India vs New Zealand, 2nd Test Day 1 Stats Review: Mayank Agarwal's feat, Virat Kohli's unfortunate record and other stats

Mayank Agarwal scored a brilliant century as team India again dominated day one of the second Test as they did in the Kanpur Test. After winning the toss, Agarwal and Shubman Gill gave the team a good start as the duo stitched 80 runs opening stand. Shubman Gill (44) missed out on his half-century as he became Ajaz Patel’s first victim of the day. Surprisingly, Kohli and Pujara both scored ducks, but Mayank Agarwal who scored his first century after 13 innings in Tests batted fluently and remained unbeaten on 120 at Stumps of day one. Ajaz Patel, the Mumbai-born Kiwi spinner bagged all the four wickets of the Indian batters which got fallen on the day. Apart from Agarwal’s ton and Patel’s efforts with the ball, the day also highlighted the controversial dismissal of the returning Indian skipper Virat Kohli.

It was not a happy return to cricket for Virat as he was given out LBW controversially by the third umpire Virender Sharma. The replays showed that Virat had hit the bat first but the umpire gave him out as Virat walked back into the pavilion with disbelief. Mayank Agarwal continued on his merry way of scoring runs as he brought up his fourth Test ton, all of which have come in the home conditions now. His last century, a big one, came against Bangladesh in Indore in 2019 when he had scored 243. Cheteshwar Pujara’s poor form in Tests continued yet again as this time he bagged naught, a tenth of his career.

Meanwhile, New Zealand will be looking to get the wicket of a well-set Mayank Agarwal on the second day morning before team India look to get to a big first-innings total. Apart from first day’s performer Ajaz Patel, Kiwis would also hope their seamers to do some damage and wrap up the Indian innings as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, here are the important stats and numbers from India vs New Zealand, second Test day one:

10 – Virat Kohli bagged 10th duck in Tests as captain. He equaled former South African skipper Graeme Smith who also recorded 10 ducks. Only New Zealand’s Stephen Fleming (13) is ahead of both of them.

10 – Virat Kohli has most ducks (10) as Indian captain in Tests. MS Dhoni with eight naughts is behind him.

13 – Mayank Agarwal scored his first ton after 13 Test innings. His last century (243) came against Bangladesh in the year 2019.

4 – Mayank Agarwal scored his fourth century in Tests. All his four tons have come at home.

12 – Indian skipper Virat Kohli recorded his 12th duck at number-four position in Tests. Mahela Jayawardene (13) and Mark Waugh (13) are ahead of him.

4 – Four different captains combinedly used by the two teams in this two match Test series.

4 – All the four wickets fallen on the first day of the second Test belonged to Kiwi spinner Ajaz Patel. He finished the day with figures of 4/73.

5 – Virat Kohli recorded his fifth duck across formats in 2021. He got as many ducks in the year 2017 and four in 2011.

6 – The Indian captain Virat Kohli also bagged his sixth duck as captain in Tests at home. Greg Chappell and Stephen Fleming both have six ducks too.

8 – Cheteshwar Pujara equaled Dilip Vengsarkar (8) for most ducks for India at no.3 in Tests.

12 – Virat Kohli also recorded 12th duck at no.4. It is the most ducks by any Indian on that position in Tests.

5 – India won the toss of the second Test and now has won all the five tosses including the three T20Is and the first Test of the ongoing series against New Zealand.

4 – Only fourth instance when both Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara got out for a duck in an innings in Tests. Previous three instances where against England in England in 2014 and 2018 and against Australia at Melbourne in 2018.