IND vs NZ: The first match of the 3 test match series being played between India and New Zealand (IND vs NZ) is being played on the grounds of Bangalore. The play of the fourth day of the first test match has ended. Team India has set a target of 107 runs for New Zealand. Because, after losing by 356 runs in the first innings, Team India scored 462 runs at the loss of 10 wickets in the second innings.

Whereas the fourth day's play ended early due to rain. Due to which only 3 balls were played in New Zealand's innings and the New Zealand team's account has not been opened yet. At the same time, many big records were made on the fourth day of the Test match being played between India and New Zealand (IND vs NZ). So let's take a look at all the records...

IND vs NZ 1st Test Match STATS:

1. Duck and score of more than 150 in the same test for India

0 and 163* – Madhav Apte vs West Indies, Port of Spain, 1953
152 and 0 – Nayan Mongia vs Australia, Delhi, 1996
0 and 150 – Sarfaraz Khan vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 2024

2. Most batsmen to be out within 90 to 99 runs in Test for India

10 – Sachin Tendulkar
9- Rahul Dravid
7-Rishabh Pant
5 – Sunil Gavaskar
5 – MS Dhoni
5 – Virender Sehwag
Pant and Dhoni are the only keepers to have been out in the 90s on five or more occasions in Tests.

3. Rishabh Pant's last five innings in the third innings of the test

100*(139) vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2022
50(31) vs Sri Lanka, Bengaluru, 2022
57(86) vs England, Edgbaston, 2022
109(128) vs BAN, Chennai, 2024
99(104) vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 2024

4. Wicketkeeper who was out on 99 runs in test

Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) v Sri Lanka, Napier, 2005
MS Dhoni (IND) vs England, Nagpur, 2012
Jonny Bairstow (England) v South Africa, Old Trafford, 2017
Rishabh Pant (IND) vs NZ, Bengaluru, 2024

5. This is Sarfaraz Khan's 16th first-class century. There have been scores of more than 150 in 10 of the last 15 matches. Which includes four double centuries. The most recent is the 222* he scored for Mumbai against Rest of India in the Irani Cup in Lucknow earlier this month.

6. Most scores of more than 50 among Indian wicketkeepers in Tests

39 – MS Dhoni (144 innings)
18 – Farooq Engineer (87 innings)
18 – Rishabh Pant (62 innings)
14 – Syed Kirmani (124 innings)

7. Sarfaraz Khan has become the 22nd player by an Indian batsman to score a duck and a century in the same Test. The most recent example is Shubman Gill against Bangladesh in Chennai last month. The only other Indian to do so against New Zealand was Shikhar Dhawan – scoring 0 and 115 at Eden Park, Auckland in 2014.

8. Highest run-rate for India in more than 450 Test innings

4.64 – 462 (99.3 overs) vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 2024
4.61 – 482 (4.61 overs) vs New Zealand, Auckland, 1990
4.58 – 495 (108 overs) vs West Indies, Mumbai WS, 2013
4.52 – 474 (104.5 overs) vs AFG, Bengaluru, 2018
4.50 – 600 (133.1 overs) vs SL, Galle, 2017

9. Biggest improvement in score from first to second innings in Test for India

486 – 171 and 657/7 declared vs Australia, Kolkata, 2001
422 – 83 and 505/3 declared vs New Zealand, Mohali, 1999
416 – 46 & 462 vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 2024
375 – 88 & 463/5 declared vs New Zealand, Brabourne, 1965
346 – 164 and 510 vs England, Headingley, 1967

10. The 17 wickets taken by a visiting fast bowling unit are the most taken by a visiting fast bowling unit in a Test against India in India since the 19 wickets taken by South Africa in Ahmedabad in 2008.