Shubman Gill scored 50 runs in India’s second innings to provide the 99^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against England.

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring exact 50 runs in an innings against England. Others are – ML Jaisimha at Delhi in Feb 1964 and SM Gavaskar at Bengaluru in Jan 1977

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Jaisimha	50	3	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
2	SM Gavaskar	50	3	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
3	Shubman Gill	50	4	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring exact 50 runs in an innings against various oppositions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NJ Contractor	50	4	Win	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958
2	ML Jaisimha	50	3	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
3	SM Gavaskar	50	3	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
4	SM Gavaskar	50	2	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
5	CPS Chauhan	50	4	Aus	Kolkata	26 Oct 1979
6	SM Gavaskar	50	1	Pak	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983
7	NR Mongia	50	3	SAF	Jo’burg	16 Jan 1997
8	V Sehwag	50	3	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
9	KL Rahul	50	1	Win	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
10	G Gambhir	50	3	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
11	Shubman Gill	50	2	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
12	Shubman Gill	50	4	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021

Shubman Gill {02} and SM Gavaskar {03} are the two Indian opening batsmen who have scored exact 50 runs in a test innings on two or more occasions

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Shubman Gill	50	2	Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
2	Shubman Gill	50	4	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
1	SM Gavaskar	50	3	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
2	SM Gavaskar	50	2	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
3	SM Gavaskar	50	1	Pak	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983

AM Rahane and Washigton Sundar scored ducks in India’s second innings to provide the 256^th and 257^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck in an innings against England.

It also provides the 98^th and 99^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck in an innings against England in India and also provides the 11^th and 12^th such occasion at Chennai.

R Ashwin had scored 2467 runs and captured 377 wickets prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against England. He needed 33 more runs for his 2500 runs. He scored 31 and 9 which fetched him 2507 runs. His nine wickets in this test fetched him 386 wickets. He became the third Indian all rounder to score 2500 runs and capture 375 plus wickets. Others are – Kapil Dev {5248 runs and 434 wickets} and A Kumble {2506 runs and 619 wickets}

Washington Sundar scored 85 not out and zero in this test to provide the 20^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty and a duck in a test against England.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amarnath	0	50	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
2	VM Merchant	78	0	Eng	Manchester	20 Jul 1946
3	P Roy	140	0	Eng	Mum-BS	14 Dec 1951
4	VL Manjrekar	133	0	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
5	SA Durani	71	0	Eng	Mum-BS	11 Nov 1961
6	VL Manjrekar	108	0	Eng	Chepauk	10 Jan 1964
7	AL Wadekar	0	91	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
8	S Abid Ali	58	0	Eng	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
8	FM Engineer	86	0	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
10	Vengsarkar	0	103	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
11	Vengsarkar	0	52	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
12	RJ Shastri	66	0	Eng	The Oval	08 Jul 1982
13	V Sehwag	106	0	Eng	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
14	MS Dhoni	0	76*	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jul 2007
15	R Dravid	136	0	Eng	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
16	SK Raina	0	78	Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
17	MS Dhoni	52	0	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
18	MS Dhoni	82	0	Eng	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
18	GH Vihari	56	0	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
20	W Sundar	85*	0	Eng	Chepauk	05 Feb 2021

He became the second Indian batsman to perform such a feat against England at Chepauk after VL Manjrekar. VL Manjrekar has scored 108 and zero in Jan 1964.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	VL Manjrekar	108	0	Eng	Chepauk	10 Jan 1964
2	W Sundar	85*	0	Eng	Chepauk	05 Feb 2021

V Kohli had scored nine fifties as captain against England prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against England. He needed one more fifty for his ten fifties. He scored 72 in India’s second innings to become the first Indian captain to score ten fifties against England. He joined the following nine captains who have scored ten or more fifties against England.

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	AR Border	Aus	29	48	9	2276	05	12	17
2	DG Bradman	Aus	19	32	5	2432	10	06	16
3	GC Smith	SAF	21	39	3	2051	07	07	14
4	IM Chappell	Aus	16	30	1	1181	02	09	11
5	CH Lloyd	Win	18	24	1	1103	02	09	11
6	IVA Richards	Win	19	26	2	1102	01	10	11
7	HW Taylor	SAF	15	27	2	1287	04	07	11
8	RT Ponting	Aus	19	33	2	1433	04	06	10
9	GS Sobers	Win	13	23	5	1417	05	05	10
10	V Kohli	Ind	11	20	2	1331	04	06	10

S Nadeem scored a duck in India’s second innings to provide the 100^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against England on home soil. It also provides the 12^th such occasion against England at Chennai and also provides the 258^th such occasion against England.

V Kohli’s 72 in this game provide the 49^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against England. It also represents V Kohli’s seventh fifty against England. MS Dhoni has scored eight fifties to own the record for most fifties by an Indian captain against England.

V Kohli had a run aggregate of 1570 runs against England prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against England.  He required 30 more runs for his 1600 runs. He scored 11 and 72 runs in this test which fetched him an aggregate of 1653 runs. He became the fifth Indian batsman to score 1600 plus runs against England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2525}, SM Gavaskar {2483}, R Dravid {1950} and GR Viswanath {1880}

England won this test by 227 runs to carve its 48^th win against India. It also provide its 14th win against India in India and its fourth win at Chepauk

It also represent England’s fourth win by 200 plus against India in India. It also represent its largest victory by runs margin. Interestingly all the wins by run margin are with 200 plus runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Eng	won	227 runs	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021
2	Eng	won	212 runs	Ind	Mumbai	Mar 2006
3	Eng	won	202 runs	Ind	Chennai	Feb 1934
4	Eng	won	200 runs	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1977