New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide 133rd the occasion of New Zealand doing so in a test match. It also provides the 85^th occasion of New Zealand doing so in a test match on away soil.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide 22nd the occasion of New Zealand doing so in a test match against India. It also provides the 16^th occasion of New Zealand doing so in a test match on away soil against India

New Zealand was dismissed for a total of 235 in its first innings to provide the 15^th occasion of a team dismissed for 235 {2+3=5} in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below 

No	Team	Score	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	235	1	v England	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	India	235	1	v Pakistan	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955
3	West Indies	235	1	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966
4	West Indies	235	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980
5	England	235	3	v West Indies	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984
6	India	235	3	v England	Delhi	12 Dec 1984
7	England	235	3	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986
8	Zimbabwe	235	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996
9	South Africa	235	1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996
10	Australia	235	1	v England	Manchester	03 Jul 1997
11	England	235	3	v India	Mohali	03 Dec 2001
12	Australia	235	1	v India	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
13	South Africa	235	1	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019
14	South Africa	235	3	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024
15	New Zealand	235	1	v India	Wankhede	01 Nov 2024

New Zealand was dismissed for a total of 235 in its first innings to provide the fifth occasion of a team dismissed for 235 {2+3=5} in an innings against India in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below 

No	Team	Score	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	England	235	3	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986
2	South Africa	235	1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996
3	England	235	3	v India	Mohali	03 Dec 2001
4	Australia	235	1	v India	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
5	New Zealand	235	1	v India	Wankhede	01 Nov 2024

RA Jadeja’s five for 65 against New Zealand in its first innings in the on-going test at Wankhede represents his 14^th five wicket haul. He now shares the Indian record for most five wickets by a left arm spinner with BS Bedi.  BS Bedi had also captured 14 five wicket hauls as a left arm spinner. The following table lists the five wicket hauls of these two Indian left arm spin bowlers. Another interesting statistical derivative observed is that both BS Bedi and RA Jadeja have captured equal number of wickets with their fourteen five wicket hauls. Both have captured 76 wickets

BS Bedi
No	Overs	BPO	M	Runs	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	47.3	6	11	127	6	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968
2	30.5	6	16	042	6	4	v New Zealand	Brabourne	25 Sep 1969
3	23.0	6	11	037	5	3	v Australia	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
4	50.0	6	19	098	7	2	v Australia	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1969
5	40.0	6	12	063	5	4	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972
6	64.2	6	08	226	6	1	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
7	34.0	6	11	082	5	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976
8	33.0	6	18	027	5	4	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976
9	16.4	6	04	048	5	2	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
10	64.0	6	25	110	5	2	v England	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1977
11	21.3	6	04	071	6	4	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
12	13.7	8	03	055	5	1	v Australia	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
13	31.0	8	06	089	5	2	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977
14	30.2	8	06	105	5	4	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977
RA Jadeja
No	Overs	BPO	M	Runs	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	16.0	6	02	058	5	3	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
2	58.2	6	15	138	6	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013
3	11.5	6	04	021	5	4	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
4	12.0	6	02	030	5	2	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
5	34.0	6	07	073	5	2	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
6	25.0	6	05	048	7	3	v England	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
7	21.4	6	01	063	6	2	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
8	49.3	6	08	124	5	1	v Australia	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
9	39.0	6	05	152	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017
10	13.0	6	04	041	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	04 Mar 2022
11	22.0	6	08	047	5	1	v Australia	Nagpur	09 Feb 2023
12	12.1	6	01	042	7	3	v Australia	Delhi	17 Feb 2023
13	12.4	6	04	041	5	4	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024
14	22.0	6	01	065	5	1	v New Zealand	Wankhede	01 Nov 2024

The following table lists the nine left arm spin bowlers who have captured five or more wickets in an innings on ten or more occasions.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5
1	HMRKB Herath	Srl	2009-2018	26	34	6651	3004	197	34
2	DL Vettori	NZl	1997-2011	18	20	4171	1756	111	20
3	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	2008-2022	17	19	3558	1534	101	19
4	DL Underwood	Eng	1967-1982	14	17	3105	0980	100	17
5	BS Bedi	Ind	1968-1977	13	14	3150	1180	076	14
6	RA Jadeja	Ind	2013-2024	14	14	2095	0943	076	14
7	Taijul Islam	Ban	2014-2024	13	14	2952	1423	080	14
8	MS Panesar	Eng	2006-2012	11	12	2515	1113	066	12
9	KA Maharaj	SAF	2017-2024	10	10	1532	0792	059	10

RG Sharma’s two catches in New Zealand’s innings fetched him 20 catches while leading India. He became the eighth Indian captain to pouch 20 plus catches. Others are – V Kohli {71}, M Azharuddin {50}, SM Gavaskar {45}, SC Ganguly {37}, R Dravid {33}, Kapil Dev {26} and MAK Pataudi {26}

V Kohli was dismissed run out for 4 in India’s innings to provide the fourth occasion of his dismissed run out in his test career.

V Kohli was dismissed run out for 4 in India’s innings to provide the 48th occasion of his dismissed for single digits in test innings and in 45 test matches. He has been dismissed without scoring on 15 occasions. He also became the 14^th Indian batsman to be dismissed in single digits on 48 or more occasions.