These records set by Team India vs NZ will impress even Pak fans

Indias Test team poses with the ICC Number 1 Test cricket team trophy after winning the three Test cricket match series against New Zealand at The Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Tuesday PicAFPTeam India set several records on its way to thrashing New Zealand by 321 runs at Indores Holkar Stadium on Tuesday and sealing the threematch Test series 30 Some of the numbers set by the worlds No 1 Test side during the Test series especially by its premier offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin and skipper Virat Kohli are so impressive that even supporters of the Pakistan cricket who lost the ICCTest Championship mace to their neighbours would be left awestruckRECORDS AND IMPRESSIVE STATS OF RAVICHANDRAN ASHWINAshwins splendid second innings figures of 7 for 59 vs the Kiwis at Indore are his best in a Test innings beating the 7 for 66 vs South Africa at Nagpur in November 2015Ashwins Test figures of 13 for 140 at the Holkar Stadium on Tuesday that ensured India thrashed New Zealand by 321 runs are his best in a Test match outstripping the 12 for 85 vs New Zealand at Hyderabad in August 2012 His two best match performances are the best ever by a bowler for India vs New Zealand in TestsAshwins marvellous tally of six tenwicket hauls in a Test match is bettered only by Anil Kumble 8Ashwins tally of 27 wickets ave1777 is the second highest by any bowler in a threeTest series vs New Zealand next only to Waqar Younis 29 ave1086 in 199091Ashwin with 44 wickets at an average of 1986 in seven Tests including five fivewicket hauls and two instances of ten wickets or more in a Test match is the top wickettaker this year in TestsAshwin enjoys an outstanding record in Test wins his tally being 151 wickets ave1812 in 21 Tests including 17 fivewicket hauls and five instances of ten wickets or more in a Test matchAshwins tally of 151 wickets in wins is the third highest for India in Tests next only to the 288 by Anil Kumble and 221 by Harbhajan SinghBoth Kumble and Ashwin share a record for most instances five of ten wickets or more in a Test match in a winning causeIn only five Tests vs New Zealand Ashwin has taken 45 wickets at 1591 runs apiece including six fivewicket hauls and three instances of ten wickets or more in a Test match His tally of six fivewicket hauls and three instances of ten wickets or more in a Test match are records in Tests involving India and New ZealandHarbhajan Singh vs Australia 200001 and Ravichandran Ashwin vs New Zealand 201617 are the only two Indian bowlers to produce two instances of ten wickets or more in a Test seriesAshwin received his seventh Man of the Match award in Tests his second against New ZealandAshwin got the Player of the Series for the seventh time in Tests extending his Indian record Since his Test debut in November 2011 no other player has received so many Player of the series awardsDuring the day three of the third Test between India and New Zealand at Indore Ravichandran Ashwin became the fourth Indian bowler to bag 20 or more instances of fivewicket hauls in Tests joining Anil Kumble 35 Harbhajan Singh 25 and Kapil Dev 23Ashwin has taken his wickets tally to 220 at an average of 2429 the highest by a bowler after 39 Tests surpassing Waqar Younis tally of 208 ave2056 Clarrie Grimmett had claimed 216 wickets ave2421 in 37 Tests in his career Just two bowlers had recorded 20 instances of fivewicket hauls in fewer Tests ndash Englands Sydney Barnes in 25 Tests and Australias Clarrie Grimmett in 37 TestsAshwins tally of 20 fivewicket hauls in Tests include five vs New Zealand four each vs West Indies South Africa and Australia two vs Sri Lanka and one vs BangladeshAshwin also became the first Indian bowler to produce five fivewicket hauls vs New Zealand in only five Tests Only four bowlers have registered six instances of fivewicket hauls vs New Zealand Derek Underwood Ian Botham Wasim Akram and Dale SteynAshwin has won the ManoftheSeries award in four consecutive Test series thus becoming only the third cricketer to ever achieve this The other two are Pakistani allrounder Imran Khan and West Indies legendary pacer Malcolm Marshall Ashwins streak began in Sri Lanka last yearAshwin has four 12wicket hauls in his kitty the joint secondmost by any bowler Only Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan has taken more such hauls 6 while Sydney Barnes Fazal Mahmood and Rangana Herath have four such hauls Anil Kumble 3 has the most among Indian bowlersAshwins distinction of taking 200 wickets in 37 Tests is the second fastest by a bowler in Tests next only to Australias Clarrie Grimmett 37Ravichandran Ashwin R and captain Virat Kohli have ensured India blank out the Kiwis PicAFPIMPRESSIVE TEAM INDIAIndia whitewashed New Zealand for the first time in a Test series their fourth instance in Tests the first three instances being 40 vs Australia in 201213 30 vs England in 199293 and 30 vs Sri Lanka in 199394Indias deserving victory by 321 runs is their largest in terms of runs over New Zealand their second biggest in terms of runs in Tests behind the 337run win over South Africa at Delhi in 201516 Indias previous largest win in terms of runs over New Zealand was by 272 runs at Auckland in 196768 under Mansur Ali Khan Pataudis captaincyCheteshwar Pujara registered his fourth fiftyplus innings in the current rubber 62 amp 78 at Kanpur 87 amp 4 at Kolkata and 41 amp 101 not out at Indore a feat recorded by him for the first time bettering the three fiftyplus innings a hundred and two fifties vs Australia in 201213Pujara is the third number three Indian batsman to post four fiftyplus innings in a series of three Tests Mohinder Amarnath had recorded two centuries and two fifties while making 367 runs at 9175 vs Pakistan in 198283 and Rahul Dravid had hit four fifties while amassing 306 runs at 6120 vs New Zealand in 200809India 557 for five wickets declared have recorded their third highest total vs New Zealand in Tests ndash the highest two are 583 for 7 wickets declared at Ahmedabad in 19992000 and 566 for 8 wickets declared at Nagpur in 201011KOHLI IS GETTING VIRATThe superb Indore victory is the tenth in 17 Tests under Virat Kohlis captaincy two losses and five drawn games success 5882 Among the Indian captains with at least five Tests he is the only one to enjoy winning of fifty or moreVirat Kohlis match aggregate of 228 211 amp 17 is the second highest tally by an Indian captain vs New Zealand in a Test match next only to the 232 217 amp 15 by Sachin Tendulkar at Ahmedabad in 199900 His tally is his second highest in a Test match as captain behind the 256 115 amp 141 vs Australia at Adelaide in 201415When Virat Kohli hit his double century in the first innings of the Indore Test he became the first Indian skipper to hit two double centuries in Tests He has has the distinction of having achieved the feat in the same year in Tests Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Sunil Gavaskar Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were the first four Indian captains to post a double century each in TestsKohli is the fifth Indian batsman to register two double centuries in a year in Tests joining Sachin Tendulkar 2004 amp 2010 Vinod Kambli 1993 Rahul Dravid 2003 and Virender Sehwag 2008Kohli has become the fourth skipper to post a double century vs New Zealand in Tests joining Sachin Tendulkar 217 at Ahmedabad in 19992000 Allan Border 205 at Adelaide in 198788 and Hanif Mohammad 203 not out at Lahore in 196465Kohlis superb knock of 211 is his highest score in Tests eclipsing the 200 vs West Indies at North Sound in July 2016 He has become the second Indian skipper to post a double century vs New Zealand in Tests the first being Sachin Tendulkar 217 at Ahmedabad in 19992000Kohli has become the fourth Indian captain to record two innings of 150 or more in the same year in Tests ndash the distinguished captains being Vijay Hazare 1951 Sunil Gavaskar 1978 Mohammd Azharuddin 1990 and Virat Kohli 2016WHAT A PARTNERSHIPKohli and Ajinkya Rahane were involved in a stand of 365 Indias highest fourthwicket partnership in Tests obliterating the 353 between VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar vs Australia at Sydney in January 2004Indias previous highest fourthwicket stand vs New Zealand in Tests was 281 between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly at Ahmedabad in 19992000The KohliRahane partnership was Indias fifth highest for any wicket in Tests their second highest for any wicket vs New Zealand next only to the 413 for the first wicket between Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy at Chennai in January 1956Kohli and Rahane have faced 672 balls the most number of balls faced by an Indian pair in Tests surpassing the 658 balls faced by Pujara and Vijay during their 370run partnership for the second wicket vs Australia at Hyderabad in March 2013The balls faced by Kohli and Rahane are the most by any pair in a partnership vs New Zealand in TestsVirat Kohli 211 and Ajinkya Rahane 188 have provided the second instance when number 4 amp 5 batsmen have recorded 150 or more in the same Test innings for India ndash the first instance being Sachin Tendulkar 241 not out and VVS Laxman 178 vs Australia at Sydney in January 2004Rahane is averaging fiftyplus for the first time in Tests his aggregate being 2186 runs ave5083 including eight centuries and nine fifties in 29 Tests Among the players with 2000 runs or more in Tests Rahane is the fourth Indian batsmen to average fiftyplus in Tests the top three being Sachin Tendulkar 5378 Rahul Dravid 5263 and Sunil Gavaskar 5112Rahane with 567 runs at an average of 8100 including two centuries and two fifties in seven Tests is the top rungetter for India in Tests this year Rahanes average of 8100 is the highest by an Indian batsman in Tests this yearIn nine consecutive Test series Rahane has scored atleast 90 He is the only Indian batsman to accomplish the featSAHA SHINESWriddhiman Saha became the first Indian wicketkeeper to record two unbeaten fiftyplus scores 54 and 58 in a Test He became the second wicketkeeper to accomplish the feat West Indian Gerry Alexander was the first to achieve the feat 63 amp 87 both unbeaten innings vs Australia at Adelaide in January 1961Saha is the fifth batsman to register two unbeaten knocks in a Test match for India He has joined Sachin Tendulkar VVS Laxman twice Bapu Nadkarni and Rahul Dravid