V Kohli’s aggregate of catches as captain read 58 as at the end of the third day of the test.  His 57 catches represent most catches pouched by an Indian captain not being a wicket keeper. V Kohli {57} and M Azharuddin {50} are the only two Indian captains not being wicket keepers who have pouched 50 plus catches.

He has taken 26 catches on home soil while leading India. He owns the second place for the record of most catches pouched by an Indian captain not being a wicket keeper on home soil. He went past SM Gavaskar has pouched 25 catches. M Azharuddin with 30 catches to his credit owns the record for most catches pouched by an Indian captain on home soil.

V Kohli was leading India for the 28^th occasion on home soil. He went past MAK Pataudi who had led India on 27 occasions at home. SM Gavaskar owns the record for most captaincy appearances by an Indian captain on home soil with 29 appearances.

RR Pant has effected 72 dismissals prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England.  He needs three more dismissals which would fetch him 75 dismissals. He effected two dismissals in England’s first innings which fetched him 74 dismissals. DM Lawrence became RR Pant’s 75^th dismissal behind the wicket when he was dismissed stumped of the bowling of R Ashwin. RR Pant became the seventh Indian wicket keeper to effect 75 plus dismissals  Others are – MS Dhoni {294}, SMH Kirmani {198} and KS More {130}, NR Mongia {107}, WP Saha {103} and FM Engineer {82}. At the end of this test, RR Pant’s dismissals read 76.

RR Pant has pouched 69 catches prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England.  He took two catches in England’s first innings which fetched him 71 catches. He became the sixth Indian wicket keeper to pouch 70 plus catches.  Others are – MS Dhoni {256}, SMH Kirmani {160} and KS More {110}, NR Mongia {99} and WP Saha {92}.

RR Pant has effected 18 dismissals against England prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England.  He needs two more dismissals which would fetch him 20 dismissals. He took two catches in England’s first innings which fetched him 20 dismissals. He became the fifth Indian wicket keeper to effect 20 plus dismissals against England.   Others are – MS Dhoni {67}, SMH Kirmani {43} and KS More {37 and FM Engineer {29}. At the end of the test RR Pant has effected 22 dismissals against England

BA Stokes was caught by V Kohli of the bowling of R Ashwin for 8 in England’s second innings. BA Stokes has been dismissed by R Ashwin on ten occasions – the most occasions of an England batsman dismissed by R Ashwin. AN Cook has been dismissed on nine occasions. DA Warner is the other batsman to be dismissed on ten occasions by R Ashwin.

AR Patel captured five for 60 in England’s second innings to provide the 167^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets on test debut. He became the 158th bowler to capture five plus wickets on test debut.

It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets on test debut. AR Patel became the ninth Indian bowler to capture five plus wickets on test debut.

No	Player	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Nissar	5-093	1	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
2	VV Kumar	5-064	2	Pak	Delhi	08 Feb 1961
3	S Abid Ali	6-055	1	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
4	DR Doshi	6-103	1	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
5	ND Hirwani	8-061	2	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
6	ND Hirwani	8-075	4	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
7	A Mishra	5-071	2	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
8	R Ashwin	6-047	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
9	Mohd Shami	5-047	3	Win	Kolkata	06 Nov 2013
10	AR Patel	5-060	4	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

AR Patel became the second Indian bowler to capture five plus wickets on test debut against England after M Nissar. M Nissar had captured five for 93 against England at Lord’s in Jun 1932. This test was incidentally India’s first ever test match. Thus AR Patel emulated M Nissar in capturing five plus wickets on test debut against England after a gap of 88 years and 08 months.

No	Player	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Nissar	5-093	1	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
2	AR Patel	5-060	4	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

AR Patel’s feat of five for 60 in this test provide the 49^th occasion of a bowler capturing five plus wickets on test debut against England. He became the 46^th bowler to perform such a feat on test debut.

AM Rahane had pouched 88 catches prior to the start of the second test at Chennai against England.  He required two more catches for his 90 catches. He took two catches in this test – one in each innings which fetched him 90 catches. He became the seventh Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch 90 plus catches.  Others are – R Dravid {209}, VVS Laxman {135}, SR Tendulkar {115}, SM Gavaskar {108}, M Azharuddin {105} and V Sehwag {90}.

India won this test by 317 runs. It represents India’s sixth win by 300 plus runs margin and first such win against England. All the six such wins are tabulated below

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

India won this test by 317 runs. It represents India’s first win by 300 plus runs against England. India’s previous wins by highest margin on away soil and on home soil are tabulated below

W-A-H	Team	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
Won	Ind	317 runs	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
Away	Ind	279 runs	Eng	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
Home	Ind	246 runs	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016