Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in this test to provide the 45h occasion of Bangladesh doing so in its 140 tests. It also provides the fifth occasion of Bangladesh doing so against India in its 13 tests

India included JD Unadkat in the playing Eleven in this test. He became the sixth cricketer and also the first Indian cricketer to appear in a test after his team has played 100 plus tests, The following table lists all the six cricketers. JD Unadkat made his second test appearance after missing 118 tests.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Team	From	To	Missed Span	Missed
1	GJ Batty	2003-2016	9	England	05 Jun 2005	20 Oct 2016	11y 137d	142
2	JD Unadkat	2010-2022	2	India	20 Dec 2010	22 Dec 2022	12y 002d	118
3	MP Bicknell	1993-2003	4	England	09 Aug 1993	21 Aug 2003	10y 012d	114
4	FL Reifer	1997-2009	6	West Indies	18 Jan 1999	09 Jul 2009	10y 172d	109
5	Younis Ahmed	1969-1987	4	Pakistan	02 Nov 1969	21 Feb 1987	17y 111d	104
6	D Shackleton	1950-1963	7	England	07 Nov 1951	20 Jun 1963	11y 225d	103

JD Unadkat became the fourth Indian cricketer to appear in a test after his team has played 100 plus tests. The following table lists all the four cricketers. KD Karthik had this record having played a test after missing 87 tests.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Team	From	To	Missed Span	Missed
1	JD Unadkat	2010-2022	02	India	20 Dec 2010	22 Dec 2022	12y 002d	118
2	KD Karthik	2004-2018	26	India	21 Jan 2010	14 Jun 2018	08y 144d	087
3	PA Patel	2002-2018	25	India	11 Aug 2008	26 Nov 2016	08y 107d	083
4	A Mukund	2011-2017	07	India	01 Aug 2011	04 Mar 2017	05y 215d	056

JD Unadkat became the eleventh cricketer to appear in a test after a span of twelve or more years. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	From	To	Missed Span
1	AJ Traicos	SAF/Zim	1970-1993	07	10 Mar 1970	18 Oct 1992	22y 222d
2	G Gunn	Eng	1907-1930	15	01 Mar 1912	11 Jan 1930	17y 316d
3	Younis Ahmed	Pak	1969-1987	04	02 Nov 1969	21 Feb 1987	17y 111d
4	JMM Commaille	SAF	1910-1928	12	14 Mar 1910	14 Jun 1924	14y 092d
5	DC Cleverley	NZl	1932-1946	02	01 Mar 1932	29 Mar 1946	14y 028d
6	F Mitchell	Eng/SAF	1899-1912	05	04 Apr 1899	27 May 1912	13y 053d
7	GM Carew	Win	1935-1949	04	10 Jan 1935	11 Feb 1948	13y 032d
8	L Amarnath	Ind	1933-1952	24	13 Feb 1934	22 Jun 1946	12y 129d
9	WE Hollies	Eng	1935-1950	13	18 Mar 1935	07 Jun 1947	12y 081d
10	Nawab of Pataudi	Eng/Ind	1932-1946	06	12 Jun 1934	22 Jun 1946	12y 010d
11	JD Unadkat	Ind	2010-2022	02	20 Dec 2010	22 Dec 2022	12y 002d

JD Unadkat became the second Indian cricketer to appear in a test after a span of twelve or more years. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	From	To	Missed Span
1	L Amarnath	Ind	1933-1952	24	13 Feb 1934	22 Jun 1946	12y 129d
2	JD Unadkat	Ind	2010-2022	02	20 Dec 2010	22 Dec 2022	12y 002d

R Ashwin and UT Yadav’s aggregate test wickets read 21 at the end of Bangladesh’s first innings. They became the third and fourth Indian bowlers to capture 20 plus wickets against Bangladesh in tests. Others are – Z Khan {31} and Ishanth Sharma {25}. R Ashwin and UT Yadav took four wickets each in Bangladesh’s first innings in this test.

R Ashwin’s aggregate test wickets read 21 at the end of Bangladesh’s first innings. He became the first Indian spin bowler to capture 20 plus wickets against Bangladesh in tests. R Ashwin took four wickets in Bangladesh’s first innings in this test.

RR Pant effected three dismissals in Bangladesh’s first innings which fetched him an aggregate of 131 dismissals in tests. He now occupies the third place in the list of Indian wicket keepers who have effected most test dismissals. MS Dhoni {294} and SMH Kirmani {188} occupy the first two places. RR Pant went past KS More who had effected 130 dismissals to occupy the third place

Shakib Al Hasan shared the new ball as a captain spin bowler in India’s first innings. He has shared the new ball as a captain spin bowler in most tests and most innings in the annals of test cricket. He was performing the feat in his sixth test and eighth innings.

He was also performing the feat in most tests and most innings against India – his second test and second innings. AH Kardar of Pakistan, DL Vettori of New Zealand and JE Root of England are the other captain spinners who have shared the new ball in a test innings. {Stats at the end of the first day of the Mirpur test}. The following table lists the innings wise figures.

No	Player	O	M	R	W	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AH Kardar	3.0	2	2	0	1	Pak	Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
2	AH Kardar	13.0	5	15	0	3	Pak	Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
3	Shakib Al Hasan	0.2	0	0	0	4	Ban	Ind	Mirpur	24 Jan 2010
4	DL Vettori	38.0	8	81	2	3	NZl	Ind	Ahmedabad	04 Nov 2010
5	JE Root	3.4	0	25	0	4	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021
6	Shakib Al Hasan	4.0	2	11	0	2	Ban	Ind	Mirpur	22 Dec 2022

Bangladesh was dismissed all out for 227 in the first innings of this test to provide the 233^rd occasion of Bangladesh dismissed all out in a test innings. It also provides the 74^th occasion of Bangladesh dismissed all out in the first innings of a test.

Bangladesh was dismissed all out for 227 in the first innings of this test to provide the 23^rd occasion of Bangladesh dismissed all out in a test innings against India. It also provides the sixth occasion of Bangladesh dismissed all out in the first innings of a test against India.

Mominul Haque scored 84 in this test to provide the 27^th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings against India. It also provides the third occasion of Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings against India while batting at number three.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Habibul Bashar	71	1	Ind	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
2	Junaid Siddique	55	3	Ind	Mirpur	24 Jan 2010
3	Mominul Haque	84	1	Ind	Mirpur	22 Dec 2022

Mominul Haque’s 84 in this test represent the highest individual score by a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings against India while batting at number three. The previous best was 71 by Habibul Bashar at Dhaka in Nov 2000, 22 years one month ago

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Mominul Haque	84	1	Ind	Mirpur	22 Dec 2022
2	Habibul Bashar	71	1	Ind	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000