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- Sourav Ganguly was winning the toss for only sixth time out of the 19 Tests he has captained India in a home Test.
- It was only seventh time India were inviting Pakistan to bat first after winning the toss. On five occasions out of six the match ended in a draw and only once (at Rawalpindi in 2003-04) India registered a win.
- For the first time since November 2000 (v Zimbabwe at Nagpur) India went into a home Test match with three specialist seamers.
- Rahul Dravid was playing his 200th first class cricket match. He became 32nd Indian to do so. Bishan Singh Bedi leads the tally of Indians with most first-class games with 370 appearances.
- Inzamam-ul-Haq (57) made his highest score on Indian soil. His previous highest in India was 51 at Chennai in 1998-99.
- The eighth wicket partnership of 43 runs between Asim Kamal and Mohammad Sami is the highest for this wicket-position in all Tests on this ground. The pair bettered the 38-run partnership between Jimmy Adams and Courtney Walsh of West Indies in 1994-95.
- Asim Kamal (91) made his third fifty plus score in four innings against India. Incidentally it was the second time in his Test career that Kamal was getting dismissed in 90s. The other such instance for Kamal was in debut game against South Africa at Lahore in 2003-04 when he missed his maiden hundred by a solitary run.
- L.Balaji (5-76) took his first five-wicket innings haul in Test cricket. Incidentally his previous best performance had also come against Pakistan- 4 for 63 at Rawalpindi in 2003-04 series.
- Balaji became the fourth Indian bowler to claim five wickets in an innings on this ground after Javagal Srinath (6-45 v New Zealand in 1999-00), Anil Kumble (6-81 v England in 2001-02) and Harbhajan Singh (5-51 v England in 2001-02).
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