Riding on R Ashwin’s all-round performance, Axar Patel’s five-wicket haul on debut, and Rohit Sharma’s authoritative hundred, India beat England by 317 runs in the second Test to level the four-match series. Here are some statistical highlights from the Test match at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. REPORT: India level series courtesy of Ashwin and Axar heroics
2 instances of a hundred (106) and eight wickets (8-96) for R Ashwin in the same Test match. Ian Botham has done this thrice, while nobody else has done this twice. Interestingly, Mehidy Hasan Miraz did this earlier this month.
3 instances of a hundred (106) and a five-wicket haul (5-43) for Ashwin in the same Test match. Botham has done this five times, while nobody else has done this thrice.
3 hundreds for Ashwin while batting at No. 8 or below, the joint second-most in history. Daniel Vettori has five, while Jason Holder and Kamran Akmal have three each.
3 stumpings for Ben Foakes, the most for an Englishman in a Test match on Asian soil. In fact, no English cricketer has done this anywhere in the world since Alan Knott against Australia at Headingley in 1968.
3 instances of no English batsmen scoring a fifty in an entire Test match against India. The other Test matches took place at The Oval in 1946 (England scored 95/3 in their only innings before rain stopped play) and at Headingley in 1986.
5 wickets for Axar Patel in the fourth innings. He became the ninth Indian to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut, Narendra Hirwani doing it in each innings. Axar’s 5-60 are the seventh-best figures by an Indian on debut.
5 sixes for Moeen Ali in the fourth innings, the most by an Englishman and the joint-second overall for anyone batting at No. 9. Andy Blignaut holds the record with 6 sixes against South Africa at Cape Town in 2004/05.
5 Indians have now hit two sixes in an innings while batting at No. 11, Mohammed Siraj being the latest. The others are Zaheer Khan (twice), Ghulam Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, and Umesh Yadav (once each).
7 wickets for Axar in the Test. He became the tenth Indian to take a seven wickets on Test debut. His 7-100 is the seventh-best match haul by an Indian on debut.
10.5 India’s win/loss ratio at home under Virat Kohli (21 wins, 2 defeats in 28 Tests), the third-best for any team at home under a captain with a 20-Test cut-off. Kohli is behind only Kane Williamson (16 wins, 1 defeat) and Steve Waugh (22 wins, 2 defeats).
11 Test matches for England at Chepauk, their most at any Indian venue.
21 wins for India at home under Virat Kohli, the joint-most among Indians. India have also won 21 times under MS Dhoni.
34 Test matches for India at Chepauk, their joint second-most at any venue along with Feroz Shah Kotla. India have played 42 times at Eden Gardens.
302 men have now played Test cricket for India. Axar was the 302nd.
317 runs is now the largest margin of win for India against England and fifth-largest overall in terms of runs. They have also beaten England by an innings twice.
881 runs for Joe Root against India in India now, the second-most among Englishmen. Root went past Mike Gatting (862). Only Alastair Cook (1,235) has more.