5 five-wicket hauls for James Anderson against India, the second most for England. Ian Botham has 6. Across the world, Nathan Lyon (7), Muttiah Muralitharan (7), Imran Khan (6), and Malcolm Marshall (6) are the only others with more five-fors against India.
7 hundreds for Joe Root against India, the joint most for England. Alastair Cook also has 7. Across the world, only Garry Sobers, Viv Richards, Ricky Ponting, and Steven Smith has more hundreds against India than Root.
8-126 figures for Mohammed Siraj in the match, the best for India at Lord’s and the fifth-best on Indian soil. Kapil Dev’s 8-168 in 1982 was India’s previous best here.
16 Tests for Virat Kohli as Indian captain against England, the joint-most for India. Kohli went past M.S. Dhoni (15).
16 fifty-plus scores for Root against India, the most for England against India. Root went past Cook’s tally of 16. Ponting (20), Javed Miandad (19), and Clive Lloyd (19) are the only ones with more fifties against India, while Shivnarine Chanderpaul also has 17.
17 wickets for Ishant Sharma at Lord’s, from 4 Tests, the joint most for India. Bishan Bedi and Kapil have also taken 17 wickets in 4 matches here.
22 hundreds for Root, the joint third most for England. Root is tied with Wally Hammond, Colin Cowdrey, Geoff Boycott, and Ian Bell, and just behind Kevin Pietersen (23). However, Cook (33) is some distance ahead.
30 wins for India against England, their joint most against any country. India have won 30 Test matches against Australia.
37 wins for Kohli as Test match captain. He went past Lloyd’s tally of 36 wins, and is now behind only Graeme Smith (53), Ponting (48), and Steve Waugh (41).
51 wickets for Ishant in England, the joint most by an Indian bowler in any overseas country. Kapil also has 51 wickets in Australia.
311 wickets for Ishant Sharma, the same as Zaheer Khan. They are now the joint fifth-highest wicket-taker for India.
14 runs needed by Root (8,887) to go past Gooch (8,900) and become the second-highest run-scorer for England. Only Cook (12,472) has more.
48 wins for England against India, their joint fourth-most against any country. England have more against Australia (110), South Africa (64), and West Indies (51), while they have won 48 against New Zealand as well.
126 opening stand between K.L. Rahul and Rohit Sharma. This was India’s first hundred-run opening stand since Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik added 147 at Trent Bridge in 2007, and second since Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan added 124 at Edgbaston and 213 at The Oval in 1979.
9,100 runs for Root (8,887) now. He became the 16th cricketer to score 9,000 Test runs.