Mumbai, October 19: Records toppled one after another when India succumbed to 46, the lowest India has posted at home in a Test format in the opening match against New Zealand. Apart from registering its lowest total, a couple of more records also broke under the gloomy sky in Bengaluru. Here is a look at records that toppled after India's lowest total at home in Test. IND vs NZ 1st Test 2024: Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan Lead India's Counterattack Against New Zealand, Hosts Now Trail by 125 Runs At Stumps on Day 3.

India's Lowest at Home and Third-Lowest Total in Tests

46 is the new lowest total at home that India have put on the board. The previous lowest total at home in a Test match was 75 all out against West Indies in 1987. This was also India's third-lowest total in Tests overall. The lowest total is 36 against Australia at Adelaide Oval in 2020 and second-lowest is 42 against England in 1974.

Lowest by Any team in Test Cricket in Asia

India's 46 is notably the lowest total posted in Test cricket by any team in Asia. Previously the lowest in Asia was 53 all out by West Indies against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 1986 and Pakistan against Australia in Sharjah in 2002.

Lowest Total by Any Team Against New Zealand in Test

India's 46 against New Zealand is the lowest total by any team against the Kiwis in a Test match.

Rare Feat

This was the second instance of five out of the top-eight batters got dismissed for ducks in a Test innings. Australia against England in Manchester in 1998 was the first instance.  Virat Kohli Wicket Video: Watch Star Indian Batsman Dismissal on Final Ball of Day 3 During IND vs NZ 1st Test 2024.

Last Instance Visitors Took 10 wickets Against India in a Test Innings

The last time visitors took 10 wickets against India in a Test innings was accomplished by New Zealand in Bengaluru, in 2012.

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