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INDIA VS ENGLAND (1st Day , 1st Test Match)

Swann is now behind only Derek Underwood on the list of most successful England spinners after going past Jim Laker's tally of 193 wickets.
Gambhir has now been dismissed six times by Graeme Swann in six Test matches. No other bowler has dismissed Gambhir as often as Swann.
This is the 6th century that Sehwag has scored at a strike rate of 100+. In Tests since 1990 only Gilchrist has done so more often (7 times)
It is also the second century stand between Sehwag and Gambhir in home Tests against England after the 117-run stand in Chennai in 2008.
The century opening stand is only the third for India in the match first innings against England
The century opening stand is the first for India since the Centurion Test 2010. In 20 inns in b/w Sehwag-Gambhir aggregated 605-run at 30.25
Only Sachin Tendulkar (22), Sunil Gavaskar (16) and Rahul Dravid (15) have scored more centuries in India than Sehwag (13).
Virender Sehwag's century is his 23rd in Tests and his 13th in home matches.

982 runs scored so far is the highest ever in the first 2 innings in a Test in Bangladesh. The previous best was 915 in the Mirpur v England in 2010.
This is the 3rd time that 4 centuries have been scored in the first 2 inns in a Test in Bangladesh. The last time this happened was v India 2007.
167-run stand b/w Shakib Al Hasan-Naeem Islam is the highest 4th wkt stand for B'desh surpassing the previous best of 120 v WI in 2004.
Bangladesh's total of 455 is their 2nd highest in Tests & their 2nd 400+ v WI. Their highest total is 488 against Zim in Chittagong 2005.
There has been only one previous occasion when Bangladesh have managed more 50+ stands (6) in a single inns than the four in this game v WI.
Naeem's century is his first in Tests and the 24th by a Bangladesh batsman. Five of these centuries have come against West Indies.