Statistical highlights on day one
of the second cricket Test between India and New Zealand Eden Garden, here today.
# Ajinkya Rahane (77) posted his second highest score against New Zealand in Tests - his highest being 118 at Wellington in February 2014.
# Rahane's innings is his first fifty vs New Zealand - his ninth in Tests.
# Rahane is averaging 75.60 in six Tests this year - his aggregate being 378 in seven innings, including a hundred and two fifties - his best performance in terms of averages in a calendar year.
# Under Virat Kohli's captaincy, Rahane is averaging 51.65 - his tally being 1033 (ave.51.65) in 16 Tests, including four centuries and four fifties.
# In the second Test of a series in Tests, Rahane, has registered batting average of 86.55 - his aggregate being 779 runs in eleven innings (8 Tests), including four hundreds and four fifties.
# Cheteshwar Pujara (87 off 219 balls) has recorded his second highest score against New Zealand in Tests - his highest being 159 at Hyderabad in August 2012.
# Pujara's third fifty vs New Zealand is his tenth in Tests.
# Pujara, with his 87, took his batting average against New Zealand to fifty-plus - his tally being 503 in 10 innings at an average of 50.30, including a century and three fifties.
# Pujara has registered three consecutive fifty-plus scores for the first time in his Test career - 62 & 78 at Green Park, Kanpur and 87 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata - all in this series against New Zealand.
# Pujara's Test record in India is quite impressive - his aggregate being 1708 runs (ave.65.69) in 19 Tests, including five centuries and seven fifties.
# Matt Henry (3/35) has registered his second best bowling performance in Tests next only to the 4 for 93 vs England at Lord's in May 2015.
# Rahane and Pujara were associated in a partnership of 141 for the fourth wicket - India's highest for this wicket at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, obliterating the 140 between Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman against West Indies in November 2011.
# The stand is the third highest for the fourth wicket in Tests at Eden Gardens - the highest being 217 between Basil Butcher and Rohan Kanhai for West Indies vs India in 1958-59.
# In his last 25 Tests, Virat Kohli is averaging 43.26 - his tally being 1774, including seven hundreds and four fifties. Only once in a calendar year in 2013, he has managed 50-plus average - his aggregate being 616 in eight Tests at an average of 56.00, including two centuries and eight fifties.
# Since posting 200 vs West Indies at North Sound in July 2016, Kohli has scored 44, 3 & 4 vs West Indies and 9, 18 & 9 vs New Zealand.
# Kohli is averaging 41.00 in Tests this year - his tally being 287 in seven innings.
# Kohli has managed 399 runs in four innings at an average of 99.75 at this venue -- the most registered by him in any home venue in ODIs. His innings being 118 vs Australia on October 20, 2010, 117 vs West Indies on December 2,2011, 99 vs West Indies on November 24, 2013 and 65 vs New Zealand on October 29, 2016.
# Apart from Kohli, no other player has recorded more than two fifty-plus innings at this venue.
# Amit Mishra's tally of 15 wickets (ave.14.33) is the highest by any bowler vs New Zealand in a five-ODI bilateral series. Darren Gough had taken 13 wickets (ave.14.38) for England in New Zealand in 2001-02 and Sunil Narine had bagged 13 at 11.23 runs apiece for West Indies in West Indies in 2012.
# Mishra is the only Indian bowler to bag 15 wickets in a bilateral series twice -- his best being 18 (ave.11.61) in five matches vs Zimbabwe in 2013. This performance is the best by an Indian bowler in a five-ODI bilateral series vs New Zealand.
# Mishra's figures of 5 for 18 are the best by an Indian bowler vs New Zealand in ODIs, surpassing the 5 for 27 by Krish Srikkanth at Visakhapatnam on December 10, 1998.
# Mishra has recorded two five-wicket hauls -- his career-best being 6 for 48 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in 2013.
# Among the Indian spinners, only Harbhajan Singh has captured more five-wicket hauls (three) in ODIs.
# Mishra has deservingly got his first Player of the series award in ODIs. His 5 for 18 earned him his third Man of the Match award in ODIs. His first two awards in ODIs were against Zimbabwe in 2013.
# Latham's aggregate of 244 runs (ave.61.00) in five matches is the highest by a New Zealand batsman in an ODI series vs India in India. Nathan Astle had scored 234 runs (ave.46.80) in five matches in 1999-2000.
# For the second time, five ducks have been recorded in New Zealand's innings -- the first instance vs Pakistan at Auckland on February 17, 2001.
