Dravid sets record against Zimbabwe

By Mohandas Menon

** Ian Robinson, who had the distinction of umpiring Zimbabwe's inaugural Test in October 1992, was officiating in his 25th Test match. He becomes the 31st umpire in Test history to reach this landmark. Incidentally he was umpiring in his 15th match at home.

** Hemang Badani and Travis Friend became the 237th and the 51st players to represent India and Zimbabwe respectively in Tests. Interestingly both these players have appeared in 13 ODIs each for their respective countries.

** Grant Flower joins his brother Andy and Alistair Campbell to become the third Zimbabwean to appear in 50 or more Tests. He also becomes the 171st player in Test history to reach the 50- match landmark.

** Rahul Dravid when on 25 became the highest run- getter against Zimbabwe in Tests. He went past the run aggregate of 662 runs by New Zealander Nathan Astle, who needed 9 matches and 15 innings to make these runs against Zimbabwe. Dravid, however, playing in his fifth match and seventh innings against Zimbabwe, has now scored 706 runs (avg. 176.50), with two hundreds and four fifties.

** Andy Blignaut's three catches in India's first innings equals the best by a Zimbabwe fielder against India. He equals the performance of teammate Guy Whittall who also took three catches, last week, in the first innings of the Bulawayo Test.

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