India v England 5th Test, Day 2 – Statistical Highlights

England put themselves in a safe spot posting 475 in the first innings before getting bowled out shortly after Tea on 2nd day at the Chepauk. Despite early wickets in the morning on a slow turner, England’s lower order batsmen Adil Rashid and Liam Dawson scored fifties to hand their side a big total. Parthiv Patel opened the innings for India with KL Rahul as Murali Vijay hurt his shoulder and didn’t take the field for some part in the day. The new pair finished the day adding 60 runs in 20 overs without losing a wicket. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the day’s play.

Parthiv Patel opened the innings for India with KL Rahul as Murali Vijay hurt his shoulder and didn’t take the field for some part in the day. The new pair finished the day adding 60 runs in 20 overs without losing a wicket. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the day’s play.

0 – Number of times a team lost after scoring 400+ in the first innings of a Test match at Chepauk. Highest first innings total of a Test by a team to lose at this venue is 391 by Australia in 2001.

1 – Moeen Ali became the first spinner to score 1000 runs and take 25 wickets in a calendar year. In overall, he is only the 3rd player after Botham and Kallis to take 25 wickets and score 1000 runs in a year in Tests.

2 – Rashid and Liam Dawson scoring fifties is only the 2nd instance in Tests in India where two visiting batsmen batting at No.8 or lower scoring fifty plus in the same innings. Imran Khan and Wasim Akram scored fifties vs India in 1987 also at Chepauk.

5 – Number of times Ravichandran Ashwin has dismissed Ben Stokes in this series, the joint most times he dismissed a player in a Test series. He got Phil Hughes in 2013 and Stiaan van Zyl in 2015 on 5 occasions in a series.

6 – Number of times Ravi Ashwin conceded 150+ in a Test innings, the most times by any bowler since his Test debut. No other bowler conceded 150+ on more than 4 occasions since Ashwin’s debut.

7 – Number of opening pairs India had in Tests in 2016, 2nd most for India in a calendar year. India had 8 different opening pairs in 1982 and 1997.

11 – Number of players who scored 50+ on Test debut vs India in India since 2004, most against any team at their home. Next most in this period is 6 players vs Sri Lanka.

18 – Number of times Ravichandran Ashwin has conceded 100+ in a Test innings, the 2nd most times by any bowler since his Test debut. Nathan Lyon conceded 100+ on 19 occasions since Ashwin’s debut.

66* – Liam Dawson’s 66* is the highest score by an England player batting at No.8 or lower on Test debut. Previous highest is 65 by Darren Gough vs New Zealand in 1994 at Manchester.

151 – Runs conceded by Ravichandran Ashwin in the first innings at his home ground, joint 3rd most by an Indian at his home ground. Anil Kumble conceded 159 and 157 at his home venue Bangalore.

157.2 – Overs kept by Parthiv Patel before opening the innings, the 5th most by any player since 1998.

475 – England’s 1st innings score in this game. Only once a team lost a Test after scoring higher score than this in the first innings of a Test in Asia. Australia scored 476 in the first innings of the Test vs India at Bangalore in 2010.

1984 – Last time before Adil Rashid, an England spinner scored 100+ runs and took 10+ wickets in a Test series in India was Phil Edmonds in 1984.

1991 – Three England players scored 50+ in this Test on debut game in this series. Last time 3 players scored fifty plus ton their Test debut in the same series for a Team was in 1992 by Zimbabwe in the one-off Test match against India.