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RR Pant of India earned a dubious distinction in this test. He faced 29 deliveries and scored a duck in India’s innings against England in the ongoing test at Southampton. He earned the distinction of becoming the wicketkeeper-batsman to face most deliveries without scoring in the annals of test cricket. The previous record in this category of statistics was credited to JC Buttler of England who had faced 22 deliveries without scoring against West Indies at North Sound in Apr 2015.  JC Buttler is keeping wickets for England in this test. The following are the three wickets keeper who has faced 20 plus deliveries without scoring in the annals of test cricket’

V Kohli of India completed 6000 runs in tests when he was on 6 during the course of his knock of 46 against England in the ongoing test at Southhampton. At the end of his innings, his run aggregate read 6040. He became the 66^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 6000 plus runs and the tenth Indian batsman to reach the landmark,  The following table lists all the ten batsmen.

SM Curran of England scored 78 against India in the ongoing test at Southampton to provide the 17^th occasion of an England batsman batting at number eight scoring a fifty in a test innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

SM Curran of England scored 78 against India in the ongoing test at Southampton to provide the 13^th  occasion of an England batsman batting at number eight scoring a fifty in a test innings against India in England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

SM Curran’s 78 in this test provides the second occasion of his scoring a fifty while batting at number eight against India. The other occasion was at Birmingham test which has a start date of 01 Aug 2018 in which he had made 63. SM Curran became the third England batsman to score the fifties while batting at number eight on two occasions against India. Others are  C White and TT Bresnan. The following table lists the fifties scored by these three batsmen.

England scoreboard read six for 80 in the first innings in the ongoing test against India at Southampton to provide the eleventh occasion of England losing its six wickets for 90 and less than 90 runs in a test innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the second occasion of England losing its six wickets for 90 and less than 90 runs against India in the first innings of a test. The other occasion was at Nottingham in Jul 2011 when  England had lost its six wickets for 88 runs.

I Sharma captured his  250^th wicket in tests when he had England captain JE Root leg before the wicket for 4 in England’s first innings in the ongoing test against India at Southampton. At the end of the first day’s play, his tally read 251 wickets. I  Sharma became the seventh Indian bowler to capture 250 plus test wickets. All such occasions  are listed below

I Sharma became the third Indian pace bowler to capture 250 plus test wickets after N Kapil Dev and Z Khan. The performance of these three bowlers is furnished below.

KK Jennings of England scored a duck in the first innings of the ongoing test against India at Southampton to provide the seventh occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck against India in test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

It also provides the fourth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck against India in the first innings of a test played in England. All such occasions are listed below

KK Jennings became the third England opening batsman to collect a duck against India while batting at number two in a test played in England. All the three occasions are tabulated below

It also provides the 15^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck in  a test innings against  India. All such occasions are listed below

It also provides the eighth occasion of an England opening batsman batting at number two scoring a duck in  a test innings against  India. All such occasions are listed below

KK Jennings’s duck in this test provides his second duck against India while batting at number two in test innings. The first such occasion was at Mumbai in  Dec 2016. KK Jennings became the second England opening batsman batting at number two to score a duck in a test innings against India on two occasions after AJ Stewart. The ducks scored by these two batsmen are listed below

I Sharma needed one more wicket for his 50 wickets against England. He took the wicket of England Captain J Root leg before wicket for 4 to claim his 50^th wicket against England on the opening day of the fourth test between England and India at Southampton.  He became the seventh Indian bowler to capture 50 wickets against England. Others are – BS Chandrashekhar {95}, A Kumble {92}, BS Bedi {85}, N Kapil Dev {85}, MH Mankad {54} and R Ashwin {53}. I Sharma has captured  51 wickets against England at  the end of  the first day’s play

I Sharma became the second Indian pace bowler to capture 50 wickets against England. N Kapil Dev is the other pace bowler to achieve the feat. He has captured 85 wickets against England. I Sharma has captured  51 wickets against England at  the end of  the first day’s play

I Sharma has captured 38 wickets against England in England at  the end of  the first day’s play.  He occupies the second place in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets against England in England. N Kapil Dev with 43 wickets to his credit occupies the first place. I Sharma went past A Kumble who had taken 36 wickets against England in England to occupy the second place. 

R Ashwin had an aggregate of 99 wickets on away soil prior to the start of this test. He captured his 100^th wicket on away soil, when he had Moeen Ali caught by Bumrah for 40 on the first day of the test at Southampton against England. He became the ninth Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets on away soil. Others  are A Kumble {269}, N Kapil Dev {215}, Z Khan {207}, I Sharma {166}, Harbhajan Singh {152}, BS Bedi {129}, J Srinath {128} and BS Chandrashekhar {100}. R Ashwin has captured 101 wickets on away soil at  the end of  the first day’s play

England was dismissed all out for a total of 246 runs in the first innings of this test to provide the 15^th occasion of England dismissed all out against India at home for a total of less than 250 runs. It also provides the third occasion of England dismissed all out for a total of less than 250 runs at home in the first innings of a test against India. The other two occasions are – 198 at Nottingham in Jul 2007 and 221 at Nottingham in Jul 2011