ENG vs IND: 1st Test, Day 4 Stats Review – Root’s hundred and more stats
Cricket fans must be ready for an exciting Day 5 as the first Test match between India and England is approaching a thrilling end. Team India needs 157 runs on the final day with nine wickets in hand.
Meanwhile, here are the important stats and numbers from the England vs India 1st Test Day 4
16 – Joe Root now has 16 scores in excess of 50 against India in Test matches, joint-most for any England batter. He is now par with former England captain Alastair Cook.
1000 – Root also became the first player to complete 1000 Test runs in 2021. Overall, the England skipper currently has scored 1064 runs in nine Tests this year.
9 – Root slammed his ninth international century against India, most for an England batter. He went past Alastair Cook’s tally of eight tons.
Special Moment. Special Innings. Special Player. 💯
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2018 – This was Root’s first Test century on England soil since September 2018. His previous Test ton in UK also came against India at the Oval.
4 – Root became the fourth England captain to score four Test centuries in a calendar year. Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton, and Andrew Strauss are the others holding the milestone.
6 – Jasprit Bumrah registered his sixth five-wicket haul in Test matches, second on England soil.
21.6 – Among Asian bowlers with over 50 Test wickets outside Asia, Bumrah has the best average 21.6.
2 – It’s only the second time that Indian pacers have taken all 20 wickets in a Test (Jasprit Bumrah 9, Mohammed Shami 4, Shardul Thakur 4, and Mohammed Siraj 3). The only other instance was recorded against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2018.
3 – England have taken three reviews against Rohit Sharma in this match so far. All of them have been unsuccessful.
