Bumrah quickest Indian to 150 Test wickets
34 The number of Test matches Jasprit Bumrah needed to claim his 150th Test wicket (victim: Ben Stokes) in the first innings of the Visakhapatnam Test on 3 February 2024. He is now the quickest among Indian pacers to reach this milestone. Among Indians, only R. Ashwin (29 Tests in November 2015) and Ravindra Jadeja (32 Tests in August 2017) — both spin bowlers — have done it quicker. For the record, Kapil Dev (39 Tests in June 1982) and Javagal Srinath (40 Tests in October 1999), previously, were the two quickest among Indian pace bowlers. Incidentally, Bumrah is the second fastest to reach this target among Asian pace bowlers. Only Pakistan’s Waqar Younis needed fewer Tests (27) while achieving it on 10 February 1994.
Quickest to reach 150 Test wickets among Asian pace bowlers
Tests | Bowler | For | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Ave. | S/R | Achieved on |
27 | Waqar Younis | Pak | 5461 | 2792 | 152 | 18.37 | 35.93 | 10 Feb 1994 |
34 | Jasprit Bumrah | Ind | 6802 | 3084 | 152 | 20.29 | 44.75 | 3 Feb 2024 |
37 | Imran Khan | Pak | 9386 | 4139 | 152 | 27.23 | 61.75 | 23 Mar 1982 |
37 | Shoaib Akhtar | Pak | 6624 | 3717 | 150 | 24.78 | 44.16 | 16 Nov 2005 |
39 | Kapil Dev | Ind | 8593 | 4306 | 152 | 28.33 | 56.53 | 10 Jun 1982 |
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* Among pacers, Waqar is second quickest behind Englishman Sydney Barnes (24 Tests in December 1913)
* Bumrah is the 17th Indian bowler to reach 150 Test wickets and the seventh Indian pacer.
2578 The number of Test runs for Joe Root against India. His tally of runs is now the most by any opponent batter against India. He went past the previous record tally of 2555 runs by Ricky Ponting during the second innings of the Hyderabad Test match. Root achieved the landmark in 47 innings as compared to the Aussie’s 51. For the record, eight batters have aggregated 2000 or more runs against India in Tests. The others not listed in the table below are West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2171), Australians Michael Clarke (2049) and Steve Smith (2042).
Clive Lloyd was the first opponent batter to reach 2000 Test runs against India on 12 November 1983, while Javed Miandad was the quickest to do so in just 35 innings, on 15 November 1989.
Leading run-getters against India in Test cricket
Runs | Batter | For | Mts | Inns | Ave. | HS | 100 | 50 | Career span against India |
2578 | Joe Root | Eng | 27 | 49 | 58.59 | 218 | 9 | 10 | Dec 2012 to Feb 2024 |
2555 | Ricky Ponting | Aus | 29 | 51 | 54.36 | 257 | 8 | 12 | Oct 1996 to Jan 2012 |
2431 | Alastair Cook | Eng | 30 | 54 | 47.67 | 294 | 7 | 9 | Mar 2006 to Sep 2018 |
2344 | Clive Lloyd | WI | 28 | 44 | 58.60 | 242* | 7 | 12 | Dec 1966 to Dec 1983 |
2228 | Javed Miandad | Pak | 28 | 39 | 67.52 | 280* | 5 | 14 | Oct 1978 to Dec 1989 |
190 The first-innings lead gained by India in the first Test in Hyderabad is now its second-biggest in a defeat. However, this is its most significant lead gained in a home Test defeat. Previously, India had lost the Chennai (at the Corporation Stadium) Test against Australia by 139 runs after taking the first-innings lead of 65 runs, which means that the Hyderabad Test was the first home defeat for India after taking a first-innings lead of 100 or more runs.
Highest first innings leads for India in lost Test matches
Lead | Team1 |
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192 | Sri Lanka (183 & 367) | beat | India (375 & 112) | 63 runs | Galle | 15 Aug 2015 |
190 | England (246 & 420) | beat | India (436 & 202) | 28 runs | Hyderabad | 28 Jan 2024 |
132 | India (416 & 245) | lost to | England (284 & 378/3) | 7 wickets | Birmingham | 5 Jul 2022 |
80 | Australia (145 & 451) | beat | India (225 & 333) | 38 runs | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1992 |
69 | Australia (463 & 401/7d) | beat | India (532 & 210) | 122 runs | Sydney | 6 Jan 2008 |
Note: Since that Galle defeat, India’s head-to-head match results in Tests against Sri Lanka read: won 8, drawn 2, loss nil.
184 The number of wickets claimed by England’s James Anderson across all international formats against India. His wickets tally makes him the opponent bowler with maximum international wickets against India. Before the start of the second Test in Visakhapatnam, Anderson was tied with Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan with 179 wickets. His first wicket of the series, that of Shubman Gill, in the second Test in Visakhapatnam, took him past Murali’s tally, on 2 February 2024.
Most international wickets against India
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Wkts | Bowler | For | Mts | Inns | Balls | Runs | Ave. | S/R |
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184 | James Anderson | Eng | 69 | 101 | 9472 | 4935 | 26.82 | 51.48 |
| 144 | 40 | 0 |
179 | M. Muralitharan | SL | 85 | 91 | 10317 | 5777 | 32.27 | 57.64 |
| 105 | 74 | — |
129 | Imran Khan | Pak | 52 | 65 | 6291 | 3039 | 23.55 | 48.77 |
| 94 | 35 | — |
125 | Nathan Lyon | Aus | 35 | 57 | 7909 | 4210 | 33.68 | 63.27 |
| 121 | 4 | 0 |
111 | Brett Lee | Aus | 49 | 59 | 4680 | 2983 | 26.87 | 42.16 |
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Note: 13 bowlers have claimed 100 or more wickets in international cricket against India.
22 Yashasvi Jaiswal’s age when he registered the maiden double ton of his fledgling Test career during his 209 in the second Test match in Visakhapatnam on 3 February 2024. Only three other double centuries involving two Indians (Vinod Kambli twice and Sunil Gavaskar) have been recorded while they were younger than Jaiswal. Incidentally, only three other batters younger than Jaiswal have made 200-plus scores against England. Meanwhile, Jaiswal also became the fourth youngest opener in Test cricket history to register a 200-plus score. Among Indian openers, only Sunil Gavaskar was younger.
India’s youngest Test double-century makers
Age | Batter | Runs | Opp | Venue | Date | Result |
21y-35d | Vinod Kambli | 224 | Eng | Mumbai | 22 Feb 1993 | Won |
21y-55d | Vinod Kambli | 227 | Zim | Delhi | 14 Mar 1993 | Won |
21y-283d | Sunil Gavaskar | 220 | WI | Port of Spain | 19 Apr 1971 | Drawn |
22y-37d | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 209 | Eng | Visakhapatnam | 3 Feb 2024 | Won |
23y-39d | Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi | 203* | Eng | Delhi | 13 Feb 1964 | Drawn |
Note: Pataudi and Gavaskar made their 200+ scores in the second innings
Youngest to score 200-plus Test scores against England
Age | Batter | Runs | For | Venue | Date | Result |
20y-315d | George Headley | 223 | WI | Kingston | 10 Apr 1930 |
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21y-35d | Vinod Kambli | 224 | Ind | Mumbai | 22 Feb 1993 | Won |
21y-307d | Don Bradman | 254 | Aus | Lord’s | 30 Jun 1930 |
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21y-318d | Don Bradman | 334 | Aus | Leeds | 11 Jul 1930 |
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21y-358d | Don Bradman | 232 | Aus | The Oval | 20 Aug 1930 |
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22y-37d | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 209 | Ind | Visakhapatnam | 3 Feb 2024 | Won |
Youngest openers to score 200-plus Test scores
Age | Batter | Runs | For | Opp | Venue | Date | Result |
21y-259d | Graeme Smith | 200 | SAf | Ban | East London | 18 Oct 2002 | Won |
21y-279d | Kraigg Brathwaite | 212 | WI | Ban | Kingstown | 6 Sep 2014 | Won |
21y-283d | Sunil Gavaskar | 220 | Ind | WI | Port of Spain | 19 Apr 1971 | Drawn |
22y-37d | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 209 | Ind | Eng | Visakhapatnam | 3 Feb 2024 | Won |
22y-60d | Len Hutton | 364 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 22 Aug 1938 | Won |
5 The number of visiting batters to aggregate 1000 or more Test runs on Indian soil. In the second innings of the Visakhapatnam Test match on 5 February 2024, England’s Joe Root became the latest entrant to join an elite band of visiting players. West Indian Clive Lloyd was the first batter to do so in November 1983, and following him were team-mate Gordon Greenidge (in December 1987), Australian Matthew Hayden (in November 2008) and Englishman Alastair Cook (in November 2016).
1000-plus Test runs on Indian soil by visiting batters
Runs | Batter | For | Mts | Inns | Ave. | HS | 100 | 50 | Innings to reach landmark |
1359 | Clive Lloyd | WI | 14 | 22 | 75.50 | 242* | 4 | 5 | 17 |
1235 | Alastair Cook | Eng | 13 | 26 | 51.46 | 190 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
1042 | Gordon Greenidge | WI | 14 | 25 | 45.30 | 194 | 3 | 4 | 25 |
1027 | Matthew Hayden | Aus | 11 | 22 | 51.35 | 203 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
1004 | Joe Root | Eng | 12 | 24 | 43.65 | 218 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
All records are correct and updated until 7 February 2024.
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