SS Iyer of India scored 105 and 65 at Kanpur against New Zealand in the ongoing test to become the 16^th batsman to score a hundred and a fifty on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list includes LG Rowe and Yasir Hameed who have scored twin hundreds on test debut. SS Iyer became the first Indian to perform such a feat.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KS Ranjitsinhji	62	154*	Eng	Aus	Manchester	16.07.1896
2	G Gunn	119	74	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13.12.1907
3	HL Collins	70	104	Aus	Eng	Sydney	17.12.1920
4	PA Gibb	93	106	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	24.12.1938
5	LG Rowe	214	100*	Win	NZl	Kingston	16.02.1972
6	RE Redmond	107	56	NZl	Pak	Auckland	16.02.1973
7	CG Greenidge	93	107	Win	Ind	Bengaluru	22.11.1974
8	A Mahmood	128*	50*	Pak	SAF	Rawalpindi	06.10.1997
9	L Vincent	104	54	NZl	Aus	Perth	30.11.2001
10	SB Styris	107	69*	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
11	Yasir Hameed	170	105	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20.08.2003
12	AJ Strauss	112	83	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	20.05.2004
13	AN Cook	60	104*	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	01.03.2006
14	Umar Akmal	129	75	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	24.11.2009
15	F du Plessis	78	110*	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22.11.2012
16	SS Iyer	105	65	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.2021

SS Iyer’s feat provides the third such feat on Indian soil. Bangalore and Nagpur are the other test centers to witness such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CG Greenidge	93	107	Win	Ind	Bengaluru	22.11.1974
2	AN Cook	60	104*	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	01.03.2006
3	SS Iyer	105	65	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.2021

RA Jadeja of India scored 50 and zero in the ongoing test at Kanpur against New Zealand to provide the 23^rd occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	VS Ransford	50	0	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	07.01.11
2	AP Freeman	0	50*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19.12.24
3	FE Woolley	0	50	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01.01.25
4	CA Roach	50	0	Win	Eng	Manchester	21.07.28
5	L Amarnath	0	50	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.46
6	RA McLean	50	0	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	23.12.57
7	RC Fredericks	0	50	Win	Eng	Manchester	08.07.76
8	DL Haynes	0	50	Win	Aus	Adelaide	07.12.84
9	KR Rutherford	0	50*	NZl	Aus	Auckland	13.03.86
10	ST Jayasuriya	0	50	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	07.03.97
11	RS Mahanama	50	0	Srl	SAF	Centurion	27.03.98
12	M Yousuf	0	50	Pak	SAF	Cape Town	02.01.03
13	S Chanderpaul	50	0	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	01.04.04
14	ME Trescothick	50	0	Eng	Pak	Lahore	29.11.05
15	IR Bell	50	0	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	23.11.06
16	DL Vettori	50*	0	NZl	Eng	Wellington	13.03.08
17	KC Brathwaite	50	0	Win	Ban	Dhaka	29.10.11
18	MM Ali	50	0	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	08.12.16
19	FDM Karunaratne	0	50	Srl	SAF	Jo’burg	12.01.17
20	S Ahmed	50	0	Pak	SAF	Jo’burg	11.01.19
21	SSJ Brooks	0	50	Win	Ind	Kingston	30.08.19
22	DP Sibley	0	50	Eng	Win	Southampton	08.07.20
23	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	L Amarnath	0	50	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.46
2	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test against New Zealand Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	0	50	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	07.03.97
2	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test on Indian soil. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MM Ali	50	0	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	08.12.16
2	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

CA Pujara’s run aggregate at the end of this test against New Zealand read 820. He became the sixth Indian batsman to score 800 plus runs against New Zealand. Others are – R Dravid {1659}, SR Tendulkar {1595}, V Sehwag {883}, V Kohli {830} and VVS Laxman {818}

CA Pujara’s run aggregate at the end of this test read 6542. He became the ninth Indian batsman to score 6500 plus runs in his test career. The following table lists these nine batsmen who have scored 6500 plus runs.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC
1	Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	248*	51	68
2	R Dravid	163	284	32	13265	270	36	63
3	Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	34	45
4	VVS Laxman	134	225	34	8781	281	17	56
5	V Sehwag	103	178	6	8503	319	23	31
6	V Kohli	96	162	10	7765	254*	27	27
7	SC Ganguly	113	188	17	7212	239	16	35
8	Vengsarkar	116	185	22	6868	166	17	35
9	CA Pujara	91	154	9	6542	206*	18	31

R Ashwin’s lone wicket on the fourth day fetched him an aggregate of 56 wickets against New Zealand. He now occupies the second place amongst the Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets against New Zealand. He went past EAS Prasanna who had captured 55 wickets. BS Bedi with 57 wickets occupies the first place.

R Ashwin’s lone wicket on the fourth day fetched him an aggregate of 417 wickets in his test career. He now shares the third place amongst the Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets in their test career with Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan Singh has captured 417 wickets. A Kumble {619} and Kapil Dev {434} occupy the first two places.

R Ashwin is one of the three right arm spin bowlers to capture fifty plus wickets against New Zealand with 56 wickets to his credit. EAS Prasanna {55} and A Kumble {50} are the other two bowlers. Thus R Ashwin now holds the record for most wickets by an Indian right arm spin bowler against New Zealand.

R Ashwin’s 56 wickets against New Zealand is also a record for an Indian right arm bowler.

W Saha scored 61 not out in India’s second innings to provide the 17^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings against New Zealand. It also represents his third fifty against New Zealand.

It also represents his third fifty against New Zealand. With three fifties to his credit against New Zealand, WP Saha became the fourth Indian wicket keeper to score three fifties against New Zealand. Others are – MS Dhoni {06}, FM Engineer {03} and SMH Kirmani {03}.

It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings against New Zealand on home soil.

It also represents his third fifty against New Zealand. With three fifties to his credit on home soil against New Zealand. WP Saha became the second Indian wicket keeper to score three fifties against New Zealand on home soil after MS Dhoni.

WP Saha became the second Indian wicket keeper to score a fifty against New Zealand at Kanpur. Prior to this SMH Kirmani had scored 64 in Nov 1976.

W Saha scored 61 not out in India’s second innings to provide the 128^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the 69th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings on home soil.

WP Saha became the second Indian wicket keeper to score a fifty at Kanpur. The following table lists the other three Indian wicket keepers who have scored fifties at Kanpur.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BK Kunderan	55	3	Eng	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964
2	FM Engineer	77	1	Aus	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
3	SMH Kirmani	64	1	NZl	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
4	WP Saha	61*	3	NZl	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021

WP Saha’s 61 not out in this test provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings at Kanpur.

WP Saha’s 61 not out in this test provide the ninth occasion of his scoring a fifty in a test innings.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	60	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
2	56	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
3	104	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
4	54*	1	v New Zealand	Kolkata	30 Sep 2016
5	58*	3	v New Zealand	Kolkata	30 Sep 2016
6	106*	1	v Bangladesh	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
7	117	2	v Australia	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
8	67	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
9	61*	3	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021

TG Southee’s three wickets in India’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 52 wickets against India. He became the second New Zealand bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India after RJ Hadlee. RJ Hadlee has captured 65 wickets against India.

TG Southee’s three wickets in India’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 52 wickets against India. He became the 28^th bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India.

In New Zealand’s second innings, two Indian spinners AR Patel and R Ashwin -shared the new ball to provide the 72^nd occasion of spinners sharing the new ball in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 18^th occasion of Indian spinners sharing the new ball in an innings.

It also provides the second such occasion against New Zealand. Prior to this, two Sri Lankan spinners – MDK Perera and DM de Silva – had shared the new ball in the second innings of the test at Col-PSS in Aug 2019.

TG Southee of New Zealand returned with match figures of eight for 144 in this test to provide the 12^th occasion of a New Zealnd bowler to capture eight or more wickets in a test against India. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Wkts	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BR Taylor	08-102	Ind	Mum-BS	12 Mar 1965
2	HJ Howarth	09-100	Ind	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969
3	RJ Hadlee	11-058	Ind	Wellington	13 Feb 1976
4	JG Bracewell	09-136	Ind	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
5	JG Bracewell	08-132	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988
6	RJ Hadlee	10-088	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988
7	SB Doull	09-114	Ind	Wellington	26 Dec 1998
8	DR Tuffey	08-053	Ind	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002
9	TG Southee	08-132	Ind	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
10	N Wagner	08-126	Ind	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
11	TG Southee	09-110	Ind	Wellington	21 Feb 2020
12	TG Southee	08-144	Ind	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021

TG Southee became the third New Zealand bowler to capture eight or more wickets in a test on two or more occasions against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. TG Southee owns the record with three occasions.

No	Player	Wkts	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JG Bracewell	09-136	Ind	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
2	JG Bracewell	08-132	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988
1	RJ Hadlee	11-058	Ind	Wellington	13 Feb 1976
2	RJ Hadlee	10-088	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988
1	TG Southee	08-132	Ind	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
2	TG Southee	09-110	Ind	Wellington	21 Feb 2020
3	TG Southee	08-144	Ind	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021