PP Ojha and R Ashwin shared the new ball in West
Indies's second innings in the ongoing test at Delhi providing the 21st occasion
of two spin bowlers opening the attack in a test innings.
India has deployed two
spinners to share the new ball in a test innings on six occasions - vs England
at Kanpur in Jan 1952 {Ghulam Ahmed and MH Mankad}, vs England at Kanpur in Feb
1964 {ML Jaisimha and SA Durrani}, vs West Indies at Bridgetown in May 2002 {SR
Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh}, vs Australia at Delhi in Oct 2008 {A Kumble and
V Sehwag}, vs Sri Lanka at Mum-BS in Dec 2009 {Harbhajan Singh and PP Ojha} and
vs West Indies at Delhi in Nov 2011 {PP Ojha and R Ashwin}.
The following table lists
all the 21 occasions.
|
No |
Team |
Inns |
Opposition |
Ground |
Mon/Year |
|
1 |
England |
4 |
Australia |
Melbourne |
Dec 1881 |
|
2 |
England |
4 |
Australia |
Sydney |
Mar 1882 |
|
3 |
England |
2 |
Australia |
Sydney |
Mar 1882 |
|
4 |
England |
2 |
Australia |
Melbourne |
Mar 1882 |
|
5 |
England |
