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Ganguly achieves a rare feat
Atul Kahate - 22 March 1999

Saurav Ganguly has become the fourth player to score a hundred and take four or more wickets in a LOI match. He achieved this distinction against Sri Lanka at Nagpur in the second match of the Triangular series being played in India. The other Indian who has done this is Sachin Tendulkar. The following table lists the four instances.

Player          Bat     Bowl       Teams       Ground     Date
                                            	       
IVA Richards    119     5/41     WI  v NZ      Dunedin    18 Mar 1987
NJ Astle        117     4/43     NZ  v Pak     Mohali     09 May 1997
SR Tendulkar    141     4/38     Ind v Aus     Dhaka      28 Oct 1998
SC Ganguly      130*    4/22     Ind v SL      Nagpur     22 Mar 1999

Contributed by : Atul Kahate (AKahate@yahoo.com)