Remarkable Comeback: India Beats Its First-Innings Score with Stellar Performance

During the second inning, four Indian batters remarkably outscored their collective first-inning total of 46. Rohit Sharma scored 52, Virat Kohli 70, Sarfaraz Khan 150, and Rishabh Pant 99. The only instance of more batters outscoring their first-innings total in a Test was when South Africa played against England in 1924, with five batters achieving this feat.

The disparity between India's two totals in the game, at 416 runs, is recorded as the second-highest for any team after a sub-100 first-innings score. In terms of the ratio between India's totals in Bengaluru, the 46 all-out and 462 all-out provides us with a significant statistic - the second-highest ratio in a Test match, being outperformed only by South Africa's 13.00.

In the history of Test matches, India's second-innings total turns out to be the second-lowest all-out total, where the top five batters aggregated over 400 runs. Sarfaraz Khan now belongs to a distinguishing list, becoming the 13th batter to follow up a first-innings duck with a 150-plus Test score. Sarfaraz's 150-run knock included 59 runs scored behind the wicket, the third-most by an Indian batter in a men's Test innings since 2002.

Rishabh Pant has seen seven dismissals in the nineties in Test cricket, the most by any player since his debut in 2018. He also became the first Indian player to be dismissed on 99 in Tests since Murali Vijay in 2014.

While India performed strongly in the game, the team managed just 29 runs for the loss of six wickets after New Zealand introduced a new ball in the 89th over. The last five partnerships across both innings added just 42 runs, the second-fewest in a Men's Test for India.