Revisiting moments that took place on 26th of April over the years
Revisiting moments that took place on 26th of April over the years

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  1. Jacques Rudolph scores a double on his debut:

In 2003 at Chittagong, South Africa who were touring Bangladesh for a test series completely demolished the Asian side with an innings and 60 runs thanks to a brilliant batting performance from the Proteas who declared on the 4th day at 470/2.

After a couple of early strikes, Bangladesh ran into a 429-run partnership between Boeta Dippenaar and Jacques Rudolph. Dippenaar scored 177 runs but the partnership was dominated by the debutant Rudolph who scored 222 runs in an eight and a half hour marathon innings to become just the 5th person to reach the landmark in his first test.

This went a long way in helping them to a victory and this partnership remains the highest between a pair for any wicket for South Africa.