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The six off Iain O'Brien was 50th for Sachin Tendulkar in Test cricket. He became the fourth Indian after Virender Sehwag (65), Kapil Dev (61) and Sourav Ganguly (57) to do so.
The 314-runs first innings lead gained by New Zealand in the second Test is the highest ever they gained against India. The previous record was a 295-run lead at Christchurch in 1989-90.
Jesse Ryder's 768 runs in his Test career is the maximum by a Kiwi batsman after their first eight Tests. Ryder surpassed Mark Greatbatch's tally of 739 runs, on Day 2 of the second Test against India in Napier.
New Zealand's total of 351 is their fourth highest score on the opening day of a Test. It is also their second highest against India after the 387 for 9 at Auckland in 1989-90.
M S Dhoni's winning percentage after the first Test against New Zealand is 83.33. Among all captains who have led their respective sides in five or more matches, only one, England's Brian Close (85.71 per cent) -- has a higher winning percentage.
Loads of questions arise in your mind regarding the game of cricket and its records. Our expert cricket statistician Rajneesh Gupta answers your questions in this regular feature.
Statistical highlights of the third day's play in the first Test between India and New Zealand, at Hamilton, on Friday.
568 runs aggregated by Sachin Tendulkar in Test matches on New Zealand soil -- most by any Indian. He went ahead of Mohammad Azharuddin who had aggregated 521 runs.
Statistical highlights of the opening day's play in the first Test between India and New Zealand at Hamilton on Wednesday.
Swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag hammered a 60-ball ton to eclipse Mohammad Azharuddin and register the fastest hundred in One-Day Internationals by an Indian in the fourth match against New Zealand in Hamilton, on Wednesday. Batting on 97, Sehwag danced down the pitch and hit a Daniel Vettori delivery over the bowler's head to bring up his hundred with a big six in the 18th over of the rain-truncated match to better Azharuddin's 20-year-old mark by two balls.
After scoring a brilliant 115 in the first innings of Durban Test, Philip Hughes went one step further as he scored 160 in the second dig.
India smashed a mammoth 392 for four in the third One-Day International in Wellington on Sunday to register their highest total against New Zealand. It easily surpassed the 376 for two they posted against the Kiwis at Hyderabad in November 1999.
As many as 95 boundaries were hit in the Christchurch ODI. India hit 50 of them (32 fours and 18 sixes) while New Zealand managed 45 (32 fours and 13 sixes).
It was a day that New Zealand pacer Tim Southee won't forget for the rest of his life for sure as the Indian batsmen scored a century off his bowling. The 20-year-old was smashed for 105 runs off his 10 overs as India ended up with a mammoth 392 for four in their 50 overs during the third One-Day International in Wellington on Sunday.
India meets New Zealand in the first ODI of the five-match series on March 3 at McLean Park, Napier. Here's a statistical outlook of the cricket at the venue.
24 - Number of sixes hit in the match - a new world record. The previous record was of 20 sixes between India and Australia in the World Cup game at Durban in 2007.
Younis Khan got his name into the record books by becoming only the 20th batsman (on the 23rd occasion) to score a triple century in Test cricket. He is only the sixth Test captain to score a triple century, while his 313 is the third-highest score by a Pakistan batsman behind Hanif Mohammad's 337 and Inzamam-ul-Haq 329.
A statistical look at the leading Indian pacers ahead of the tour of New Zealand.
The Indian cricket team travels to New Zealand next week to play three Tests, five one-dayers and two Twenty20 internationals. Here's a statistical outlook of the players.
ODI career stats of the Indian squad for the Sri Lanka series.
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