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India made a terrific comeback on Day-3 of the first Test match after being outplayed by New Zealand on the previous day. Axar Patel's five-wicket haul and Ravichandran Ashwin's brilliant spell helped India take a lead of 49 runs in the 1st innings. New Zealand from 197/1 got bundled out for 296 runs and before the end of the day, India batted just 5 overs in the 2nd innings and scored 14 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. Kyle Jamieson impressed once again by picking the early wicket of Shubman Gill and ended up picking 50 Test wickets in his career as well.
Numbers and Stats after Day-3 of Ind vs NZ 1st Test:
1 - Ravichandran Ashwin has taken most Test wickets in 2021 & Axar Patel has taken the joint-most five-wicket haul in the year 2021.
Most Test wickets in 2021:
Ravichandran Ashwin - 41
Shaheen Afridi - 39
Hasan Ali - 37
James Anderson / Axar Patel - 32
Most five-wicket haul in 2021:
Axar Patel - 5
Hasan Ali - 5
Ravichandran Ashwin / Kyle Jamieson - 3
2016 - Tom Latham & Will Young have recorded 150+ run opening partnerships against India in India. The last opening pair to do this before was Alastair Cook and Haseeb Hameed in November 2016.
4 - Axar Patel has 5 five-wicket hauls from his first 4 Test matches.
Bowlers with most five-wicket haul in first 4 Test matches:
Charlie Turner - 6
Tom Richardson - 5
Rodney Hogg - 5
Axar Patel - 5
5 - Axar Patel has taken 5 five-wicket hauls in World Test Championship and it is joint-most with Kyle Jamieson.
Most five-wicket haul in World Test Championship:
Kyle Jamieson-5
Axar Patel - 5
James Anderson - 4
Ravichandran Ashwin - 4
Nathan Lyon - 4
Tim Southee - 4
9 - Kyle Jamieson have picked 50 Test wickets in just 9 matches.
Fastest to pick 50 Test wickets for New Zealand:
Kyle Jamieson - 9 matches
Shane Bond - 12 matches
Chris Martin - 13 matches
376 - Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 376 international wickets on home soil, thus equalling the off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's tally.
Most international wickets on home soil for an Indian bowler:
Anil Kumble - 476
Harbhajan Singh - 376
Ravichandran Ashwin - 376