India v England, 3rd Test, Day 4 – Statistical Highlights

India took an inaccessible lead of 2-0 in the 5-match Test series against England following an 8-wicket win in the 3rd Test at the Mohali. Joe Root and Haseeb Hameed’s fifties helped England to avoid an innings defeat on the 4th day and take a 102-run lead. India lost wickets of Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara but a quick-fire fifty from Parthiv Patel ensured they ended the proceedings quickly and without any more hiccups. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the day’s play.

1 – Parthiv Patel hit his first six in Test cricket in his 32nd innings. He had 107 fours before it.

1 – Haseeb Hameed became the first England batsman to score multiple fifties as a teenager in Tests.

2 – Only the 2nd time India won a Test with none of their players scoring a century or taking a 4-wicket haul. India won a Test against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in 2001.

4 – Parthiv Patel became the 4th Indian wicketkeeper to aggregate 100 runs and effect 5 dismissals in a Test match. MS Dhoni did it on 4 different occasions.

5.11 – India’s run-rate in 4th innings of this Test, the highest for them in a 100+ chase in Tests. Previous highest was 5.06 vs Zimbabwe at Delhi in 2000.

12 – India now are unbeaten in 12 consecutive Tests at Mohali, their 2nd best unbeaten streak at a venue. They were unbeaten in 13 consecutive Tests at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai from 1948 to 1965.

12y 45d – Days between Parthiv Patel’s two fifties in Tests, the 2nd longest gap between two Test fifties for an Indian. Lala Amarnath went 12 years and 90 days without a fifty from 1934 to 1946.

17 – Number of matches India won after losing the toss in Tests at home since 2006. They lost toss in 25 Tests since then while they lost only 1 Test. 7 Tests ended in draws including one at Rajkot in this series.

16 – Consecutive matches played by India without a defeat, their 2nd longest unbeaten streak in Tests. Longest is 17 Tests without a defeat between 1985 and 1987. All the 16 games are under Kohli, the 3rd longest streak under an Indian captain.

17 – Consecutive matches played by India at home without being defeated, their 2nd longest unbeaten run at home in Tests. Longest is 20 in a row from 1977 to 1980.

23.31 – Average runs scored for a wicket by any team after losing 6 wickets in Tests against India since 2013, the highest against any team in this period.

39 – Balls taken by Parthiv Patel for his fifty, the fastest fifty in Tests by an Indian since Virender Sehwag’s 36-ball fifty vs Australia in 2012 at Adelaide, also in the 4th inning.

405 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli in this series so far. This is the 2nd time Kohli has aggregated 400+ runs in a Test series as captain. Sunil Gavaskar is only the other captain to score 400+ runs as captain in a Test series twice. Gavaskar did that in 5 series.

640 – Balls faced by Haseeb Hameed in Tests in India so far, the most by any visiting teenager in India. Previous most was 598 balls by Kraigg Brathwaite.

2002 – Last time an Indian before Parthiv Patel managed to keep wickets and open in both innings of a Test match was Deep Dasgupta in 2002 vs Zimbabwe at Delhi.

2013 – Last time before this Test, India won a Test while batting in the 4th innings was in 2013 vs Australia at Delhi.