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Overseas sides unbeaten at Chepauk after scoring 400 plus

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48.76 Average runs added by the eighth wicket in this series - the second-highest for any wicket. The partnership in England's first innings was the second century stand for the eighth wicket in this series. Virat Kohli and Jayant Yadav had added 241 runs in the Mumbai Test.

2 Number of eighth-wicket stands by visiting teams in Tests in India higher than the one between Adil Rashid and Liam Dawson: Keith Boyce and Viv Richards, 124 in Delhi (1974) is the highest; Imran Khan and Wasim Akram's 112 in Chennai (1986-87) is the next best. The 98-run stand between Rashid and Dawson is also the second-highest for the eighth wicket in Tests at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

65 The previous highest by an England debutant batting at No. 8 or lower in Tests. Darren Gough had made 65 on his debut batting at No. 9 at Old Trafford in 1994. Dawson's is the highest and the seventh fifty by an England debutant at No.8. David Bairstow's 59, also against India, at the Oval in 1979 was the previous highest.

7 Number of England debutants to have hit a fifty batting at No. 8 before Dawson. Tim Ambrose's 55 against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2007-08 was the last time this happened.

1998 Previous instance of a debutant making a fifty in Tests in India batting at No. 8 or lower. Australia's Gavin Robertson had hit 57 at the same venue on that occasion. Overall, Dawson is the fourth such overseas batsman.

0 Number of times an overseas team has lost at the MA Chidambaram Stadium after posting a total of 400 or more in the first innings. Of the six such instance before England in this Test, visiting teams - England in 1984-85 and West Indies in 1948-49 - have won twice and one Test involving Australia was tied in 1986.

1 Only other instance when two batsmen at No. 8 or lower got fifty-plus scores in a Test innings in India. Imran and Akram had got 135 and 62 respectively on that occasion. Overall, this was the ninth such instance for England in Tests.

5 Number of times R Ashwin has conceded 150 runs in an innings while taking three or fewer wickets in an Test innings. This equals the most such instances for any bowler in his first-44 Tests. Vinoo Mankad also had five such instances in a career that lasted exactly 44 Tests. Muttiah Muralitharan is next in this list with four such instances in his first-44 Tests.