MA Agarwal scored 150 in India’s first innings to provide the 61^st occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. It also provides the 37th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings.

It also provides the eleventh occasion of an opening batsman scoring exact 150 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring exact 150 runs in a test innings.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	P Roy	150	3	Ind	Win	Kingston	Mar 1953
2	M Vijay	150	1	Ind	Ban	Fatullah	Jun 2015
3	MA Agarwal	150	1	Ind	NZl	Mumbai	Dec 2021

MA Agarwal scored 150 in India’s first innings to provide the third occasion his scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings as an opening batsman

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MA Agarwal	215	1	SAF	Vizag	Oct 2019
2	MA Agarwal	243	2	Ban	Indore	Nov 2019
3	MA Agarwal	150	1	NZl	Mumbai	Dec 2021

MA Agarwal’s 150 against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Mum-WS  provides the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test at Mum-WS. He also became the sixth Indian batsman to score 150 plus runs at Mum-WS. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Ind	Win	Mumbai	Dec 1978
2	DB Vengsarkar	164*	2	Ind	Aus	Mumbai	Oct 1986
3	VG Kambli	224	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	Feb 1993
4	SC Ganguly	173	1	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	Dec 1997
5	V Kohli	235	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	Dec 2016
6	MA Agarwal	150	1	Ind	NZl	Mumbai	Dec 2021

MA Agarwal’s 150 against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Mum-WS  provides the seventh occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MH Mankad	223	1	NZl	Mum-BS	Dec 1955
2	MH Mankad	231	1	NZl	Chennai	Jan 1956
3	P Roy	173	1	NZl	Chennai	Jan 1956
4	DN Sardesai	200*	3	NZl	Mumb-BS	Mar 1965
5	G Gambhir	167	3	NZl	Wellington	Apr 2009
6	V Sehwag	173	1	NZl	Ahmedabad	Nov 2010
7	MA Agarwal	150	1	NZl	Mumbai	Dec 2021

MA Agarwal became the second Indian opening batsman to score 150 plus runs at Mum-WS after SM Gavaskar. SM Gavaskar had scored 205 against West Indies at Mum-WS in Dec 1978

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Win	Mumbai	Dec 1978
2	MA Agarwal	150	1	NZl	Mumbai	Dec 2021

AY Patel of New Zealand captured 10-119 in India’s first innings in the ongoing test against India at Mumbai to provide the 20^th occasion of a bowler capturing nine or more wickets in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

It also provides the second occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing nine or more wickets in an innings in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RJ Hadlee	09-052	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 1985
2	AY Patel	10-119	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021

It also provides the second occasion of a bowler capturing nine or more wickets in an innings against India in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JM Noreiga	09-095	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Mar 1971
2	AY Patel	10-119	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021

JC Laker of England and M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka are the only two bowlers to capture nine or more wickets in an innings on two occasions. JC Laker’s performance coming in the same test.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JC Laker	09-037	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1956
2	JC Laker	10-053	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1956
1	Muralitharan	09-065	Srl	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1998
2	Muralitharan	09-051	Srl	Zim	Kandy	Jan 2002

AY Patel of New Zealand captured 10-119 in India’s first innings in the ongoing test against India at Mumbai to provide the third occasion of a bowler capturing all the ten wickets in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. He emulated JC Laker of England and A Kumble of India who had captured all the ten wickets in an innings.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JC Laker	10-053	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1956
2	A Kumble	10-074	Ind	Pak	Delhi	Feb 1999
3	AY Patel	10-119	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021

New Zealand was dismissed all out for 62 in its first innings in this test to provide the 227^th occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the ninth occasion of a team dismissed all out in a test innings against India.

New Zealand’s 62 represent to lowest total by a team which has been dismissed all out against India. The previous lowest total by a team was South Africa’s 79 at Ahmedabad in Nov 2015.

It also provides the 26^th occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in a test innings. It also provides the second occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out in a test innings against India. The first such occasion was at Hamilton in Dec 2002 when India dismissed New Zealand all out for 94 in the second innings of the test.

It also represents the fifth occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs on Indian soil. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Srl	82	2	Ind	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
2	Aus	93	4	Ind	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
3	SAF	79	2	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
4	Eng	81	3	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021
5	NZl	62	2	Ind	Mumbai	03 Dec 2021

New Zealand’s 62 represent to lowest total by a team which has been dismissed all out against India on Indian soil. The previous lowest total by a team was South Africa’s 79 at Ahmedabad in Nov 2015.

R Ashwin’s four wickets in New Zealand’s first innings fetched him a total of 62 wickets against New Zealand. He became the tenth bowler to capture 60 plus wickets in tests against New Zealand

No	Player	Team	Wkts
1	SK Warne	Aus	103
2	M Muralitharan	Srl	82
3	SCJ Broad	Eng	72
4	Waqar Younis	Pak	70
5	DW Steyn	SAF	68
6	IT Botham	Eng	64
7	JM Anderson	Eng	63
8	R Ashwin	Ind	62
9	Wasim Akram	Pak	60
10	RGD Willis	Eng	60

R Ashwin’s four wickets in New Zealand’s first innings fetched him a total of 62 wickets against New Zealand. He became the third spin bowler to capture 60 plus wickets in tests against New Zealand

No	Player	Team	Wkts
1	SK Warne	Aus	103
2	M Muralitharan	Srl	82
3	R Ashwin	Ind	62

India did not enforce follow on and batted again through its opening pair MA Agarwal and CA Pujara. India’s score in its second innings was 69 for no loss at stumps on second day.

MA Agarwal-CA Pujara became India’s 161^st opening pair and 99^th opening pair on home soil

MA Agarwal-CA Pujara became India’s 37th opening pair against New Zealand and 24th opening pair on home soil against New Zealand