The statistical highlights from

The statistical highlights from
third and final Test between India and New Zealand here today.
# Ashwin's splendid second innings figures of 7 for 59 are his best in a Test innings, beating the 7 for 66 vs South Africa at Nagpur in November 2015.
# Ashwin's Test figures of 13 for 140 are his best in a Test match, outstripping the 12 for 85 vs New Zealand at Hyderabad in August 2012. His two best match performances are the best ever by a bowler for India vs New Zealand in Tests.
# Ashwin's marvellous tally of ten wickets or more in a Test match six times has been bettered only by Anil Kumble (8).

# Ashwin's tally of 27 wickets (ave.17.77) is the second highest by any bowler in a three-Test series vs New Zealand next only to Waqar Younis - 29 (ave.10.86) in 1990-91.

# Ashwin, with 44 wickets at an average of 19.86 in seven Tests, including five five-wicket hauls and two instances of ten wickets or more in a Test match, is the top wicket-taker this year in Tests.
# Ashwin enjoys an outstanding record in Test wins - his tally being 151 wickets (ave.18.12) in 21 Tests, including 17 five-wicket hauls and five instances of ten wickets or more in a Test match.

# Ashwin's tally of 151 wickets in wins is the third highest for India in Tests next only to the 288 by Anil Kumble and 221 by Harbhajan Singh.
# Both Kumble and Ashwin share a record for most instances (five) of ten wickets or more in a Test match in a winning cause.
# In only five Tests vs New Zealand, Ashwin has taken 45 wickets at 15.91 runs apiece, including six five-wicket hauls and three instances of ten wickets or more in a Test match. His tally of six five-wicket hauls and three instances of ten wickets or more in a Test match are records in Tests involving India and New Zealand.

# Harbhajan Singh (vs Australia, 2000-01) and Ravichandran Ashwin (vs New Zealand (2016-17) are the only two Indian bowlers to produce two instances of ten wickets or more in a Test series.
# Ashwin has deservingly received his seventh Man of the Match award in Tests - his second against New Zealand.
# Ashwin has got the Player of the Series for the seventh time in Tests, extending his Indian record. Since his Test debut in November 2011, no other player has received so many Player of the series awards.
# India have whitewashed New Zealand for the first time in a Test series - their fourth instance in Tests - the first three instances being 4-0 vs Australia in 2012-13; 3-0 vs England in 1992-93 and 3-0 vs Sri Lanka in 1993-94.

# India's deserving victory by 321 runs is their largest in terms of runs over New Zealand - their second biggest in terms of runs in Tests behind the 337-run win over South Africa at Delhi in 2015-16. India's previous largst win in terms of runs over New Zealand was by 272 runs at Auckland in 1967-68 under Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's captaincy.
# The superb Indore victory is the tenth in 17 Tests under Virat Kohli's captaincy (two losses and five drawn games) - success % 58.82. Among the Indian captains with atleast five Tests, he is the only one to enjoy winning % of fifty or more.

# New Zealand have recorded their seventh whitewash in Tests (minimum three Tests).
# Gautam Gambhir (50) has recorded his 22nd fifty in Tests - his fourth vs New Zealand. His excellent record vs New Zealand continues in Tests - his aggregate being 749 runs at an average of 53.50, including two centuries and four fifties, in 9 Tests.
# Cheteshwar Pujara has registered his fourth fifty-plus innings in the current rubber - 62 & 78 at Kanpur; 87 & 4 at Kolkata and 41 & 101 not out at Indore - a feat recorded by him for the first time, bettering the three fifty-plus innings (a hundred and two fifties) vs Australia in 2012-13.

# Pujara's marvellous unbeaten 101 is his second century vs New Zealand - his eighth in Tests.
# Pujara has become the third number three Indian batsman to post four fifty-plus innings in a series of three Tests. Mohinder Amarnath had recorded two centuries and two fifties while making 367 runs at 91.75 vs Pakistan in 1982-83 and Rahul Dravid had hit four fifties while amassing 306 runs at 61.20 vs New Zealand in 2008-09.
# Ravindra Jadeja is the 20th Indian bowler to complete 100 wickets or more in Tests.
# For the second time, three Indian batsmen have registered hundreds in the same Test innings vs England - Murali Vijay 136, Virat Kohli 235 and Jayant Yadav 104 - the first instance being Rahul Dravid 148, Sachin Tendulkar 193 and Sourav Ganguly 128 - at Leeds in 2002.

# Jayant Yadav is the first Indian number nine player to post a century. In all, 15 batsmen have recorded a century while playing as number nine batsman.
# Shaun Pollock remains the only number nine batsman to accomplish the aforesaid feat twice - 111 vs Sri Lanka at Centurion and an unbeaten 106 vs West Indies at Bridgetown - both in 2001.
# Keaton Jennings (112 & 0) became the fourth batsman to register a hundred and a duck on Test debut. He has joined India's Gundappa Viswanath (0 & 137 vs Australia at Kanpur in 1969-70); South Africa's Andrew Hudson (163 & 0 vs West Indies at Bridgetown in 1991-92) and Pakistan's Mohammad Wasim (0 &

109 not out vs New Zealand at Lahore in 1996-97)
# Adil Rashid's tally of 22 wickets (ave.32.18) in four Tests is the third highest by an overseas leg spinner in a Test series in India next only to the 29 (ave.19.58) in five Tests in 1959-60 and 23 wickets (ave.16.86) in three Tests in 1956-57 by Richie Benaud.
# Joe Root has completed his 1,000 runs in Tests vs India - his tally being 1008 (ave.72.00) in ten Tests, including three centuries and seven fifties.
# Root is the 11th England batsman to complete 1,000 runs vs India in Tests. Alastair Cook is the only England batsman to manage 2,000 runs vs India in Tests - 2045 runs at an average of 51.12 in 24 Tests.

# Root has managed 397 runs at an average of 49.62 in four Tests, including a hundred and three fifties - his highest tally in a Test series away from home.
# The aforesaid tally is the highest by an England batsman in the current Test series.
# Moeen Ali's first duck vs India is his sixth in Tests.
# Jonny Bairstow's unbeaten 50 is his third fifty vs India - his 14th in Tests.
# Bairstow's aggregate of 1419 at an average of 64.50, including three hundreds and eight fifties, in 16 Tests is a new record by a wicketkeeper in a calendar year. His tally is also the highest by any batsman this year.
# Bairstow's tally of 11 fifty-plus innings (3 centuries + eight fifties) is a new record by a wicketkeeper in a calendar year in Tests.