India vs New Zealand first Test stats review: Henry scalps 100 and India’s capitulation in Bengaluru

IND vs NZ 1st Test review: Here are all the important stats and numbers from the first India vs New Zealand first Test in Bengaluru.

It took Matt Henry 26 Test matches to reach his 100th Test wicket when he dismissed Kuldeep Yadav in the first Test in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: PTI

 

26 The number of Test matches Kiwi bowler Matt Henry required to reach his 100th Test wicket when he dismissed Kuldeep Yadav in the first Test in Bengaluru. In doing so, he became the joint second-quickest New Zealand bowler to reach this milestone. Henry is the 15th New Zealander overall to achieve this landmark and the 13th fast bowler from the country.

Quickest to reach 100 Test wickets for New Zealand

Test#	Bowler	Achieved on	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave.	S/R	Against	Venue	Result	100th victim
25	Richard Hadlee	17 Feb 1979	6042	3058	101	30.28	59.82	Pak	Napier	Drawn	Imran Khan
26	Neil Wagner	19 Nov 2016	5596	2981	102	29.23	54.86	Pak	Christchurch HO	Won	Babar Azam
26	Matt Henry	17 Oct 2024	6023	3094	100	30.94	60.23	Ind	Bengaluru	Won	Kuldeep Yadav
27	Bruce Taylor	16 Feb 1973	5366	2492	100	24.92	53.66	Pak	Auckland	Drawn	Intikhab Alam

Note: Four others (Danny Morrison, Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee, Trent Boult) achieved their landmarks in 29 Tests.

The bowling figures above are at the end of the innings in which the bowler achieved the milestone.

 

8 The number of times teams have been dismissed for totals under 50 since 2000. India now holds the dubious distinction of being the first team to achieve this on two occasions: once in Adelaide in 2020 and again in Bengaluru in 2024. Additionally, India (46) and the West Indies (47) are the only home teams dismissed for less than 50 runs at home during this millennium. India’s score of 46 in Bengaluru is recorded as the seventh-lowest total by a home team in the history of Test cricket. All the tables given below are self-explanatory.

Sub-50 totals this millennium in Test cricket

Total	Overs	For	Against	Venue	Date	Result	Inns
36+	21.2	India	Australia	Adelaide	19 Dec 2020	Lost by 8 wickets	3
38	15.4	Ireland	England	Lord’s	26 Jul 2019	Lost by 143 runs	4
43	18.4	Bangladesh	West Indies	North Sound	4 Jul 2018	Lost by an inns & 219 runs	1
45	19.2	New Zealand	South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Lost by an inns & 27 runs	1
46	31.2	India	New Zealand	Bengaluru	17 Oct 2024	Lost by 8 wickets	1
47	25.3	West Indies	England	Kingston	14 Mar 2004	Lost by 10 wickets	3
47	18.0	Australia	South Africa	Cape Town	10 Nov 2011	Lost by 8 wickets	3
49	29.1	Pakistan	South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Feb 2013	Lost by 211 runs	2

+ Last nine wickets — as one batter had to retire hurt.

Note: In Adelaide, Lord’s and Cape Town the losing sides (India, Ireland & Australia) had taken the first innings lead. Australia’s lead was a mammoth 188 runs, while Ireland’s was 122.

 

Sub-50 totals by the home side in Test cricket

Total	Overs	For	Against	Venue	Date	Result	inns
26	27.0	New Zealand	England	Auckland	28 Mar 1955	Lost by an inns & 20 runs	3
30	18.4+	South Africa	England	Port Elizabeth	14 Feb 1896	Lost by 288 runs	4
35	22.4+	South Africa	England	Cape Town	4 Apr 1899	Lost by 210 runs	4
42	37.3#	England	Australia	Sydney	14 Feb 1888	Lost by 126 rusn	2
42	39.0	New Zealand	Australia	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Lost by an inns & 103 runs	1
43	28.2#	South Africa	England	Cape Town	26 Mar 1889	Lost by an inns & 202 runs	3
46	31.2	India	New Zealand	Bengaluru	17 Oct 2024	Lost by 8 wickets	1
47	47.1#	South Africa	England	Cape Town	26 Mar 1889	Lost by an inns & 202 runs	3
47	25.3	West Indies	England	Kingston	14 Mar 2004	Lost by 10 wickets	3

+ five-ball over

# four-ball over

South Africa at Cape Town was dismissed twice for sub-50 totals on the second day (26 March 1889)

 

India’s lowest Test totals

Total	Overs	Against	Venue	Date	Result	Inns
36+	21.2	Australia	Adelaide	19 Dec 2020	Lost by 8 wickets	3
42+	17.0	England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1974	Lost by an inns & 285 runs	3
46	31.2	New Zealand	Bengaluru	17 Oct 2024	Lost by 8 wickets	1

+ Lost nine wickets — at Lord’s one batter (injured) did not bat and in Adelaide one batter had to retire hurt.

 

India’s lowest Test totals at home

Total	Overs	Against	Venue	Date	Result	inns
46	31.2	New Zealand	Bengaluru	17 Oct 2024	Lost by 8 wickets	1
75	30.5	West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Lost by 5 wickets	1
76	20.0	South Africa	Ahmedabad	4 Apr 2008	Lost by inns & 90 runs	1

 

 

 

 

 

5 The number of occasions when Test wicket-keepers missed a century by one run. Rishabh Pant recently joined the list. He achieved this unfortunate feat in Bengaluru, becoming the second Indian keeper to do so after MS Dhoni. Pant is also the fourth wicket-keeper overall, following England’s Jonny Bairstow, who has experienced this disappointment twice.

Test wicket-keepers missing a three-figure score by one run

Runs	Dismissal	Wicket-keeper	For	Opp	Venue	Date	Result	Inns	Bat#
99	LBW	Brendon McCullum	NZ	SL	Napier	5 Apr 2005	Drawn	1	7
99	Run out	M. S. Dhoni	Ind	Eng	Nagpur	15 Dec 2012	Drawn	2	6
99	LBW	Jonny Bairstow	Eng	SA	Manchester	5 Aug 2017	WON	1	7
99	Not out	Jonny Bairstow	Eng	Aus	Manchester	21 Jul 2023	Drawn	2	7
99	Bowled	Rishabh Pant	Ind	NZ	Bengaluru	19 Oct 2024	Lost	3	5

Note: M. S. Dhoni was also the captain

 

 

7 The number of occasions Rishabh Pant has dismissed in the nervous 90s in his Test career. Among Indian batters, only Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar have more scores in the nineties than Pant. However, Pant holds the record for the most scores in the nineties by any Test wicket-keeper in history. The tables below have all the details.

Most times — 90s scores by Test batters

90s	Wicket-keeper (for)	Scores in the 90s	90 scores from	100+ career scores
10	Steve Waugh (Aus)	90, 91, 92, 98, 94*, 99*, 96, 96, 96, 90	1988 to 2001	32
10	Rahul Dravid (Ind)	95, 92, 92, 93, 91, 92, 91*, 98, 95, 93	1996 to 2008	36
10	Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)	96, 92, 97, 90, 92, 94, 91, 98, 91, 94	1994 to 2011	51
9	Michael Slater (Aus)	99, 92, 95, 91, 96, 96, 97, 91, 96	1993 to 2001	14
8	Alvin Kallicharran (WI)	91, 93, 98, 92*, 93, 97, 92, 98	1973 to 1979	12
8	Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	95, 95, 96, 92*, 97, 99, 97, 92*	1995 to 2007	25
8	AB de Villiers (SAf)	92, 98, 97, 95, 97, 99, 90, 91	2005 to 2014	22
7	Matthew Hayden (Aus)	97, 91, 96, 99, 90, 94, 92	2001 to 2006	30
7	Alastair Cook (Eng)	94, 95, 96, 94, 94, 95, 96	2009 to 2015	33
7	Rishabh Pant (Ind)	92, 92, 97, 91, 96, 93, 99	2019 to 2024	6

 

Most times — 90s scores by Test wicket-keepers

90s	Wicket-keeper (for)	Scores in the 90s	90 scores from	100+ career scores
7	Rishabh Pant (Ind)	92, 92, 97, 91, 96, 93, 99	2019 to 2024	6
5	M. S. Dhoni (Ind)	92, 92, 98, 90, 99	2007 to 2012	6
4	Alan Knott (Eng)	96*, 96, 90, 92	1969 to 1972	5
4	Rodney Marsh (Aus)	92*, 91, 97, 91	1971 to 1980	3
4	Quinton de Kock (SA)	91, 90, 95, 96	2017 to 2021	6

 

90s scores by Indian Test wicket-keepers

90s	Wicket-keeper	Scores in the 90s	90 scores from	100+ career scores
7	Rishabh Pant	92, 92, 97, 91, 96, 93, 90, 99	2019 to 2024	6
5	M. S. Dhoni	92, 92, 98, 90, 99	2007 to 2012	6
1	Farokh Engineer	90	1965	2
1	Dinesh Karthik	93	2005	1
1	Dhruv Jurel	90	2024	0

 

6 The number of occasions totals of 400-plus have been scored in a single day’s play in India and on two occasions, with two instances where the total exceeded 450 runs. On the third day of the Test in Bengaluru (after the first day was washed out), we witnessed the second-highest run aggregate in any Test match held in India. In the previous Test in Kanpur against Bangladesh, both teams collectively scored 437 runs on the fourth day.

Most Test runs (400+) scored by both sides in a day in India

Runs/wkts	(day)	Teams runs/wkts	Venue	Date	Result
470/3	(2)	SL 27/2, Ind 443/1	Mumbai WS	3 Dec 2009	India won by an inns & 24 runs
453/10	(3)	NZ 222/7, Ind 231/3	Bengaluru	18 Oct 2024	New Zealand won by 8 wkts
437/18	(4)	Ban 126/7, Ind 285/9, Ban 26/2	Kanpur	30 Sep 2024	India won by 7 wickets
418/3	(3)	Aus 135/3, Ind 283/0	Mohali	16 Mar 2013	India won by 6 wickets
417/2	(1)	Ind 417/2 vs Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	India won by an inns & 144 runs
407/5	(2)	Ind 407/5 vs Bangladesh	Indore	15 Nov 2019	India won by an inns & 130 runs

 

All records are correct and updated until 20 Oct 2024.