India vs New Zealand: Mayank Agarwal in record books

Mayank Agarwal ended with 964 runs in his first 10 Tests, just 14 runs shy of Sunil Gavaskar's record of 978 runs; NZ became the seventh team to win 100 Tests.

Mayank Agarwal walks back dejected after being dismissed by Trent Boult in the Christchurch Test.

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The number of teams to win 100 or more Test matches. At the Basin Reserve in Wellington, New Zealand became the latest entrant to this club when they had an emphatic 10-wicket victory over India. However, New Zealand took the longest to reach this landmark – 441 Tests. The previous record was held by India, which took 432 Tests. Incidentally, England was the first Test side to reach this landmark – in June 1939.

Teams with 100 or more Test wins

Tests won	Team	Tests played	Winning percentage	100th Test win on	Against	Venue	Won by	Test No.	Test debut
393	Australia	830	47.35	November 13, 1951	West Indies	Brisbane	3 wickets	199	March 15, 1877
371	England	1,022	36.30	June 27, 1939	West Indies	Lord’s	8 wickets	241	March 15, 1877
174	West Indies	545	31.93	December 6, 1988	Australia	Perth	169 runs	266	June 23, 1928
165	South Africa	439	37.59	April 19, 2006	New Zealand	Centurion	128 runs	310	March 12, 1889
157	India	541	29.02	November 27, 2009	Sri Lanka	Kanpur	Innings and 144 runs	432	June 25, 1932
138	Pakistan	428	32.24	April 5, 2006	Sri Lanka	Kandy	8 wickets	320	October 16, 1952
100	New Zealand	441	22.68	February 24, 2020	India	Wellington	10 wickets	441	January 10, 1930

Note: The other Test-playing nations that have not yet found a place in this club are Sri Lanka (92 wins), Bangladesh (13), Zimbabwe (12), Afghanistan (2) and Ireland, who are yet to open their account.

New Zealand team poses with the trophy after winning the series against India 2-0 on March 2.

 

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The number of runs aggregated by Mayank Agarwal by the 10th Test of his career, in the Wellington match. He fell short by just 14 runs of the Indian record of 978 runs in the first 10 Tests held by Sunil Gavaskar.

Most Test runs by Indians by the 10th Test match of their career

Runs	Batsman	Innings	Average	100s/50s	Runs as on
978	Sunil Gavaskar	20	61.13	4/5	January 17, 1973
964	Mayank Agarwal	15	64.27	3/4	February 24, 2020
937	Vinod Kambli	11	93.70	4/3	February 12, 1994
902	S. Ramesh	20	47.47	2/6	November 13, 2000
859	Vijay Merchant	18	47.72	3/3	November 7, 1951
813	Cheteshwar Pujara	17	58.07	3/1	February 26, 2013

Notes:

- Incidentally, Gavaskar and Agarwal have the most runs by Asian batsmen after 10 Tests.

- The Test record for the most runs after the first 10 Test matches is 1,446 runs by Don Bradman in 16 innings!

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The number of New Zealand players who have managed to make a score of 40-plus in an innings and also claim a four-plus wicket haul on Test debut. Kyle Jamieson in the Wellington Test match became the latest to achieve this rare feat.

40-plus scores and four or more wickets in a debut innings for New Zealand

Player	Runs	Wickets	Against	Venue	Month, year	Result
Bruce Taylor	105	5/86	India	Kolkata	March 1965	Drawn
Tim Southee	77*	5/55	England	Napier	March 2008	Lost
Bruce Martin	41	4/43	England	Dunedin	March 2013	Drawn
Kyle Jamieson	44	4/39	India	Wellington	February 2020	Won

Note: Bruce Taylor is the only player to make a 100 and also take a five-wicket haul on Test debut.

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The number of Test debutants who have managed to score 44 or more runs against India while coming in at batting positions of nine or below. Jamieson’s 44 at No. 9 is now the second highest by a debutant against India while batting at that position after John Lever’s 53 at Delhi in 1976.

Highest scores by debutants against India while batting at No. 9 or below

Runs	Batting position	Batsman	Country	Venue	Month, year	Result
57	10	Gavin Robertson	Australia	Chennai	March 1998	Lost
53	9	John Lever	England	Delhi	December 1976	Won
45	10	Denis Atkinson	West Indies	Delhi	November 1948	Drawn
44	10	Simon Jones	England	Lord’s	July 2002	Won
44	9	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand	Wellington	February 2020	Won

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The total number of byes (1) and leg-byes (2) conceded in the Wellington Test is the second fewest in a completed Test match. The Lord’s Test between England and New Zealand in 1958 – 61 years ago – has the distinction of conceding the fewest – just two leg-byes in the whole match!

Fewest byes/leg-byes conceded in a completed Test match

Total	Byes/leg-byes	Conceded by	Venue	Year	Won by
2	0/2	England 1 leg-bye/New Zealand 1 leg-bye	Lord’s	June 1958	England
3	1/2	New Zealand 1 leg-bye/India 1 bye, 1 leg-bye	Wellington	February 2020	New Zealand
6	3/3	England 3 byes/Pakistan 3 leg-byes	The Oval	August 1954	Pakistan
6	1/5	England 1 leg-bye/New Zealand 1 bye, 4 leg-byes	Birmingham	June 1958	England
6	1/5	England 1 leg-bye, 3 leg-byes/Pakistan 2 leg-byes	Lord’s	June 1978	England

 

Queries Corner In the Wellington Test match, New Zealand’s debutant Kyle Jamieson made 44 in the first innings while batting at No. 9. Has any debutant batsman scored a century at this position? – S. Rajan, Nagpur. Kyle Jamison’s 44 incidentally is now the highest by a New Zealander on debut at No. 9, just bettering the previous best of 43 by Graham Vivian against India at Kolkata in March 1965. So far, no No. 9 batsman has been able to make a three-figure score on debut. India’s Balwinder Singh Sandhu’s 71 against Pakistan at Hyderabad in Sindh province in January 1983 still remains the highest by a debutant at No. 9. Recently, at Valsad, Gujarat’s captain Parthiv Patel claimed his 300th dismissal in the Ranji Trophy. Is he the first wicketkeeper to reach this landmark? – Suresh Bhatt, Gandhinagar. In the match against Goa, Parthiv Patel became the fifth wicketkeeper in Ranji Trophy history to claim 300 or more dismissals. He now emulates Naman Ojha (351 dismissals), Vinayak Samant (335), Mahesh Rawat (313) and Pinal Shah (311). Parthiv now has 302 dismissals in 102 matches. How many players have been dismissed for a golden duck in their 100th One-Day International match? – S. Kartik, Vellore. Kusal Perera in his 100th ODI match at Hambantota was dismissed off the first ball he faced against the West Indies. He now joins five other players who had this misfortune. Out first ball in 100th ODI match Craig McDermott Australia 1993 Mushtaq Ahmed Pakistan 1996 Jimmy Adams West Indies 2000 James Franklin New Zealand 2013 Umar Akmal Pakistan 2014 Kusal Perera Sri Lanka 2020

Note: All figures above are updated as of February 28, 2020.