Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Best performances - Batsmen

CA Pujara
87(219) 17x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 28 runs
  • 6x4 - 0x6
16 4 2 15 15 4 15 16
RG Sharma
RG Sharma
82(132) 9x4 - 2x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 19 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
3 4 19 18 20 5 1 12

Best performances - Bowlers

B Kumar
B Kumar
O15
M2
R48
W5
Eco3.20
RHB
OFFLEG
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W1W
TA Boult
TA Boult
O17.5
M6
R38
W3
Eco2.13
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

  • IND - 1st
  • NZ - 1st
  • IND - 2nd
  • NZ - 2nd

India - 1st - Innings

1
S Dhawan1 (10)
M Vijay0 (0)
27
CA Pujara17 (29)
M Vijay9 (29)
18
CA Pujara9 (34)
V Kohli9 (28)
141
CA Pujara61 (156)
AM Rahane71 (129)
6
RG Sharma2 (12)
AM Rahane4 (12)
7
R Ashwin5 (11)
AM Rahane2 (16)
31
R Ashwin21 (22)
WP Saha6 (16)
41
RA Jadeja14 (31)
WP Saha23 (43)
9
WP Saha4 (9)
B Kumar5 (11)
35
WP Saha21 (17)
Mohammed Shami14 (14)

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

10
MJ Guptill9 (9)
TWM Latham1 (2)
8
MJ Guptill4 (4)
HM Nicholls0 (1)
5
LRPL Taylor4 (14)
HM Nicholls1 (10)
62
L Ronchi35 (52)
LRPL Taylor26 (56)
19
LRPL Taylor6 (10)
MJ Santner9 (11)
18
BJ Watling11 (15)
MJ Santner2 (9)
0
BJ Watling0 (0)
MJ Henry0 (1)
60
JS Patel47 (47)
BJ Watling10 (43)
5
BJ Watling4 (9)
N Wagner1 (10)
17
N Wagner9 (8)
TA Boult6 (8)

India - 2nd - Innings

12
S Dhawan4 (19)
M Vijay7 (15)
12
S Dhawan8 (6)
CA Pujara4 (7)
10
S Dhawan5 (7)
V Kohli5 (11)
9
V Kohli8 (9)
AM Rahane1 (5)
48
RG Sharma14 (20)
V Kohli32 (45)
15
R Ashwin5 (23)
RG Sharma6 (16)
103
RG Sharma62 (96)
WP Saha35 (83)
6
RA Jadeja6 (4)
WP Saha0 (0)
36
WP Saha13 (25)
B Kumar23 (51)
12
WP Saha10 (12)
Mohammed Shami1 (7)

New Zealand - 2nd - Innings

55
MJ Guptill24 (49)
TWM Latham31 (52)
49
TWM Latham25 (48)
HM Nicholls24 (66)
11
LRPL Taylor4 (28)
TWM Latham7 (15)
26
L Ronchi15 (30)
TWM Latham11 (33)
13
L Ronchi4 (11)
MJ Santner9 (20)
2
L Ronchi1 (4)
BJ Watling1 (8)
19
L Ronchi12 (15)
MJ Henry7 (18)
3
JS Patel2 (7)
MJ Henry1 (1)
12
N Wagner2 (27)
MJ Henry10 (25)
7
N Wagner3 (16)
TA Boult4 (14)

Success at home

11-0

India's record in the last 12 Tests at home - their best win-loss record in a sequence of 12 consecutive Tests at home.

LBWs galore

13

The previous most LBW dismissals in a Test in India - in the Ahmedabad Test involving SA in 1996-97. Ross Taylor's dismissal in NZ's inns was the 14th of this Test.

A rare effort by Latham

4

No. of visiting openers to hit a fourth-innings fifty at Eden Gardens before Tom Latham. The previous one was by Shahid Afridi in 2005.

Only the 4th

3

No. of India keepers before Wriddhiman Saha to get two fifty-plus scores in a Test. MS Dhoni (4 times), Farokh Engineer and Dilawar Hussain (also at Eden Gardens)

Dominant seventh-wicket

4

No. of century stands India for the 7th wkt in their last 5 Tests in Kolkata, including this. Prev 3: MSD-Laxman 259* v SA, MSD-Laxman 224 v WI, Rohit-Ashwin 280 v WI.

Winning position?

233

Highest 4th inns total by a visiting team at Eden Gardens, by Eng in 1961-62. India's lead has already gone past 250.

Henry's double

6

No. of NZ fast bowlers to take 3 or more wkts in both inns of a Test India, including Matt Henry in this Test. Last to do was Tuffey in Mohali in 2003-04.

Openers fail

2006

Last time Ind openers aggregated fewer runs in both inns of a home Test, than 34 in this Test - 33 runs vs Eng at Wankhede in 2005-06.

Long time ago

2008

Last time Ind fast bowlers took 8 or more wkts in an inns at home, before this - vs Aus in Bangalore (9 wkts).

Pacers' glory

8

No. of wickets by India fast bowlers in the first inns of this Test - joint-most by them in an Eden Gardens Tests. They had taken 8 wkts v Pak 1986-87 and v SA 1996-97.

Jeetan's highest

27*

Previous highest score for Jeetan Patel in Tests, which came in Cape Town in 2005-06. He has gone past that in his first inns after making comeback.

Top-order crumble

15

Runs accumulated by NZ's top-3 in this inns, is the second-lowest for them against India in first inns of Tests. Lowest: 14 runs in Ahmedabad in 2003-04.