India vs New Zealand, 1st Test Day 2 : 46 all out is India’s lowest total in an innings at home. Their previous lowest was 75 against the West Indies at Delhi 1987. It is also the lowest by any team in India, surpassing New Zealand’s 62 runs at Wankhede on their last tour in 2021.
Third-lowest total in India’s Test history, their 46 all out ranks behind only the 36 against Australia in Adelaide 2020 and 42 against England at Lord’s 1974. It also happens to be their lowest against New Zealand, lower than the 81 they got at Wellington in 1976, and the lowest total by any team against New Zealand in Tests. The previous lowest was Zimbabwe’s 51 in Napier 2012.
Lowest total in Asia: the 46 all out replaces the previous record of 53 by West Indies against Pakistan in Faisalabad 1986 and Pakistan against Australia in Sharjah 2002.
Second-lowest first-innings total by any team opting to bat in a home Test, with India’s 46 all out only behind New Zealand’s 42 against Australia in Wellington (1946). It also ranks as the fourth-lowest first-innings total by any team after choosing to bat first in Test cricket.
Third time India lost three-plus wickets for 10 runs or fewer at home since 1990 and accidentally all the instances have come against New Zealand. They were 7/3 in Mohali 1999 and 2/3 against New Zealand at Ahmedabad 2010.
34 is India’s sixth-lowest total at the fall of the sixth wicket in Tests and their second-lowest at home after 27 runs against New Zealand at Hyderabad 1969.
5Indian batters scored ducks, the joint second-most for India in an innings. This is also the third time overall and the first time in a home Test that four of the top-seven Indian batters have got out for ducks.
Most ducks in a Test innings for India
| Ducks | Innings | Opponent | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | England | Manchester | 2014 |
| 6 | 2 | South Africa | Cape Town | 2024 |
| 5 | 3 | Australia | Adelaide | 1948 |
| 5 | 3 | England | Leeds | 1952 |
| 5 | 1 | New Zealand | Mohali | 1999 |
| 5 | 1 | New Zealand | Bengaluru | 2024 |
Second instance in a Test innings that five out of the top-eight batters were dismissed for ducks. The previous instance was by Australia against England at Manchester in 1888.
10 wickets in the innings fell to pacers, only the second instance since 2010 when the visiting pacers have pulled that off against India. The only other instance in the aforementioned period was also by New Zealand, back in 2012 at the same venue.
5/15 bowling figures for Matt Henry, his first five-wicket haul against India and the most economical five-wicket haul by a New Zealand bowler in Test cricket. It is the fourth-best figures for a New Zealand pacer in India. Tim Southee’s 7 for 64 in Bengaluru 2012 remains top of the list, followed by Doin Nash’s 6/27 at Mohali 1999 and Richard Hadlee’s 6/49 at Wankhede 1988.
100 Test wickets for Henry, who became the joint second-quickest to the milestone for New Zealand in terms of matches taken after Sir Richard Hadlee (25). Neil Wagner also took 26 matches for his 100 Test wickets.
