Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Jadeja among the numbers in multiple ways
India continued their domination over New Zealand for the second successive day in Kanpur on Sunday (September 25) and are just six wickets away from going 1-0 up in the three-Test series. India set the visitors a stiff target of 434 to chase in the fourth innings on the back of fifties from Rohit Sharma (68*) and Ravindra Jadeja (50*). New Zealand lost three of the four early wickets to R Ashwin, who became the ninth Indian bowler to 200 Test wickets, before recovering slightly to reach 93 for 4 at the close of play.
133-run stand between Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara is the second-highest second-wicket stand for India against New Zealand in home Tests after 237 by Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in Ahmedabad in 2010.
15 Tests played by Mark Craig to reach 50 wickets is the second-fastest for a New Zealand spinner after 14 matches each by Hedley Howarth and Daniel Vettori.
4 catches taken by Ross Taylor in this Test are the most by a New Zealand fielder in a Test match in India.
33 - Innings taken by Rohit Sharma to reach 1000 runs in Test cricket. Among specialist batsmen, Chetan Chauhan (35), Navjot Sidhu (36), VVS Laxman (37) and Eknath Solkar (44) have taken more innings to the landmark for India. Rohit also went past 6000 runs in first-class cricket when on 42.
4 - Players aggregating 1000-plus runs for India in each of the three formats. Rohit Sharma is the latest to join the list after Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh.
7 - Instances of India putting fifty or more for the sixth-wicket in both innings of Test. Rohit Sharma added 52 with Ashwin in the first innings and an unbeaten 100 with Jadeja in the second. The only previous instance of it happening against New Zealand was in Bangalore in 2012.
3 - The third instance of India putting up 300 or more in both innings of a Test against New Zealand. Both the previous instances came in 2009- at Napier and Wellington.
92 - Runs scored by Ravindra Jadeja in this match - the most by him in a Test, going past 71 against England in Lord's in 2014. His unbeaten 50 in the second innings is his maiden fifty in Tests in India. He also went past 4000 runs in first-class cricket in what was his 100th innings.
7 - Players scoring a fifty and taking a five-fer for India in home Tests, Jadeja being the seventh. The others to do it were Dattu Phadkar, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri, Roger Binny, Zaheer Khan and R Ashwin (twice).
10 - Wickets taken by New Zealand spinners in this Test - the third-most for them in a Test against India after 19 in Nagpur in 1969 and 12 in Ahmedabad in 2010.
37 - Tests taken by Ashwin to reach 200 wickets - the second fastest by any after Clarrie Grimmett's 36 Tests. He is the fastest Indian to the landmark bettering Harbhajan Singh's 46 Tests.
Player Tests Team Career wickets Time from debut
Clarrie Grimmett 36 Aus 216 10y, 353d
R Ashwin 37 Ind 200* 4y, 321d
Denis Lillee 38 Aus 355 9y, 3d
Waqar Younis 38 Pak 373 6y, 23d
Dale Steyn 39 SA 416 5y, 175d
Ian Botham 41 Eng 383 4y, 30d
Stuart MacGill 41 Aus 208 9y, 282d
7 - The number of times that Ross Taylor has been run out in Tests, joint second-most for New Zealand with Bev Congdon. Stephen Fleming and Adam Parore have the most run out dismissals with eight each.
8 - Number of batsmen who went past 50 but not beyond 79 in this Test so far - the most in a Test match in India. The only other match with eight (or more) fifties scored in a match without anyone going beyond 79 was between England and Australia in Edgbaston in 2015.
Stats highlights from Day Four of the Kanpur Test:
133-run stand between Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara is the second-highest second-wicket stand for India against New Zealand in home Tests after 237 by Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in Ahmedabad in 2010.
15 Tests played by Mark Craig to reach 50 wickets is the second-fastest for a New Zealand spinner after 14 matches each by Hedley Howarth and Daniel Vettori.
4 catches taken by Ross Taylor in this Test are the most by a New Zealand fielder in a Test match in India.
33 - Innings taken by Rohit Sharma to reach 1000 runs in Test cricket. Among specialist batsmen, Chetan Chauhan (35), Navjot Sidhu (36), VVS Laxman (37) and Eknath Solkar (44) have taken more innings to the landmark for India. Rohit also went past 6000 runs in first-class cricket when on 42.
4 - Players aggregating 1000-plus runs for India in each of the three formats. Rohit Sharma is the latest to join the list after Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh.
7 - Instances of India putting fifty or more for the sixth-wicket in both innings of Test. Rohit Sharma added 52 with Ashwin in the first innings and an unbeaten 100 with Jadeja in the second. The only previous instance of it happening against New Zealand was in Bangalore in 2012.
3 - The third instance of India putting up 300 or more in both innings of a Test against New Zealand. Both the previous instances came in 2009- at Napier and Wellington.
92 - Runs scored by Ravindra Jadeja in this match - the most by him in a Test, going past 71 against England in Lord's in 2014. His unbeaten 50 in the second innings is his maiden fifty in Tests in India. He also went past 4000 runs in first-class cricket in what was his 100th innings.
7 - Players scoring a fifty and taking a five-fer for India in home Tests, Jadeja being the seventh. The others to do it were Dattu Phadkar, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri, Roger Binny, Zaheer Khan and R Ashwin (twice).
10 - Wickets taken by New Zealand spinners in this Test - the third-most for them in a Test against India after 19 in Nagpur in 1969 and 12 in Ahmedabad in 2010.
37 - Tests taken by Ashwin to reach 200 wickets - the second fastest by any after Clarrie Grimmett's 36 Tests. He is the fastest Indian to the landmark bettering Harbhajan Singh's 46 Tests.
Player Tests Team Career wickets Time from debut
Clarrie Grimmett 36 Aus 216 10y, 353d
R Ashwin 37 Ind 200* 4y, 321d
Denis Lillee 38 Aus 355 9y, 3d
Waqar Younis 38 Pak 373 6y, 23d
Dale Steyn 39 SA 416 5y, 175d
Ian Botham 41 Eng 383 4y, 30d
Stuart MacGill 41 Aus 208 9y, 282d
7 - The number of times that Ross Taylor has been run out in Tests, joint second-most for New Zealand with Bev Congdon. Stephen Fleming and Adam Parore have the most run out dismissals with eight each.
8 - Number of batsmen who went past 50 but not beyond 79 in this Test so far - the most in a Test match in India. The only other match with eight (or more) fifties scored in a match without anyone going beyond 79 was between England and Australia in Edgbaston in 2015.
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