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20-Jan-2010 05:44:00 GMT
Bangladesh vs India, 1st Test, 4th day, Chittagong

Gambhir Falls After 5th Ton in Five Games

Chittagong: Gautam Gambhir departed after making 116 runs as India lost their third wicket on Day 4 of the first Test against Bangladesh.

That's five centuries in five games for Gambhir, the fourth batsman to achieve the feat. Before Indian opener only Sir Don Bradman (6), Kallis (5) and Pakistan skipper Mohammad Yousuf (5) reached this achievement. Gambhir hits four tons in 2nd innings only single hundred (167) at Kanpur against Sri Lanka in first inning on Nov 20, 2009.

A list of centuries

DG Bradman (6)
13 and 270 vs England at Melbourne on 1 Jan 1937
26 and 212 vs England at Adelaide on 29 Jan 1937
169 vs England at Melbourne on 26 Feb 1937
51 and 144* vs England at Nottingham on 10 Jun 1938
18 and 102* vs England at Lord's on 24 Jun 1938
103 and 16 vs England at Leeds on 22 Jul 1938

G Gambhir (5)*
16 and 137 vs New Zealand at Napier on 26 Mar 2009
23 and 167 vs New Zealand at Wellington on 3 Apr 2009
1 and 114 vs Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad on 16 Nov 2009
167 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur on 24 Nov 2009
23 and 116 vs Bangladesh at Chittagong on 20 Jan 2010

JH Kallis (5)
158 and 44 vs West Indies at Johannesburg on 12 Dec 2003
177 vs West Indies at Durban on 26 Dec 2003
73 and 130* vs West Indies at Cape Town on 2 Jan 2004
130* and DNB vs West Indies at Centurion on 16 Jan 2004
92 and 150* vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 10 Mar 2004

Mohammad Yousuf (5)
192 and 8 vs England at Leeds on 4 Aug 2006
128 vs England at The Oval on 17 Aug 2006
192 and DNB vs West Indies at Lahore on 11 Nov 2006
56 and 191 vs West Indies at Multan on 19 Nov 2006
102 and 124 vs West Indies at Karachi on 27 Nov 2006


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