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The numbers game - 2nd Test, Day 2

October 18, 2008 20:16 IST

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4 - Number of sixes hit by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, becoming the fourth Indian to hit four sixes in an innings against Australia [ Images ] after Ravi Shastri (6), Virender Sehwag [ Images ] (5) and Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] (4).

7 - Number of batsmen to aggregate 3,000 runs on Indian soil with Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] becoming the latest entrant to this exclusive club.

16 - Number of Test centuries scored by Sourav Ganguly. All other left-handers have together scored 18 centuries for India [ Images ]!

18 - Number of balls taken by Amit Mishra [ Images ] to take his first wicket in Test cricket, that of Simon Katich [ Images ].

32 - Number of balls faced by Matthew Hayden [ Images ] from Zaheer Khan [ Images ] in the series. Hayden has scored just four runs while getting out on three occasions to the left-arm pacer!

92 - Dhoni's score, which is the highest by a number eight batsman against Australia, surpassing Anil Kumble's [ Images ] 87 at Adelaide earlier this year.