25 Unbelievable facts about Indian cricket

9. Only three Indian batsmen to have batted on all the five days of a Test match

Ravi Shastri of India

Till date, only nine batsmen batted on all the five days of a Test match. Out of these, three are Indians. ML Jaisimha was the first to have achieved the feat back in 1960 against Australia when he scored 20* and 74. Ravi Shastri recreated the feat in 1984 against England scoring 111 and 7*.

Cheteshwar Pujara is the latest entrant into this elite club. He got there in 2017 against Sri Lanka when he got 52 and 22 runs in both the innings. Interestingly, all these three batsmen achieved the feat at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Pujara's aggregate of 74 in both in innings is lowest amongst all these nine batsmen. Geoffrey Boycott, Kim Hughes, Allan Lamb, Adrian Griffith, Andrew Flintoff are the other batsmen who are in the elite club.