India finished Day 2 of the fourth Test match against England, at Motera, Ahmedabad, on 294/7. They now lead by 89 runs in the first innings. They had seemed in a spot of bother at 146/6, but Rishabh Pant (101) and Washington Sundar (60 not out) added 113 runs to turn the match on its head. Here ae some statistical highlights from the Test match. India vs England 4th Test Day 2 key moments: Pant’s audacity, Stokes’s snorter
0 fast bowlers have dismissed Virat Kohli more often than Ben Stokes. Stokes has now got Kohli 5 times, the same as James Anderson, Stuart Broad, and Pat Cummins. Among spinners, Nathan Lyon has got Kohli 7 times and Moeen Ali 5.
0 fast bowlers have dismissed Ajinkya Rahane more often than Anderson. Anderson has now got Rahane 6 times, the same as Broad. Among spinners, Lyon has got Rahane 10 times and Moeen 7.
1 wicketkeeper – Mark Boucher – has scored 3 hundreds before turning 24 before Pant.
2 instances of Kohli scoring two ducks in the same Test series now. He had also scored two ducks on the England tour of 2014.
2 Indian batsmen have now scored over 1,000 runs in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship. Rohit Sharma (1,030) joined Rahane (1,095).
3 hundreds for Pant (in three different continents). Among Indians, only MS Dhoni (6) has more as wicketkeeper. Wriddhiman Saha also has 3 hundreds.
23 runs for Axar Patel in Test cricket. Today’s 11 not out is his highest score. He has 22 wickets!
64.37 Rohit’s average as opener, the most with a 1,000-run cut-off. Herbert Sutcliffe (4,522 runs at 61.10) is at second place.