0.2 India’s win-loss ratio (7 wins, 35 defeats) on English soil, the worst for any team to have played 5 Test matches.
0.2 India’s win-loss ratio (2 wins, 12 defeats) at Lord’s.
0.604 India’s win-loss ratio (29 wins, 48 defeats) against England, their worst against any country.
1 uncapped player in the English squad – Saqib Mahmood. He may become their 699th Test cricketer.
1 uncapped player in the Indian squad – Abhimanyu Easwaran. He may become their 303rd Test cricketer.
1.718 England’s win-loss ratio (55 wins, 32 defeats) at Lord’s.
2 wickets needed by Umesh Yadav (148) to become the 16th Indian to take 150 wickets.
3 catches needed by Ajinkya Rahane (97) to become the 6th Indian non-wicketkeeper to take 100 catches.
4 wickets needed by Ishant Sharma (46) to become the first Indian to 50 wickets on England soil. In fact, Kapil Dev (51 in Australia) and Anil Kumble (48 in Australia) are the only Indians to have taken more wickets in an overseas country.
5 wickets needed by R. Ashwin (413) to go past Harbhajan Singh (417) and become the third-highest wicket-taker for India, after Kumble (619) and Kapil (434).
5 hundreds for Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara against England, the same as Dilip Vengsarkar. Among Indians, they is behind only Rahul Dravid (7), Sachin Tendulkar (7), and Mohammad Azharuddin (6).
6 hundreds for Joe Root against India, the same as Kevin Pietersen. Among England cricketers, he is behind only Alastair Cook (7).
6 wickets needed by Ishant (306) to go past Zaheer Khan (311) and become the sixth-highest wicket-taker for India.
6 wickets needed by Sam Curran (44) to become the 89th England bowler to take 50 wickets.
6 five-wicket hauls for Ashwin against England. Among Indians, only Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (8) has more.
8 wickets needed by Ashwin (88) to go past Chandra (95) and become the leading wicket-taker for India against England. Kumble has 92.
8 wickets needed by Jasprit Bumrah (92) to become the 23rd Indian to take 100 wickets.
10 dismissals needed by Rishabh Pant (82 catches, 8 stumpings) to become the sixth Indian wicketkeeper to effect 100 dismissals.
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.
15 Tests for Kohli as captain against England, the joint most for India. M.S. Dhoni has also led India 15 times against England.
16 fifty-plus scores for Root against India, the joint most for England. Cook also has 16.
29 wins for India against England, their second-most against any country. India have won 30 Test matches against Australia.
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.
113 runs needed by Root (8,887) to become the 16th in the world to score 9,000 runs in Test cricket.
118 runs needed by Ollie Pope (882) to become the 106th to reach 1,000 runs for England.