Kohli Extends Golden Run Santner Emulates Shane Warne
India finished the formalities of Day 5 in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, winning the match by 197 runs and taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Luke Ronchi (80) and Mitchell Santner (71) provided stiff resistance in the first hour before Ravindra Jadeja provided the breakthrough. R Ashwin and Mohammed Shami went through the New Zealand tail to wrap up New Zealand's second innings for 236. Jadeja was adjudged Man of the match for his unbeaten knocks of 42 and 50 and six wickets in the match.
11Consecutive Tests since India lost a match under Virat Kohli. The captains with longer run are Sunil Gavaskar (18), Kapil Dev (17) and Mohammad Azharuddin (14), while MS Dhoni also played 11 Tests before his first loss.
197 The margin of win for India in this Test - third biggest in terms of runs against New Zealand after 272 runs in Auckland in 1968 and and 216 in Chennai in 1976.
1193 Runs scored in this Test match by both teams combined - most in a Test in India where no individual hundred were scored. The previous most was 1191 in the match between India and Australia at Brabourne Stadium in 1964.
10 Fifties scored in this Test, but none went past Luke Ronchi's 80. There have been just two Tests where more fifties were scored without an individual hundred - 13 in the match between South Africa and England in Durban in 1928 and 11 between India and Australia at Brabourne Stadium in 1964.
19 Five-wicket hauls for R Ashwin after 37 Tests, joint third-most for any player with Waqar Younis. Syd Barnes had 24 five-fers in 27 Tests and Clarrie Grimmett had 21 in his 37-Test career.
5 Ten-wicket hauls for R Ashwin in his 37-Test career. Among the Indians, only Anil Kumble (8 in 132) has more.
2 Mitchell Santner became the second New Zealand player to score more than fifty runs and take more than five wickets in his maiden Test in India after Bruce Taylor (105 and 5/86). The last visiting player to do it in India was Shane Warne (52 & 5/52).
10 Leg before dismissals in favor of India in this Test - the most for a team in a Test in India. They had nine dismissals in their favor against Australia in 2001 and South Africa in 2010, both in Kolkata.
8 Vijay and Pujara became the eighth Indian pair to register two century partnerships in a Test and the first to do so in last ten years since Rahul Dravid and Wasim Jaffer against England in Nagpur in 2006.
3 Century stands for the second wicket in this Test - the joint most for second wicket. There were three each in the match between England and Australia at Lord's in 1953 and between Australia and Pakistan at MCG in 1972.
37 Test matches taken by Ashwin to reach 200 wickets in Test cricket - second fastest for any bowler after Clarrie Grimmett's 36 Tests. However, it is the fastest for an Indian player eclipsing Harbhajan Singh's 46 Tests.
Key stats from the first Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur:
11Consecutive Tests since India lost a match under Virat Kohli. The captains with longer run are Sunil Gavaskar (18), Kapil Dev (17) and Mohammad Azharuddin (14), while MS Dhoni also played 11 Tests before his first loss.
197 The margin of win for India in this Test - third biggest in terms of runs against New Zealand after 272 runs in Auckland in 1968 and and 216 in Chennai in 1976.
1193 Runs scored in this Test match by both teams combined - most in a Test in India where no individual hundred were scored. The previous most was 1191 in the match between India and Australia at Brabourne Stadium in 1964.
10 Fifties scored in this Test, but none went past Luke Ronchi's 80. There have been just two Tests where more fifties were scored without an individual hundred - 13 in the match between South Africa and England in Durban in 1928 and 11 between India and Australia at Brabourne Stadium in 1964.
19 Five-wicket hauls for R Ashwin after 37 Tests, joint third-most for any player with Waqar Younis. Syd Barnes had 24 five-fers in 27 Tests and Clarrie Grimmett had 21 in his 37-Test career.
5 Ten-wicket hauls for R Ashwin in his 37-Test career. Among the Indians, only Anil Kumble (8 in 132) has more.
2 Mitchell Santner became the second New Zealand player to score more than fifty runs and take more than five wickets in his maiden Test in India after Bruce Taylor (105 and 5/86). The last visiting player to do it in India was Shane Warne (52 & 5/52).
10 Leg before dismissals in favor of India in this Test - the most for a team in a Test in India. They had nine dismissals in their favor against Australia in 2001 and South Africa in 2010, both in Kolkata.
8 Vijay and Pujara became the eighth Indian pair to register two century partnerships in a Test and the first to do so in last ten years since Rahul Dravid and Wasim Jaffer against England in Nagpur in 2006.
3 Century stands for the second wicket in this Test - the joint most for second wicket. There were three each in the match between England and Australia at Lord's in 1953 and between Australia and Pakistan at MCG in 1972.
37 Test matches taken by Ashwin to reach 200 wickets in Test cricket - second fastest for any bowler after Clarrie Grimmett's 36 Tests. However, it is the fastest for an Indian player eclipsing Harbhajan Singh's 46 Tests.
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