Sachin Tendulkar played his first 32 Test matches on different grounds. Is this a record?
It was thought that no one could possibly approach that - but it is learned a long time ago never to assume anything as far as cricket's concerned : it turns out that Sanjay Manjrekar's first 33 Tests were all on different grounds, so he pips Tendulkar by one. Manjrekar played 37 Tests in all, and only ever played more than once on two grounds - Bangalore and Ahmedabad. In joint third place, quite a long way behind, are India's Javagal Srinath and the West Indian wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, who both played their first 24 Tests on different grounds.
It was thought that no one could possibly approach that - but it is learned a long time ago never to assume anything as far as cricket's concerned : it turns out that Sanjay Manjrekar's first 33 Tests were all on different grounds, so he pips Tendulkar by one. Manjrekar played 37 Tests in all, and only ever played more than once on two grounds - Bangalore and Ahmedabad. In joint third place, quite a long way behind, are India's Javagal Srinath and the West Indian wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, who both played their first 24 Tests on different grounds.
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