JE Root captured five wickets for 8 runs in India’s first innings to provide the 127^th occasion of a captain capturing five plus wickets in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 64th occasion of a captain capturing five plus wickets in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on away soil

JE Root captured five wickets for 8 runs in India’s first innings to provide the 15th occasion of an England captain capturing five plus wickets in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the sixth occasion of an England captain capturing five plus wickets in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on away soil

JE Root captured five wickets for 8 runs in India’s first innings to provide the 21st occasion of a captain capturing five plus wickets in a test innings against India in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the seventh occasion of a captain capturing five plus wickets in a test innings against India in the annals of test cricket on away soil

JE Root captured five wickets for 8 runs in India’s first innings to provide the sixth occasion of an England captain capturing five plus wickets in a test innings against India in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the first occasion of an England captain capturing five plus wickets in a test innings against India in the annals of test cricket on away soil

JE Root became the second captain in the annals of test cricket to capture five plus wickets conceding single digit runs in a test innings after AER Gilligan of England. AER Gilligan had returned with figures of six wickets conceding seven runs against SAF at Birmingham in Jun 1924.

JE Root with his five for eight became the 13^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture five or more wickets conceding single digit runs. All such performances are tabulated below

No	Player	Wkts	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Lohmann	8-07	4	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
2	AER Gilligan	6-07	2	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
3	H Ironmonger	5-06	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
4	ERH Toshack	5-02	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
5	TBA May	5-09	3	Aus	Win	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
6	JJC Lawson	6-03	3	Win	Ban	Dhaka	08 Dec 2002
7	MJ Clarke	6-09	3	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
8	VD Philander	5-07	1	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013
9	DW Steyn	6-08	2	SAF	Pak	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013
10	KAJ Roach	5-08	1	Win	Ban	North Sound	04 Jul 2018
11	JJ Bumrah	5-07	4	Ind	Win	North Sound	22 Aug 2019
12	JR Hazlewood	5-08	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
13	JE Root	5-08	2	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

He also became the third England bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture five or more wickets conceding single digit runs. All such performances are tabulated below

No	Player	Wkts	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Lohmann	8-07	4	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
2	AER Gilligan	6-07	2	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
3	JE Root	5-08	2	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

He also became the fourth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture five or more wickets conceding single digit runs against Ind. All such performances are tabulated below

No	Player	Wkts	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	ERH Toshack	5-02	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
2	MJ Clarke	6-09	3	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
3	JR Hazlewood	5-08	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
4	JE Root	5-08	2	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

JE Root became the second bowler to capture five wickets conceding single digit runs in a day-night test after JR Hazzlewood of Aus. JR Hazelwood had figures of five for eight against Ind at Adelaide in Dec 2020. Interestingly enough both these bowlers have the same figures {five for eight} and against the same opposition {India}

No	Player	Wkts	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JR Hazlewood	5-08	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
2	JE Root	5-08	2	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

England was dismissed for 81 in its second innings, its lowest test innings score against Ind. Its previous lowest total against India in England was 101 at The Oval in Aug 1971. Its previous lowest total against India in India was at Mumbai in Nov 1981.

The interval between 1971 and 1981 is ten years and the interval between 1981 and 2021 is twenty years – multiple of ten years.

AR Patel captured five for 32 in England’s second innings to provide the 76^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five plus wickets in a test innings against England. It also provides the 45^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five plus wickets in a test innings against England in Ind.

AR Patel captured eleven wickets conceding 70 runs in this {6-38 and 5-22} to provide the third occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test with five plus wickets in each innings of the test against England. Other two occasions were – R Ashwin’s 12 for 167 {6-112 and 6-52} at Mumbai in Dec 2016 and L Sivaramakrishnan’s 12 for 181 {6-64 and 6-117} at Mumbai in Nov 1984.

Interestingly both R Ashwin and L Sivaramakrishnan have witnessed the feat of AR Patel. R Ashwin bowling in tandem with AR Patel. L Sivaramakrishnan commenting on the performance of AR Patel in the capacity of a TV Commentator for Starsports.

AR Patel captured eleven wickets conceding 70 runs in this {6-38 and 5-22} to provide the 24th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test with five plus wickets in each innings of the test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Wkts	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	ND Hirwani	16-136	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
2	Harbhajan	15-217	Aus	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
3	JM Patel	14-124	Aus	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
4	MH Mankad	13-131	Pak	Delhi	16 Oct 1952
5	J Srinath	13-132	Pak	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
6	R Ashwin	13-140	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
7	A Kumble	13-181	Aus	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
8	Harbhajan	13-196	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
9	R Ashwin	12-085	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
10	R Ashwin	12-098	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
11	Chandrasekhar	12-104	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
12	IK Pathan	12-126	Zim	Harare	20 Sep 2005
13	R Ashwin	12-167	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
14	LSR Krishnan	12-181	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
15	R Ashwin	12-198	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
16	AR Patel	11-070	Eng	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021
17	IK Pathan	11-096	Ban	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004
18	RG Nadkarni	11-122	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
19	SLV Raju	11-125	Srl	Ahmedabad	08 Feb 1994
20	Harbhajan	11-224	Aus	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
21	A Kumble	10-074	Pak	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
22	PP Ojha	10-089	Win	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
23	BKV Prasad	10-153	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
24	BS Bedi	10-194	Aus	Perth	16 Dec 1977

AR Patel’s 11 for 70 provide the 51^st occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test match. It also provides the 39th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test match on home soil and also provides the fifth such occasion against Eng at Ahmedabad.

AR Patel’s 11 for 70 provide the ground record for the best figures by a bowler at Ahmedabad. The previous best was SLV Raju’s 11 for 125 against Sri Lanka in Feb 1994.

AR Patel’s 11 for 70 provide the 51^st occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test match against England. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test match on home soil against England and also second such occasion against England at Ahmedabad. A Kumble’s 10 for 233 in Dec 2001 was the other occasion.

R Ashwin’s four wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 401 test wickets. He became the 16^th bowler and the fourth Indian bowler to capture 400 plus test wickets in the annals of test cricket. Others are – A Kumble {619}, N Kapil Dev {434} and Harbhajan Singh {417}

JM Bairstow collected a pair in this test to provide the 98th occasion of an England batsman collecting a pair. It also provides the 53rd occasion of an England batsman collecting a pair on away soil

JM Bairstow collected a pair in this test to provide the eighth occasion of an England batsman collecting a pair against India. It also provides the fifth occasion of an England batsman collecting a pair on away soil against India.

JM Bairstow collected a pair in this test to provide the 49th occasion of a  batsman collecting a pair against India. It also provides the 31st occasion of a batsman collecting a pair against India on Indian soil.

It also provides the fourth occasion of a batsman collecting a pair at Ahmedabad. Others are AL Logie of West Indies in Nov 1983, MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka in Feb 1994 and TG McIntosh of New Zealand in Nov 2010

Z Crawly was dismissed for a duck in England’s second innings to provide the 19^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck against India. It also provide the 12^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck against India in India.

Z Crawley scored 53 and zero in this test to provide the fifth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a fifty and a duck in a test match against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Oppo	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Amiss	82	0	Ind	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
2	AJ Stewart	74	0	Ind	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
3	MP Vaughan	0	100	Ind	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
4	KK Jennings	112	0	Ind	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
5	Z Crawley	53	0	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

This test was completed in two days with India winning this test by ten wickets to provide the 22^nd occasion of a team winning a test within two days. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	T-1	T-2	D	Won	Ground	Match Date
1	Eng	Aus	2	Aus	The Oval	28 Aug 1882
2	Eng	Aus	2	Aus	Lord’s	16 Jul 1888
3	Eng	Aus	2	Eng	The Oval	13 Aug 1888
4	Eng	Aus	2	Eng	Manchester	30 Aug 1888
5	SAF	Eng	2	Eng	P Elizabeth	12 Mar 1889
6	SAF	Eng	2	Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
7	Eng	Aus	2	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1890
8	SAF	Eng	2	Eng	P Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
9	SAF	Eng	2	Eng	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896
10	Aus	SAF	2	Aus	Manchester	27 May 1912
11	Eng	SAF	2	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1912
12	Eng	Aus	2	Aus	Nottingham	28 May 1921
13	Aus	Win	2	Aus	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931
14	SAF	Aus	2	Aus	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936
15	NZl	Aus	2	Aus	Wellington	29 Mar 1946
16	Eng	Win	2	Eng	Leeds	17 Aug 2000
17	Aus	Pak	2	Aus	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002
18	SAF	Zim	2	SAF	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005
19	Zim	NZl	2	NZl	Harare	07 Aug 2005
20	SAF	Zim	2	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2017
21	Ind	Afg	2	Ind	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
22	Ind	Eng	2	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

It also provides the second occasion of a test match completed in two days on Indian soil. The first such occasion was the Bengaluru test between India and Afghanistan in Jun 2018. Incidentally this test was your truly’s 100^th International match

No	T-1	T-2	D	Won	Ground	Match Date
1	Ind	Afg	2	Ind	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
2	Ind	Eng	2	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021

AR Patel and R Ashwin shared the new ball in England’s second innings to provide the 48^th occasion of new ball being shared by two spinners in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 17^th occasion of Indian spin bowlers sharing the new ball in an innings.

AR Patel and R Ashwin shared the new ball in England’s second innings to provide the 19th occasion of new ball being shared by two spinners against England in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the seventh occasion of Indian spin bowlers sharing the new ball in an innings against England

R Ashwin’s 401 wickets costed him 10005 runs. He became the 12^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to concede 10000 plus and capture 400 plus wickets. He also became the fourth Indian bowler to concede 10000 plus runs and capture 400 plus wickets

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	A Kumble	132	236	40850	18355	619
2	Harbhajan	103	190	28580	13537	417
3	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434
4	R Ashwin	077	144	21264	10005	401

This test was won by ten wickets and gave India its 22^nd victory on home soil under V Kohli. With 22 wins to his credit V Kohli now owns the record for most test wins by an Indian captain on home soil. He went past MS Dhoni who had won 21 tests on home soil. The following table lists the home soil wins under these two Indian skippers

No	Captain	Opp	Margin	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	SAF	8 wickets	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008
2	MS Dhoni	Aus	320 runs	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
3	MS Dhoni	Aus	172 runs	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
4	MS Dhoni	Eng	6 wickets	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
5	MS Dhoni	Srl	inns & 144 runs	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
6	MS Dhoni	Srl	inns & 24 runs	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
7	MS Dhoni	SAF	inns & 57 runs	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
8	MS Dhoni	Aus	1 wickets	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
9	MS Dhoni	Aus	7 wickets	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
10	MS Dhoni	NZl	inns & 198 runs	Nagpur	20 Nov 2010
11	MS Dhoni	Win	5 wickets	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
12	MS Dhoni	Win	inns & 15 runs	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
13	MS Dhoni	NZl	inns & 115 runs	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
14	MS Dhoni	NZl	5 wickets	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
15	MS Dhoni	Eng	9 wickets	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
16	MS Dhoni	Aus	8 wickets	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
17	MS Dhoni	Aus	inns & 135 runs	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
18	MS Dhoni	Aus	6 wickets	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
19	MS Dhoni	Aus	6 wickets	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
20	MS Dhoni	Win	inns & 51 runs	Kolkata	06 Nov 2013
21	MS Dhoni	Win	inns & 126 runs	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
No	Captain	Opp	Margin	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	SAF	108 runs	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
2	V Kohli	SAF	124 runs	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
3	V Kohli	SAF	337 runs	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
4	V Kohli	NZl	197 runs	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
5	V Kohli	NZl	178 runs	Kolkata	30 Sep 2016
6	V Kohli	NZl	321 runs	Indore	08 Oct 2016
7	V Kohli	Eng	246 runs	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
8	V Kohli	Eng	8 wickets	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
9	V Kohli	Eng	inns & 36 runs	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
10	V Kohli	Eng	inns & 75 runs	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
11	V Kohli	Ban	208 runs	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
12	V Kohli	Aus	75 runs	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
13	V Kohli	Srl	inns & 239 runs	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
14	V Kohli	Win	inns & 272 runs	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018
15	V Kohli	Win	10 wickets	Hyd-RGS	12 Oct 2018
16	V Kohli	SAF	203 runs	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
17	V Kohli	SAF	inns & 137 runs	Pune	10 Oct 2019
18	V Kohli	SAF	inns & 202 runs	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
19	V Kohli	Ban	inns & 130 runs	Indore	14 Nov 2019
20	V Kohli	Ban	inns & 46 runs	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
21	V Kohli	Eng	317 runs	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
22	V Kohli	Eng	10 wickets	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021