0 fifty-opening stand at the Rose Bowl before Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s 62. The previous highest was 49, between Abid Ali and Shan Masood against England in 2020.
3 tournament finals in the history of Test cricket now. Pakistan and Sri Lanka had played the first two, in the Asian Test Championships of 1998/99 and 2001/02.
6 neutral Test matches on English soil so far. Australia and South Africa had played three in 1912, and Australia and Pakistan two in 2010.
11 teams have now played Test cricket at neutral venues. India became the most recent entry to the list. Of the Test sides, only Bangladesh are yet to do this.
15 matches for Ross Taylor against India, the joint-most for New Zealand. Daniel Vettori has also played 14.
61 Test matches for Virat Kohli as captain, the most for India. Kohli went past MS Dhoni’s tally of 60. In all Test cricket, he is now behind only Graeme Smith (109), Allan Border (93), Stephen Fleming (80), Ricky Ponting (77), and Clive Lloyd (74). Kane Williamson has now led 37 times.
62 runs for the opening wicket between Rohit and Gill. This is India’s highest first-wicket stand since Gautam Gambhir and Abhinav Mukund added 63 at Lord’s in 2011. In the first innings of a Test match, their last opening partnership more than this was way back in 1986, when Sunil Gavaskar and Krish Srikkanth added 64 at Headingley.
67 Test matches for BJ Watling as wicketkeeper, the joint most for New Zealand. Adam Parore had also kept in 67 Tests. Watling, who will retire after the WTC final, has also played 8 Test matches as a specialist batter.