Glenn McGrath, took his tally of dismissals behind the stumps to 250. He became sixth 'keeper to do so after Ian Healy (395 dismissals in 119), Rodney Marsh (355 in 96), Mark Boucher (290 in 76), Jeff Dujon (270 in 79) and Alan Knott (269 in 95).

·         Gilchrist reached the landmark of 250 dismissals playing in his 59th Test. He now holds the record of being the quickest to accomplish this feat in terms of matches. The previous record was held by South Africa's Mark Boucher, who took his 250th dismissal in his 63rd Test. Gilchrist also completed the allround double of 2,500 runs and 250 dismissals.

·         Akash Chopra (9) once again failed to make substantial contribution in Indian innings. He has now aggregated only 436 runs in 18 innings of 10 Tests with two fifties. His batting average of 24.22 is the second worst by any Indian opening batsman having played atleast 10 Tests. Only Abid Ali (21.57) had inferior batting average as an opener in comparison with Chopra.

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·         Sachin Tendulkar (8) was trapped LBW by Jason Gillespie. This was the fifth time Gillespie managed to get Tendulkar's wicket in Test cricket. He now shares the honour of dismissing master batsman on most occasions with fellow countryman Glenn McGrath and South Africa's Allan Donald and Hansie Cronje.

·         This was the fourth time Gillespie was dismissing Tendulkar on Indian soil – most for any bowler. He was earlier at level with three such instances with fellow teammate Glenn McGrath, New Zealander Daniel Vettori, Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq and Zimbabwean Ray Price.

·         The bowling analysis of 20-12-18-2 (RpO 0.90) by Glenn McGrath is the most economical by any Australian bowler on Indian soil (bowling atleast 20 overs). The previous record was held by Alan Connolly who conceded 20 runs in 20 overs (RpO 1.00) in second innings of Bombay (Brabourne) Test in 1969-70.

·         Interestingly McGrath's figures are the third most economical in an innings by a bowler (with atleast 20 overs) for a visiting side on Indian soil. The accompanying table lists the visiting bowlers with best economy rate on Indian soil:

RpO	Bowler	For	Venue	Season	Balls	Runs	Wkts
0.78	R Gilchrist	WI	Calcutta	1958-59	138	18	3
0.81	JB Mortimore	Eng	Kanpur	1963-64	288	39	1
0.90	GD McGrath	Aus	Nagpur	2004-05	120	18	2
1.00	AN Connolly	Aus	Bombay	1969-70	120	20	3
1.02	Fazal Mahmood	Pak	Calcutta	1960-61	153	26	5
1.03	Fazal Mahmood	Pak	Kanpur	1960-61	216	37	1
1.04	NJ Astle	NZ	Kanpur	1999-00	156	27	2
1.05	AA Mallett	Aus	Bombay	1969-70	126	22	2
1.12	AA Mallett	Aus	Kanpur	1969-70	311	58	3
1.17	LR Gibbs	WI	Calcutta	1966-67	184	36	2