India clinched the victory from the jaws of England on the last day with a thrilling 6-run victory. India levels the series at 2-2, and the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy remains with India. India though will have to wait another 4 year to win a Test series in England as the drought
Closest win for India
India won this match by the barest margin of 6 runs. This is India’s closest victory in test cricket in terms of runs. Least win margins for India in a test match:
- by 6 runs vs England at Oval ( 2025 )
- by 13 runs vs Australia at Wankhede ( 2004 )
- by 28 runs vs England at Eden Gardens ( 1972 )
- by 31 runs vs Australia at Adelaide ( 2018 )
- by 37 runs vs West Indies at Port of Spain ( 2002 )
We are in Joe Root’s era
Joe Root almost broke the hopes of India with his brilliant century along with Harry Brook in the second innings. This is his 39th century in test cricket. He moved to fourth place in the list of most centuries in red-ball format.
Most centuries in test cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 51
- Jacques Kallis – 45
- Ricky Ponting – 41
- Joe Root – 39
- Kumar Sangakkara – 38
- Rahul Dravid – 36
- Steven Smith – 36
Dominance at home
Joe Root has 24 centuries in his home conditions now. He know holds the record of most centuries in his home conditions. He has scored tw0-third of his total centuries at home.
Most test centuries at home conditions:
- Joe Root – 24
- Mahela Jayawardene – 23
- Jacques Kallis – 23
- Ricky Ponting – 23
- Kumar Sangakkara – 22
- Sachin Tendulkar – 22
Loves to score against India
This is Joe Root’s 13th test century against India. He already holds the record of most test centuries against India and he shares the record of second most centuries against a country in test cricket with Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar.
Most test centuries against a country:
- Don Bradman – 19 vs England
- Sunil Gavaskar – 13 vs West Indies
- Joe Root – 13 vs India
- Jack Hobbs – 12 vs Australia
- Steven Smith – 12 vs England
- Sachin Tendulkar – 11 vs Australia
- Steven Smith – 11 vs India
1000 for Miyan Mohammed Siraj
Mohammed Siraj dropped a catch of Harry Brook earlier in the innings and he went to score a century. He later took the ball in his hand and picked crucial wickets at the end of the day with the last wicket of Gus Atkinson as well to seal the victory for India.
He has bowled 1000 balls in this series and became the 16th Indian pacer to achieve this milestone. Indian pacres to bowl 1000 deliveries in a test series.
- Lala Amarnath
- Ramakant Desai
- Surendranath
- Karsan Gavri
- Kapil Dev
- Manoj Prabhakar
- Javagal Srinath
- Abey Kuruvilla
- Venkatesh Prasad
- Zaheer Khan
- Ashish Nehra
- Ishant Sharma
- Bhuveneshwar Kumar
- Mohammed Shami
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mohammed Siraj
Most wickets in a series
Mohammed Siraj has taken 23 wickets in this series. He equaled the record of most wickets in a test series by an Indian bowler in England with Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah 23 wickets in the 2021 tour.
Most wickets in a test series in England by an Indian pacer:
- Mohammed Siraj – 23 ( 2025 )
- Jasprit Bumrah – 23 ( 2021 )
- Bhuveneshwar Kumar – 19 ( 2014 )
Beast in SENA test matches
Mohammed Siraj has been the workhorse for India in SENA test matches. He always stepped up for India when Bumrah wasn’t available. He took a fifer in the second innings which helped India to win the match. He hs crossed 50 wickets in winning occassions in SENA tests becoming only the second Indian bowler to achieve this feat
Most wickets by Indians in winning occassions in SENA test matches:
- Jasprit Bumrah – 63
- Mohammed Siraj – 51
- Erapalli Prassana – 38
- Bhagwath Chandrasekar – 34
- Ishant Sharma – 34
- Mohammed Shami – 29
- Anil Kumble – 28
- Zaheer Khan – 26
Shubman Gill’s statement
Shubman Gill was appointed as the captain of this test series after the retirement of two Indian legends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He faced a lot of criticism for being handed over the captaincy despite having average records in SENA test matches.
He turned the tables in his first test series itself by winning the Man of the series award for his extraordinary numers of scoring 754 runs with 4 centuries including a double century in 5 matches. He also excelled in his captaincy by winning the last match from an impossible position to level the series 2-2.
He became only second Indian captain after Virat Kohli to win a man of the match and man of the series award in a test series in England.
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