India bounce back in second test Against Australia as Murali Vijay hits century on first day.........

How often do we see a batsman get out on 99 and score a hundred in his next innings in Test cricket?

 Murali Vijay is only the eighth batsman to do so. Murali Vijay carried his sublime form into the Brisbane Test. He was unfortunate to miss out on a well-deserved hundred at Adelaide and & India lost to Australia in first test by just 46 runs.

Murali Vijay four Test hundreds out of five career tons have come while playing against the Australians and Indian opener Murali Vijay today attributed his special liking for the Aussies to the inspiration he got from the great knocks of legendary cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar. 

Vijay scored 144 runs on day one of the second Test against Australia, his fourth Test hundred against the same opposition.

Vijay became the first opening visiting batsman to record a century in the first innings of a Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, outstripping West Indian, M C Carew's 83 in 1968-69 & He is the seventh Indian opener to post a hundred in a Test in Australia.

Vijay also completes 2000 runs in test & become 34th Indian batsman to complete 2 k runs in Tests - his aggregate being 2002 (ave.40.04) in 29 Tests. 

Ajinkya Rahane also played well & recorded his sixth Test fifty, his second against Australia. His unbeaten 75 is his highest Test score versus Australia, eclipsing the 72 at Adelaide in the first Test of the series. 

In second test Mahendra Singh Dhoni also gets return from injury & lead India in Wednesday's against Australia in Brisbane Mahendra Singh Dhoni is also leading India in the 29th overseas Test, overtaking Sourav Ganguly's 28. 

For Dhoni, it will also be a test of his captaincy as his record in overseas Tests is very poor  five loses, three draws, one win in 9 Tests, & the 3 successive overseas series' defeats.

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