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Statistical Highlights – India Vs New Zealand First Test match at Wellington, Feb 21-24 2020

Posted on by Sharath

  1. Virat Kohli (2 and 19) has now scored 20 or less in 10 of his last 20 Test innings (in a random fashion). His average in his other ten innings is 71.25 (570 runs, three tons including a double ton and three fifties), painting a sinusoidal innings summary graph.
  2. The loss is India’s sixth in the 12 Tests played outside India in the last two years. 11 of those 12 tests have been decisive.
  3. Ishant Sharma (5/68 in first innings) has now claimed a five-wicket haul in back to back Tests for the third time in his 97 Test career so far. This is his eleventh five wicket haul and also his third against New Zealand and second in Wellington as well.
  4. The low scoring match had only two 50+ scores from both sides (Mayank Aggarwal 58 in the second innings and Kane Williamson 89 in the only innings he batted). But there were four batsmen (from both sides) registering scores in the forties.
  5. Kane Williamson won his 17th Test match as a captain and his first against India. He has led the team in 31 Tests so far
  6. Ross Taylor, interestingly has been dismissed by a different Indian bowler throughout this entire series so far (T20, ODI and this Test included). The list includes Bumrah, Shami, Thakur, Saini, Jadeja, and Ishant Sharma (in this test).
  7. Tim Southee (5/61 in the second innings) claimed his tenth career five wicket haul. This also is his second five wicket haul against India.