England sets a tricky total as Washington Sundar spins a web across the middle order. India lost 4 early wickets, and KL Rahul hung in there to save India. Let’s look at the records being shattered on Day 4 of England vs India at Lord’s.
Jasprit Bumrah creates a record
Bumrah took five wickets in the first innings and two wickets in the second innings. Five of his seven wickets came through bowled. He climbed to the sixth place in most wickets for Indian bowlers by bowling.
Most bowled wickets taken by Indian bowlers :
- Anil Kumble – 186
- Kapil Dev – 167
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 151
- Ravindra Jadeja – 145
- Zaheer Khan – 142
- Jasprit Bumrah – 141
- Mohammed Shami – 136
- Javagal Srinath – 125
Twelve English batters have been bowled out in this test match. This is the first time such an instance has happened for England in the last 138 years.
The most no. of English batters bowled out in a match :
- 14 vs AUS at Sydney ( 1887 )
- 12 vs AUS at Sydney ( 1882 )
- 12 vs AUS at Melbourne ( 1882 )
- 12 vs IND at Lord’s ( 2025 )
India is the first team to do it against England on their home soil.
Shubman Gill jumped over the Wall
Shubman Gill got out for 6 runs in the second innings. He has scored 607 runs in this series in 3 matches. This is the most runs scored by an Indian batter in a test series in England. Rahul Dravid scored 602 runs in the 2002 series. Gill broke the 23-year old record.
Most runs in a test series in England by Indians :
- Shubman Gill – 607 ( 2025 )
- Rahul Dravid – 602 ( 2002 )
- Virat Kohli – 593 ( 2018 )
- Sunil Gavaskar – 542 ( 1979 )
- Rahul Dravid – 461 ( 2011 )
- Sachin Tendulkar – 428 ( 1996 )
Duck for Yashasvi Jaiswal
Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for a duck in the second innings. This was his first duck against England in test cricket after scoring 945 runs against them in this format. He missed the record of becoming the third Indian batter to score 1000 runs against England without scoring a duck.
Most runs against England without scoring a duck:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 2535 runs
- Rohit Sharma – 1147 runs
- Yashasvi Jaiswal – 945 runs
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s streak ended at 945 runs. Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma never scored a duck against England.
Four-wicket haul for Washington Sundar
Washington Sundar took 4 wickets and conceded just 22 runs in the second innings. This is the second least runs concededed by an Indian spinner in SENA tests while picking four wickets.
Best bowling spell by Indian spinners in SENA tests ( 4 wicket haul ) :
- Harbhajan Singh – 10/4 vs SA at Durban ( 2010 )
- Washington Sundar – 22/4 vs ENG at Lord’s ( 2025 )
- Maninder Singh – 26/4 vs ENG at Leeds ( 1986 )
- B Chandrasekhar – 30/4 vs AUS at Sydney ( 1978 )
- Erapalli Prasanna – 32/5 vs NZ at Wellington ( 1968 )
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