Jadeja's Subcontinent Prosperity And Leg-before Fiesta
India were in a position of strength in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur at the end of the third day's play, having extended the lead to 215 runs with nine wickets in hand. The hosts staged a strong comeback with Ravindra Jadeja (5/73) and R Ashwin (4/93) leading the way after New Zealand had the better of the hosts for the first two days. Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara once again showcased their solidity, replicating their first-innings efforts to cap off a fine day's play for India.
492 - Runs scored in eight Tests by KL Rahul before his first Test on home soil. For India, only Sunil Gavaskar (918 in 7 Tests), Sachin Tendulkar (577 in 10) and Vijay Hazare (552 in 8) have scored more runs before their maiden Test at home.
48 - Runs scored by Murali Vijay in his first four innings against New Zealand, with his scores reading 26, 13, 2 and 7. He has scores of 65 and 64* in this Test.
2 - Century stands between Vijay and Pujara in their 18 partnerships since January 2014, both coming in this match. They had scored above fifty on seven occasions but failed to go past 91 before this Test. In the 11 stands prior to 2014, they reached three figures thrice.
164 - Runs for which India lost their last nine wickets in their first innings. It is the third biggest collapse for India against New Zealand after being 150-plus with one wicket down, after 87/9 in Christchurch in 1981 and 116/9 in Kanpur in 1999.
3 for 94 by Mitchell Santner is the second best for a New Zealand spinner in his maiden innings in India, after 3 for 90 apiece for Vic Pollard in 1965 and Peter Petherick in 1976.
75 by Kane Williamson is the highest by a New Zealand player in his maiden innings while captaining in India. The only other Black Caps captain to score a fifty-plus in his maiden innings in India was Glenn Turner (65 in Mumbai in 1976).
124-run stand between Williamson and Tom Latham is the highest for New Zealand in Tests in Kanpur, eclipsing 106 for the third wicket by Mark Burgess and Glenn Turner in 1976.
1 - Run scored by Ross Taylor in his last three innings in Tests. In the four innings before that, he scored 366 runs without getting dismissed.
5 for 73 by Ravindra Jadeja is his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests. In first-class matches in India since 2015, he has taken 77 wickets in 20 innings with 11 five-fers.
6 - Leg-before dismissals in New Zealand's first innings - the joint most for an innings in Tests in India. The were six LBWs each in India's first innings against Sri Lanka in Chandigarh in 1990 and West Indies' first innings against India in Mohali in 1994.
8 - Vijay and Pujara became the eight Indian pair to register two century partnerships in a Test and the first to do so in the last ten years.
Batsmen Stand 1 Stand 2 Against Venue Start date
Vijay Hazare/ Rusi Modi 129 108 WI Kolkata 31-Dec-48
Hemu Adhikari/ Chandu Borde 134 108 WI Delhi 6-Feb-59
Chetan Chauhan/ Sunil Gavaskar 117 153 WI Mumbai 1-Dec-78
M Amarnath/ M Azharuddin 110 190 Eng Chennai 13-Jan-85
Navjot Sidhu/ Sachin Tendulkar 177 128 WI Nagpur 1-Dec-94
Rahul Dravid/ Saurov Ganguly 145 108 SA Johannesburg 16-Jan-97
Rahul Dravid/ Wasim Jaffer 129 167 Eng Nagpur 1-Mar-06
Murali Vijay/ Cheteshwar Pujara 112 107* NZ Kanpur 22-Sep-16
3 - Century stands for the second wicket in this Test - the joint most for the second wicket in a Test match. There were three each scored in the match between England and Australia at Lord's in 1953 and the Australia-Pakistan encounter at the MCG in 1972.
3 - Instances of two Indian batsmen scoring two fifties each in the same Test against New Zealand, Vijay and Pujara becoming the third such pair. The first instance was Aakash Chopra and VVS Laxman in Mohali in 2003 followed by Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman in Napier in 2009.
Statistical highlights of the first three days' play from Kanpur:
492 - Runs scored in eight Tests by KL Rahul before his first Test on home soil. For India, only Sunil Gavaskar (918 in 7 Tests), Sachin Tendulkar (577 in 10) and Vijay Hazare (552 in 8) have scored more runs before their maiden Test at home.
48 - Runs scored by Murali Vijay in his first four innings against New Zealand, with his scores reading 26, 13, 2 and 7. He has scores of 65 and 64* in this Test.
2 - Century stands between Vijay and Pujara in their 18 partnerships since January 2014, both coming in this match. They had scored above fifty on seven occasions but failed to go past 91 before this Test. In the 11 stands prior to 2014, they reached three figures thrice.
164 - Runs for which India lost their last nine wickets in their first innings. It is the third biggest collapse for India against New Zealand after being 150-plus with one wicket down, after 87/9 in Christchurch in 1981 and 116/9 in Kanpur in 1999.
3 for 94 by Mitchell Santner is the second best for a New Zealand spinner in his maiden innings in India, after 3 for 90 apiece for Vic Pollard in 1965 and Peter Petherick in 1976.
75 by Kane Williamson is the highest by a New Zealand player in his maiden innings while captaining in India. The only other Black Caps captain to score a fifty-plus in his maiden innings in India was Glenn Turner (65 in Mumbai in 1976).
124-run stand between Williamson and Tom Latham is the highest for New Zealand in Tests in Kanpur, eclipsing 106 for the third wicket by Mark Burgess and Glenn Turner in 1976.
1 - Run scored by Ross Taylor in his last three innings in Tests. In the four innings before that, he scored 366 runs without getting dismissed.
5 for 73 by Ravindra Jadeja is his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests. In first-class matches in India since 2015, he has taken 77 wickets in 20 innings with 11 five-fers.
6 - Leg-before dismissals in New Zealand's first innings - the joint most for an innings in Tests in India. The were six LBWs each in India's first innings against Sri Lanka in Chandigarh in 1990 and West Indies' first innings against India in Mohali in 1994.
8 - Vijay and Pujara became the eight Indian pair to register two century partnerships in a Test and the first to do so in the last ten years.
Indian pairs with two century stands in a Test
Batsmen Stand 1 Stand 2 Against Venue Start date
Vijay Hazare/ Rusi Modi 129 108 WI Kolkata 31-Dec-48
Hemu Adhikari/ Chandu Borde 134 108 WI Delhi 6-Feb-59
Chetan Chauhan/ Sunil Gavaskar 117 153 WI Mumbai 1-Dec-78
M Amarnath/ M Azharuddin 110 190 Eng Chennai 13-Jan-85
Navjot Sidhu/ Sachin Tendulkar 177 128 WI Nagpur 1-Dec-94
Rahul Dravid/ Saurov Ganguly 145 108 SA Johannesburg 16-Jan-97
Rahul Dravid/ Wasim Jaffer 129 167 Eng Nagpur 1-Mar-06
Murali Vijay/ Cheteshwar Pujara 112 107* NZ Kanpur 22-Sep-16
3 - Century stands for the second wicket in this Test - the joint most for the second wicket in a Test match. There were three each scored in the match between England and Australia at Lord's in 1953 and the Australia-Pakistan encounter at the MCG in 1972.
3 - Instances of two Indian batsmen scoring two fifties each in the same Test against New Zealand, Vijay and Pujara becoming the third such pair. The first instance was Aakash Chopra and VVS Laxman in Mohali in 2003 followed by Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman in Napier in 2009.
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