Dominant seventh-wicket at Eden Gardens

4 Century partnerships for India for the seventh wicket in last five Tests at Eden Gardens. Before Rohit Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha added 103 runs in the second innings of this Test, Rohit and R Ashwin had shared 280 runs for the same wicket against West Indies in the last Test here. MS Dhoni and VVS Laxman had shared partnerships of unbeaten 259 runs and 224 in consecutive Tests here in 2009-10 and 2011-12.

341 Runs scored by Rohit in India's second innings of Tests since the start of 2015; it is the second-most among India batsmen. Only Ajinkya Rahane (434) has scored more than Rohit. However, Rohit has scored only 222 runs in India's first innings in this period.

71 Saha's average in Tests this year when batting at No. 7 or 8. He scored 40, 47 and 104 at No. 7 in the West Indies, and 0, 54* and 39* (still batting) at No. 8 in this series. 42.70% of his Test runs have come at those positions this year - 284 in six innings out of 665 in 26 innings.

2008 Last time India's fast bowlers picked up eight or more wickets in a Test innings at home - nine wickets against Australia at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (five wickets) and Mohammad Shami (three) picked up eight wickets between them in the first innings of this match. Eight wickets by quick bowlers are also the joint-most for India in the first innings of Tests at Eden Gardens.

11 Previous highest number of batsmen dismissed lbw in an Eden Gardens Test - in 2000-01. Interestingly, 12 batsmen have been out in that fashion in this match with 12 more wickets to go. Highest number of such dismissals in a Test in India is 13 in Ahmedabad in 1996-97. There were 11 lbw dismissals in the first Test as well.

6 New Zealand fast bowlers to take three or more wickets in both innings of a Test in India. Matt Henry became the sixth to do so. The last such New Zealand bowler was Daryll Tuffey in Mohali in 2003-04.

2006 Last time India's openers aggregated fewer runs in a home Test, than the 34 runs in this match - 33 against England at Wankhede Stadium in 2005-06. The openers made 10 runs in the first innings and 24 runs in the second innings of this match.

27* Previous highest score for Jeetan Patel in Tests, which came in Cape Town in 2005-06. He bettered that figure in his knock of 47 in the first innings. His top-six scores in Tests have come away from home.

14 Fifties scored by batsmen in this series so far, but no century yet. The highest score has been Cheteshwar Pujara's 87. Fourteen fities without a century is currently the second-most in any series.