R Ashwin captured his 500^th test wicket when he claimed the wicket of Z Crawley caught by R Patidar for 15 in England’s first innings. He became the the second Indian bowler to capture 500 test wickets after A Kumble. A Kumble has captured 619 wickets.

He became the ninth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 500 plus wickets.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	M Muralidaran	Srl	1992-2010	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	1992-2007	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	JM Anderson	Eng	2003-2024	185	344	39577	18371	696
4	A Kumble	Ind	1990-2008	132	236	40850	18355	619
5	SCJ Broad	Eng	2007-2023	167	309	33698	16719	604
6	GD McGrath	Aus	1993-2007	124	243	29248	12186	563
7	CA Walsh	Win	1984-2001	132	242	30019	12688	519
8	NM Lyon	Aus	2011-2024	127	238	32440	15889	517
9	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2024	098	184	25749	11974	500

He became the fifth spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 500 plus wickets.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	M Muralidaran	Srl	1992-2010	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	1992-2007	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	A Kumble	Ind	1990-2008	132	236	40850	18355	619
4	NM Lyon	Aus	2011-2024	127	238	32440	15889	517
5	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2024	098	184	25749	11974	500

R Ashwin took his 500th wicket and became the first Indian cricketer to score 3000 runs and capture 500 wickets. He has scored 3308 runs with the willow. He also became the third cricketer in the annals of test cricket to score 3000 plus runs and capture 500 plus wickets.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	SK Warne	Aus	1992-2007	145	3154	708
2	SCJ Broad	Eng	2007-2023	167	3662	604
3	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2024	098	3308	500

India was dismissed all out for 445 in its first innings to provide the 15^th occasion of India dismissed all out in an innings against England on home soil. It also provides the sixth occasion of India dismissed all out in the first innings of a test against England on home soil.

BM Duckett scored 133 not out in England’s first innings at the end of second day’s play to provide the 130th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in an innings against India. It also provides the 52^nd occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in an innings against India in India

BM Duckett scored 133 not out in England’s first innings at the end of second day’s play to provide the 38^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a century in an innings against India. It also provides the 17^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a century in an innings against India in India

BM Duckett became the second England batsman to score a century against India at Rajkot. Prior to this AN Cook had scored 130 in Nov 2016. Thus BM Duckett’s 133 not out in this test provides the highest individual innings by an England batsman against India at Rajkot.

RG Sharma of India scored 131 and BM Duckett scored 133 not out in the first and second innings of this test respectively to provide the fifth occasion of rival openers scoring centuries in the first and second innings of a test in India-England test series.

RG Sharma of India scored 131 and BM Duckett scored 133 not out in the first and second innings of this test respectively to provide the third occasion of rival openers batting at number two scoring centuries in the first and second innings of a test in India-England test series.