R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 134 in this test to provide the 332nd occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 142nd occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings on away soil

R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 134 in this test to provide the 44th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India. It also provides the  21^st occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings on away soil against  India.

R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 134 in this test to provide the 334^th occasion of a   batsman scoring a century in a test innings at Bengaluru. It also provides the 17^th occasion of an overseas batsman scoring a century in a test innings at Bengaluru against India. It also provides the second occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings at Bengaluru against India.

R Ravindra-TG Southee of New Zealand posted 137 runs for the eighth wicket in this test to provide the 382^nd occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 171^st occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in  a test innings on away soil

R Ravindra-TG Southee of New Zealand posted 137 runs for the eighth wicket in this test to provide the 60th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India. It also provides the 29^th  occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil against India.

R Ravindra-TG Southee of New Zealand posted 137 runs for the eighth wicket in this test to provide the 14th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the eighth wicket. It also provides the ninth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil eighth wicket

R Ravindra-TG Southee of New Zealand posted 137 runs for the eighth wicket in this test to provide the third occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against India for the eighth wicket It also provides the first occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil against India for the eighth wicket

R Ravindra-TG Southee of New Zealand posted 137 runs for the eighth wicket in this test to provide the joint second highest three figure partnership in a test innings against India for the eighth wicket.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Sir RJ Hadlee, IDS Smith	8	103	1	v India	Auckland	22 Feb 1990
2	DJ Nash, DL Vettori	8	137	2	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998
3	R Ravindra, TG Southee	8	137	2	v India	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024

It also provides the first occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil against India for the eighth wicket and hence a record partnership by New Zealand batsmen against India in India. The previous highest was 83 runs between CL Cairns and DJ Nash at Kanpur in Oct 1999

R Ravindra-TG Southee of New Zealand posted 137 runs for the eighth wicket in this test to provide the 36th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings at Bengaluru. It also provides the 15th occasion of overseas batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings at Bengaluru.

It also provides the first occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the eighth wicket in a test at Bengaluru and hence constitutes a record partnership for the eighth in a test innings at Bengaluru. The previous best the 84 runs partnership between RJ Shastri and KS More of India against New Zealand in Nov 1988

It also provides the first occasion of overseas batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the eighth wicket in a test at Bengaluru and hence constitutes a record partnership by overseas batsmen for the eighth in a test innings at Bengaluru. The previous best the 63 runs partnership between JF Foster and AF Giles of England against India in Dec 2001

New Zealand was dismissed all out for 402 in this test to provide the 35^th occasion of an overseas team dismissed all out in a test innings at Bengaluru against India. It also provides the seventh occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out in a test innings at Bengaluru against India

New Zealand was dismissed all out for 402 in this test to provide the tenth occasion of an overseas team dismissed all out after posting 400 plus runs in a test innings at Bengaluru against India. It also provides the first occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out in a test innings at Bengaluru against India

R Ashwin’s lone wicket in the first innings fetched him 60 wickets against New Zealand on home soil. He became the first Indian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets against New Zealand on home soil. He also became the first bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 60 plus wickets on home soil. He went past DL Steyn of South Africa who had captured 59 wickets against New Zealand on home soil

V Kohli and SN Khan of India scored zero and 70 and zero and 70 not out in this game to provide the 81^st occasion of Indian batsman scoring zero and a half century in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amarnath	0	50	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
2	VM Merchant	78	0	v England	Manchester	20 Jul 1946
3	DG Phadkar	56*	0	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
4	VS Hazare	63	0	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953
5	P Roy	0	67*	v Pakistan	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955
6	P Roy	0	78	v Pakistan	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955
7	VL Manjrekar	0	58*	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958
8	CG Borde	0	56	v West Indies	Chennai	21 Jan 1959
9	P Roy	0	99	v Australia	Delhi	12 Dec 1959
10	RB Kenny	0	51	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
11	SA Durani	71	0	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961
12	RF Surti	57	0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962
13	CG Borde	93	0	v West Indies	Kingston	07 Mar 1962
14	RG Nadkarni	61	0	v West Indies	Kingston	13 Apr 1962
15	Hanumant Singh	0	94	v Australia	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
16	ML Jaisimha	66	0	v Australia	Brabourne	10 Oct 1964
17	Hanumant Singh	0	75*	v New Zealand	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965
18	AL Wadekar	0	67	v West Indies	Chennai	13 Jan 1967
19	S Abid Ali	63	0	v New Zealand	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969
20	MAK Pataudi	95	0	v Australia	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969
21	AL Wadekar	0	62	v Australia	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1969
22	S Abid Ali	58	0	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
23	FM Engineer	86	0	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
24	M Amarnath	0	86	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
25	DB Vengsarkar	0	52	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
26	CPS Chauhan	0	85	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
27	DB Vengsarkar	0	52*	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
28	RJ Shastri	66	0	v England	The Oval	08 Jul 1982
29	DB Vengsarkar	0	79	v Pakistan	Karachi	23 Dec 1982
30	BS Sandhu	68	0	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983
31	DB Vengsarkar	94	0	v West Indies	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
32	RJ Shastri	52	0	v Pakistan	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983
33	S Madan Lal	63*	0	v West Indies	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983
34	N Kapil Dev	69	0	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983
35	RJ Shastri	0	71	v Pakistan	Lahore	17 Oct 1984
36	SM Gavaskar	51	0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985
37	K Srikkanth	94	0	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988
38	NS Sidhu	0	85	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989
39	WV Raman	0	96	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1990
40	NR Mongia	80	0	v West Indies	Wankhede	18 Nov 1994
41	S Ramesh	0	73	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
42	DJ Gandhi	0	75	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
43	SR Tendulkar	61	0	v Australia	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999
44	SB Bangar	77	0	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	30 Oct 2002
45	PA Patel	0	62*	v Pakistan	Lahore	05 Apr 2004
46	R Dravid	0	60	v Australia	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
47	Yuvraj Singh	0	77*	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
48	IK Pathan	0	93	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
49	Yuvraj Singh	0	75	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
50	SR Tendulkar	63	0	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006
51	MS Dhoni	0	76*	v England	Lord’s	19 Jul 2007
52	SC Ganguly	0	87	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008
53	SC Ganguly	85	0	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
54	Yuvraj Singh	0	54*	v New Zealand	Napier	26 Mar 2009
55	Harbhajan Singh	60	0	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
56	VVS Laxman	0	51*	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
57	SK Raina	86	0	v Australia	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
58	V Sehwag	0	63	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
59	A Mukund	62	0	v West Indies	Roseau	06 Jul 2011
60	SK Raina	0	78	v England	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
61	G Gambhir	0	83	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
62	SK Raina	55	0	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
63	MS Dhoni	52	0	v England	Eden Gardens	05 Dec 2012
64	MS Dhoni	82	0	v England	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
65	AM Rahane	62	0	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
66	M Vijay	0	80	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
67	M Vijay	0	82	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
68	CA Pujara	57	0	v Australia	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
69	KL Rahul	0	79	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017
70	GH Vihari	56	0	v England	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
71	V Kohli	82	0	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
72	V Kohli	76	0	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
73	Washington Sundar	85*	0	v England	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
74	V Kohli	0	62	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
75	Mohammed Shami	0	56*	v England	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
76	RA Jadeja	50	0	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021
77	AM Rahane	0	58	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022
78	SN Thakur	51	0	v Australia	The Oval	07 Jun 2023
79	Shubman Gill	0	91	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024
80	V Kohli	0	70	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024
81	SN Khan	0	70*	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024

V Kohli and SN Khan of India scored zero and 70 and zero and 70 not out in this game to provide the 13th occasion of Indian batsman scoring zero and a half century in a test match against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanumant Singh	0	75*	v New Zealand	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965
2	S Abid Ali	63	0	v New Zealand	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969
3	DB Vengsarkar	0	52*	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
4	K Srikkanth	94	0	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988
5	WV Raman	0	96	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1990
6	S Ramesh	0	73	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
7	DJ Gandhi	0	75	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
8	Yuvraj Singh	0	54*	v New Zealand	Napier	26 Mar 2009
9	Harbhajan Singh	60	0	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
10	SK Raina	55	0	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
11	RA Jadeja	50	0	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021
12	V Kohli	0	70	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024
13	SN Khan	0	70*	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024

V Kohli’s zero and 70 in this test represents the fourth occasion of his scoring a zero and a half century in a test match. He became the second Indian batsman to score zero and a half century in a test match on four occasions. DB Vengsarkar is the other Indian batsman to perform such a feat on four occasions. The performance of these two batsmen are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DB Vengsarkar	00	52	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
2	DB Vengsarkar	00	52*	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
3	DB Vengsarkar	00	79	v Pakistan	Karachi	23 Dec 1982
4	DB Vengsarkar	94	00	v West Indies	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
1	V Kohli	82	00	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
2	V Kohli	76	00	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
3	V Kohli	00	62	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
4	V Kohli	00	70	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024

V Kohli has an aggregate of 8947 runs prior to the start of the India’s second innings in this test. He required 53 more runs for his 9000 runs. He scored 70 runs in the India’s sedond innings which fetched him an aggregate of 9017 runs at the end of this test. He became the fourth Indian batsman to aggregate 9000 plus runs in tests. Others are  – SR Tendulkar {15921}, R Dravid {13265} and SM Gavaskar {10122}

V Kohli has scored 59 fifties prior to the start of this test.  His 70 in India’s second innings fetched him his 60^th fifty. He became the fifth Indian batsman to score 60 plus fifties. Others are – SR Tendulkar {119}, R Dravid {99}, SM Gavaskar {79} and VVS Laxman {73}

JJ Bumrah of India has an aggregate of 38 wickets prior to the start of this test in the calendar year 2024. His lone wicket in New Zealand’s innings fetched him 39^th wicket. He  earned the record for most wicket taker in the calendar year 2024. He went  past AAP Atkinson of England, NGRP Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka, R Ashwin of India and Shoab Bashir of Pakistan who have captured 38 wickets in calendar year 2024.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 557 runs against New Zealand on home soil. He requires 43 more runs for his 600 runs. He scored 70 runs in India’s second innings to take his run aggregate to 627. He became the fifth Indian batsman to score 600 plus runs  against New Zealand on home soil. Others are – R Dravid {893}, SR Tendulkar {753}, V Sehwag {703} and CA Pujara {684}

V Kohli has an aggregate of 866 runs prior to the start of this test against New Zealand. His 70 in India’s second innings fetched him 936 runs. He became the third Indian batsman to aggregate 900 plus runs against New Zealand. Others are – R Dravid {1659} and SR Tendulkar {1595}

R Ashwin of India has captured 186 wickets at the end of New Zealand’s first innings in this test in ICC Word Test Championship cycle 2019-24. He needs two more wickets to earn the record of most wickets taker in ICC Word Test Championship cycle 2019-24. The present record in this cycle is held by NM Lyon of Australia who has an aggregate of 187 wickets.

RG Sharma scored 52 in India’s second innings which fetched him 30 fifties. He became the 17^th Indian batsman to score 30 plus fifties.