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Follow UsAfter a washed-out Day 1, India opted to bat first in the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru on Thursday (October 17). The decision didn’t go as planned as the hosts were bowled out for 46 in only 31.2 overs.
As is the case with all dismal collapses, India, too, have gone on to collect a number of unwanted records.
We look back at all of them as the Men in Blue fight on to save this Test:
Lowest total in an international match in India
46 - India vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 2024 (Test)
55 – Sri Lanka vs India, Mumbai, 2023 (ODI)
62 – New Zealand vs India, Mumbai, 2021 (Test)
66 – New Zealand vs India, Ahmedabad, 2023 (T20I)
69 – Kenya vs New Zealand, Chennai, 2011 (ODI)
70 – Bangladesh vs New Zealand, Kolkata, 2016 (T20I)
Lowest score in Test history after winning the toss & batting first
36 - South Africa vs Australia in Melbourne, 1932
42 - New Zealand vs Australia in Wellington, 1946
45 - New Zealand vs South Africa in Cape Town, 2013
46 - India vs New Zealand in Bengaluru, 2024
Lowest Test totals in Asia in history
46 - India vs New Zealand in Bengaluru, 2024
53 - West Indies vs Pakistan in Faisalabad, 1986
59 - Pakistan vs Australia in Sharjah, 2002
62 - Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in Colombo, 2007
Best figures for a pace attack in India in Tests
10/45 – New Zealand, Bengaluru, 2024
10/61 – South Africa, Ahmedabad, 2008
10/70 – New Zealand, Mohali, 1999
10/74 – West Indies, Delhi, 1987
10/84 – West Indies, Kolkata, 1983
Most single-digit scores in an innings for India at home in Tests
9 vs New Zealand, Mumbai, 1965
9 vs South Africa, Ahmedabad, 2008
9 vs England, Mumbai, 2012
9 vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 2024
Instances 5+ batters for India got out for a duck in Tests
6 vs ENG, Manchester, 2014
6 vs SA, Cape Town, 2024
5 vs AUS, Adelaide, 1948
5 vs ENG, Leeds, 1952
5 vs NZ, Mohali, 1999
5 vs NZ, Bengaluru, 2024
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