183: England’s total while batting first in the opening Test match at Nottingham. This is now England’s lowest at home against India while batting first. Their previous lowest was the 198 also at Nottingham in July 2007.
Lowest totals against India by opponents batting first outside Asia
Lowest totals against India by other opponents batting first outside Asia
13: The number of occasions Virat Kohli has been dismissed without scoring in his Test career. The Nottingham Test also saw the fifth golden duck in Test cricket and his third against England. Incidentally, James Anderson became the first bowler to dismiss Kohli for a duck on two occasions!
A summary of Virat Kohli’s 13 Test ducks
9: The number of occasions Virat Kohli has been dismissed without scoring in his Test career while captaining the side. He now has the most ducks by an Indian Test captain going past MS Dhoni’s tally of eight ducks. Now only New Zealand’s Stephen Fleming (13) and South African Graeme Smith (10) have more ducks than Kohli as captain in Test cricket. Incidentally, Kohli has been dismissed on a golden duck on three occasions while leading the side, now the most by an Indian captain. Lala Amarnath, Kapil Dev and Sourav Ganguly have been dismissed first ball on two occasions while captaining.
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Most ducks by Indian Test captains
Most ducks by Test captains
+ also includes one Test for the World XI
4: The number of occasions Indian bowlers have managed to dismiss at least four opponent batsmen for ducks in the same innings in an away Test match. In the recent Nottingham Test four England batsmen were dismissed for ducks in the first innings.
Mostducks (four) in the same innings against India in away Test matches
Note: One West Indian batsman was run out for a duck at Georgetown
21: The number of Test players who have the distinction of doing the double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets in Test cricket. Ravindra Jadeja, during his 56 in the Nottingham Test match, became the latest entrant and the fifth Indian to make it to this elite list. By reaching this landmark in only 53 Test matches, Jadeja is now the fifth quickest and the third quickest Indian to do so in Test cricket.
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Fewest Tests to reach the all-rounder’s double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets
Note: Australian Richie Benaud was the first to achieve this in Test cricket – in December 1963
Indians doing the all-rounder’s double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets in Test cricket
10: The number of golden ducks for Stuart Broad in Test cricket. In the second innings at Nottingham, he was dismissed first ball to Jasprit Bumrah. In doing so, Broad became the only fourth player in Test cricket to be dismissed on a golden duck on ten or more occasions. Incidentally, it was Broad’s 38 duck of his Test career. Now only West Indian Courtney Walsh has more Test ducks than Broad – 43 ducks!
9: The number of wickets claimed by Jasprit Bumrah in the Nottingham Test match is the fifth best match figures by an Indian paceman outside Asia. Meanwhile, he also became the only third Indian bowler to claim nine of more wickets in a Test match in England after Chetan Sharma (10/88) and Zaheer Khan (9/134 at Nottingham 2007).
Best bowling match figures in a Test match outside Asia by Indian pacers
Note:Bumrah is the only bowler to appear twice in the above list
5: The number of occasions Indian pace bowlers have managed to take all ten England wickets in a Test innings in England. Incidentally, the Nottingham Test match provided the only second occasion when all twenty opponent wickets were claimed by the Indian pacemen. Indian pacers had also claimed all twenty South African wickets in the Johannesburg Test in January 2018.
All ten wickets claimed by Indian pacers in England in a Test innings
Most wickets claimed by Indian pacemen in a Test match
Notes:
* R Ashwin claimed 1/47 at Nottingham in 2018
* At Kolkata – one opponent was retired hurt
* the Kolkata Test was a day-night encounter
* Indian pacemen also managed to claim 18 wickets in a Test match on five other occasions – all away from home!
Note: All records are updated and correct as of August 11, 2021
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