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While Shreyas Iyer could become the 15th Indian batter to score a century on Test debut if he scores 25 more runs on Day 2, there were plenty feats achieved by him and other Indian batters in Kanpur Test. Shubman Gill scored a half-century in the first session and joined the elite list of Indian batters consisting the likes of legendary Sachin Tendulkar. Aged 22 years and 78 days, Gill is the fifth youngest Indian batter to score a half-century against New Zealand in Test cricket. The youngest Indian to score a Test half-century against the Kiwi Tendulkar (16 years and 91 days) followed by Prithvi Shaw (20 years and 112 days), Nari Contractor (21 years and 284 days), Atul Wassan (21 years and 336 days).
Iyer's batting partner in the fifth-wicket partnership also scored an unbeaten half-century before the end of day's play. Jadeja scored his 11th fifty-plus scores in Tests on home soil. Cheteshwar Pujara who got out after scoring 28 runs, is on top of the list with 27 fifty-plus scores followed by Virat Kohli (20), Rohit Sharma and Murali Vijay (13) and stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane.
In Rishabh Pant's absence, Wriddhiman Saha was picked in the side as wicketkeeper. Without coming in to bat, Saha became the second-oldest wicketkeeper for India in the longest format aged at 37 years and 32 days. The record for oldest wicketkeeper in Tests belongs to Dattaram Hindlekar who was aged 37 years and 231 days playing his last Test. Hindlekar played against England at the Oval in 1946.
Even though it will take a monumental effort from Iyer on debut, he will also have the Indian record that belongs to Shikhar Dhawan. Iyer needs 113 more runs to go past Dhawan's Test debut (187) score.
