SHREYAS IYER'S UNIQUE DISTINCTION
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The number of occasions when a debutant managed to make a century and a fifty in the same Test match. Shreyas Iyer became the first to achieve this for India, although K. S. Ranjitsinhji, an Indian, did so for England way back in 1■96. It should be noted that two players excluded from the list below are West Indian Lawrence Rowe (214 & 100*) and Pakistani Yasir Hameed (170 & 105) who managed to make centuries in each innings of their debut Test match in Feb 1972 and Aug 2003 respectively
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The number of occasions the opponents have managed a draw against India after losing nine wickets in the fourth innings of a Test match. The Kanpur Test provided the latest such instance when the Kiwi last pair held on to save the game.
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The number of occasions Test bowlers have claimed all 10 wickets in an innings. New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel became the latest entrant to this exclusive club when he claimed 10/119 in the Mumbai Test match. Incidentally, Mumbai is Patel’s place of birth and while doing so, he achieved the following landmarks.