3 players who have been dismissed for 199 since 2008

Cricket has been a game of milestones and one of the most important ones are hundreds, five-wicket hauls, and a recent addition to that list, double hundreds. While batsmen play for the team, personal achievements manage to motivate players in performing better. Scoring a double hundred has certainly been the biggest dream a batsman could ever manage to have and many have seen it come true.

There have also been players who were unfortunate enough to get dismissed for 199. There were 6 players to get dismissed on that score until the year 2008 and they were Mudassar Nazar(Pak), Mohammed Azharuddin(Ind), Sanath Jayasuriya(SL), Steve Waugh(Aus), Younis Khan(Pak), Matthew Thomas Elliot(Aus).

Here are 3 players of the modern era who are recent additions to the list of batsmen who got out for 199.

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#3 Ian Bell ( England)

Ian Bell became the seventh batsman and the first Englishman to get added to the list of players who got dismissed for 199. Bell played a crucial part in England's first innings as they posted a dominant 593/8 against South Africa at Lord's in the first match of the series.

He came in to bat at number 5, following a top-order collapse for England as Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, and captain Michael Vaughan were all dismissed as they slumped from 114/0 to 117/3. Ian Bell joined Kevin Pietersen at the crease and the duo were on a mission to score runs.

Bell was classy and timed the ball excellently while KP showed off his arsenal of shots and a lofted extra cover drive was a sight to behold. Pietersen scored very quickly and made 152 off 181 balls and was dismissed by Morne Morkel when the team's score was 403/4. Bell held the other end firmly despite his teammates' wickets falling at the other end.

He found an unlikely batting partner in Stuart Broad who scored 76 and he was finally dismissed on 199 by Paul Harris when the former lofted the ball towards mid-on and the bowler himself took a stunning return catch to dismiss him. Though the match was in England's hand, Hashim Amla's great knock helped South Africa draw the game. Ian Bell was rightfully adjudged the Man of the Match.

Bell has had an excellent test match career scoring 7727 runs in 205 innings at an average of 42.69. His highest score in an innings came against India in 2011 at the Oval when he scored 235 off 364 balls.

#2 Steve Smith (Australia)

Steve Smith

Steve Smith became the eighth man to be added to the list of players who got dismissed for 199. He did the same in the second Test match against West Indies in Jamaica after they had wrapped up the first Test match in 4 days. He came in at number 3 following the dismissal of opener David Warner and Shaun Marsh. Captain Michael Clarke then joined Steve Smith in the middle.

Both of them saw off a testing opening spell from Roach and the impressive Jerome Taylor and were going good before Clarke edged one off Jason Holder for keeper Denesh Ramdin to take an easy catch. Adam Voges came in next and scored 37 before getting out. Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, and Josh Hazlewood supported Smith by hanging around in the crease while Smith was doing the bulk of the scoring. He was 1 short of his double hundred in the 126th over and the last ball was to be bowled by Jerome Taylor.

He bowled a quick, full length delivery angling in towards the leg stump and Smith looking to turn it towards mid-wicket missed the ball and was trapped in front for LBW and his brilliant innings of 199 off 361 balls came to an end.

He scored an unbeaten 54 in the second innings and led the team to victory. He was rightfully adjudged the Man of the Match.

Smith was recently banned for his involvement in the ball tampering incident against South Africa and will be ready to join the national side before the World Cup and bolster their side's hopes of a World Cup win.

#1 KL Rahul ( India)

KL Rahul after being dismissed for 199

KL Rahul became the ninth player to be added to this list and is the most recent addition. It was the fifth and final test match in England's Tour of India in late 2016 when KL Rahul opened the batting with Parthiv Patel in Chennai. England had posted a daunting 477 on the board with a hundred from Moeen Ali and half centuries from Joe Root, Craig Dawson and Adil Rashid.

The swashbuckling opener from Karnataka didn't hold himself back and unleashed himself on the England bowlers. On a spinning track, India always held the advantage and both Parthiv Patel and Rahul played exceedingly well before the former departed after scoring 71 and India's score was 152/1. Cheteshwar Pujara was the new man in and he got out soon after scoring 16 runs and captain Virat Kohli shared a similar story as he departed after scoring 15 runs.

In came fellow Karnataka batsman Karun Nair who was set to make the headlines the following day. The duo plundered the England bowlers and Karun was exemplary and displayed his class to the whole world. Rahul played a few old school shots which were pleasing to the eye as India were cruising. He was on 199 and India's score was 372/3 when Adil Rashid bowled the 103rd over and in the third ball of the over, Rahul attempted to cut the ball past the man at point but ended up edging it and Buttler held on for a good catch.

India's momentum didn't reduce after Rahul's dismissal as Murali Vijay scored 29, Ashwin scored 67, and Jadeja scored a quick fire 51 and ably supported Karun Nair who was on fine form that day. India declared after Karun Nair reached his triple century and their score was 759/7 as Karun Nair had scored 303 off 381 balls while KL Rahul had scored 199 off 311 balls.

India ended up winning the match by an innings and 75 runs and Karun Nair was rightfully adjudged the Man of the Match. Nair, despite that splendid innings, doesn't have a place in the current Indian squad while KL Rahul too has found himself in and out of the squad.