Statistical highlights of the fifth and final day's play in the first cricket Test between India and England in Chennai on Monday.
# Sachin Tendulkar, with his 103 not out, his fifth Test hundred at Chepauk, has equalled the feats of Mohammad Azharuddin (5 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata) and Sunil Gavaskar (5 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai). They share the Indian record for most hundreds (5) at one venue.
# Tendulkar's 41st hundred is his seventh in 23 Tests against England. He is the first player to post seven hundreds in India-England Tests, beating Azharuddin's tally of six centuries in 15 Tests.
# Tendulkar has achieved another distinction in the course of his outstanding innings of 103 not out. For the fifth time in his Test career, he has amassed 1,000 runs in a calendar year, emulating the feats of West Indian, Brian Lara and Australia's Matthew Hayden.
# Tendulkar is the third Indian and the sixth batsman to amass 1,000 runs this year - the top six being Virender Sehwag (1445), Graeme Smith (1363), VVS Laxman (1071), Sachin Tendulkar(1047), Hashim Amla (1012) and Neil McKenzie (1002).
# Tendulkar became the first player to appear in 50 Test wins for India.
# Gautam Gambhir's first fifty against England is his eighth in Test Cricket.
# Gambhir has amassed 858 at an average of 61.28, including two centuries and five fifties this year - his best ever performance in a calendar year.
# For the first time in his career, Rahul Dravid has recorded single digit scores in two successive Tests (four innings) - 0 and 3 vs Australia at Nagpur, 3 and 4 vs England at Chennai.
# Since the 2002 Headingley Test (52.76) against England, Dravid's career average (52.12) is the lowest ever.
# In the calendar year 2008, his batting average is 27.87 - 669 in 14 Tests, including one century and four fifties.
# Yuvraj (85 not out) registered his best score against England, bettering his 37 at Mumbai in 2005-06.
# Yuvraj's first fifty against England is his fourth in Test Cricket.
# The 163-run unbroken stand between Sachin and Yuvraj is India's highest for the fifth wicket against England at Chennai, bettering the 118 between Sachin and Pravin Amre in 1992-93.
# Sehwag's 7th Man of the Match award is his first against England.
# India created cricket history with their superb triumph over England - their first ever winning total of 300-plus in the fourth innings of a Test match in India.
# India's successful run-chase is the highest ever total by any team in the fourth innings of a Test match in the sub-continent - for the first time, a total of 300-plus has been recorded in the fourth innings of a Test match on Indian soil to register a win, eclipsing the previous best of 276 for 5 by West Indies against India in the 1987-88 Delhi Test.
# Before the 2008-09 Chennai Test, the highest fourth innings total on Indian soil was India's 364 for six (target 390) against Pakistan at Delhi in 1979-80.
# India recorded their 19th win in 98 Tests against England - 34 lost and 45 drawn.
# At Chepauk, India have won 12, lost six, drawn 11 and one tied game out of 30 played.
# Dhoni became the first Indian captain to have posted wins in his first four Tests.
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