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 |
4 |
Australia |
Adelaide |
Jan 1902 |
|
6 |
England |
2 |
Australia |
Adelaide |
Jan 1902 |
|
7 |
England |
3 |
Australia |
Melbourne |
Feb 1902 |
|
8 |
England |
4 |
Australia |
Nottingham |
May 1921 |
|
9 |
West Indies |
3 |
England |
The Oval |
Aug 1950 |
|
10 |
India |
4 |
England |
Kanpur |
Jan 1952 |
|
11 |
England |
3 |
India |
Kanpur |
Jan 1952 |
|
12 |
India |
1 |
England |
Kanpur |
Feb 1964 |
|
13 |
England |
3 |
Australia |
Manchester |
Jul 1964 |
|
14 |
Pakistan |
4 |
England |
Nottingham |
Aug 1967 |
|
15 |
South Africa |
4 |
Pakistan |
Faisalabad |
Oct 1997 |
|
16 |
India |
4 |
West Indies |
Bridgetown |
May 2002 |
|
17 |
Australia |
3 |
West Indies |
Georgetown |
Apr 2003 |
|
18 |
England |
3 |
South Africa |
Lord's |
Jul 2008 |
|
19 |
India |
4 |
Australia |
Delhi |
Oct 2008 |
|
20 |
India |
3 |
Sri Lanka |
Mumbai-BS |
Dec 2009 |
|
21 |
India |
3 |
West Indies |
Delhi |
Nov 2011 |
