Root breaks three-year drought for tourists

82.75 Joe Root's average in the first Tests of a series since 2014 - the best among all batsmen with 15 or more innings. He has made four centuries and seven fifties in 19 innings. Furthermore, his average in the first innings of the first Tests of series since 2014 is 110.

2013 The last time a visiting batsman scored a century in Tests in India - Michael Clarke in Chennai. Since then, there had been no century by an overseas player in 12 consecutive Tests before Root's 124 in this match.

0 Number of higher and bigger partnerships by visiting pairs in India since the start of the South Africa series last season: Root and Moeen Ali added 179 runs in 48.2 overs. The biggest in terms of runs in the last two series was 124 between Tom Latham and Kane Williamson in Kanpur and the longest was Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis' 46.2 overs in Nagpur.

20 Consecutive innings without a 300-plus total by visiting teams in India. England ended the day with 311 for 4. The last such total of over 300 was Australia's 408 in Mohali in 2012-13.

13 Number of batsmen to remain not out on 99 overnight - Moeen became the 13th such player. Two batsmen have faced this twice in their career: Glenn Turner and Mudassar Nazar. Moeen is the fifth England player to have this distinction after Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond, Allan Lamb and Graeme Hick. All the previous players got to their century on the next day of the Test.

68 Previous highest score for Moeen in Tests outside England, which came in Chittagong last month. His unbeaten 99 is the highest in an away Test and his fourth fifty-plus score outside England.

88 Root's previous best score in Tests in Asia, that came in Dubai last year. He had five fifties in Asia before this. He averages 67.14 in first innings in Asia with four fifties and a hundred in seven innings, against 33.00 in second innings with a solitary fifty.

0 Number of younger England debutants to open the innings than Haseeb Hameed, who was 19 years, 297 days. The previous youngest was Len Hutton, who opened on his debut aged 21 and three days, against New Zealand at Lord's in 1937. Hameed is overall the fifth-youngest debutant for England in Tests.