Eng won the toss and opted to bat first in this test to provide the 55^th occasion of Eng doing so against India,  26^th occasion of Eng doing so against India in India and 07^th occasion of Eng doing so against India in a test at Chennai

JE Root was making his 100^th appearance in this test. He became the 15^th Eng cricketer to appear in 100 tests and also the 69^th cricketer overall.

JJ Bumrah was playing his first test on home soil. He has played 17 tests on away soil. Chennai test is his 18^th test.

RJ Burns and DP Sibley – Both the Eng openers have the same score of 133 as their highest individual score. RJ Burns’ highest individual score is 133 against Aus at Birmingham in Aug 2019. DP Sibley’s highest individual score is 133 not out against SAF at Cape Town in Jan 2020

RR Pant effected his 70th dismissal when he caught RJ Burns of R Ashwin for 33. He became the eighth Indian wicket keeper to effect 70 plus dismissals. Others are – MS Dhoni {294}, SMH Kirmani {198}, KS More {130}, NR Mongia {107}, WP Saha {103}, FM Engineer {82} and PA Patel {72}

DW Lawrence became the first victim of JJ Bumrah on home soil. He was dismissed leg before wicket without scoring.

DW Lawrence’s duck in this game provides the 157^th occasion of an Eng batsman scoring zero against India, 83^rd occasion against India in India and 16^th occasion against India at Chepauk

DW Lawrence became the 12^th Eng batsman to score a duck against India while batting at number three, he also became the seventh Eng batsman to score duck while batting at number three against India in India and the second Eng batsman to score duck while batting at number three against India at Chepauk after GA Hick. GA Hick was dismissed for duck in Feb 1993. He was dismissed  leg before wicket by RK Chauhan.

JE Root scored 128* at the end of the first day’s play in this test to provide the tenth occasion of a batsman scoring a century in his 100^th test. He also became the ninth batman to perform such a feat. RT Ponting is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to score centuries in both innings of his 100^th test. He scored 120 and 143 not out against South Africa at Sydney in Jan 2006.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MC Cowdrey	104	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	Jul 1968
2	Javed Miandad	145	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Dec 1989
3	CG Greenidge	149	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr 1990
4	AJ Stewart	105	Eng	Win	Manchester	Aug 2000
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	184	Pak	Ind	Bengaluru	Mar 2005
6	RT Ponting	120	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2006
7	RT Ponting	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2006
8	GC Smith	131	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Jul 2012
9	HM Amla	134	SAF	Srl	Johannesburg	Jan 2017
10	JE Root	128*	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021

JE Root became the third England batsman to perform the feat of scoring a century in his 100^th test after MC Cowdrey and AJ Stewert

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MC Cowdrey	104	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	Jul 1968
2	AJ Stewart	105	Eng	Win	Manchester	Aug 2000
3	JE Root	128*	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021

JE Root became the third batsman to score century in his 100^th test against India as opposition. Others are – Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Javed Miandad	145	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Dec 1989
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	184	Pak	Ind	Bengaluru	Mar 2005
3	JE Root	128*	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021

JE Root earned the distinction of becoming the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to score century in his 98^th, 99^th and 100^th test – He had scored 228 against Sri Lanka at Galle in Jan 2021 in his 98^th  test. He had scored 186 against Sri Lanka at Galle in Jan 2021 and scored 128 not out at the end of first day’s play against India at Chennai in his 100^th test.

JE Root scored fifties in his first test, 50^th and 100^th tests against India – His first test against India was his debut test at Nagpur in Dec 2002. He scored 73 and 20. His 50^th test was against India at Vishakapatnam in Nov 1996. He scored 53 and 25 in this test. His 100^th test was against India – at Chennai in Feb 2021. He scored 128* in this test.

DP Sibley and JE Root added 200 runs for the third wicket in this test to provide the 155th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India. It also provides the 66^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India in India.

It also provides the 18^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket against India. It also provides the seventh occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket against India in India.

JE Root has scored 68 fifties prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against India. He shared the second place with IR Bell for most fifties by an England batsman. First place is occupied by AN Cook who has scored 90 fifties. JE Root’s 128 not out in this test was his 69^th fifty and he now occupies the second place.

JE Root had an aggregate of 1421 runs against India prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against India.  He needed 79 more runs for his 1500 runs. He scored 128 not out in the first innings of this test which fetched him an aggregate of 1549 runs at the end of the first day’s play. He became the fourth England batsman to score 1500 plus runs against India. Others are AN Cook {2431}, GA Gooch {1725} and KP Pietersen {1581}

JE Root has scored 13 fifties against India prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against India. He needed one more fifty which would fetch him his 14th fifty. His 128 not out in this test was his 14^th fifty. He now occupies the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties against India. The first place is occupied by AN Cook who has scored 16 fifties. JE Root went past GA Gooch on his way to second place. GA Gooch has also scored 13 fifties.

JE Root had scored 19 centuries prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against India. His 128 not out in this test fetched him 20 centuries. He became the tenth England batsman to score 20 plus centuries.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C
1	AN Cook	161	291	16	12472	294	33
2	KP Pietersen	104	181	8	8181	227	23
3	IR Bell	118	205	24	7727	235	22
4	G Boycott	108	193	23	8114	246*	22
5	MC Cowdrey	114	188	15	7624	182	22
6	WR Hammond	85	140	16	7249	336*	22
7	AJ Strauss	100	178	6	7037	177	21
8	KF Barrington	82	131	15	6806	256	20
9	GA Gooch	118	215	6	8900	333	20
10	JE Root	100	182	15	8377	254	20

JE Root had scored 30 fifties while leading England prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against India. His 127 not out in this test fetched him his 31^st fifty. He now occupies the second place among the England captains who have scored most fifties. The first place is occupied by AN Cook who has scored 36 fifties. JE Root went past MA Atherton on his way to occupy the second place. MA Atherton has scored 30 fifties while leading England.

JE Root had scored eight centuries on away soil while leading England prior to the start of the first test at Chennai against India. His 128 not out in this test fetched him his ninth century on away soil.  One more century would fetch him ten centuries and with it he would become the seventh England captain to score ten or more centuries on away soil. Others are – AN Cook {17}, KF Barrington {14}, MC Cowdrey {13}, WR Hammond {13}, AJ Strauss {11} and JB Hobbs {10}

JE Root led England for the first time against India in India and became the 17^th England captain to lead England against India in India when he led England against India in the first test at Chennai.

DP Sibley and JE Root added 200 runs for the third wicket in this test to provide the 18th occasion of England batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership against India. It also provides the seventh occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership against India in India. It also provides the third occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in tests at Chennai.

DP Sibley and JE Root added 200 runs for the third wicket in this test to provide the 614th      occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 77th occasion of batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership on Indian soil.

It also provides the 139th occasion of batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership for the third wicket. It also provides the 19th occasion of batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership on Indian soil.

It also provides the second occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership on Indian soil. Prior to this AN Cook and KP Pietersen had posted 206 runs partnership against India for the third wicket at Mumbai in Nov 2012.

DP Sibley and JE Root added 200 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 18^th occasion of batsmen posting exact 200 runs for any wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	IM Barrow/GA Headley	2	200	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1933
2	RB Kanhai/SM Nurse	3	200	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May 1965
3	HR Lance/RG Pollock	6	200	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	Feb 1970
4	M Amarnath/AD Gaekwad	2	200	3	Ind	Win	St John’s	Apr 1983
5	SM Patil/RJ Shastri	5	200	1	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Oct 1984
6	SM Gavaskar/K Srikkanth	1	200	2	Ind	Pak	Chennai	Feb 1987
7	SR Waugh/GM Wood	5	200	2	Aus	Win	Perth	Dec 1988
8	AC Gilchrist/DR Martyn	3	200	3	Aus	Srl	Kandy	Mar 2004
9	DJ Bravo/BC Lara	5	200	2	Win	Pak	Multan	Nov 2006
10	BJ Haddin/MJ North	6	200	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 2009
11	Fawad Alam/Younis Khan	2	200	3	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
12	J Siddique/Tamim Iqbal	2	200	3	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan 2010
13	JH Kallis/GC Smith	3	200	3	SAF	NZl	Dunedin	Mar 2012
14	JP Duminy/AN Petersen	3	200	1	SAF	NZl	Wellington	Mar 2012
15	MJ Clarke/BJ Haddin	6	200	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2013
16	S Chanderpaul/D Ramdin	6	200	1	Win	NZl	Hamilton	Dec 2013
17	CJL Rogers/DA Warner	1	200	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
18	JE Root/DP Sibley	3	200	1	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021

Ir also provides the fifth occasion of batsmen posting exact 200 runs for the third wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RB Kanhai/SM Nurse	3	200	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May 1965
2	AC Gilchrist/DR Martyn	3	200	3	Aus	Srl	Kandy	Mar 2004
3	JH Kallis/GC Smith	3	200	3	SAF	NZl	Dunedin	Mar 2012
4	JP Duminy/AN Petersen	3	200	1	SAF	NZl	Wellington	Mar 2012
5	JE Root/DP Sibley	3	200	1	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021

It also provides the first such occasion by England batsmen and the third such occasion against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	J Siddique/Tamim Iqbal	2	200	3	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan 2010
2	CJL Rogers/DA Warner	1	200	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2015
3	JE Root/DP Sibley	3	200	1	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021

It also provides the second such occasion at Chennai, the first being the 200 runs partnership between SM Gavaskar and K Srikkanth in the test between India and Pakistan at Chennai in Feb 1987

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SM Gavaskar/K Srikkanth	1	200	2	Ind	Pak	Chennai	Feb 1987
2	JE Root/DP Sibley	3	200	1	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 2021

JE Root scored three centuries in consecutive tests. He scored 228 and 1 against Sri Lanka at Galle in Jan 2021, 186 and 11 against Sri Lanka at Galle in Jan 2021 and 128 not out against India at Chennai in Feb 2021 to provide the 89^th occasion of a batsman scoring three or more centuries in three or more consecutive tests. His feat provides the 19^th occasion of an England batsman scoring three or more centuries in three or more consecutive tests.