Statistical highlights: India vs New Zealand, Day 3

Nagpur:

Following are the statistical highlights of the third day's play between India and New Zealand in the third Test in Nagpur.
 
# Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the top run-getter in Tests as captain-cum-wicketkeeper, aggregating 1324 at an averge of 52.96 in 29 innings (21 Tests).  His tally includes three hundreds and ten fifties.
 
# Andy Flower had amassed 1232 at an average of 49.28, including three centuries and seven fifties, in 30 innings (16 Tests) as captain-cum-wicketkeeper.
 
# Dhoni has posted his highest innings against New Zealand, surpassing the 56 not out at Wellington in April 2009.
 
# Dhoni, for the third time, has been dismissed in the nineties - his previous two instances were - 92 against England at The Oval in August 2007 and 92 against Australia at Mohali in October 2008.
 
# Dhoni is the third Indian captain to post two innings in the nervous nineties - the first two being Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.
 
# Daniel Vettori has bowled 50 overs or more in an innings 18 times. 
 
# Vettori (58-7-178-3) has conceded 175 or more in an innings for the third time.  The only instance when he has conceded 200 runs in an innings is - 57-5-200-4 against India at Ahmedabad in 1999-2000.
             
# Rahul Dravid (191 off 396 balls) has recorded his 31st century - his sixth against New Zealand - a record in India-New Zealand Tests.
 
# Dravid's runs' tally of 1659 (ave.63.80), including six hundreds and six fifties, in 15 Tests is a record in India-New Zealand Tests.
 
# Only six players have posted more centuries than Dravid - Sachin Tendulkar (49), Ricky Ponting (39), Jacques Kallis (37), Sunil Gavaskar (34), Brian Lara (34) and Steve Waugh (32).
 
# Daniel Vettori has produced his best bowling performance in a Test series against India, claiming 14 wickets at an average of 36.57 in three Tests, eclipsing his previous best tally - 12 (ave. 45.25) in three Tests in 1999-00.
 
# Harbhajan Singh is the first number eight batsman to amass 300 runs in a Test series, aggregating 315 at an average of 105.00, including two hundreds and one fifty.
 
# New Zealand have conceded a first innings lead of 373 - the highest conceded to India by New Zealand, eclipsing the 328 in the 1955-56 Chennai Test.
 
# India (566/8 wickets declared) have posted their second highest against New Zealand - their best is 583 for seven wickets declared at Ahmedabad in 1999-00.
 
# India's total is the highest at Jamtha, surpassing South Africa's 558 for six wickets declared in February 2010.
 
# Dravid's tally of six centuries versus New Zealand is bettered only by Pakistan's Javed Miandad (seven).
 
# Dravid's runs' tally of 1659 in 15 Tests at an average of 63.80 against New Zealand is exceeded only by Javed Miandad - 1919 (ave.79.95) in 18 Tests.
 
# Sachin has registered his personal best tally in a calendar year, aggregating 1396 (ave.82.11), including six hundreds and five fifties, in 12 Tests.  His previous highest tally was -  1392 runs in 16 Tests at an average of 55.68, including four hundreds and five fifties.
 
# Andy McKay is the eleventh bowler (a record) to capture Sachin Tendulkar's wicket as his first.
 
# The 104-run stand between Dravid and Tendulkar is a record for India for the third wicket at this venue.
 
# Mahendra Singh Dhoni (98) has recorded his highest innings at this venue - his third fifty.
 
# Dhoni and Dravid, with their 193-run partnership, have equalled a record for India for the sixth wicket against New Zealand. Dilip Sardesai and Hanumant Singh were involved in a 193-run unbroken stand at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai in March 1965.