Kohli v Wagner: average of 14.66, three dismissal: Stats highlights from the first day of the first Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur
5 Number of times before this New Zealand have hadthree spinnersbowl at least 15 overs each in the first innings of a Test. Mitchell Santner, Mark Craig and Ish Sodhi have sent down 20, 24 and 15 overs respectively so far in India's innings. The last such instance and the only other one since 1973 was in Sharjahin 2014when Daniel Vettori, Craig and Sodhi bowled 19, 27.4 and 22 overs respectively. This is also the first time since theChennai Testin 1992-93 that three spinners from outside the subcontinent have each bowled 15 or more overs in the first innings of a Test in India.
8 Wickets India lost after lunch in the first day's play; they made 186 runs from 59 overs in two sessions after lunch. In the first session of the day, they had made 105 runs from 31 overs for the loss of KL Rahul. After New Zealand took three wickets for 80 runs in the second session, they dominated the third by taking five wickets for 106 runs.
16 Number of fifty-plus scores by M Vijay in Tests since 2013 -joint highestbyan India batsman. Virat Kohli is the only other batsman to have scored 16 fifty-plus scores. Vijay has made 2093 runs at an average of 45.50 in Tests since 2013.
0 Number of fifty-plus scores by Vijay in Tests against New Zealand before this. He had made a total of only 48 runs in four innings against them before his65 in India's first innings. Overall, Vijay has made 113 runs at an average of 22.60 against them.
10 Fifty-plus scores by Cheteshwar Pujara in 28 Test innings at home. He has made 1543 runs in Tests in India at an average of 64.29. In 31 away Test innings Pujara has made 1001 runs, including five fifty-plus scores, at an average of 33.36.
14.66 Virat Kohli's batting average in Tests against Neil Wagner. Kohli has faced 77 deliveries from Wagner and has been dismissed thrice. Against all other New Zealand bowlers, Kohli has made 391 runs at an average of 130.33.
5 Number of India batsmen who got starts, scoring at least 30 runs, but couldn't build on them, getting out for less than 70. Vijay top-scored for India with 65 and Pujara was the other batsman to reach a fifty. Incidentally, in thefirst Testat Green Park between these two teams, as many as seven India batsmen had got scores between 30 and 69 in 1976, with India ending up on 524 on that occasion.
4 Number of century stands between Vijay and Pujara in 28 Test innings. The pair has added 1689 runs at an average 60.32 in Tests and has had 13 fifty-plusstands. Their 112-run partnership was thefifth highestfor the second wicket in Tests at Green Park.
3 for 20 Trent Boult's bowling figures from five overs in his last spell on the first day. He had been economical before that in the day, conceding only 37 runs from 12 overs, but had gone wicketless. Boult's 3 for 57 in this innings are his best figures in Test in India. He had taken five wickets at an average of 49.40 with a best of 3 for 93 in two Tests in New Zealand's previous tour to India in 2012.
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