On the day 2 of the 1^st Test between India and England at Rajkot, England put on a huge total against India. Coming to bat on their overnight score of 311/4, England made 537 runs before they were bowled out.

In reply, India made 63 runs without losing any wicket at the stumps on day 2. At the end of the day, India is 474 runs behind England’s first innings total.

Brief Scores: England – 537 (Ben Stokes 128, Joe Root 124, Ravindra Jadeja 3/86)

India – 63/0 (Gautam Gambhir 28*, Murali Vijay 25*)

Here are some statistical highlights of day 2 of the 1^st Test:

During England’s first innings, wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow scored 46 runs with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Bairstow became the first English wicketkeeper-batsman to hit more than one six in a Test innings on Indian soil.

Three England batsmen scored centuries during England’s first innings. These three English batsmen were Joe Root (124), Moeen Ali (117) and Ben Stokes (128). It was the 2^nd time where 3 English batsmen hit centuries in a Test innings on the Indian soil. The first one was at Kanpur in 1961.

There are no such incidents where more than 3 English batsmen hit Test centuries in the same Test innings on Indian soil.

England made 537 runs during their first innings of this Test. It was England’s 3^rd highest Test innings total against India on Indian soil.

During England’s 1^st innings of this Test, each of the first 6 wickets put 25+ runs partnership. The last time this incident happened against India was in 2008 at Delhi where each of Australia’s first 7 wickets put 25+ runs partnership.

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was very expensive during England’s first innings. His final bowling figure in England’s first innings of this Test were 46-3-167-2. It is Ashwin’s second most expensive bowling figures in a Test innings on the Indian soil. Ashwin’s most expensive bowling figures in a Test innings on Indian soil was also against England in 2012 at Kolkata where his bowling figure were 3/183.