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V Kohli’s 149 and 51 against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham was in a losing cause to provide the 20th occasion of a captain ’s century and half-century in test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	65	114	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
2	GO Rabone	107	68	NZl	SAF	Durban	11 Dec 1953
3	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
4	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
5	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
6	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
7	AW Greig	116	76*	Eng	Win	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
8	DI Gower	57	106	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
9	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
10	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
11	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999
12	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
13	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
14	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
15	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
16	Shakib Al Hasan	87	100	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
17	BRM Taylor	50	117	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
18	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Colombo (PSS)	03 Apr 2012
19	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
20	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

JR Reid of New Zeland {03}, BC Lara of West Indies {02} and V Kohli {02} are the three captains who have witnessed two or more occasions of their century and half-century in test going in vain. The following table lists the performance of these three captains.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
2	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
3	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
1	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
2	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
1	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
2	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

 

V Kohli’s 149 and 51 against England in the just  concluded test at Birmingham was in a losing cause to  provide the 49^th occasion of a captain’s fifties in both  innings of a test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	G Giffen	57	51	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895
2	MA Noble	61	64	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
3	JWHT Douglas	50	60	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921
4	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1924
5	J Ryder	63	87	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
6	GC Grant	53*	71*	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
7	AD Nourse	65	114	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
8	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
9	GO Rabone	107	68	NZl	SAF	Durban	11 Dec 1953
10	L Hutton	72	77	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954
11	PBH May	63	53	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jun 1956
12	ER Dexter	57	62	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30 Dec 1961
13	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
14	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
15	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
16	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
17	MAK Pataudi	75	85	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
18	IM Chappell	65	50	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
19	AW Greig	116	76*	Eng	Win	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
20	DI Gower	57	106	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
21	KC Wessels	59	74	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
22	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
23	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
24	BC Lara	51	79	Win	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1998
25	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999
26	BC Lara	67	75	Win	NZl	Wellington	26 Dec 1999
27	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
28	SP Fleming	57	99	NZl	SAF	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000
29	CL Hooper	53	54*	Win	SAF	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001
30	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
31	T Taibu	71*	52	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
32	MS Atapattu	88	67	Srl	Ind	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
33	Habibul Bashar	69	73	Ban	Srl	Bogra	08 Mar 2006
34	A Flintoff	70	51	Eng	Ind	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
35	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
36	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
37	Shakib Al Hasan	87	100	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
38	RT Ponting	77	72	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
39	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
40	BRM Taylor	50	117	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
41	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Colombo (PSS)	03 Apr 2012
42	M Jayawardene	72	60	Srl	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2013
43	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
44	AD Mathews	50	66	Srl	NZl	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014
45	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015
46	JE Root	59	72	Eng	Win	Leeds	25 Aug 2017
47	LD Chandimal	57	61	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
48	JE Root	83	58*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	04 Jan 2018
49	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
2	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
3	MAK Pataudi	75	85	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
4	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
5	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
6	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
7	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the twelfth occasion of a captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	G Giffen	57	51	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895
2	MA Noble	61	64	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
3	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1924
4	J Ryder	63	87	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
5	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
6	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
7	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
8	IM Chappell	65	50	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
9	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
19	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
11	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Colombo (PSS)	03 Apr 2012
12	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
2	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
3	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
4	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the twelfth occasion of a captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause on English soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1924
2	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
3	PBH May	63	53	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jun 1956
4	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
5	AW Greig	116	76*	Eng	Win	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
6	DI Gower	57	106	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
7	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
8	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
9	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
10	AN Cook	75	56	Eng	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015
11	JE Root	59	72	Eng	Win	Leeds	25 Aug 2017
12	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

It also provides the sixth occasion of a visiting captain’s twin fifties in a losing cause on English soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	59*	56	SAF	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1924
2	VS Hazare	89	56	Ind	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
3	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
4	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
5	MS Dhoni	77	74*	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
6	V Kohli	149	51	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

V Kohli scored 149 and 51 against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham to provide the 17^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	89	56	v England	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
2	MAK Pataudi	86	53	v Australia	Mumbai (BS)	10 Oct 1964
3	MAK Pataudi	64	148	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
4	MAK Pataudi	75	85	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
5	SM Gavaskar	205	73	v West Indies	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
6	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	v West Indies	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
7	SR Tendulkar	116	52	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
8	SC Ganguly	68	99	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
9	R Dravid	81	68	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006
10	MS Dhoni	92	68*	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
11	MS Dhoni	56	55	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
12	MS Dhoni	52	56*	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
13	MS Dhoni	77	74*	v England	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
14	V Kohli	115	141	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
15	V Kohli	167	81	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
16	V Kohli	243	50	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
17	V Kohli	149	51	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

V Kohli scored 149 and  51  against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham to provide the sixth occasion of an Indian captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	89	56	v England	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
2	MAK Pataudi	64	148	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
3	SC Ganguly	68	99	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
4	MS Dhoni	77	74*	v England	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
5	V Kohli	167	81	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
6	V Kohli	149	51	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

V Kohli scored 149 and 51 against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham to provide the second occasion of his scoring fifties as an Indian captain in both innings of a test against England. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	167	81	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
2	V Kohli	149	51	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

V Kohli scored 149 and 51 against England in the just concluded test at Birmingham to provide the fourth occasion of his scoring fifties as an Indian captain both innings of a test. He emulated MS Dhoni who has also achieved such a fat on four occasions. The following table lists the performance of these two Indian captains

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	92	68*	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
2	MS Dhoni	56	55	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
3	MS Dhoni	52	56*	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
4	MS Dhoni	77	74*	v England	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
1	V Kohli	115	141	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
2	V Kohli	167	81	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
3	V Kohli	243	50	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
4	V Kohli	149	51	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

V Kohli became the fourth Indian captain to score fifties in both innings of a test against a specific opposition on two occasions. The following table lists the four Indian captains with their performances.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MAK Pataudi	86	53	v Australia	Mumbai (BS)	10 Oct 1964
2	MAK Pataudi	75	85	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
1	MS Dhoni	92	68*	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
2	MS Dhoni	56	55	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
1	V Kohli	167	81	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
2	V Kohli	149	51	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
1	SM Gavaskar	205	73	v West Indies	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
2	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	v West Indies	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978

 

 

Other milestones achieved by V Kohli during his knock of 149 at Birmingham in the ongoing test are tabulated below

He now owns the record of scoring most runs by an Indian captain in tests. His aggregate at the end of second day’s play at Birmingham read 3605. MS Dhoni’s aggregate of 3454 was the previous highest aggregate by an Indian captain.

V Kohli’s aggregate runs against England read 804 while leading India against England. He became the second Indian captain to score 800 plus runs against England. MS Dhoni is the other captain with 842 runs to his credit.

V Kohli’ run aggregate against England read 1126 as batsman. He became the 13^th  Indian batsman to total 1000 plus runs against England. He reached the milestone of scoring 1000 runs when he was on 23 during his knock of 149.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	SR Tendulkar	32	53	4	2535	193	51.73	7	13	0
2	SM Gavaskar	38	67	2	2483	221	38.20	4	16	3
3	R Dravid	21	37	5	1950	217	60.93	7	8	1
4	GR Viswanath	30	54	4	1880	222	37.60	4	12	3
5	DB Vengsarkar	26	43	6	1589	157	42.94	5	6	3
6	N Kapil Dev	27	39	6	1355	116	41.06	2	8	4
7	M Azharuddin	15	24	2	1278	182	58.09	6	3	1
8	VL Manjrekar	17	29	2	1181	189*	43.74	3	5	4
9	MS Dhoni	21	37	2	1157	99	33.05	0	12	5
10	V Kohli	15	26	3	1126	235	48.95	4	2	2
11	FM Engineer	18	33	3	1113	121	37.10	1	8	2
12	CA Pujara	14	25	2	1061	206*	46.13	4	2	1
13	RJ Shastri	20	31	4	1026	187	38.00	4	3	3

V Kohli’s 149 represents his 22^nd century as a batsman. He became the sixth Indian batsman to score 22 or more test centuries. Others are – SR Tendulkar {51}, R Dravid {36}, SM Gavaskar {34}, V Sehwag {23} and M Azharuddin {22}

V Kohli’s 149 represents his  12^th test century on  away soil. He became the fourth Indian batsman to score 12 or more centuries  on  away soil. Others are – SR Tendulkar {29}, R Dravid {21} and SM Gavaskar {18}

It also represents his 15^th century as captain batting at number four. He now  owns the record for  most centuries by a captain batting at  number  four. He went past DPMD Jayawardne who held the record previously with 14 centuries to his credit while batting at number four. BC Lara and SPD Smith are the other  two  captains who have  scored  ten centuries while batting at number four.

V Kohli now has an aggregate of  3416 runs as captain while  batting at number four. Only AR Border has scored more runs – 3458 – as captain who has batted at number four. AR Border and V Kohli are the only two captains in the  annals of test cricket with an aggregate of 3400 plus runs while batting at number four.

V Kohli’s 149 represent his 25^th score  of  fifty plus runs while batting at number four. He became the third  Indian batsman to score 25 fifties while  batting at number four. Others are – SR Tendulkar {102} and GR Viswanath {43}

V Kohli’s 149 represnet his eleventh century while batting at number four on away soil. He now stands fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored eleven or more centuries while batting at number four on away soil. Others are – SR Tendulkar {24}, JH Kallis {14} and BC Lara {13}

V Kohli of India scored 149 against England in the ongoing  first test at Birmingham which fetched him his 15^th century while  leading India. He earned the distinction of becoming  the first  Indian captain  and sixth overall to score 15 test hundreds as captain. The following table lists the performance of six captains

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	GC Smith	SAF	109	193	12	8659	277	47.83	25	36	10
2	RT Ponting	Aus	77	140	13	6542	209	51.51	19	35	07
3	AR Border	Aus	93	154	24	6623	205	50.94	15	36	07
4	V Kohli	Ind	36	058	04	3605	243	66.75	15	06	02
5	SPD Smith	Aus	34	060	08	3659	239	70.36	15	13	01
6	SR Waugh	Aus	57	083	12	3714	199	52.30	15	10	06

The following table lists the fifteen centuries scored by V Kohli

No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	115	4	2	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
2	141	4	4	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
3	147	4	2	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
4	103	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
5	200	4	1	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Jul 2016
6	211	4	1	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
7	167	4	1	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
8	235	4	2	v England	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
9	204	4	1	v Bangladesh	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
10	103*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
11	104*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
12	213	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
13	243	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
14	153	4	2	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
15	149	4	2	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

 JE Root of England {80} and V Kohli {149} of India scored fifties in the ongoing test between England and India at Birmingham to provide the  12^th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the first and second innings of a test in England-India test series. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	VS Hazare	69*	1	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
	2	L Hutton	150	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	1	AL Wadekar	90	1	Ind	Eng	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973
	2	AR Lewis	125	2	Eng	Ind	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973
3	1	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
	2	M Azharuddin	121	2	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
4	1	GA Gooch	116	1	Eng	Ind	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
	2	M Azharuddin	179	2	Ind	Eng	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
5	1	M Azharuddin	78	1	Ind	Eng	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
	2	GA Gooch	85	2	Eng	Ind	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
6	1	A Flintoff	70	1	Eng	Ind	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
	2	R Dravid	95	2	Ind	Eng	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
7	1	A Flintoff	50	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
	2	R Dravid	52	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
8	1	MS Dhoni	77	1	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
	2	AJ Strauss	87	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
9	1	MS Dhoni	52	1	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
	2	AN Cook	190	2	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
10	1	AN Cook	95	1	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
	2	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	Eng	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
11	1	MS Dhoni	82	1	Ind	Eng	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
	2	AN Cook	79	2	Eng	Ind	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
12	1	JE Root	80	1	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
	2	V Kohli	149	2	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

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

 

It is interesting to note that JE Root has scored a fifty on his captaincy debut against six teams. India was the sixth team against whom he was captaining England for the first time at Birmingham in the ongoing test. He scored 80  in the first innings of this test on the first day. His performance on the first appearance as captain against six teams against whom he has led England is furnished below

No	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	FI	SI
1	South Africa	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017	190	5
2	West Indies	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017	136	–
3	Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017	15	51
4	New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	0	51
5	Pakistan	Lord’s	24 May 2018	4	68
6	India	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018	80	–

JE Root of England completed 6000 runs of his test career when he was on 40 during his knock of 80 against India in the ongoing test at Birmingham on the first day. He became the 15^th England batsman to achieve the distinction. The following table lists all batsmen who have achieved the feat.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	AN Cook	157	283	16	12158	294	45.53	32	56	8
2	GA Gooch	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	20	46	13
3	AJ Stewart	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	15	45	14
4	DI Gower	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	18	39	7
5	KP Pietersen	104	181	8	8181	227	47.28	23	35	10
6	G Boycott	108	193	23	8114	246*	47.72	22	42	10
7	MA Atherton	115	212	7	7728	185*	37.69	16	46	20
8	IR Bell	118	205	24	7727	235	42.69	22	46	14
9	MC Cowdrey	114	188	15	7624	182	44.06	22	38	9
10	WR Hammond	85	140	16	7249	336*	58.45	22	24	4
11	AJ Strauss	100	178	6	7037	177	40.91	21	27	15
12	L Hutton	79	138	15	6971	364	56.67	19	33	5
13	KF Barrington	82	131	15	6806	256	58.67	20	35	5
14	GP Thorpe	100	179	28	6744	200*	44.66	16	39	12
15	JE Root	70	127	12	6040	254	52.52	13	41	4

JE Root has an aggregate of 3527 runs at home at the end of the first day’s play at Birmingham. He has an aggregate of 1182 runs against India and also has an aggregate of 1446 runs as England captain.

JE Root was dismissed run out for 80 in the ongoing test against India at Birmingham to provide the seventh occasion of an England captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	067	1	v Australia	Adelaide	17 Jan 1902
2	ER Dexter	052	4	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
3	AW Greig	051	1	v Australia	Leeds	14 Aug 1975
4	GA Gooch	114	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Jan 1992
5	MA Atherton	113	1	v West Indies	Nottingham	10 Aug 1995
6	AN Cook	190	2	v India	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
7	JE Root	080	1	v India	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018

JE Root became the second England captain to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings against India. AN Cook was the other England captain. He  was dismissed run out for 190 against India at Kolkata in Dec 2012

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	190	2	v India	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
2	JE Root	080	1	v India	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018