England vs India, 3rd Test: Statistical preview

Aug 25, 2021

England vs India, 3rd Test: Statistical preview Image

0.228 India’s win-loss ratio (8 wins, 35 defeats) on English soil, the worst for any team to have played 5 Test matches.

0.625 India’s win-loss ratio (30 wins, 48 defeats) against England, their worst against any country.

0.667 India’s win-loss ratio (2 wins, 3 defeats) at Headingley, their second best at any English venue. Only at Trent Bridge do they have a better ratio (1).

1 wicket needed by Ishant Sharma (311) to go past Zaheer Khan (311) and become the fifth-highest wicket-taker for India.

1 catch needed by James Anderson (99) to become the 10th English non-wicketkeeper to hold 100 catches.

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.

1.36 England’s win-loss ratio (34 wins, 25 defeats) at Headingley, their second worst at any home venue. Only at Trent Bridge do they have a worse ratio (1.222).

2 wickets needed by Umesh Yadav (148) to become the 16th Indian to take 150 wickets.

2 catches needed by K.L. Rahul (48) to become the 16th Indian non-wicketkeeper to hold 50 catches.

3 catches needed by Ajinkya Rahane (97) to become the 6th Indian non-wicketkeeper to take 100 catches. Virat Kohli has 94.

5 wickets needed by R. Ashwin (413) to go past Harbhajan Singh (417) and become the third-highest wicket-taker for India, after Anil Kumble (619) and Kapil Dev (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).

5 wickets needed by Jasprit Bumrah (95) to become the 23rd Indian to take 100 wickets.

5 five-wicket hauls for Anderson against India, the second most for England. Ian Botham has 6. Only Nathan Lyon (7), Muttiah Muralitharan (7), Imran Khan (6), and Malcolm Marshall (6) have more five-fors against 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.

7 dismissals needed by Rishabh Pant (85 catches, 8 stumpings) to become the sixth Indian wicketkeeper to effect 100 dismissals.

7 hundreds for Joe Root against India, the joint most for England. Alastair Cook also has 7. Only Garry Sobers, Viv Richards, Ricky Ponting, and Steven Smith (all 8) have more hundreds against India than Root.

8 wickets needed by Ashwin (88) to go past Chandra (95) and become the leading wicket-taker for India against England. Kumble has 92.

17 fifty-plus scores for Root against India, the most for England against India. Ponting (20), Javed Miandad (19), and Clive Lloyd (19) are the only ones with more fifties against India, while Shivnarine Chanderpaul also has 17.

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 also won 30 Test matches against Australia.

48 wins for England against India, their joint fourth-most against any country. England have more wins against Australia (110), South Africa (64), and West Indies (51), while they have won 48 against New Zealand as well.

51 wickets for Ishant in England, the joint most by an Indian bowler in one overseas country. Kapil also has 51 wickets in Australia.

118 runs needed by Ollie Pope (882) to become the 106th to reach 1,000 runs for England.

311 wickets for Ishant Sharma, the same as Zaheer Khan. They are now the joint fifth-highest wicket-taker for India.