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Lowest Total To Include A Century is Pakistan’s 135/1 against India at Lahore in 1982/83. In this match Pakistan’s opener Mohsin Khan scored 101 not out in Pakistan’s total of 135 for 1.
Lowest Completed Inning To Include A Century is New Zealand’s 159 against England. John Reid scored 100 Runs
In the 2nd Test Match against New Zealand at Kanpur, in 1976 India declared their innings on 524 Runs for 9 wickets in their 1st Innings. The interesting thing is no Indian batsman scored A Century even after posting such huge total. It is still the Most Runs Without An Individual Century in any test inning.
In the 2nd Test Match against West Indies at Port of Spain, in 1986 England scored 315 Runs in their 2nd Innings. The interesting thing is no English batsman scored even a fifty in that inning and this is still the Most Runs Without An Individual Fifty in any test inning.
Ravichandran Ashwin holds the record of Most 10 Wickets and 5 Wickets Hauls in India and New Zealand Test.
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid are the most successful combination in the history of test cricket, having stitched 6920 runs as a pair with 20 century partnerships. This is Most Hundred Partnerships By A Pair in Test.
Indian Openers Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad hold the record of heighest 1st wicket partnership in India New Zealand Matches. The two went on to register the then world record partnership of 413 runs in Jan 1956 aginst New Zealand.
In India and New Zealand Test encounters, New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori is the only bowler who conceded more than 200 runs in an inning. He is the Only Bowler with 200+ Runs in an Inning in India Vs New Zealand Tests.
Ravichandran Ashwin holds the record of Most Wickets in India Vs New Zealand Test Matches
Indian off spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin holds the record of Best bowling figures in a match between India and New Zealand teams. His 13 wickets for 140 runs at Indore in Oct 2016 is best figure for any bowler in matches between both the teams.