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Another distinction for India

Rajneesh Gupta | April 01, 2004 21:41 IST

Team India is on a roll. Besides winning the Multan Test by an innings, it also equalled a Test world record that almost went unnoticed. India declared their only innings at 675 for five.

In their previous Test (against Australia at Sydney in January this year) India had also piled a huge total of 705 for seven. India thus provided only the fourth instance in Test cricket history of a side scoring 600-plus total in an innings in two successive Tests.

Australia and West Indies are the only other teams to perform this feat. Australia, in fact, did so on two occasions. India, on the other hand, enjoy the distinction of being the only one to have declared their innings on both occasions.

The accompanying table has the details:
ScoreCountryOpponentVenueSeasonResult
645AustraliaEnglandBrisbane 1946-47 Won
659-8d EnglandSydney 1946-47 Won
631West IndiesIndiaDelhi 1948-49 Drawn
629-6d IndiaBombay 1948-49 Drawn
668AustraliaWest IndiesBridgetown1954-55 Drawn
758-8d West IndiesKingston 1954-55 Won
705-7d IndiaAustraliaSydney 2003-04 Drawn
675-5d PakistanMultan 2003-04 Won



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