India's Tour of England: A new low in Nottingham for the host

England’s total while batting first in the opening Test match at Nottingham was 183. 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.

India's Jasprit Bumrah in action against England in Nottingham.

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

Total	By	Venue	Month, year	Result for India	Toss won by
131	Australia	Sydney	January 1978	Won	Aus (batted)
145	Australia	Adelaide	January 1992	Lost	Ind (fielded)
161	Zimbabwe	Harare	September 2005	Won	Ind (fielded)
166	Brisbane	Brisbane	December 1977	Lost	Aus (batted)
173	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	June 2001	Won	Zim (batted)
183	England	Nottingham	August 2021	Drawn	Eng (batted)

 

Lowest totals against India by other opponents batting first outside Asia

Total	By	Venue	Month, year	Result for India	Toss won by
186	New Zealand	Wellington	February 1968	Won	NZ (batted)
196	West Indies	Kingston	July 2016	Drawn	WI (batted)
235	South Africa	Durban	December 1996	Lost	Ind (fielded)

 

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

Ball#	No of Times	(Bowlers who dismissed Kohli without scoring)
1st	5	(Ben Hilfenhaus, Liam Plunkett, Stuart Broad, Kemar Roach, James Anderson)
2	4	(Ravi Rampaul, James Anderson, Mitchell Starc, Abu Javed)
4	1	(Pat Cummins)
5	1	(Moeen Ali)
8	1	(Ben Stokes)
11	1	(Suranga Lakmal)

 

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

0s	Captain	Inns	Mts	Runs	Ave	100s
9	Virat Kohli	101	62	5449	57.36	20
8	MS Dhoni	96	60	3454	40.64	5
7	Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi	73	40	2424	34.14	5
6	Kapil Dev	48	34	1364	31.72	3

 

Most ducks by Test captains

0s	Captain	For	Inns	Mts	Runs	Ave	100s
13	Stephen Fleming	NZ	135	80	5156	40.60	8
10	Graeme Smith	SAf+	193	109	8659	47.84	25
9	Virat Kohli	Ind	101	62	5449	57.36	20
8	Mike Atherton	Eng	98	54	3815	40.59	8
8	Hansie Cronje	SAf	84	53	2833	36.92	3
8	MS Dhoni	Ind	96	60	3454	40.64	5

+ 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

Opponents	Total	(victims)	Venue	Month, year	Result for India
West Indies	501	(Brian Lara, Junior Murray, Merv Dillon, Cameron Cuffy)	Georgetown	April 2002	Drawn
Pakistan	245	(Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohd Yousuf, Mohd Asif)	Karachi	January 2006	Lost
South Africa	177	(Quinton de Kock, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel)	Johannesburg	January 2018	Won
England	183	(Rory Burns, Dan Lawrence, Jos Buttler, Ollie Robinson)	Nottingham	August 2021	Drawn

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

Tests	Player	For	Runs	Wickets	Achieved on	Against	Venue	Result
42	Ian Botham	Eng	2013	211	1 Dec 1981	India	Mumbai WS	Lost
50	Kapil Dev	Ind	2029	200	15 Mar 1983	WI	Port of Spain	Drawn
50	Imran Khan	Pak	2008	232	30 Dec 1983	Aus	Melbourne	Drawn
51	R Ashwin	Ind	2004	279	4 Aug 2017	SL	Colombo SSC	Won
53	Ravindra Jadeja	Ind	2041	221	6 Aug 2021	Eng	Nottingham	Drawn

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

 

Runs	Wkts	Player	Tests
5248	434	Kapil Dev	131
2506	619	Anil Kumble	132
2225	417	Harbhajan Singh	103
2685	413	R Ashwin	79
2041	221	Ravindra Jadeja	53

 

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!

Golden Ducks	Batsman	For	Total career Test ducks	Tests	Inns
14	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	33	133	163
11	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	23	93	144
10	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	43	132	185
10	Stuart Broad	England	38	149	218

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

Bowling	Bowler	Against	Venue	Month, year	Result
12/126	Irfan Pathan	Zimbabwe	Harare	Sep 2005	Won
10/108	Ishant Sharma	West Indies	Bridgetown	June 2011	Drawn
10/153	Venkatesh Prasad	South Africa	Durban	Dec 1996	lost
10/188	Chetan Sharma	England	Birmingham	Jul 1986	Drawn
9/86	Jasprit Bumrah	Australia	Melbourne	Dec 2018	Won
9/110	Jasprit Bumrah	England	Nottingham	Aug 2021	Drawn

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

Year	Venue	Pace bowlers	M Inns	Result
1996	Lord’s	J Srinath 3/76, Venkatesh Prasad 5/76, Sourav Ganguly 2/49	1	Drawn
2014	Nottingham	Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/82, Mohd Shami 2/128, Ishant Sharma 3/150	2	Drawn
2018	Nottingham	Mohd Shami 1/56, Jasprit Bumrah 2/37, Ishant Sharma 2/32, Hardik Pandya 5/28	2	WON
2021	Nottingham	Jasprit Bumrah 4/46, Mohd Shami 3/28, Mohd Siraj 1/48, Shardul Thakur 2/41	1	Drawn
2021	Nottingham	Jasprit Bumrah 5/64, Mohd Siraj 2/84, Mohd Shami 1/72, Shardul Thakur 2/37	3

 

Most wickets claimed by Indian pacemen in a Test match

Wkts	Venue	Pace bowlers	Opponent	Month, year	Result
20	Johannesburg	Jasprit Bumrah 7/111, Mohd Shami 6/74, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/83, Ishant Sharma 3/64	South Africa	Jan 2018	WON
20	Nottingham	Jasprit Bumrah 9/110, Shardul Thakur 4/78, Mohd Shami 4/100, Mohd Siraj 3/132	England	Aug 2021	Drawn
19	Nottingham	Jasprit Bumrah 7/122, Hardik Pandya 6/50, Ishant Sharma 4/102, Mohd Shami 2/134	England	Aug 2018	WON
19	Kolkata	Ishant Sharma 9/78, Umesh Yadav 8/82, Mohd Shami 2/78	Bangladesh	Nov 2019	WON

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