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1 Number of India batsmen to make a triple-hundred in Tests before Karun Nair. Virender Sehwag got two triple-hundreds: 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2007-08 and 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2003-04.2 Number of batsmen to have converted their first Test century into a triple ton maiden Test hundred before Nair. Garry Sobers made 365* against Pakistan at Kingston in 1957-58 and Bob Simpson had made 311 against England at Old Trafford in the 1964 Ashes series.2 Number of Test batsmen who have made a bigger score than Nair, batting at No. 5 or lower. Michael Clarkes 329 not out against India at the SCG in 2011-12 and Don Bradman had made 304 in Leeds in the 1934 Ashes. Brendon McCullum is the only other batsman with a triple-hundred batting at No. 5 or lower in Tests.232 Runs made by Nair on the fourth day of the Chennai Test - the third-highest by an India batsman in a days play in Tests. Virender Sehwag had made 284 in a day against Sri Lanka at the Brabourne Stadium in 2009-10 and 257 in Chennai against South Africa in 2007-08. Nairs 232 runs are the tenth highest by any batsman in a days play in Tests.3 Number of innings it has taken Nair to hit his first triple-hundred in Tests - the least by any batsman. The quickest batsman to a maiden triple-hundred before him was Len Hutton, who got to his maiden triple-century in nine innings. Don Bradman and John Edrich got theirs in 13 innings. 5 Number of batsmen who have made a triple-century at a younger age than Nair, who was 25 years and ten days old at the start of the Chennai Test. Sobers was the youngest - he hit a triple-century at the age of 21 years 213 days. Click here for a list of the youngest batsmen to score a triple-century in Tests.6 Number of totals in Tests that have been higher than Indias 759 for 7 in their first innings. There have been only two higher totals in Tests by any team in the last 50 years in Tests. Pakistan made 765 for 6 against Sri Lanka in Karachi in 2008-09 and Sri Lanka made 760 for 7 against India in Ahmedabad in 2009-10 in 2009-10. Click here for a list of the highest totals in Tests. India also got past their previous-highest of 726 for 9, made against Sri Lanka at the Brabourne Stadium in 2009-10.5 Number of players to have scored 300 runs and 25 wickets in a series before R Ashwin. The previous such instance was when Ian Botham made 399 runs and 34 wickets in the 1981 Ashes in England.282 Indias first innings lead in this match - the fifth-highest ever for a team after having conceded a total of 400 or more runs to the opposition. The highest ever such lead built also involved India. On that occasion though, India were on the receiving end when they conceded a mammoth 952 runs to Sri Lanka in Colombo after making 537 runs in their first innings. 380 Runs scored in the fourth days play - the seventh-highest on any day and the highest on the fourth day of a Test in India. The previous-highest on the fourth day were the 369 runs scored in the Test between India and Pakistan at the Eden Gardens in 2004-05.Cheap Lebron Shoes . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. Cheap Air Max Plus China . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts. http://www.wholesalenikeshoesclearance.com/cheap-max-270-shoes.html .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker. Cheap Nike Vapormax China . - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted he would bring back coach Dennis Allen for a third year despite back-to-back 4-12 records. Air Max 95 Replica . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1.MUNICH -- Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has rekindled a debate about the role of smaller soccer nations in qualifying after Germany thumped Gibraltar 8-0.Now we are playing San Marino, Kosovo, Gibraltar. I am asking myself why there are no qualifications for such small nations, Rummenigge said in an interview with Sport-Bild newspaper, due to be published Wednesday.Rummenigge suggested such countries should go through pre-qualifying before they joined the main qualifying groups for tournaments such as the World Cup and European Championship.Rummenigge also complained about the one country-one vote system in FIFA and UEFA, saying that votes of smaller nations carried the same weight as that of football power Germany.The two topics come up fairly regularly in German media.Germany, the World Cup champion, thrashed San Marino in World Cup qualifying on Friday.Afterward, Bayern forward Thomas Mueller said that the San Marino part-timers had tried their best, but that the match had llittle in common with professional football.ddddddddddddIn response, San Marino Olympic Committee spokesman Alan Gasperoni put out an open letter listing 10 reasons for such games to be played.One of them was that it gave an opportunity to San Marino kids to watch the World Cup champion in action and that football belongs to everyone who loves the game.The letter concluded that, even though Germany may wear beautiful shirts, you will always be the ones who wear white socks with their sandals -- poking fun at a fashion item sometimes worn by German tourists.Philipp Lahm, the Bayern captain, disagreed with his own chairman, saying small clubs and small nations looked forward to such games.I think for them it was the biggest game of the year, maybe even in several years, Lahm said of San Marino. They were looking forward to it and thats what football is all about, joy. ' ' '