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4 The number of Test players to score over 2,000 runs and take more than 200 wickets in home Test matches over the course of their careers. During the Pune Test match, Ravindra Jadeja became the latest player to join this elite group. He is also the second-fastest, after Ian Botham, to achieve this remarkable double in home Test matches.

2000-plus runs and 200-plus wickets in career home Tests

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** Ian Botham is the quickest to reach this milestone in fewest Tests (45 matches in 1985), followed by Ravindra Jadeja (48 in 2024), Kapil Dev (58 in 1990) and Stuart Broad (69 in 2018).

2 The number of Indian batters to aggregate 1000 or more runs in a calendar in Tests at home. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made his Test debut in July 2023 and playing his first Test at home this year, has become the highest run-scorer for India at home in a calendar year, accumulating 1,091 runs. He surpassed Gundappa Viswanath’s previous record of 1,047 runs set in 1979, 45 years ago.

Most runs in a calendar year in India

25 The number of wickets the Mumbai-born Kiwi left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel has at the Wankhede Stadium. This impressive tally makes him the visiting bowler with most wickets at any Test ground in India. Previously, England’s Ian Botham had taken 22 wickets at the same ground.

Most Test wickets by visiting bowler at an Indian ground

147The target set by New Zealand in the third and final Test match in Mumbai. This is now the second-lowest target that India has failed to chase in the fourth innings of a Test match in its history. Additionally, this marks the fourth time in the last decade that India has fallen short in such circumstances. This target is also the lowest New Zealand has successfully defended in its Test history. Both tables below have the details.