India started the second day well but suffered a massive batting collapse, getting all out for 471 runs. England’s batters gave a counter-attack reply with their Bazball approach. England in response scored 209 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 49 overs. Let’s look at the records being broken
Rishabh Pant’s Fantastic 100
Rishabh Pant completed his 7th century in test cricket. He became the first Indian wicketkeeper-batter to achieve this feat, breaking the record of the former legend MS Dhoni, who has 6 test hundreds to his name.
Most hundreds in tests by Indian wicket-keeper batters:
- Rishabh Pant – 7
- MS Dhoni – 6
- Wriddhiman Saha – 3
He scored 134 runs, and this is the 4th highest score by a visiting wicket-keeper batter in England. Pant owns the third place in this list as well.
Highest score by a visiting wicket-keeper batter in England :
- Clyde Walcott – 168* ( 1950 )
- Adam Gilchrist – 152 ( 2001 )
- Rishabh Pant – 146 ( 2022 )
- Rishabh Pant – 134 ( 2025 )
Joe Root uprooted
England lost 3 wickets yesterday, and Bumrah took all three wickets. He dismissed the key player Joe Root for 28 runs. This is the 14th time Bumrah has taken Joe Root’s wicket in international cricket. He equaled the record of Pat Cummins for dismissing Joe Root for most number of times.
Bowlers to dismiss Joe Root for most number of times in International cricket :
- Jasprit Bumrah – 14 times ( 25 matches )
- Pat Cummins – 14 times ( 31 matches )
- Josh Hazlewood – 13 times ( 32 matches )
- Ravindra Jadeja – 13 times ( 41 matches )
There are high chances for Bumrah to claim the first place by the end of this series.
A true asset in SENA conditions
Jasprit Bumrah has taken 147 test wickets in test matches in SENA countries. This is the most by an Asian bowler in SENA conditions. He overtook the Pakistan legend Wasim Akram who had 146 wickets.
- Jasprit Bumrah – 147 wickets, avg : 20.99
- Wasim Akram – 146 wickets, avg : 24.11
- Anil Kumble – 141 wickets, avg : 37.04
- Ishant Sharma – 130 wickets, avg : 36.86
- Muttiah Muralidharan – 125 wickets, avg : 26.69
- Mohammed Shami – 123 wickets, 32.88
- Zaheer Khan – 119 wickets, avg : 31.47
- Kapil Dev – 117 wickets, avg : 33.07
- Waqar Younis – 113 wickets, avg : 29.15
Shubman Gill’s captain’s knock
Shubman Gill scored 147 runs yesterday. This is the fourth highest score by an Indian captain in England. He missed the opportunity of becoming the second Indian captain to score 150 runs in England soil by just 3 runs.
Highest score by Indian captains in England :
- Mohammed Azharuddin – 179 runs ( 1990 )
- Virat Kohli – 149 runs ( 2018 )
- MAK Pataudi – 148 runs ( 1967 )
- Shubman Gill – 147 runs ( 2025 )
- Sourav Ganguly – 128 runs ( 2002 )
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