Some pointers for Day 1 of the Fourth Test at Nagpur

India has lost as many as 3 Tests in a home series on five occasions the last being in the six-Test series against the West Indies in 1983/84. It has never occurred in a series of less than five matches. India has played 19 Tests since winning ICC World Cup 2011. Here is a comparison of those 19 Tests with the 19 Tests immediately preceeding the competition:
When Before World Cup 2011 Since World Cup 2011 Played 19 19 Won 10 6 Lost 3 10 Drawn 6 3 PercWon 52.63 31.57

Only one visiting side has ever won a Test series in India having come from behind England in 1984/85. Piyush Chawla's bowling averages over the last three first-class seasons: 48.33 this season, 40.61 in 2011-12 and 41.04 in 2010-11. The last three England batsmen to be ranked number one in the ICC World Test Rankings were Michael Vaughan (May 2003), Graham Gooch (June 1994) and David Gower (February 1986). It is tight at the top:
Rank 1 2 3 4 Player Shiv Chanderpaul Michael Clarke Hashim Amla Alastair Cook Team WI Aus SA Eng Points 879 878 875 874 Average 51.67 51.72 50.69 50.02

An England batsman has scored four centuries in a series on four occasions always in 5-Test series:
Name H Sutcliffe WR Hammond H Sutcliffe DCS Compton Series v Australia v Australia v South Africa v South Africa Season 1924/25 1928/29 1929 1947 M 5 5 5 5 Inns 9 9 9 8 NO 0 1 1 0 Runs 734 905 513 753 HS 176 251 114 208 Avge 81.55 113.12 64.12 94.12 100 4 4 4 4 50 2 0 0 2

One more defeat and England would equal its most Test losses in a calendar year:
Year 1984 1986 1993 2012 Played 15 15 10 14 Won 1 2 1 5 Lost 8 8 8 7 Tied 0 0 0 0 Drawn 6 5 1 2 PercWon 6.66 13.33 10.00 35.71

Only five players have had longer Test careers than Sachin Tendulkar:
Name Wilfred Rhodes Brian Close Frank Woolley George Headley John Traicos Sachin Tendulkar Yrs 30 26 25 24 23 23 Days 315 356 13 10 40 24 Start 1 Jun 1899 23 Jul 1949 09 Aug 1909 11 Jan 1930 05 Feb 1970 15 Nov 1989 End 12 Apr 1930 13 Jul 1976 22 Aug 1934 21 Jan 1954 17 Mar 1993 09 Dec 2012

Only four Englishmen have scored more runs than Alastair Cook in a series against India:
Name GA Gooch MP Vaughan KF Barrington MW Gatting AN Cook Season 1990 2002 1961/62 1984/85 2012/13 M 3 4 5 5 3 Inns 6 7 9 9 6 NO 0 1 3 3 1 Runs 752 615 594 575 548 HS 333 197 172 207 190 Avge 125.33 102.50 99.00 95.83 109.60 100 3 3 3 2 3 50 2 1 1 1 0