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248 Virat Kohlis match aggregate - 167 in the first innings and 81 in the second. Ashley Young Jersey . There are only three instances of an India captain scoring more runs in a Test: the top two are both by Sunil Gavaskar against West Indies in the 1978-79 home series, while Kohli made 256 in Adelaide a couple of years ago.2 Instances, since 2000, of an overseas opening pair batting 50 or more overs in a teams second innings in India. Both those instances have come in this series: in Rajkot, Alastair Cook and Haseeb Hameed stayed together for 58.4 overs, adding 180 for the first wicket; today, they scored 75 in 50.2 overs. This is only the fifth instance of overseas opening pairs batting for more than 30 overs in the second innings in India during this period, and four of them have involved Cook: with Andrew Strauss in 2006, with Nick Compton in 2012, and twice with Hameed in this series. 1.49 The partnership run rate between Cook and Hameed, Englands lowest for an opening stand lasting 100 or more balls in Tests (where balls-faced data is available). The previous lowest was 1.60, between Cook and Compton in Nagpur in 2012.11 Fifty-plus scores for Cook in the fourth innings of Tests; only four batsmen have more: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Graeme Smith (13 each), and Gavaskar (12).171 Balls faced by Cook for his half-century, the slowest of his career; his previous slowest took 164 balls, against Australia at Trent Bridge in 2013, and against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2012.4 Openers under the age of 20 who have faced 100-plus balls in the fourth innings of a Test: Zahid Fazal (Pakistan), Nafees Iqbal (Bangladesh), Archie Jackson (Australia), and Hameed.13 Wickets for Adil Rashid in the series so far, the fourth best by any overseas legspinner in the last 50 years in India. Overall, there are only six instances of overseas legspinners taking more wickets in a Test series in India. 1959 The last time an England legspinner took more than 13 wickets in any series: Tommy Greenhough, who had a four-Test career, took 14 from three Tests in a home series against India in 1959. Before that, Roly Jenkins took 16 in South Africa in 1948.140 The most overs England have faced in the fourth innings in Asia, in Kandy in 2003. Their highest in any fourth innings is 218.2 eight-ball overs (291 six-ball overs), while their best in the last 60 years is 165 overs, in Johannesburg in 1995. With inputs from Shiva Jayaraman. Phil Jones England Jersey . Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Last in the game, Di Vaio and Romero got into a shoving match with several Houston players. Romero appeared to elbow and kick Houston defender Kofi Sarkodie. John Stones England Jersey . -- There were so many positives from the Orlando Magics first victory of the season that it was hard for coach Jacque Vaughn to stop praising his players. http://www.englandsoccerpro.com/Danny-We...England-Jersey/ . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury.Britains Katarina Johnson-Thompson moved a step closer to qualifying for the Rio Olympics after shining in Gotzis on day one of the heptathlon. The 23-year-old, looking to bounce back from the agony of last years World Championships when three fouls in the long jump dashed her medal hopes, was in fine form after recording three personal bests (PB) to leave her in second place at the Hypo-Meeting.She excelled in the 100 metres hurdles, high jump and 200m to build a total of 3932 points on Saturday. She trailed Canadas Brianne Theisen-Eaton, the world indoor champion, by 40 points, with the long jump, javelin and 800m to come on Sunday.The Liverpool athlete needed 2,268 more points to get the Olympic qualifying standard of 6,200.That looked comfortably achievable, with her overnight score nine more than it was when she set her overall PB of 6,682 points on the way to winning in Gotzis in 2014.Fellow Briton Morgan Lake, however, ended a disappointing day in 29th place on 3,498 points, while Jessica Ennis-Hill was absent, not ready for a heptathlon following her Achilles injury.Johnson-Thompson got her day off in Austria to a perfect start with an equal PB in the 100m hurdles of 13.37 seconds before she cleared 1. Jordan Pickford England Jersey. 92m in the high jump, an outdoor PB. Johnson-Thompson clocked a personal best in the 100m hurdles Having lead the competition after two events, a poor showing in the shot put - her best throw of 11.55m was the worst in the field and well below the 13.14m PB she set earlier this month - saw her drop to sixth overall.But she responded brilliantly to clock 22.79secs in the 200m, the final event of the first day, to win her race ahead of Theisen-Eaton and was well-placed to lay down a serious marker ahead of Rio.Johnson-Thompson told the BBC: This is my first big competition, especially after a knee operation last autumn, so I just want 6,200 points and to be injury free and to be going home with my ticket for the Olympics. Also See: Ennis-Hill has sights on Rio Health experts say Rio should be cancelled Johnson-Thompson woe at worlds British Athletics website ' ' '