IND v NZ in numbers: From Shreyas Iyer's debut distinction to Ajaz Patel's 10-wicket haul

Shreyas Iyer became the first Indian to score a century and a fifty on debut in the same Test match. More numbers and statistics from India's series win against New Zealand at home.

Ajaz Patel and Shreyas Iyer find their names in the history books thanks to brilliant peformances in the two-match Test series between India and England.

14 The number of occasions when a debutant managed to make a century and a fifty in the same Test match. Shreyas Iyer became the first to achieve this for India, although K. S. Ranjitsinhji, an Indian, did so for England way back in 1896. It should be noted that two players excluded from the list below are West Indian Lawrence Rowe (214 & 100*) and Pakistani Yasir Hameed (170 & 105) who managed to make centuries in each innings of their debut Test match in Feb 1972 and Aug 2003 respectively.

A century and a fifty in the same Test match on debut

1st inns	2nd inns	Batter	For	Opp	Venue	Month, Year	Result
62	154*	K. S. Ranjitsinhji	Eng	Aus	Manchester	July 1896	Lost
119	54	George Gunn	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1907	Lost
70	104	Herbie Collins	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec 1920	Won
93	106	Paul Gibb	Eng	SA	Johannesburg	Dec 1938	Drawn
107	56	Rodney Redmond	NZ	Pak	Auckland	Feb 1973	Drawn
93	107	Gordon Greenidge	WI	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1974	Won
128*	50*	Azhar Mahmood	Pak	SA	Rawalpindi	Oct 1997	Drawn
104	54	Lou Vincent	NZ	Aus	Perth	Dec 2001	Drawn
107	69*	Scott Styris	NZ	WI	St. George’s	Jun 2002	Drawn
112	83	Andrew Strauss	Eng	NZ	Lord’s	May 2004	Won
60	104*	Alastair Cook	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	Mar 2006	Drawn
129	75	Umar Akmal	Pak	NZ	Dunedin	Nov 2009	Lost
78	110*	Faf du Plessis	SA	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2012	Drawn
105	65	Shreyas Iyer	Ind	NZ	Kanpur	Nov 2021	Drawn

Note: It was Redmond's only Test match!

3 The number of occasions the opponents have managed a draw against India after losing nine wickets in the fourth innings of a Test match. The Kanpur Test provided the latest such instance when the Kiwi last pair held on to save the game for the side. MORE FROM STATSMAN:

Last pair saving a Test match against India

Total	Overs	Target	Opponent (Last pair)	Venue	Date
197/9	105.1	335	West Indies (Sew Shivnarine & Sylvester Clarke)	Calcutta	Jan 3, 1979
298/9	95.0	392	West Indies (Fidel Edwards & Corey Collymore)	St John’s	Jun 6, 2006
165/9	98.0	284	New Zealand (Rachin Ravindra & Ajaz Patel)	Kanpur	Nov 29, 2021

Notes:

** In Calcutta, the last West Indian pair put on 0 runs in 15 balls. (Bad light stopped play early with 11 balls remaining).

** In St. John’s, the last West Indian pair put on 1 run in 19 balls.

** In Kanpur, the last Kiwi pair put on 10 in 52 balls.

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3 The number of occasions Test bowlers have claimed all 10 wickets in an innings. New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel became the latest entrant to this exclusive club when he claimed 10/119 in the Mumbai Test match. Incidentally, Mumbai is Patel’s place of birth and while doing so, he achieved the following landmarks.

Bowlers with 10-wicket hauls in a Test innings

Bowling figures	Bowler	For	Opp	Venue	Month, Year	M Inns	Result
51.2-23-53-10	Jim Laker	Eng	Aus	Manchester	July 1956	3	Won
26.3-9-74-10	Anil Kumble	Ind	Pak	Delhi	Feb 1999	4	Won
47.5-12-119-10	Ajaz Patel	NZ	Ind	Mumbai WS	Dec 2021	1	Lost

Best bowling in a Test innings against India

Bowling figures	Bowler	For	Venue	Month, Year	M Inns	Result
47.5-12-119-10	Ajaz Patel	NZ	Mumbai WS	Dec 2021	1	Lost
49.4-16-95-9	Jack Noreiga	WI	Port of Spain	Mar 1971	2	Lost
8.4-2-31-8	Fred Trueman	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1952	2	Won

Best bowling figures in a Test innings for New Zealand

Bowling figures	Bowler	Opp	Venue	Month, Year	M Inns	Result
47.5-12-119-10	Ajaz Patel	Ind	Mumbai WS	Dec 2021	1	Lost
23.4-4-52-9	Richard Hadlee	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 1985	1	Won
8.3-0-23-7	Richard Hadlee	Ind	Wellington	Feb 1976	3	Won

Best bowling figures in a Test innings for New Zealand spinners

Bowling figures	Bowler	Opp	Venue	Month, Year	M Inns	Result
47.5-12-119-10	Ajaz Patel	Ind	Mumbai WS	Dec 2021	1	Lost
37-13-87-7	Stephen Boock	Pak	Hyderabad, Pak	Nov 1984	2	Lost
35-11-87-7	Daniel Vettori	Aus	Auckland	Mar 2000	3	Lost

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Best bowling figures in a Test innings by any left-arm bowler

Bowling figures	Bowler	For	Opp	Venue	Month, Year	M Inns	Result
47.5-12-119-10	Ajaz Patel	NZ	Ind	Mumbai WS	Dec 2021	1	Lost
33.1-3-127-9	Rangana Herath	SL	Pak	Colombo SSC	Aug 2014	2	Won
41.1-10-129-9	Keshav Maharaj	SAf	SL	Colombo SSC	Jul 2018	1	Lost

7 The number of bowlers to claim all 10 wickets in a first-class innings on Indian soil. Ajaz Patel is the latest entrant after his 10-wicket haul in the first innings of the Mumbai Test match.

Ten-wicket club on Indian soil

Bowling	Overs	Bowler	For	Opp	Venue	Season	Result
10/90	35.4	Frank Tarrant	Cooch- Behar#	Lord Willingdon XI	Pune	Aug 1918	Drawn
10/78	24.2	Shubash Gupte	Bombay	Pakistan Services+	Mumbai BS	Dec 1954	WON
10/20	19.0	P. Chatterjee	Bengal	Assam	Jorhat	Jan 1957	WON
10/78	22.0	Pradeep Sunderam	Rajasthan	Vidarbha	Jodhpur	Nov 1985	WON
10/74	26.3	Anil Kumble	India	Pakistan	Delhi	Feb 1999	WON
10/46	19.0	Debasis Mohanty	East Zone	South Zone	Agartala	Jan 2001	WON
10/119	47.5	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand	India	Mumbai WS	Dec 2021	LOST

# Maharaja of Cooch-Behar XI

+ Pakistan Combined Services & Bahawalpur XI

62 New Zealand's total in the first innings in Mumbai is now the lowest by any side against India in Test cricket. Interestingly, seven of the instances listed below have come after 2000.

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Lowest totals against India

Total	Overs	Team	Venue	Month, Year	Inns
62	28.1	New Zealand	Mumbai	Dec 2021	2
79	33.1	South Africa	Nagpur	Nov 2015	2
81	30.4	England	Ahmedabad	Feb 2021	3
82	51.5	Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	Nov 1990	2
83	48.4	Australia	Melbourne	Feb 1981	4
84	25.1	South Africa	Johannesburg	Dec 2006	2
91	46.3	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Nov 2000	3
93	30.5	Australia	Mumbai	Nov 2004	4
94	38.2	New Zealand	Hamilton	Dec 2002	2

Note: India won all the above Test matches, but lost the Hamilton Test in 2002.

14 The number of wickets claimed by Ajaz Patel in the Mumbai Test match. This is now the most taken by any opponent bowler against India. His match figures of 14/225 better the previous best of 13/106 by England's Ian Botham who also achieved the match haul at the Wankhede Stadium.

Most wickets in a Test match against India

Wkts	Runs	Bowler	For	Venue	Date	Result
14	225	Ajaz Patel	NZ	Mumbai WS	Dec 2021	Lost
13	106	Ian Botham	Eng	Mumbai WS	Feb 1980	Won
12	70	Stephen O'Keefe	Aus	Pune	Feb 2017	Won
12	94	Fazal Mahmood	Pak	Lucknow Univ	Oct 1952	Won
12	121	Andy Roberts	WI	Madras	Jan 1975	Lost
12	124	Alan Davidson	Aus	Kanpur	Dec 1959	Lost
12	126	Bruce Reid	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1991	Won
12	139	Allan Donald	SAF	Port Elizabeth	Dec 1992	Won
12	166	Geoff Dymock	Aus	Kanpur	Oct 1979	Lost
12	286	Nathan Lyon	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2014	Won
12	358	Jason Krejza +	Aus	Nagpur	Nov 2008	Lost

+ on Test debut

10 The number of occasions New Zealand went without losing a Test match. The Kanpur Test provided the best unbeaten sequence in its Test history. However, this sequence was broken when it lost the Mumbai Test match on Dec 6, 2021. This unbeaten run began with its win over India in the Wellington Test match on Feb 24, 2020. New Zealand's last Test defeat before Mumbai, came in January 2020 when Australia won the Sydney Test by 279 runs.

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New Zealand's longest unbeaten run in Test cricket

Matches	From	To	Won	Drawn
10	Feb 21, 2020	29 Nov 2021	8	2
9	Feb 21, 1964	15 Mar 1965		9
9	Feb 10, 1989	26 Jun 1990	2	7
9	Jun 21, 2002	23 Dec 2003	3	6
8	Oct 9, 2013	11 Jun 2014	4	4
8	Nov 30, 1985	24 Feb 1987	3	5

All records are updated and correct as of December 6, 2021