Australia's Damien Martyn played one of his best innings on day four of the second Test against India in Chennai on Sunday.
Not only did Martyn score his maiden Test century against India, he reached the three-figure mark in grand style -- hoisting Anil Kumble for a huge six over long off.
Martyn, in the course, became the 15th batsman (on 16th occasion) to perform this feat against India. Pakistan's Imran Khan is the only batsman to have done so twice, while Anil Kumble is the only Indian to suffer this fate thrice.
The details:
| Batsman (Score) | Bowler | Country | Venue | Season |
| Dennis Amiss (179) | Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | England | Delhi | 1976-77 |
| Javed Miandad (154*) | Bishan Singh Bedi | Pakistan | Faisalabad | 1978-79 |
| Ian Botham (137) | Kapil Dev | England | Leeds | 1979 |
| John Wright (110) | Dilip Doshi | New Zealand | Auckland | 1980-81 |
| Imran Khan (117) | Kapil Dev | Pakistan | Faisalabad | 1982-83 |
| Duleep Mendis (105) | Dilip Doshi | Sri Lanka | Chennai | 1982-83 |
| Imran Khan (135*) | Shivlal Yadav | Pakistan | Chennai | 1986-87 |
| Ijaz Faqih (105) | Maninder Singh | Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 1986-87 |
| Desmond Haynes (112*) | Narendra Hirwani | West Indies | Bridgetown | 1988-89 |
| Chris Lewis (117) | Venkatapathy Raju | England | Chennai | 1992-93 |
| Aravinda de Silva (148) | Anil Kumble | Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 1993-94 |
| Brian Lara (103) | Anil Kumble | West Indies | St.John's | 1996-97 |
| Mahela Jayawerdene (242) | Harbhajan Singh | Sri Lanka | Colombo SSC | 1998-99 |
| Herschelle Gibbs (107) | Zaheer Khan | South Africa | Bloemfontein | 2001-02 |
| Ridley Jacobs (118) | VVS Laxman | West Indies | St.John's | 2001-02 |
| Damien Martyn (104) | Anil Kumble | Australia | Chennai | 2004-05 |
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