This test will be a day-night test to provide the 16^th occasion of a Day-Night test in the annals of test cricket. It will be the second day-night test held in India. The first one was against Bangladesh at Kolkata in Nov 2019. India had won this test by an innings and 46 runs

This test is India’s third day-night test when it took on England at Ahmedabad. India’s other two day-night tests with results are detailed below.

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ind	won	I & 046 runs	Ban	Kolkata	22.11.19
2	Ind	Lost	008 wkts	Aus	Adelaide	17.12.20

This test is England’s fourth day-night test when it took on India at Ahmedabad. England’s other three day-night tests with details are detailed below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Eng	won	I & 209 runs	Win	Birmingham	17.08.17
2	Eng	lost	120 runs	Aus	Adelaide	02.12.17
3	Eng	lost	I & 049 runs	NZl	Auckland	22.03.18

India and England will play their first day-night test when they meet each other at Ahmedabad

I Sharma made his 100^th test appearance in this test. He is the 70^th cricketer to appear in 100 plus tests in the annals of test cricket. He is the eleventh Indian cricketer to appear in 100 plus tests.

He became the eleventh pace bowler with 300 plus wickets to appear in 100 plus tests. He also became the second Indian pace bowler with 300 plus wickets to appear in 100 plus wickets after Kapil Dev.

The following is the list of bowlers who have played 100 tests and the wickets captured by them {Qualification 300 plus wickets]

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	JM Anderson	Eng	159	295	34098	16187	611
2	SCJ Broad	Eng	146	267	29280	14312	517
3	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
4	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
5	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
6	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519
7	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434
8	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563
9	DL Vettori	NZl	113	187	28814	12441	362
10	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	194	23438	10501	355
11	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421
12	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	9779	414
13	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417
14	IT Botham	Eng	102	168	21815	10878	383
15	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390
16	NM Lyon	Aus	100	191	25690	12816	399
17	I Sharma	Ind	100	180	18450	9757	303

The following is the list of Indian bowlers who have played 100 tests and the wickets captured by them {Qualification 300 plus wickets]

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
2	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434
3	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417
4	I Sharma	Ind	100	180	18450	9757	303

I Sharma became the eleventh Indian cricketer to appear in 100 plus tests. The following table details the performance of these eleven cricketers

No	Player	Mat	Runs	C	W	5	Ct
1	SR Tendulkar	200	15921	51	46	0	115
2	R Dravid	163	13265	36	1	0	209
3	VVS Laxman	134	8781	17	2	0	135
4	A Kumble	132	2506	1	619	35	60
5	N Kapil Dev	131	5248	8	434	23	64
6	SM Gavaskar	125	10122	34	1	0	108
7	DB Vengsarkar	116	6868	17	0	0	78
8	SC Ganguly	113	7212	16	32	0	71
9	Harbhajan Singh	103	2224	2	417	25	42
10	V Sehwag	103	8503	23	40	1	90
11	I Sharma	100	736	0	303	11	22

England won the toss and elected to bat first to provide the 66^th occasion of England doing so against India and also provides the 30^th occasion of India doing so against India in India.

Z Crawlay was making his first appearance against India. He became the 273rd cricketer to represent England against India and also 171^st cricketer to represent England against India in India.

Z Crawlay was making his first appearance against India as an opening batsman. He became the 71st cricketer to represent England as an opening batsman against India and also 45th cricketer to represent England as an opening batsman against India in India.

DP Sibley was dismissed for a duck in England’s first innings to provide the 18^th occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a duck against India. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a duck against India in India.

DP Sibley was dismissed for a duck in England’s first innings to provide the eleventh occasion of an opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a day-night test.

England’s first innings witnessed DP Sibley and JM Bairstow dismissed for ducks to provide the eleventh occasion of England batsmen batting at number two and three dismissed for ducks in a test innings.

It also provides the second such occasion against India. The first such occasion was witnessed at Chennai in 1993. In England’s second innings after following on AG Stewart and G Hick were dismissed for duck batting at number two and three respectively.

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This test has witnessed four cricketers with 100 plus tests. JM Anderson {159}, SCJ Broad {146} and JE Root {102} for England and I Sharma {100} for India to provide the very first occasion of four cricketers with 100 plus tests appearing in a test.

This test has witnessed three cricketers with 100 plus tests appearing for England. JM Anderson {159}, SCJ Broad {146} and JE Root {102} for England to provide the very first occasion of four cricketers with 100 plus tests appearing for a team in a test.

AR Patel captured six for 38 in England’s first innings to provide the 27^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six plus wickets in an innings against England. It also provides the 20th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six plus wickets in an innings against England on home soil.

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six plus wickets in an innings against England at Ahmedabad. Prior to AR Patel, A Kumble had captured seven for 115 at Ahmedabad in Dec 2001

AR Patel captured six for 38 in England’s first innings to provide the 139th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six plus wickets in an innings. It also provides the 91st occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six plus wickets in an innings on home soil. It also provides the 278^th occasion of a bowler capturing six plus wickets in a test innings against England.ui]

It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six plus wickets in an innings at Ahmedabad. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	N Kapil Dev	9-083	3	Win	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
2	SLV Raju	6-087	3	Srl	Ahmedabad	08 Feb 1994
3	J Srinath	6-021	4	SAF	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
4	A Kumble	7-115	1	Eng	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
5	Harbhajan Singh	7-062	2	Srl	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
6	AR Patel	6-038	1	Eng	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

AR Patel became the seventh bowler to capture six wickets in an innings in a day-night test. The following table lists the other six bowlers

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	JR Hazlewood	6-070	3	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	27.11.15
2	D Bishoo	8-049	3	Win	Pak	Dub-DSC	13.10.16
3	Yasir Shah	6-184	1	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	06.10.17
4	TA Boult	6-032	1	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22.03.18
5	PJ Cummins	6-023	3	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	24.01.19
6	MA Starc	6-066	2	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29.11.19
7	AR Patel	6-038	1	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	24.02.21

AR Patel became the second bowler to capture six wickets in an innings in a day-night test against England at TA Boult of New Zealand. The following table lists the performance of these two bowlers

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
4	TA Boult	6-032	1	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22.03.18
2	AR Patel	6-038	1	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	24.02.21

The following table lists the 22 occasions of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a day-night test.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	JR Hazlewood	6-070	3	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	27.11.15
2	TA Boult	5-060	4	NZl	Aus	Adelaide	27.11.15
3	Yasir Shah	5-121	2	Pak	Win	Dub-DSC	13.10.16
4	D Bishoo	8-049	3	Win	Pak	Dub-DSC	13.10.16
5	Yasir Shah	6-184	1	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	06.10.17
6	MDK Perera	5-098	4	Srl	Pak	Dub-DSC	06.10.17
7	JM Anderson	5-043	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	02.12.17
8	MA Starc	5-088	4	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	02.12.17
9	M Morkel	5-021	2	SAF	Zim	P Elizabeth	26.12.17
10	KA Maharaj	5-059	3	SAF	Zim	P Elizabeth	26.12.17
11	TA Boult	6-032	1	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22.03.18
12	JO Holder	5-041	4	Win	Srl	Bridgetown	23.06.18
13	RAS Lakmal	5-075	2	Srl	Aus	Brisbane	24.01.19
14	PJ Cummins	6-023	3	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	24.01.19
15	I Sharma	5-022	1	Ind	Ban	Kolkata	22.11.19
16	UT Yadav	5-053	3	Ind	Ban	Kolkata	22.11.19
17	MA Starc	6-066	2	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29.11.19
18	NM Lyon	5-069	3	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29.11.19
19	MA Starc	5-052	2	Aus	NZl	Perth	12.12.19
20	TG Southee	5-069	3	NZl	Aus	Perth	12.12.19
21	JR Hazlewood	5-008	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17.12.20
22	AR Patel	6-038	1	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	24.02.21

AR Patel became the third bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings in day-night test. The following table lists the performance of these three bowlers.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MA Starc	5-088	4	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	02.12.17
2	TA Boult	6-032	1	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22.03.18
3	AR Patel	6-038	1	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	24.02.21

England was dismissed all out for 112 in its first innings in this test to provide the second occasion of England dismissed all out for a total less than 125 runs against India in India. The other occasion was its 102 all out against India at Mumbai in Nov 1981. Thus England’s 112 all out represents its second lowest total against India in India

Z Crawley {53} and DP Sibley {0} scored a fifty and duck respectively in England’s first innings to provide the fourth occasion of England openers scoring a fifty and a duck against India.

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	H Gimblett	67*	4	Ind	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936
	2	A Mitchell	0	4	Ind	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936
2	1	RA Smith	56	3	Ind	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
	2	AJ Stewart	0	3	Ind	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
3	1	AN Cook	50	2	Ind	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
	2	AJ Strauss	0	2	Ind	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
4	1	Z Crawley	53	1	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021
	2	DP Sibley	0	1	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

It also provides the third occasion of England openers scoring a fifty and a duck against India in India

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	RA Smith	56	3	Ind	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
	2	AJ Stewart	0	3	Ind	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
2	1	AN Cook	50	2	Ind	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
	2	AJ Strauss	0	2	Ind	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
3	1	Z Crawley	53	1	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021
	2	DP Sibley	0	1	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

Z Crawley scored 53 in England’s first innings to provide the 122^nd occasion of an England opener scoring a fifty against India. It also provides the 63rd occasion of an England opener scoring a fifty against India in India. It also provides the fifth occasion of an England opener scoring a fifty against India at Ahmedabad.

JM Bairstow of England and CA Pujara of India scored zeroes in the first and second innings of this test to provide the fourth occasion of rival batsmen batting at number three scoring ducks in the first and second innings of a test in India-England test series.

It also provides the thirteenth occasion of rival batsmen batting at number three scoring ducks in the first and second innings of a test in the annals of test cricket.

CA Pujara’s duck in India’s first innings represent his ninth duck in 141 innings and 84 tests and his third against England in 21 tests and 39 innings.

V Kohli’s run aggregate at the end of his innings against England as captain read 1420. He went past GS Sobers who has an aggregate of 1417 against England while leading West Indies. Other captains to score more than V Kohli against England are – DG Bradman {2432}, AR Border {2276}, GC Smith {2051} and RT Ponting {1433}

R Ashwin’s three wickets in England’s first innings fetched him an aggregate of 76 wickets against England. He became the 46^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 75 plus wickets against England. He also became the fifth Indian bowler to capture 75 plus wickets against England. Others are – BS Chandrashekhar {95}, A Kumble {92}, BS Bedi {85} and N Kapil Dev {85}