TA Blundell was dismissed run out for a duck in New Zealand’s second innings to provide the 24^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out for a duck in a test innings. It also provides the third occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out for a duck against India in a test innings.

TA Blundell was dismissed run out for a duck in New Zealand’s second innings to provide the second occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in a test innings. It also provides the second occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out for a duck against India in a test innings.

TA Blundell was dismissed run out for a duck in New Zealand’s second innings to provide the 22nd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in a test innings. It also provides the fifth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out against India in a test innings.

With India winning this test, V Kohli became the fourth cricketer to appear in India’s 50 winning tests. This test was V Kohli’s 50^th winning test. Others are – SR Tendulkar {72}, R Dravid {56} and CA Pujara {53}. He also became the 34th cricketer to appear in a teams’s 50 winning test.

It was V Kohli’s 33^rd winning test on home soil. He went past R Dravid who has appeared in 32 winning test. V Kohli now occupies the fourth place among the Indian cricketers who have appeared in most winnings tests on home soil.  SR Tendulkar {52}, R Ashwin {37} and CA Pujara {36} occupy the first three places

HM Nicholls was dismissed stumped in New Zealand’s second innings to provide the 119^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed stumped in an innings. It also provides the 20th occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed stumped in an innings against India.

HM Nicholls was dismissed stumped in New Zealand’s second innings to provide the 70^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed stumped in an innings on away soil. It also provides the 13th occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed stumped in an innings against India in India.

HM Nicholls was dismissed stumped in New Zealand’s second innings to provide the 17th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in an innings in a test at Mum-WS.  It also provides the third occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed stumped in an innings against India at Mum-WS. The other two batsmen are – BL Cairns for 1 in Nov 1976 and TJ Franklin for 18 in Nov 1988

R Ashwin’s eight wickets in this test fetched him 300 wickets on home soil. He became the second Indian bowler to capture 300 plus wickets on home soil after A Kumble. A Kumble has captured 350 wickets on home soil.

R Ashwin’s eight wickets in this test fetched him 300 wickets on home soil. He became the sixth bowler to capture 300 plus wickets on home soil in the annals of test cricket. Others are – M Muralitharan {493}, JM Anderson {402}, A Kumble {350}, SCJ Broad {341} and SK Warne {319}

R Ashwin captured 14 wickets in this test series to provide the ninth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 14 plus wickets in a two test series

No	Player	Opp	Series	M	I	B	Runs	W
1	C Sharma	Eng	1986	2	4	615	300	16
2	A Kumble	Pak	1988/89	2	4	587	312	21
3	A Kumble	Zim	2001/02	2	4	806	291	16
4	IK Pathan	Ban	2004/05	2	4	378	214	18
5	IK Pathan	Zim	2005	2	4	391	237	21
6	Z Khan	Ban	2009/10	2	4	477	293	15
7	R Ashwin	NZl	2012	2	4	536	236	18
8	I Sharma	NZl	2013/14	2	4	636	377	15
9	R Ashwin	NZl	2021/22	2	4	618	159	14

R Ashwin captured 14 wickets in this test series to provide the third occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 14 plus wickets in a two test series against New Zealand.

No	Player	Opp	Series	M	I	B	Runs	W
1	R Ashwin	NZl	2012	2	4	536	236	18
2	I Sharma	NZl	2013/14	2	4	636	377	15
3	R Ashwin	NZl	2021/22	2	4	618	159	14

R Ashwin became the third Indian bowler to capture 14 plus wickets in a two test series on two occasions after A Kumble and IK Pathan. R Ashwin’s feat coming against the same opposition – New Zealand.

No	Player	Opp	Series	M	I	B	Runs	W
1	A Kumble	Pak	1988/89	2	4	587	312	21
2	A Kumble	Zim	2001/02	2	4	806	291	16
1	IK Pathan	Ban	2004/05	2	4	378	214	18
2	IK Pathan	Zim	2005	2	4	391	237	21
1	R Ashwin	NZl	2012	2	4	536	236	18
2	R Ashwin	NZl	2021/22	2	4	618	159	14

India won this test by 372 runs to provide the seventh occasion of India winning a test by 300 plus runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	372 runs	NZl	Mumbai	03 Dec 2021
2	India	won	337 runs	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
3	India	won	321 runs	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
4	India	won	320 runs	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
5	India	won	318 runs	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
6	India	won	317 runs	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
7	India	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017

It also represent India’s largest win by runs margin. Its previous best win by runs margin was against South Africa at Delhi in Dec 2015. India had won this test by 337 runs. Coincidetally, this win and its win against South Africa has come in the tests with the same start date 03 December with year differing. The present win was in 2021 and the win against South Africa was six years earlier, that is 2015.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	372 runs	NZl	Mumbai	03 Dec 2021
2	India	won	337 runs	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

It also represent India’s largest win by runs margin against New Zealand. Its previous best win by runs margin against New Zealand was at Indore in Oct 2016. India has won this test by 321 runs

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	372 runs	NZl	Mumbai	03 Dec 2021
2	India	won	321 runs	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets in the calendar year 2021 read 52 wickets. He became the first bowler to capture 50 plus wicket in the calendar year 2021. His feat provides the 105^th occasion of a bowler capturing 50 plus wickets in a calendar year.

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets in the calendar year 2021 read 52 wickets. He became the first Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wicket in the calendar year 2021. His feat provides the 19^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 50 plus wickets in a calendar year.

R Ashwin’s 52 wickets in 2021 provide the fourth occasion of his capturing 50 plus wickets in a calendar year. He now holds the record for an Indian bowler who has captured 50 plus wickets in a calendar year on most occasions. Harbhajan Singh and A Kumble have performed the feat in three calendar years.

No	Player	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	Year
1	R Ashwin	9	17	2260	1067	62	2015
2	R Ashwin	12	23	3508	1721	72	2016
3	R Ashwin	11	21	3324	1545	56	2017
4	R Ashwin	8	16	2191	844	52	2021
1	Harbhajan	12	22	3424	1557	60	2001
2	Harbhajan	13	24	3567	1463	63	2002
3	Harbhajan	13	23	4230	1987	63	2008
1	A Kumble	10	19	3491	1461	54	1999
2	A Kumble	12	23	3680	1838	74	2004
3	A Kumble	12	23	3798	1910	57	2006

R Ashwin became the fifth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets in four or more calendar years. The performance of these five bowlers is tabulated below

No	Player	Team	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	Year
1	R Ashwin	Ind	9	17	2260	1067	62	2015
2	R Ashwin	Ind	12	23	3508	1721	72	2016
3	R Ashwin	Ind	11	21	3324	1545	56	2017
4	R Ashwin	Ind	8	16	2191	844	52	2021
1	HMRKB Herath	Srl	10	18	3224	1417	60	2012
2	HMRKB Herath	Srl	9	18	3355	1522	56	2014
3	HMRKB Herath	Srl	9	17	2474	1079	57	2016
4	HMRKB Herath	Srl	11	19	2791	1432	52	2017
1	GD McGrath	Aus	10	20	2319	1138	52	1995
2	GD McGrath	Aus	13	25	3113	1347	63	1997
3	GD McGrath	Aus	14	27	3364	1425	67	1999
4	GD McGrath	Aus	14	27	3508	1473	68	2001
5	GD McGrath	Aus	13	26	3144	1352	62	2005
1	Muralitharan	Srl	8	16	3302	1256	68	1998
2	Muralitharan	Srl	10	17	3740	1463	75	2000
3	Muralitharan	Srl	12	23	4688	1699	80	2001
4	Muralitharan	Srl	8	14	2836	979	55	2002
5	Muralitharan	Srl	8	15	2049	963	52	2005
6	Muralitharan	Srl	11	21	3532	1521	90	2006
1	SK Warne	Aus	16	29	5054	1697	72	1993
2	SK Warne	Aus	10	19	3774	1274	70	1994
3	SK Warne	Aus	12	22	3051	1254	52	1995
4	SK Warne	Aus	15	28	4091	1661	68	1997
5	SK Warne	Aus	13	25	3501	1809	58	2001
6	SK Warne	Aus	10	20	2874	1310	67	2002
7	SK Warne	Aus	12	22	3472	1685	70	2004
8	SK Warne	Aus	15	30	4336	2114	96	2005

R Ashwin’s eight wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 296 wickets in India’s winning tests. He now holds the record for most wickets by an Indian bowler in India’s winning tests. He went past A Kumble who had an aggregate of 288 wickets in India’s winning tests.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	R Ashwin	47	93	13094	5634	296
2	A Kumble	43	86	12810	5400	288

R Ashwin’s eight wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 246 wickets in India’s winning tests on home soil. R Ashwin is the second Indian bowler to capture 200 plus wickets in India’s winning tests.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	R Ashwin	Ind	37	73	10271	4466	246
2	A Kumble	Ind	28	56	9323	3617	208

The following table lists the seven bowlers who have captured 200 wickets in their team’s winning tests on home soil. R Ashwin stands fifth in the list and require four more wickets for his 250 wickets in this category of statistics.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	Muralitharan	Srl	37	74	12830	4709	305
2	JM Anderson	Eng	54	107	10844	4901	260
3	SK Warne	Aus	49	95	13684	5934	250
4	GD McGrath	Aus	53	106	12547	5115	249
5	R Ashwin	Ind	37	73	10271	4466	246
6	SCJ Broad	Eng	49	97	9192	4408	230
7	A Kumble	Ind	28	56	9323	3617	208

R Ashwin’s eight wickets in this test fetched him 53 wickets in India’s winning tests against New Zealand. He became the first Indian bowler to achieve this distinction. He also became the fourth bowler to capture 50 wickets in winning tests against New Zealand.

No	Player	Team	Opp	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	SK Warne	Aus	NZl	12	24	3538	1546	77
2	DW Steyn	SAF	NZl	8	16	1572	789	60
3	W Younis	Pak	NZl	9	18	2115	906	54
4	R Ashwin	Ind	NZl	6	12	1598	758	53

R Ashwin’s eight wickets in this test fetched him 53 wickets in India’s winning tests against New Zealand. His feat provides the 62^nd occasion of a bowler capturing 50 plus wickets in his team’s winning test against an opposition

R Ashwin’s eight wickets in this test fetched him 66 wickets against New Zealand. He now holds the record for most wickets by a bowler in India-New Zealand test series. He went past RJ Hadlee’s 65 wickets. Infact, R Ashwin and RJ Hadlee are the only two bowlers in India-New Zealand test series to capture 60 plus wickets.