0 Test matches for India at a neutral venue. India will become the 11th team to play a Test match at a neutral venue. Of the Test sides, only Bangladesh are yet to do this.
1 wicket needed by Ishant Sharma (43) to become the leading wicket-taker for India on English soil. Kapil Dev also has 43. Interestingly, Richard Hadlee’s 70 wickets are more than twice of Dion Nash (34), the next New Zealander on the list.
2 tournament finals in Test cricket until now, both in the Asian Test Championship between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Pakistan won by an innings and 175 runs in 1998/99 but lost by 8 wickets in 2001/02.
2 wickets needed by Umesh Yadav (148) to become the 17th Indian to 150 Test wickets. However, Umesh is unlikely to play the final.
5 neutral Test matches on English soil so far. Australia and South Africa had played three in 1912, and Australia and Pakistan two in 2010.
5 catches needed by Ajinkya Rahane (95) to become the sixth Indian non-wicketkeeper to 100 Test catches. Rahul Dravid (209) leads the chart.
9 wickets needed by R Ashwin (409) to go past Harbhajan Singh (417) and become the third-highest wicket-taker among Indians, after Anil Kumble (619) and Kapil Dev (434).
10 wickets needed by Ashwin (48) to go past Bishan Bedi (57) and become the leading wicket-taker for India against New Zealand. EAS Prasanna has 55 and Anil Kumble 50. However, while Bedi has played 12 Tests, Prasanna 10, and Kumble 11, Ashwin has got his wickets in only 6 matches!
14 matches for Ross Taylor against India. He is set to equal Daniel Vettori’s New Zealand record of 15 Tests against them. Hadlee had also played 14.
44 runs needed by Kane Williamson (7,129) to go past Stephen Fleming (7,172) and become the leading run-scorer for India. Only Taylor (7,506) has more runs.
67 wickets for Ashwin in the ICC World Test Championship, the most by an Indian and the third-most overall. In fact, 4 wickets will take Ashwin past Pat Cummins (70) and become the leading wicket-taker. Stuart Broad has 69 wickets. For New Zealand, Tim Southee (51) has the most wickets.
1095 runs for Ajinkya Rahane in the ICC World Test Championship, the most by an Indian. Overall, he is at fifth place. Williamson (817) has most runs for New Zealand. The overall leader is Marnus Labuschagne (1675).