Stats: Ashwin overtakes Herath; India extend unbeaten run

India completed a comprehensive 246-run win in the second Test against England in Vizag on Monday (November 21) to take a 1-0 lead with three matches to go. India outplayed England in all departments as the final margin suggests. From 87 for 1 in 59 overs, England crumbled to 158 all out in 97.3 overs shortly after Lunch on the final day.

Ravichandran Ashwin was once again the pick of the bowlers with figures of 8 for 119 in the match. He received good support from debutant Jayant Yadav, who picked up three wickets in the second innings for 30 runs. Virat Kohli was adjudicated the Man of the Match for his 248 runs in the game - his first such award as captain.

Key stats from the last two days' play in Vizag:

246 runs - This is India's second biggest margin of victory against England in terms of runs. The biggest remains the 279-run win at Leeds in 1986. The previous biggest winning margin in a home Test against England was by 187 runs in Kolkata in 1961.

16 - Consecutive Test matches for India at home since they lost one. The run started with a draw against England in Nagpur in 2012 and since they have won 13 out of the next 15. Only once they had longer unbeaten run at home - 20 Tests between January 1977 to January 1980.

Longest unbeaten runs at home for India:

248 runs scored by Virat Kohli is the second most for him in a Test match after 256 (115 & 141) in Adelaide in December 2014. It is also the most for an Indian player in his 50th Test, going past Sunil Gavaskar's 234 (13 & 221) against England at The Oval in 1979.

3 - Sixes hit by Mohammed Shami in this Test is the most by an Indian number 11 in a Test. The previous most was two each by Ghulam Ahmed and Zaheer Khan, the latter doing it on two occasions.

4 for 33 by Stuart Broad is his best figures in a Test in Asia. His previous best was 4 for 36 against Pakistan in Dubai in 2012 while it is the first instance of him taking more than a wicket in an innings in India.

4 - When on six, Alastair Cook became the first visiting player to score 2500 runs in Test in Asia. It was the fourth instance of a player aggregating 2500-plus runs in an away continent after Don Bradman (2674 runs in Europe), Wally Hammond (2623 in Oceania) and Sachin Tendulkar (2651 in Oceania).

171 - Balls taken by Cook to reach his fifty, the slowest for him in a Test. The previous most deliveries he took to reach fifty was 164 balls each against Sri Lanka in Colombo (PSS) in 2012 and Australia at Trent Bridge in 2013.

11.60 - Ben Duckett's average against offspinners in his career so far. He has scored 58 runs off 111 balls, getting dismissed thrice. Against R Ashwin in this series, his numbers read: 40 balls, 15 runs, 3 dismissals. In the six innings since his debut innings in Chittagong last month, he hasn't faced a fast bowler.

31.00 - Joe Root's average against pacers in Asia. He has been dismissed five times in 14 innings by the quick men. In comparison, he averages 58.77 against spinners in Asia.

55 - Wickets taken by R Ashwin in nine Tests so far in 2016, the most by any. He went past Rangana Herath's tally of 54 wickets in eight Tests this year. He finished as the leading wicket-taker in Tests last year as well with 62 scalps.

Most wickets in Tests in 2016:

3 - Known instances of England players getting dismissed for a King Pair. James Anderson is the third in this list, after William Attewell (vs Aus, SCG, 1892) and Ernie Hayes (vs SA, Cape Town, 1906). By bagging a pair in this Test, he now has the dubious record of getting dismissed for a duck most times for England - 21.

3 - Indian players scoring 50-plus runs and taking four or more wickets on debut. Jayant Yadav scored 62 runs and took 4 for 68 in this Test. The others to do it before him are L Amar Singh (56 & 4 for 159 v England, Lord's, 1932) and S Abid Ali (66 & 7 for 116 v Australia, Adelaide, 1967).