Kirsten, Amla and Kolkata

South African batsman Hashim Amla scored hundred in the both innings of a test match against India at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Thursday and tried to save the match for his team. Thus he became the only 6th batsmen to hit a ton in both innings of a test match against India. He is also the second South African to do so against India and no mark for guessing, the other one is the current Indian team coach Gary Kirsten.

Gary Kirsten scored 102 and 133 in 1996-97 at the same venue while Amla scored 114 and an unbeaten123 at the Eden Gardens.
Others to score hundred in each innings against India are. Don Bradman (Australia, 132 & 127*, Melbourne, 1947-48), Everton Weekes (WI, 162 & 101, Kolkata, 1948-49), Dulip Mendis (SL, 105 & 105, Chepauk, 1982-83), Graham Gooch (Eng, 333 & 123, Lord’s, 1990), Arvinda de Silva (SL, 146 & 120, Colombo, 1997-98) and Andrew Strauss (Eng, 123 & 108, Chepauk, 2008-09).
Hashim Amla also scored 490 runs in this series. Here is the list of most runs scored by a batsman in 2-test series.
Most runs in a 2-test match series
Runs, Batsman, Team, Vs, Season, innings, Hs, Avg., 100, 50
571, ST Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka, India, 1997-98, 2, 3, 340, 190.33, 2, 0.
563, WR Hammond, England, New Zealand, 1932-33, 2, 2, 336*, 563.00, 2, 0.
540, Andy Flower, Zimbabwe, India, 2000-01, 2, 4, 232*, 270.00, 2, 0
510, M Jayawardene, Sri Lanka, South Africa, 2006, 2, 3, 374, 170.00, 2, 0
501, ML Hayden, Australia, Zimbabwe, 2003-04, 2, 3, 380, 250.50, 2, 0
490, H Amla, South Africa, India, 2009-10, 2, 3, 253*, 490.00, 3, 0
Hashim Amla stood second in the all time great list of the best Average in the series. England’s great Wally Hammond is on top with the avg of 563.00 in 1932-33 against New Zealand.
Here is the list.
Avg., Batsman, team, Vs, Season
563.00, WR Hammond, England, New Zealand, 1932-33
490.00, H Amla, South Africa, India, 2009-10
432.00, Rahul Dravid, India, Zimbabwe, 2000-01