India capped SS Iyer for this test. He became the 302^nd Indian cricketer to make his debut in test cricket. He also became the 165th Indian cricketer to make his test debut on home soil.

India capped SS Iyer for this test. He became the 36th Indian cricketer to make his debut in test cricket against New Zealand. He also became the 25th Indian cricketer to make his test debut on home soil against New Zealand.

SS Iyer became the 139^th cricketer to represent India against New Zealand and also became the 116^th Indian cricketer to appear against New Zealand at home.

India won the toss and elected to bat first to provide the 386th occasion of India doing so in a test. It also provides the 230^th occasion of India doing so on home soil

India won the toss and elected to bat first to provide the 43rd occasion of India doing so in a test against New Zealand. It also provides the 33^rd occasion of India doing so on home soil against New Zealand.

AM Rahane led India in this test. He became the 14^th captain to lead India against New Zealand and also twelfth captain to lead India against New Zealand on home soil

M Agarwal-Shubman Gill opened India’s innings in this test. They became India’s 36th pair to open the innings against New Zealand and also became the 23^rd pair to open the innings against New Zealand at home.

Shubman Gill scored 52 in this game to provide the 54^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against New Zealand in a test innings. It also provides the 35^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against New Zealand in a test innings at home.

Shubman Gill scored 52 in this game to provide the 30^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings at Kanpur. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against New Zealand in a test innings at Kanpur.

Shubman Gill {52}, SS Iyer {75*} and RA Jadeja {50*} scored fifties in this game to provide the 84^th, 85^th and 86^th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in a test at Kanpur. It also provides the 17th, 18^th and 19th    occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in a test at Kanpur against New Zealand.

Shubman Gill {52}, SS Iyer {75*} and RA Jadeja {50*} scored fifties in this game to provide the 14^th occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring fifties in a test at Kanpur. It also provides the third occasion of three of more Indian batsmen scoring fifties in a test at Kanpur against New Zealand.

RA Jadeja’s 50 not out in this test represents his 18^th fifty, Shubman Gill’s 52 represents his fourth test fifty.

SS Iyer of India scored 75 not out at the end of the first day of the test against New Zealand at Kanpur to provide the 47^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty on test debut. He became the 45^th batsman to perform such a feat. Dilawar Hussain and SM Gavaskar scoring twin fifties on their test debut.

He also became the 24th batsman to score a fifty on test debut on home soil. His feat provides the 25^th occasion. Dilawar Hussain scoring twin fifties on his test debut.

He also became the fifth batsman to score a fifty on test debut against New Zealand and fourth batsman to perform such a feat against New Zealand on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Kripal Singh	100*	1	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
2	RG Nadkarni	68*	2	NZl	Delhi	16 Dec 1955
3	S Amarnath	124	2	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
4	DJ Gandhi	75	3	NZl	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
5	SS Iyer	75*	1	NZl	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021

SS Iyer-RA Jadeja posted 113 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 595^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 323rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil

SS Iyer-RA Jadeja posted 113 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 91^st occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the fifth wicket. It also provides the 49th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil for the fifth wicket.

SS Iyer-RA Jadeja posted 113 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 69^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against New Zealand. It also provides the 46th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil against New Zealand.

SS Iyer-RA Jadeja posted 113 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the fifth wicket against New Zealand. It also provides the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil for the fifth wicket against New Zealand.

SS Iyer-RA Jadeja posted 113 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 30^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings at Kanpur. It also provides the seventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against New Zealand at Kanpur.

New Zealand capped R Ravindra for this test. He became the 281^st cricketer to represent New Zealand in tests. He also became the 124th cricketer to represent New Zealand in tests on away soil.

He became the 26th cricketer to represent New Zealand in tests against India. He also became the 12th cricketer to represent New Zealand in tests on away soil against India.

He became the second New Zealand cricketer to make his test debut against India at Kanpur after GB Troup. GB Troup had made his test debut on 18 Nov 1976