Bengaluru Test: A statistical look into the lows and highs

New Zealand finally ended their 36-year-long wait for a Test victory in India after comfortably winning the Bengaluru Test by eight wickets on Sunday morning. 

After bundling out the hosts India for only 46 runs on the second day, New Zealand scored 402 runs in their first innings. 

Starting their second innings trailing by 356 runs, the top Indian batters fought brilliantly, but the lower-middle order collapse resulted in India’s all out for 462 runs. 

Chasing down the 107-run target in the fourth innings, although both the openers were dismissed cheaply, Will Young and Test match hero Rachin Ravindra comfortably guided the visitors to the target. New Zealand reached the target in the 28th over after losing only two wickets. 

India all out for 46 runs.

• India’s lowest completed total in a Test innings at home. The previous record was 75 all out against West Indies at Delhi in 1987. 
• India’s third-lowest completed total in a Test innings. India scored 36 all out in the 2020 Adelaide Test and 42 all out in the 1974 Lord’s Test. 
  

New Zealand all out for 402 runs.

• While it was New Zealand’s third Test win, their first innings total was their highest Test innings total in a winning cause in India. New Zealand’s previous record in this list was 319 during the first innings of the 1969 Nagpur Test.
• The 402 total was the sixth-highest total for New Zealand in Test innings in India.

At the end of the first innings battles, New Zealand earned a 356-run lead against India.

• It was the highest first innings lead for New Zealand in a Test match against India (considering both New Zealand batting first or second). Their previous record was 314 runs lead during the 2009 Napier Test. On the other hand, their previous highest first innings lead record in India was 209 runs during the 1965 Brabourne Test. 

• It was also the joint fourth-highest first innings lead for a team in a Test match against the hosts India. 

Highest first innings lead against India in India in Test cricket

(Note: * considering the lead at the end of both teams’ first innings)

India all out for 462 runs.

• It was the highest Test innings total for the hosts India in a losing cause. The previous record was 449 all out against Pakistan in the 2005 Bengaluru Test. 

• It was the fourth-highest Test innings total for India in a losing cause.

Highest Test innings totals for India in a losing cause

India scored 508 runs in this match.

• It was the fourth-highest Test match total for India in a losing cause against New Zealand.
  

India's highest Test match aggregated totals in a losing cause against New Zealand

India had a 416-run difference between their first (46) and second innings totals (462) of the match. 

• India recorded their third-largest difference between their two innings totals of a Test match.

India’s highest differences between the two totals in a Test match

(Note: Excluding declared lowest innings)