JE Root {80} and JM Bairstow {70} score fifties in England’s first innings against India at Birmingham in the ongoing test to provide the seventh occasion of England captain and wicketkeeper-batsman scoring fifties in the same innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	*/+	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	*	DR Jardine	79	1	v India	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
	2	+	LEG Ames	65	1	v India	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
2	1	*	L Hutton	150	2	v India	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
	2	+	TG Evans	104	2	v India	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
3	1	*	L Hutton	104	1	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952
	2	+	TG Evans	71	1	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952
4	1	*	A Flintoff	70	1	v India	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
	2	+	GO Jones	52	1	v India	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
5	1	*	AN Cook	176	3	v India	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
	2	+	MJ Prior	91	3	v India	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
6	1	*	AN Cook	95	1	v India	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
	2	+	JC Buttler	85	1	v India	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
7	1	*	JE Root	80	1	v India	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
	2	+	JM Bairstow	70	1	v India	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018