Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid shared a world record 17th 100-plus partnership as India reached a formidable 301 for two at tea on the second day of the second cricket Test against Bangladesh here today.
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid shared a world record 17th 100-plus partnership as India reached a formidable 301 for two at tea on the second day of the second cricket Test against Bangladesh here today.
At the break, Tendulkar and Dravid were batting on 89 and 79 respectively as India took a first innings 68-run lead over the home team on a flat Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium pitch which though saw a few balls keeping low.
The Indian duo's 100-plus partnership came after the drinks break in the post-lunch session when Tendulkar also reached his 55th Test fifty in his 164th match, driving past extra cover for a four.
Tendulkar and Dravid's 100-run partnership for the third wicket came in 25.3 overs and included 10 boundaries.
The Indian pair now has 17 100-plus partnerships. They went past Australians Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting and the West Indian pair of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes who have 16 such stands.
With the two senior-most Indian batsmen holding forth, the Bangladesh bowlers had to toil hard without any success in the 31 overs they bowled in the post-lunch session which saw the visitors adding 124 runs.
India had added 108 runs from the 25 overs they faced in the morning. Tendulkar and Dravid cut off any risk and rotated strike by taking mostly singles though they opened up towards the tea break with Tendulkar hitting two consecutive fours off Mahmdaullah Riyad and Mohammad Ashraful.
Tendulkar was dropped twice - first on 27 early in the post-lunch session and on 51 later - and Roqibul Hasan was the culprit both times while Rubel Hossain and Shahadat Hossain were the unlucky bowlers.
Dravid, who reached to his 69th Test fifty in his 139th match from 81 balls with the help of seven fours, was lucky to survive three close calls during the day. While on nine, Dravid survived a run out appeal.
The right-hander had taken off from the non-striker's end and failed to regain his crease after backing out but the third umpire thought the ball did not touch Shahadat's fingers at the follow through.
Three overs before lunch, Dravid was caught at the first slip by Junaid Siddique off Rubel Hossain and the senior Indian batsman had started walking back to the pavilion only to be called back as umpire Billy Bowden ruled that it was a no ball.
Just before tea, Dravid could barely reach his crease after Tendulkar sent him back following a call for a single. Tendulkar reached his 55th Test fifty in his 164th match with a lovely drive past extra cover for a four after facing 89 balls with the help of four boundaries after the post-lunch drinks break.
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