February 10, 1952 happens to be the red letter day in the history of Indian cricket. It was on this day, India registered its first test victory in tests. India trounced England by an innings and eight runs. The test was played at Madras on February 6, 8, 9 and 10, 1952. India was led by VS Hazare while DB Carr captained England. BJ Mohoni and MG Vijayasarathy officiated this test as umpires.

This is what 1951-52 edition of Indian Cricket wrote about this memorable test match. {Page NO 151}

A Memorable match was this, in which India gained their first Test victory. The handsome margin of their victory accurately reflects the disparity between the two teams. It was the result of a memorable piece of bowling by Mankad, who claimed twelve wickets for 108 runs. Apart from Graveney and Robertson the English batsmen had no counter to his acute spin and cunning flight. He received good support from the field, especially Sen behind the wicket. India were able to raise a big total thanks mainly to Roy and Umrigar both of whom scored centuries. Roy’s was an immaculate effort, while Umrigar’s was more restrained than is customary with him. With Phadkar the latter added 104 runs for the sixth wicket. England collapsed in the last innings against Mankad again and Ghulam Ahmed. When Statham lifted the former into the safe hands of Gopinath at long-on, India had secured a historic victory.

India was granted test status inn 1932 and had played its first test against England on June 25, 26 and 27 of 1932.

This is what Bill Frindall notes/comments on this memorable test in his book “The Wisden Book of Test Cricket – Volume 1 {1876 to 1977}”

After waiting for almost 20 years India gained a most emphatic test victory in their 25^th Test Match. Mankad’s innings and match analysis were the best in any Test at Madras and remain the records for India against England. Umrigar was omitted from the selection in favout of Adhikari. When the latter damaged his wrist in a fall the reinstated Umrigar seized a last opportunity to score his maiden test hundred. Because of the death of King George VI on 6 February the following day was made the rest day.

{Mankad’s match figures of 12 for 108 was bettered by Narendra Hirwani who took 16 for 136 at Madras against West Indies in Jan 1988}

Today is 10^th February 2024. Hence the recall of India’s first ever test victory after 72 years

The score card link is furnished below – courtesy espncricinfo.com

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-india-1951-52-61800/india-vs-england-5th-test-62729/fuall-scorecard

RG Sharma of India is the only batsman and also the only opening batsman in the history of test cricket to be dismissed for zero in both innings of a test after scoring a century.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	176	127	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019

He was dismissed stumped by Q de Kock of the bowling of Keshav Maharaj in the first innings 176 for against South Africa at Visakhapatnamm in Oct 2019

He was dismissed stumped by Q de Kock of the bowling of Keshav Maharaj in the second innings for 126 against South Africa at Visakhapatnamm in Oct 2019

What is striking about his dismissals in both innings is that he was dismissed by the same combination of wicket keeper and bowler in both innings of this test – stumped Q de Kock bowled Keshav Maharaj

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-test-championship-2019-2021-1195334/india-vs-south-africa-1st-test-1187007/full-scorecard

Test cricket has witnessed 23 occasions of a batsman dismissed stumped in both innings of a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Hornby	0	4	England	v Australia	Manchester	10 Jul 1884
2	R Peel	0	0	England	v Australia	Sydney	01 Feb 1895
3	TW Hayward	24	15	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907
4	C Newberry	1	5	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913
5	RHM Hands	0	7	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	27 Feb 1914
6	CH Parkin	12	17	England	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921
7	IM Barrow	19	17	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	16 Jan 1931
8	WR Hammond	24	140	England	v South Africa	Durban	03 Mar 1939
9	W Place	8	107	England	v West Indies	Kingston	27 Mar 1948
10	HJ Tayfield	6	7	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950
11	FMM Worrell	15	28	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
12	MJ Hilton	0	15	England	v India	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
13	RJ Christiani	4	33	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953
14	B Sutcliffe	26	10	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956
15	PJL Dujon	24	2	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
16	MA Butcher	4	6	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	10 Dec 2003
17	UDU Chandana	19	14	Sri  Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
18	CB Mpofu	0	0	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	07 Aug 2005
19	KAJ Roach	22	5	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Oct 2015
20	Sabbir Rahman	66	24	Bangladesh	v Australia	Chattogram	04 Sep 2017
21	J Blackwood	1	3	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017
22	RG Sharma	176	127	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
23	Sikandar Raza	41	17	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	19 Jan 2020

R Peel of England and CP Mpofu of Zimbabwe are the two batmen to be dismissed for zero in both innings of test. RG Sharma of India is the only batsman in the history of test cricket to be dismissed for zero in both innings of a test after scoring a century. He is the only Indian batsman in the list

No	Player	FI	SI	Teamtt	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	R Peel	0	0	England	v Australia	Sydney	01 Feb 1895
2	CB Mpofu	0	0	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	07 Aug 2005
No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	176	127	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019

KS Wiiliamson of New Zealand scripted his 31^st century when he scored 109 against South Africa in the just concluded test at Mount Maunganui. He became the 13^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 31 or more centuries. The following table lists all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51
2	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2013	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45
3	RT Ponting	Aua	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41
4	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2000-2015	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	38
5	R Dravid	Ind	1996-2012	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36
6	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34
7	M Jayawardene	Srl	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	34
8	BC Lara	Win	1990-2006	131	232	06	11953	400*	52.88	34
9	Younis Khan	Pak	2000-2017	118	213	19	10099	313	52.05	34
10	AN Cook	Eng	2006-2018	161	291	16	12472	294	45.35	33
11	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2024	107	191	25	9634	239	58.03	32
12	SR Waugh	Aus	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32
13	KS Williamson	NZl	2010-2024	097	170	16	8490	251	55.12	31

The following table lists the 31 centuries scored by KS Wiiliamson. The centuries are listed chronologically. His first century was against India at Ahmedabad when he scored 130.

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	131	2	v India	Ahmedabad	04 Nov 2010
2	102*	4	v South Africa	Wellington	23 Mar 2012
3	135	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012
4	114	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	09 Oct 2013
5	113	1	v India	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
6	113	1	v West Indies	Kingston	08 Jun 2014
7	161*	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2014
8	192	2	v Pakistan	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
9	242*	3	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	03 Jan 2015
10	132	2	v England	Lord’s	21 May 2015
11	140	2	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
12	166	2	v Australia	Perth	13 Nov 2015
13	108*	4	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015
14	113	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	06 Aug 2016
15	104*	4	v Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
16	130	2	v South Africa	Dunedin	08 Mar 2017
17	176	2	v South Africa	Hamilton	25 Mar 2017
18	102	2	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
19	139	3	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	03 Dec 2018
20	200*	2	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
21	104*	3	v England	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
22	251	1	v West Indies	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020
23	129	1	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020
24	238	2	v Pakistan	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021
25	200*	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Dec 2022
26	132	3	v England	Wellington	24 Feb 2023
27	121*	4	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	09 Mar 2023
28	215	1	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	17 Mar 2023
29	104	2	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	28 Nov 2023
20	118	1	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	04 Feb 2024
31	109	3	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	04 Feb 2024

KS Williamson of New Zealand was dismissed stumped for 109 against South Africa in the just concluded test at Mount Maunganui to provide the 115^th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in an innings in the annals of test cricket

He also became the eighth New Zealand batsman to be dismissed in a test innings. The following table lists all such batsman

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CS Dempster	136	1	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	24 Jan 1930
2	PGZ Harris	101	1	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962
3	GT Dowling	239	1	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968
4	CL Cairns	124	1	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000
5	NJ Astle	103	2	New Zealand	v India	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003
6	BJ Watling	103	1	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	09 Oct 2013
7	LRPL Taylor	104	3	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	17 Nov 2014
8	KS Williamson	109	3	New Zealand	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	04 Feb 2024

He also became the fourteenth batsman to be dismissed in a test innings against South Africa.  The following table lists all such batsman

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	C Hill	100	3	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911
2	JM Gregory	119	1	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
3	M Leyland	161	2	England	v South Africa	The Oval	17 Aug 1935
4	WR Hammond	140	4	England	v South Africa	Durban	03 Mar 1939
5	SJE Loxton	101	1	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949
6	CC McDonald	154	1	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953
7	G Pullar	175	3	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
8	PGZ Harris	101	1	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962
9	A Flintoff	142	3	England	v South Africa	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
10	MJ North	117	1	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009
11	Asad Shafiq	130	3	Pakistan	v South Africa	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
12	RG Sharma	176	1	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
13	RG Sharma	127	3	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
14	KS Williamson	109	3	New Zealand	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	04 Feb 2024

R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the ongoing test between the two teams. He became the 44^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs as his first century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	SE Gregory	201	Australia	England	Sydney	14.12.1894
2	RE Foster	287	England	Australia	Sydney	11.12.1903
3	WR Hammond	251	England	Australia	Sydney	14.12.1928
4	AD Nourse	231	South Africa	Australia	Johannesburg	24.12.1935
5	E Paynter	216*	England	Australia	Trent Bridge	10.06.1938
6	WJ Edrich	219	England	South Africa	Durban	03.03.1939
7	SG Barnes	234	Australia	England	Sydney	13.12.1946
8	MP Donnelly	206	New Zealand	England	Lord’s	25.06.1949
9	DJ McGlew	255*	South Africa	New Zealand	Wellington	06.03.1953
10	DSE Atkinson	219	West Indies	Australia	Bridgetown	14.05.1955
11	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	Pakistan	New Zealand	Lahore	26.10.1955
12	GSA Sobers	365*	West Indies	Pakistan	Kingston	26.02.1958
13	RB Kanhai	256	West Indies	India	Eden Gardens	31.12.1958
14	RB Simpson	311	Australia	England	Old Trafford	23.07.1964
15	DN Sardesai	200*	India	New Zealand	Brabourne	12.03.1965
16	SM Nurse	201	West Indies	Australia	Bridgetown	05.05.1965
17	Zaheer Abbas	274	Pakistan	England	Edgbaston	03.06.1971
18	LG Rowe	214	West Indies	New Zealand	Kingston	16.02.1972
19	D Lloyd	214*	England	India	Edgbaston	04.07.1974
20	SFA Bacchus	250	West Indies	India	Kanpur	02.02.1979
21	Taslim Arif	210*	Pakistan	Australia	Faisalabad	06.03.1980
22	DM Jones	210	Australia	India	Chepauk	18.09.1986
23	DSB Kuruppu	201*	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Col-CCC	16.04.1987
24	Aamir Sohail	205	Pakistan	England	Old Trafford	02.07.1992
25	BC Lara	277	West Indies	Australia	Sydney	02.01.1993
26	VG Kambli	224	India	England	Wankhede	19.02.1993
27	GW Flower	201*	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Harare	01.02.1995
28	SL Campbell	208	West Indies	New Zealand	Bridgetown	19.04.1996
29	HH Gibbs	211*	South Africa	New Zealand	AMI Stadium	11.03.1999
30	MS Sinclair	214	New Zealand	West Indies	Wellington	26.12.1999
31	GC Smith	200	South Africa	Bangladesh	East London	18.10.2002
32	JA Rudolph	222*	South Africa	Bangladesh	Chittagong	24.04.2003
33	RWT Key	221	England	West Indies	Lord’s	22.07.2004
34	BJ Hodge	203*	Australia	South Africa	Perth	16.12.2005
35	JN Gillespie	201*	Australia	Bangladesh	Chittagong	16.04.2006
36	KK Nair	303*	India	England	Chepauk	16.12.2016
37	MA Agarwal	215	India	South Africa	Vizag	02.10.2019
38	ZCrawley	267	England	Pakistan	Southampton	21.08.2020
39	KR Mayers	210*	West Indies	Bangladesh	Chittagong	03.02.2021
40	H Shahidi	200*	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	10.03.2021
41	DP Conway	200	New Zealand	England	Lord’s	02.06.2021
42	T Chanderpaul	207*	West Indies	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	04.02.2023
43	N Madushka	205	Sri Lanka	Ireland	Galle	24.04.2023
44	R Ravindra	240	New Zealand	South Africa	Mt Maunganui	04.02.2024

R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the ongoing test between the two teams. He became the fourth New Zealand batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs as his first century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	MP Donnelly	206	New Zealand	England	Lord’s	25.06.1949
2	MS Sinclair	214	New Zealand	West Indies	Wellington	26.12.1999
3	DP Conway	200	New Zealand	England	Lord’s	02.06.2021
4	R Ravindra	240	New Zealand	South Africa	Mt Maunganui	04.02.2024

R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the ongoing test between the two teams. He became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs as his first century in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	BJ Hodge	203*	Australia	South Africa	Perth	16.12.2005
2	WJ Edrich	219	England	South Africa	Durban	03.03.1939
3	MA Agarwal	215	India	South Africa	Vizag	02.10.2019
4	R Ravindra	240	New Zealand	South Africa	Mt Maunganui	04.02.2024

India won this test by 106 runs to provide its 175^th test victory. It also represents its 32^nd test win against England. India won this test by 106 runs to provide its 115^th test victory on home soil. It also represents its 23rd test win against England on home soil

India won this test by 106 runs to provide its 53rd test victory by 100 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	372 runs	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021
2	India	won	337 runs	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
3	India	won	321 runs	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
4	India	won	320 runs	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
5	India	won	318 runs	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019
6	India	won	317 runs	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
7	India	won	304 runs	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
8	India	won	280 runs	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
9	India	won	279 runs	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
10	India	won	278 runs	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
11	India	won	272 runs	v New Zealand	Auckland	07 Mar 1968
12	India	won	259 runs	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
13	India	won	257 runs	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
14	India	won	255 runs	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
15	India	won	246 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
16	India	won	238 runs	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
17	India	won	237 runs	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
18	India	won	235 runs	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
19	India	won	222 runs	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
20	India	won	216 runs	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
21	India	won	212 runs	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
22	India	won	208 runs	v Bangladesh	Hyderabad	09 Feb 2017
23	India	won	203 runs	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
24	India	won	203 runs	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
25	India	won	197 runs	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
26	India	won	195 runs	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005
27	India	won	188 runs	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
28	India	won	188 runs	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	14 Dec 2022
29	India	won	187 runs	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961
30	India	won	179 runs	v Australia	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
31	India	won	178 runs	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	30 Sep 2016
32	India	won	172 runs	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
33	India	won	172 runs	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988
34	India	won	171 runs	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001
35	India	won	170 runs	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
36	India	won	162 runs	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976
37	India	won	157 runs	v England	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
38	India	won	153 runs	v Australia	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
39	India	won	151 runs	v England	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
40	India	won	140 runs	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
41	India	won	138 runs	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981
42	India	won	137 runs	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
43	India	won	131 runs	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979
44	India	won	128 runs	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
45	India	won	124 runs	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
46	India	won	123 runs	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006
47	India	won	119 runs	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
48	India	won	117 runs	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
49	India	won	113 runs	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021
50	India	won	113 runs	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Jan 2010
51	India	won	108 runs	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
52	India	won	106 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024
53	India	won	100 runs	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1975

India won this test by 106 runs to provide its 34^th test victory by 100 plus runs margin on home soil All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	372 runs	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021
2	India	won	337 runs	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
3	India	won	321 runs	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
4	India	won	320 runs	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
5	India	won	317 runs	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
6	India	won	280 runs	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
7	India	won	259 runs	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
8	India	won	255 runs	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
9	India	won	246 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
10	India	won	238 runs	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
11	India	won	216 runs	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
12	India	won	212 runs	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
13	India	won	208 runs	v Bangladesh	Hyderabad	09 Feb 2017
14	India	won	203 runs	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
15	India	won	197 runs	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
16	India	won	195 runs	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005
17	India	won	188 runs	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
18	India	won	187 runs	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961
19	India	won	179 runs	v Australia	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
20	India	won	178 runs	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	30 Sep 2016
21	India	won	172 runs	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988
22	India	won	172 runs	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
23	India	won	171 runs	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001
24	India	won	162 runs	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976
25	India	won	153 runs	v Australia	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
26	India	won	140 runs	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
27	India	won	138 runs	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981
28	India	won	131 runs	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979
29	India	won	128 runs	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
30	India	won	124 runs	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
31	India	won	119 runs	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
32	India	won	108 runs	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
33	India	won	106 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024
34	India	won	100 runs	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1975

India won this test by 106 runs to provide its eleventh test victory by 100 plus runs margin against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	317 runs	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
2	India	won	279 runs	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
3	India	won	246 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
4	India	won	203 runs	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
5	India	won	187 runs	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961
6	India	won	157 runs	v England	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
7	India	won	151 runs	v England	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
8	India	won	140 runs	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
9	India	won	138 runs	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981
10	India	won	128 runs	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
11	India	won	106 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024

India won this test by 106 runs to provide its seventh test victory by 100 plus runs margin on home soil against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	317 runs	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
2	India	won	246 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
3	India	won	187 runs	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961
4	India	won	140 runs	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
5	India	won	138 runs	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981
6	India	won	128 runs	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
7	India	won	106 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024

Z Crawley scored 76 and 73 in this test to provide the 154^th occasion of an England batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test. It also provides the 77th occasion of an England batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test on away soil – which is exactly half of 154 occasions – a rare statistical coincidence.

Z Crawley scored 76 and 73 in this test to provide the 15^th occasion of an England batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test against India. It also provides the ninth occasion of an England batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test on away soil against India

Z Crawley scored 76 and 73 in this test to provide the 53rd occasion of an England opening batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test. It also provides the 28th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test on away soil

Z Crawley scored 76 and 73 in this test to provide the sixth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test against India. It also provides the third occasion of an England opening batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test on away soil against India

Z Crawley with scores 76 and 73 in this test was England’s top scorer in both innings of this test – both as a batsman and as an opening batsman – a very rare feat indeed.

R Ashwin’s three wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 499 wickets and also 346 wickets on home soil. It also fetched him an aggregate of 97 wickets against England and aggregate of 83 wickets against  England in India.

R Ashwin’s 97 wickets against England made him India’s highest wicket taker against England. The previous record was credited to BS Chandrasekhar who had captured 95 wickets.

R Ashwin has captured 97 wickets against England in 21 tests and 39 innings. BS Chandrasekhar’s 95 wickets against England had come in 23 tests and 38 innings.

BS Chandrasekhar’s record stood for 44 years five months and 20 days. Chandra’s last test against England was at Birmingham which had a start date of 12 Jul 1979. R Ashwin obliterated the record held by Chandra at Vizag which had a start date of 02 Feb 2024.

Player	Span	M	I	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	5	10
R Ashwin	2012-2024	21	39	987.2	166	2843	97	6/55	12/167	6	1
BS Chandrasekhar	1964-1979	23	38	1033.1	249	2591	95	8/79	09/107	8	0

JJ Bumrah captured nine wickets in this test to provide the 87^th occasion of a bowler capturing exact nine wickets in a match against England. It also provides the 50th occasion of a bowler capturing exact nine wickets in a match against England on home soil

JJ Bumrah captured nine wickets in this test to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact nine wickets in a match against England.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	BS Chandrasekhar	65.5	25	149	9	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
2	BS Chandrasekhar	55.2	19	107	9	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972
3	BS Chandrasekhar	46.2	10	131	9	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
4	A Kumble	58.4	15	146	9	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
5	Z Khan	48.0	15	134	9	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
6	PP Ojha	77.2	24	165	9	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
7	R Ashwin	72.4	7	207	9	v England	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
8	AR Patel	50.0	13	116	9	v England	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2021
9	JJ Bumrah	39.4	6	110	9	v England	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021
10	JJ Bumrah	33.1	9	091	9	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024

It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact nine wickets in a match against England on home soil

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	BS Chandrasekhar	65.5	25	149	9	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
2	BS Chandrasekhar	55.2	19	107	9	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972
3	BS Chandrasekhar	46.2	10	131	9	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
4	A Kumble	58.4	15	146	9	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
5	PP Ojha	77.2	24	165	9	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
6	R Ashwin	72.4	7	207	9	v England	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
7	AR Patel	50.0	13	116	9	v England	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2021
8	JJ Bumrah	33.1	9	091	9	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024

BS Chandrasekhar and JJ Bumrah are the two Indian bowlers to capture exact nine wickets in a match on two or more occasions. BS Chandrasekhar’s three exact nine wicket hauls against England are on home soil. JJ Bumrah’s two exact nine wicket hauls against England are on home soil and on away soil

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	BS Chandrasekhar	65.5	25	149	9	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
2	BS Chandrasekhar	55.2	19	107	9	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972
3	BS Chandrasekhar	46.2	10	131	9	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
1	JJ Bumrah	39.4	6	110	9	v England	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021
2	JJ Bumrah	33.1	9	091	9	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024

JJ Bumrah’s nine wickets in this test represent the best match bowling figures by any bowler in a test at Visakhapatnam. The previous best by any bowler was by R Ashwin who had captured eight wickets in a test at Visakhapatnam. He had captured 8 for 119 against England in Nov 2016 and 8 for 189 against South Africa in Oct 2019

JJ Bumrah’s nine wickets in this test represent the best match bowling figures by any bowler in a test at Visakhapatnam against England. The previous best by any bowler was by R Ashwin who had captured 8-119 in a test at Visakapatnam against England.

JJ Bumrah’s nine wickets in this test represent the best match bowling figures by an Indian bowler in a test at Visakhapatnam against England. The previous best by an Indian bowler was by R Ashwin who had captured 8-119 in a test at Visakhapatnam against England.

J Root’s run aggregate against India in India read 1004 at the end of this test. He became the second England batsman to score 1000 plus runs against India in India after AN Cook. AN Cook has scored 1235 runs against India in India.

J Root’s run aggregate against India in India read 1004 at the end of this test. He became the fifth batsman to score 1000 plus runs against India in India. All such batsmen are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	CH Lloyd	Win	1966-1983	14	22	4	1359	242*	75.50	4	5	0
2	AN Cook	Eng	2006-2016	13	26	2	1235	190	51.45	5	4	0
3	CG Greenidge	Win	1974-1987	14	25	2	1042	194	45.30	3	4	1
4	ML Hayden	Aus	2001-2008	11	22	2	1027	203	51.35	2	5	2
5	JE Root	Eng	2012-2024	12	24	1	1004	218	43.65	2	5	0

England became the second team to have two batsmen – AN Cook and J Root – to score 1000 plus runs against India in India. West Indies is the other team to have two batsmen – CH Lloyd and CG Greenidge – to score 1000 plus runs against India in India

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	AN Cook	Eng	2006-2016	13	26	2	1235	190	51.45	5	4	0
2	JE Root	Eng	2012-2024	12	24	1	1004	218	43.65	2	5	0
1	CH Lloyd	Win	1966-1983	14	22	4	1359	242*	75.50	4	5	0
2	CG Greenidge	Win	1974-1987	14	25	2	1042	194	45.30	3	4	1

India became the fifth team in the annals of test cricket to win 175 plus tests. Other teams are – Australia {412}, England {392}, West Indies {183} and South Africa {178}

India became the fourth team in the annals of test cricket to win 115 plus tests on home soil. Other teams are – Australia {259}, England {233} and South Africa {117}

India won its 23^rd home test against England when it won this test against England by 106 runs. India has won its home test against Australia on 23 occasions.

India won its 32nd test against England when it won this test against England by 106 runs. India has won tests against Australia on 32 occasions.

RG Sharma was dismissed for 13 in India’s second innings to provide the 162^nd occasion of a captain dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 34^th occasion of a captain dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket against England.

RG Sharma was dismissed for 13 in India’s second innings to provide the 73rd occasion of a captain dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on home soil. It also provides the 16th occasion of a captain dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on home soil against England

RG Sharma was dismissed for 13 in India’s second innings to provide the 18th occasion of an Indian captain dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian captain dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket against England.

RG Sharma was dismissed for 13 in India’s second innings to provide the twelfth occasion of an Indian captain dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on home soil. It also provides the third occasion of a captain dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on home soil against England

RG Sharma was dismissed for 13 in India’s second innings to provide the 40th occasion of a captain opening batsman dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fifth occasion of a captain opening batsman dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket against England

RG Sharma was dismissed for 13 in India’s second innings to provide the 18th occasion of a captain opening batsman dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on home soil. It also provides the fifth occasion of a captain opening batsman dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on home soil against England

RG Sharma was dismissed for 13 in India’s second innings to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian captain opening batsman dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian captain opening batsman dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket against England.

RG Sharma was dismissed for 13 in India’s second innings to provide the second occasion of an Indian captain opening batsman dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on home soil. It also provides the second occasion of a captain opening batsman dismissed for “unlucky thirteen” in a test innings in the annals of test cricket on home soil against England

Shubman Gill scored 104 in India’s second innings to provide the 92^nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in an innings against England. It also provides the 53^rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in an innings against England in India.

Shubman Gill scored 104 in India’s second innings to provide the 38th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in an innings against England while batting at number three. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in an innings against England in India while batting at number three.

Shubman Gill scored 104 in India’s second innings to provide the 29th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in India’s second innings against England. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in an innings against England in India

Shubman Gill scored 104 in India’s second innings to provide the twelfth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in India’s second innings while batting at number three. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in India’s second innings against England in India while batting at number three.

Shubman Gill took four catches in England’s first innings and scored 104 in India’s second innings to provide the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in an innings and taking four catches in an innings. Prior to this AM Rahane had scored 132 and has pouched four catches in an innings against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Aug 2017

The following table lists the ten cricketers who have scored a century and have taken four catches in an innings in the same test.

No	Player	FI	SI	Ct	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	104	–	4	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
2	RB Simpson	201	–	4	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
3	IVA Richards	110	–	4	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989
4	ML Hayden	–	130	4	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004
5	JH Kallis	224	–	4	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012
6	GC Smith	122	–	4	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
7	JE Root	254	–	4	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
8	AM Rahane	132	–	4	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017
9	TWM Latham	252	–	4	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022
10	Shubman Gill	–	104	4	India	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024

ML Hayden of Australia and Shubman Gill of India are the two cricketers who have scored a century in the second innings of their respective teams and have taken four catches in the same test

No	Player	FI	SI	Ct	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden	–	130	4	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004
2	Shubman Gill	–	104	4	India	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024

In India’s second innings, Kuldeep Yadav and JJ Bumrah were dismissed for zeroes to provide the 30th occasion of batsmen batting at number nine and ten scoring zeroes in an Indian innings. It also provides the ninth such occasion in an Indian innings against England.

In India’s second innings, Kuldeep Yadav and JJ Bumrah were dismissed for zeroes to provide the 14th occasion of batsmen batting at number nine and ten scoring zeroes in an Indian innings on home soil. It also provides the third such occasion in an Indian innings against England in India.