Kolkata, Nov 15: 22 years for the Little Master, VVS Laxman’s first century of the year and MS Dhoni’s lightning quick 144. Plundering runs against a hapless West Indies bowling attack, the Indian batsmen stamped their complete dominance in the Eden Test, declaring their first innings at a staggering 631 for seven. Take a look at the numbers that matter from a glorious day for the hosts.

• Sachin Tendulkar completed 22 years in international cricket. It was on this day in 1989 that Tendulkar made his Test debut (v Pakistan at Karachi). Tendulkar is the first contemporary cricketer, and only the ninth in the world, to have played the game for 22 years. He is also the only one in this elite band to have appeared in each of the three forms of the game.

• VVS Laxman’s 176* was his …

• first Test hundred in 2011

• fourth against West Indies

• fifth at Eden Gardens

• sixth at No. 5

• eighth at home

• 17th in Test cricket

• 54th in first-class cricket

• Eden Gardens continues to be Laxman's favourite ground and he now has reason to love it even more. Laxman has now aggregated more runs at Eden Gardens than any other Indian at a particular ground. Laxman’s tally of runs at Eden now stands at 1,217 from 10 Tests. The previous Indian record was held by Sunil Gavaskar, who aggregated 1,122 runs at his home ground – Mumbai Wankhede.

• Among all batsmen who have aggregated 1,000 runs (or more) at a particular ground, Laxman has the third-highest batting average (110.63) at Eden Gardens after Don Bradman (128.53 at MCG) and Greg Chappell (111.77 at Gabba). West Indies’ Garry Sobers is the only other batsman to average 100-plus at a ground while aggregating 1,000 runs (104.15 at Sabina Park, Kingston).

• MS Dhoni’s 144 was his …

• first century against West Indies

• first in 2011

• second at No. 8

• second at Eden Gardens

• fourth at home

• fourth as captain

• fifth in Test cricket

• eighth in first-class cricket

• Incidentally, this was Dhoni’s 12th international 100 (including seven ODI hundreds). Only three other keepers have scored more international hundreds than Dhoni viz. Australia’s Adam Gilchrist (33), Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower (16) and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (16).

• Dhoni added 116 runs to his score between lunch and tea (22* – 138*). He thus became only the sixth Indian batsman to score a hundred in a single session after Polly Umrigar, Mohammad Azharuddin, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag (thrice) and Yuvraj Singh.

• The partnership of 224 runs between Laxman and Dhoni is India’s highest for the seventh wicket against West Indies, surpassing the 217-run partnership between Laxman and Ajay Ratra at St. John’s in 2001-‘02.

• The above partnership was also India’s second-highest partnership for the seventh wicket against any country. Interestingly, the best still remains 259 (unbroken) between Laxman and Dhoni against South Africa at the same venue in 2009-‘10.

• The Laxman-Dhoni partnership is now also the highest seventh-wicket partnership by any side against West Indies, beating the Laxman-Ratra partnership of 217 at St. John’s in 2001-‘02.

• India’s total of 631 for seven declared is their second highest against West Indies after their 644 for seven declared at Kanpur in 1978-‘79.

• The above total is also India’s fourth highest at Eden Gardens after their 657 for seven declared against Australia in 2000-‘01, 643 for six declared against South Africa in 2009-‘10 and 633 for five declared against Australia in 1997-‘98.

• Incidentally, India have now posted 600-plus totals in the first innings of three consecutive Tests at Kolkata. India had made 616 for five declared against Pakistan in 2007-‘08 and 643 for six declared against South Africa in 2009-‘10.

• The Indian innings contained three individual hundreds – Dravid (119), Laxman (176*) and Dhoni (144). This was only the fourth time that three Indian batsmen have scored hundreds in the same innings against West Indies. The other such instances were at Delhi in 1978-’79; at Kanpur, also in 1978-’79; and at Gros Islet in 2006.