Statsman: Rohit Sharma in elite list of Indian captains

Rohit Sharma is the fifth Indian cricketer to lead India in all three formats in international cricket.

Rohit Sharma became the latest cricketer to join an elite list of Indian captains when he led India for the first time in Test cricket in Mohali.

5 The number of captains who led India in all three formats in international cricket. Rohit Sharma became the latest to join this elite list when he led India for the first time in Test cricket in Mohali.

Captains who led India in all three international formats

Captain	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Total	First match as captain
Virender Sehwag	4	12	1	17	2006
M. S. Dhoni	60	200	72	332	2007
Virat Kohli	68	95	50	213	2013
Ajinkya Rahane	6	3	2	11	2015
Rohit Sharma	2	13	28	43	2017

 

4 The number of batters to have registered at least five scores in the 90s in their first 50 innings of their Test career. Rishabh Pant, playing in his 49th innings (and 29th Test match in Mohali) joined this rare group of batters who were unfortunate to be make five scores in the nineties before reaching their 50th Test innings of their career.

Test batters registering five scores in the 90s before playing their 50th Test innings

90s	Batter	For	Inns	Test	Runs	Ave	100s	50s	Fifth 90 came in	Made Test debut in
5	Clem Hill	Aus	42	24	1889	47.22	4	12	Nov 1902	Jun 1896
5	Alvin Kallicharran	WI	48	29	2341	53.20	7	14	Mar 1976	Apr 1972
5	Gordon Greenidge	WI	46	24	2007	46.67	5	12	Feb 1980	Nov 1974
5	Rishabh Pant	Ind	49	29	1831	40.69	4	8	Mar 2022	Aug 2018

Note: Both Hill and Kalliicharran had one unbeaten score in their first five scores in the nineties.

 

3 The number of Indian batters who have the distinction of registering a score of 150+ while batting at number seven or lower. Ravindra Jadeja's unbeaten 175 in the Mohali Test against Sri Lanka is now the highest by an Indian in Test cricket while batting at number seven or lower. For the record, Jadeja's unbeaten 175 is now the 10th highest by a batter at number seven or lower in Test cricket history. The record is still held by the great Australian Don Bradman when he made 270 in the Ashes Test in Melbourne in January 1937. Bradman, the Aussie captain, demoted himself to number seven in a strategic move that enabled the home side to win the Test match by a whopping 365 runs!

Highest individual scores by Indian batters, batting at #7 or lower

Runs	Batter	Against	Venue	Month, Year	Result	Bat#
175*	Ravindra Jadeja	SL	Mohali	Mar 2022	Won	7
163	Kapil Dev	SL	Kanpur	Dec 1986	Drawn	7
159*	Rishabh Pant	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2019	Drawn	7
144	M. S. Dhoni	WI	Kolkata	Nov 2011	Won	8
132*	M. S. Dhoni	SA	Kolkata	Feb 2010	Won	8

6 The number of Test players who have the distinction of registering a score of 150+ and also claim a five-wicket haul in the same Test match. Incidentally, Ravindra Jadeja's 175* with the bat and his 5/41 & 4/46 with the ball in Mohali make him the first player in Test history to register a 150+ score and also take a nine-wicket match haul in the same Test match.

Players with a 150+ score in an innings & 5-wkt haul in the same Test

Runs	Bowling	Player	For	Agst	Venue	Year	Result
184	5/196	Vinoo Mankad	Ind	Eng	Lord's	June 1952	Lost
219	5/56	Denis Atkinson	WI	Aus	Bridgetown	May 1955	Drawn
172*	5/107	Polly Umrigar	Ind	WI	Port of Spain	April 1962	Lost
174	5/41	Gary Sobers	WI	Eng	Leeds	Aug 1966	Won
201	5/49	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pak	NZ	Dunedin	Feb 1973	Won
175*	5/41	Ravindra Jadeja	Ind	SL	Mohali	Mar 2022	Won

 

16 The maximum number of wickets to fall of the opening day of a day-night Test match. The second Test in Bengaluru saw a record number of wickets fall on the opening day. In the 19 day-night Test matches played so far this is now a new dubious record. Previously the maximum number of wickets to fall on the opening day of a D/N Test match was 13, which occurred on four occasions.

 

Most wickets to fall on the first day of a day-night Test match

Total wkts	Team1 wkts	Team2 wkts	Venue	Month, year	Result (won by)
16	India (10)	Sri Lanka (6)	Bengaluru	Mar 2022	India
13	South Africa (9)	Zimbabwe (4)	Port Elizabeth	Feb 2017	South Africa
13	England (10)	New Zealand (3)	Auckland	Mar 2018	New Zealand
13	Bangladesh (10)	India (3)	Kolkata	Nov 2019	India
13	England (10)	India (3)	Ahmedabad	Feb 2021	India

 

4 The number of Indian batters who were dismissed stumped in their 90s in Test cricket. Shreyas Iyer, in Bengaluru, became the latest entrant to this short but impressive batting list.

Indian Test batters dismissed stumped in their nervous nineties

 

Runs	Batter	Against	Venue	Month, Year	Stumped by	Bowler
96	Dilip Vengsarkar	Pak	Chennai	Feb 1987	Salim Yousuf	Tauseef Ahmed
90	Sachin Tendulkar	Eng	Bengaluru	Dec 2001	James Foster	Ashley Giles
99	Virender Sehwag	SL	Colombo SSC	Jul 2010	Prasanna Jayawardene	Suraj Randiv
92	Shreyas Iyer	SL	Bengaluru	Mar 2022	Niroshan Dickwella	Praveen Jayawickrama

 

28 The number of balls taken by Rishabh Pant to register a Test fifty in the Bengaluru Test match. This is now the fastest fifty by an Indian batter in Test cricket history in terms of fewest balls faced (where ever balls are recorded) to reach the landmark. Incidentally, this was also the quickest by a wicketkeeper in Test cricket history.

Fewest balls faced to reach an individual Test fifty for India

Balls	Batter	Against	Venue	Month, Year	Result
28	Rishabh Pant	SL	Bengaluru	March 2022	Won
30	Kapil Dev	Pak	Karachi	Dec 1982	Lost
31	Shardul Thakur	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2021	Won
32	Virender Sehwag	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2008	Won

 

Fewest balls faced to reach an individual Test fifty by a wicketkeeper

Balls	Batter	For	Against	Venue	Month, Year	Result
28	Rishabh Pant	Ind	SL	Bengaluru	March 2022	Won
34	Ian Smith	NZ	Pak	Faisalabad	Oct 1990	Lost
34	M. S. Dhoni	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 2006	Drawn

 

8 The number of wickets while conceding 47 runs by Jasprit Bumrah in the D/N Bangalore Test match are now the best Test match bowling figures by an Indian pace bowler against Sri Lanka. He bettered the previous best of 8/86 by Ishant Sharma in the SSC, Colombo Test in August 2015.

Best match bowling figures by an Indian pacer against Sri Lanka

Match bowling	Bowler	Venue	Month, Year	Result
8/47	Jasprit Bumrah	Bengaluru	Mar 2022	Won
8/86	Ishant Sharma	Colombo SSC	Sep 2015	Won
8/96	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Kolkata	Nov 2017	Drawn
8/207	Kapil Dev	Chennai	Sep 1982	Drawn

All records are correct and updated until March 26, 2022