♦ Karun Nair became the only second Test batsman to be dropped for the next Test match, without an injury/illness, after scoring a triple century. Englishman Andrew Sandham made 325 & 50 at Kingston in April 1930 and was then dropped in the next Test, when the side’s main openers Jack Hobbs & Herbert Sutcliffe returned to the side in the 1930 Ashes. Unfortunately, Sandham never played for England again in the rest of his career.

♦ Murali Vijay registered his 9th Test hundred, 2nd vs Bangladesh, 6th at home, 3rd this season and 20th in first-class cricket. 

♦ Virat Kohli registered his 16th Test hundred, 1st vs Bangladesh, 7th at home, 4th this season, 23rd in first-class cricket and 9th as captain. 

♦ Kohli now has a three-figure score against all the seven opponents he has played in Tests. He is yet to play against Pakistan and Zimbabwe. 

♦ Kohli lies third in the list of Test hundreds as an Indian captain. Here’s the list:

11 — Sunil Gavaskar (in 74 innings) 
9 — Mohammed Azharuddin (in 68 innings)
9 — Virat Kohli (in 36 innings)

♦ When on 36, Kohli took his aggregate to 1000 runs this season in all Tests played against New Zealand (309 runs), England (655 runs) and now Bangladesh (111 runs). 

♦ Cheteshwar Pujara’s 83 has taken his first-class aggregate this season (2016-17) to 1605 runs. This is now the most runs by a batsman in an Indian first-class season. The previous record was of 1604 runs, made by Chandu Borde in the 1964-65 season. 

♦ Bangladesh became the 9th side to play a Test in India. They made their first Test appearance in India after playing 97 Tests and 44 away Tests.

♦ It took Bangladesh 16 years, 2 months, 30 days to play a Test in India after making their debut in Test cricket, also against India, in Dhaka on Nov. 10, 2000.

Mohandas Menon