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Jaiswal and Rohit achieve a first for India in Test cricket

Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal cool off under an umbrella Associated Press

229 The partnership between Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, the highest opening stand for India in Tests outside Asia. The previous highest was 213 between Chetan Chauhan and Sunil Gavaskar at The Oval in 1979. It is also India's third highest opening stand away from home.

350 Balls faced by Jaiswal by stumps on the second day, the most by an Indian in an innings on Test debut. The previous highest, where balls-faced data is available, was 322 by Mohammad Azharuddin in 1984, during his 110 against England at Eden Gardens.

2 Number of players with a higher scores on Test debut for India than Jaiswal's unbeaten 143. Shikhar Dhawan scored 187 against Australia in 2013 in Mohali, while Rohit made 177 against West Indies at Eden Gardens the same year.

3 Indian openers with a century on Test debut, including Jaiswal. Dhawan's 187 was the first century by an Indian opener on debut, while Prithvi Shaw made 134 against West Indies in 2018.

131 Sourav Ganguly's score against England on debut in 1996 at Lord's - the highest by an Indian debutant away from home until Jaiswal's 143*.

1 It's the first instance of India taking the first-innings lead without losing a wicket. The closest they came before this match was in the 1978 Sydney Test, where Gavaskar and Chauhan had a 97-run opening stand after Australia got bowled out for 131.

2008 The last time both openers scored hundreds in the same Test innings against West Indies, before Rohit and Jaiswal. Phil Jacques and Simon Katich scored tons in Australia's second innings in the 2008 Bridgetown Test.

1 The partnership between Rohit and Jaiswal is India's highest for the first wicket in Tests against West Indies, surpassing the 201-run stand between Virender Sehwag and Sanjay Bangar in the 2002 Wankhede Test.