Records and stats from Karun Nair's bat and the Chennai Test

759/7 - This is the highest-ever total by India in Test cricket. The earlier record of 726/9 was made by MS Dhoni’s men in 2009 against Sri Lanka. This is also the highest total by any country against England.

303* - Karnataka lad Karun Nair scored his first-ever century and duly converted that into a triple century. In the process, he became only the third cricketer to do so after the legendary Sir Garfield Sobers (365*) and Bob Simpson (311).

This is also the highest score by an Indian batsman against England.

2 - The No. of 200-plus scores by Indian batsmen at No. 5 or lower in Tests before Karun Nair. Only former Test skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and VVS Laxman have done it before.

2- This was the second instance of India having four 100+ stands in an innings after four against WI in Kanpur in 1979.

2- Nair is only the second Indian to score a triple-century.

3 - This is the third triple-century by an Indian batsman. Earlier, inimitable Virender Sehwag had struck two triple centuries himself- one against Pakistan and one against South Africa.

3- Fewest innings taken to score triple centuries in Tests. Earlier, the record was with England opener Len Hutton, who took nine innings to score triple centuries.

4 - No. of times India have posted a total of 400-plus in this series after losing the toss. No other team has done it more than thrice in a series.

4- This is only the fourth instance of a team scoring 600 or more in consecutive innings. (India scored 631 in their first and only innings of the fourth Test). Previous instances were Aus v Eng, 1946, WI v Ind, 1948, Ind v SL, 2009.

5- Ravichandran Ashwin became the 5th all-rounder in Test history to aggregate 300+ runs and claim 25+ wickets in same Test series.

6 - No. of Indian batsmen who have made 100s in this series, which equals their most. Last such instance was against West Indies at home in 1978-79. Overall, this is the 4th such instance.

6 – Karun Nair at 25 years is now the sixth-youngest batsman in the international cricket to notch up a triple hundred. Nair is also the youngest Indian to score a triple-century.

9 - Number of times batsmen have been dismissed at 199. KL Rahul joins Mohammad Azharuddin as the second Indian in the list.

27- India haven’t played with a single team for two consecutive Tests since July 2014.

31- Number of innings taken by Indian openers to make a 100-run partnership after June 2015.

199-KL Rahul’s 199 yesterday was the second highest by an Indian opener against England. Earlier, Sunil Gavaskar scored 221 runs against England at the Oval.

3135 - Most runs scored by India in a series so far. The previous highest was the 3018 runs were scored in the series between India and England in 1963/64.