SERIES

India and England have played 33 test series which includes one test in two series and the ensuing series would be the 34^th test series between the two teams.

Of the 33 series played between the two teams, 15 series have been played in India and 18 series have been played in England.

India has won four series while England has won 19 series and four series were drawn.

Of the 18 series played in England, India has won three series, England has won 14 series and one series was drawn.

Of the 15 series played in England, India has won seven series, England has won five series and three series were drawn.

India and England have played 122 tests. India has won 26 tests, England has won 47 tests and 49 tests have been drawn

Team	Span	M	W	L	R	D
England	1932-2018	122	47	26	0	49
India	1932-2018	122	26	47	0	49

HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS

India has posted 600 plus runs in an innings on five occasions against England. Its 759 for 7 declared at Chennai in Dec 2016 represent the highest team total in an innings against England.  It also represents the only occasion of India posting a total of 700 plus runs against England.

England has posted 600 plus runs in an innings on six occasions against India. Its 710 for 7 declared at Birmingham in Aug 2011 represent the highest team total in an innings against India.  It also represents the only occasion of England posting a total of 700 plus runs against India.

Highest totals
No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Ground	Match Date
1	India	759/7d	190.4	2	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
2	India	664	170.0	1	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
3	India	631	182.3	2	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
4	India	628/8d	180.1	1	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
5	India	606/9d	173.0	1	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Ground	Match Date
1	England	710/7d	188.1	2	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
2	England	653/4d	162.0	1	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
3	England	652/7d	175.0	2	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
4	England	633/5d	165.2	1	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979
5	England	629	182.5	1	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
6	England	617	144.5	2	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002

LOWEST TEAM TOTALS

India has been dismissed for a total of 100 and less than 100 runs in a completed innings on ten occasions against England. Its 42 at Lord’s in Jun 1974 is the lowest total in a completed innings against England

England has not been dismissed for a total of 100 and less than 100 runs in a completed innings on ten occasions against India. Its 101 at The Oval in Aug 1971 is the lowest total in a completed innings against India

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Ground	Match Date
1	India	42	17.0	3	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
2	India	58	21.4	2	Manchester	17 Jul 1952
3	India	82	36.3	3	Manchester	17 Jul 1952
4	India	83	38.5	4	Chennai	14 Jan 1977
5	India	92	36.3	2	Birmingham	13 Jul 1967
6	India	93	46.0	3	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936
7	India	94	29.2	3	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
8	India	96	55.5	1	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
9	India	98	38.5	2	The Oval	14 Aug 1952
10	India	100	48.2	4	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Ground	Match Date
1	England	101	45.1	3	The Oval	19 Aug 1971

VICTORIES BY INNINGS MARGIN

India has won by an innings margin on six occasions against England, while England has won by an innings margin on 14 occasions against India.

No	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	India	inns & 075 runs	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
2	India	inns & 046 runs	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
3	India	inns & 036 runs	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
4	India	inns & 022 runs	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
5	India	inns & 015 runs	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993
6	India	inns & 008 runs	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
No	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	England	inns & 285 runs	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
2	England	inns & 244 runs	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
3	England	inns & 242 runs	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
4	England	inns & 207 runs	Manchester	17 Jul 1952
5	England	inns & 173 runs	Leeds	02 Jul 1959
6	England	inns & 159 runs	Lord’s	09 Aug 2018
7	England	inns & 124 runs	Lord’s	22 Jun 1967
8	England	inns & 083 runs	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979
9	England	inns & 078 runs	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
10	England	inns & 059 runs	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959
11	England	inns & 054 runs	Manchester	07 Aug 2014
12	England	inns & 027 runs	The Oval	20 Aug 1959
13	England	inns & 025 runs	Delhi	17 Dec 1976
14	England	inns & 008 runs	The Oval	18 Aug 2011

VICTORIES BY RUNS MARGIN

India has won seven tests by runs margin. 279 runs win at Leeds in Jun 86 represent India’s largest victory by runs margin against England

England has won seven tests by runs margin. 319 runs win at Nottingham in Jul 11 represent India’s largest victory by runs margin against England. It also represent the only win by 300 plus runs in the test series.

No	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	India	279 runs	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
2	India	246 runs	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
3	India	203 runs	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
4	India	187 runs	Kolkata	30 Dec 1961
5	India	140 runs	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
6	India	138 runs	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981
7	India	128 runs	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
1	England	319 runs	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011
2	England	266 runs	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
3	England	247 runs	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
4	England	212 runs	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
5	England	202 runs	Chennai	10 Feb 1934
6	England	200 runs	Chennai	14 Jan 1977
7	England	196 runs	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
8	England	171 runs	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
9	England	170 runs	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
10	England	158 runs	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
11	England	132 runs	Birmingham	13 Jul 1967
12	England	118 runs	The Oval	7 Sep 2018
13	England	113 runs	Manchester	6 Jun 1974

VICTORIES BY WICKETS MARGIN

India’s only ten wickets win was at Mohali in Dec 2011. England has won four tests by ten wickets margin

No	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	India	10 wickets	Mohali	03 Dec 2001
No	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	England	10 wickets	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
2	England	10 wickets	Kolkata	01 Jan 1977
3	England	10 wickets	Mumbai	15 Feb 1980
4	England	10 wickets	Mumbai	23 Nov 2012

ONE THOUSAND PLUS RUNS 

As many as 13 Indian batsmen have scored 1000 plus runs against England. SR Tendulkar {2535} and SM Gavaskar {2483} are the two Indian batsman who have an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against England. SR Tendulkar is the only batsman who has an aggregate of 2500 plus runs in the series.

As many as eleven England batsmen have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs against India. AN Cook {2431} is the only batsman who has an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against India

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	32	53	4	2535	193
2	SM Gavaskar	Ind	38	67	2	2483	221
3	R Dravid	Ind	21	37	5	1950	217
4	GR Viswanath	Ind	30	54	4	1880	222
5	DB Vengsarkar	Ind	26	43	6	1589	157
6	V Kohli	Ind	19	35	3	1570	235
7	N Kapil Dev	Ind	27	39	6	1355	116
8	CA Pujara	Ind	18	33	3	1339	206*
9	M Azharuddin	Ind	15	24	2	1278	182
10	VL Manjrekar	Ind	17	29	2	1181	189*
11	MS Dhoni	Ind	21	37	2	1157	99
12	FM Engineer	Ind	18	33	3	1113	121
13	RJ Shastri	Ind	20	31	4	1026	187
No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS
1	AN Cook	Eng	30	54	3	2431	294
2	GA Gooch	Eng	19	33	2	1725	333
3	KP Pietersen	Eng	16	28	1	1581	202*
4	JE Root	Eng	16	28	3	1421	154*
5	DI Gower	Eng	24	37	6	1391	200*
6	KF Barrington	Eng	14	21	3	1355	172
7	IR Bell	Eng	20	35	3	1343	235
8	IT Botham	Eng	14	17	0	1201	208
9	MW Gatting	Eng	16	27	6	1155	207
10	G Boycott	Eng	13	22	3	1084	246*
11	MP Vaughan	Eng	09	16	2	1016	197

CENTURIES

As many as 101 centuries have been scored by Indian batsman against England. KL Rahul’s 149 at The Oval in Sep 2018 represent the 100^th century by the Indian batsman. R Dravid and SR Tendulkar with seven centuries each hold the record for most centuries by Indian batsmen against England. KK Nair’s 303 not out at Chennai in Dec 2016 is the highest individual score by an Indian batsman against England.

121 centuries have been scored by England batsman against India.  GA Gooch’s 333 at Lord’s in Jul 1990 is the highest individual score by a England batsman against India. AN Cook holds the record for most centuries by a England batsman against India with seven centuries to his credit.

The following table lists the 200 plus runs scored by Indian and England batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KK Nair	303*	2	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
2	V Kohli	235	2	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
3	VG Kambli	224	2	Eng	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993
4	GR Viswanath	222	1	Eng	Chennai	13 Jan 1982
5	SM Gavaskar	221	4	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
6	R Dravid	217	2	Eng	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
7	CA Pujara	206*	1	Eng	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
8	MAK Pataudi	203*	3	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Gooch	333	1	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
2	AN Cook	294	2	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
3	G Boycott	246*	1	Ind	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
4	IR Bell	235	1	Ind	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
5	WR Hammond	217	1	Ind	The Oval	15 Aug 1936
6	D Lloyd	214*	2	Ind	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
7	IT Botham	208	1	Ind	The Oval	08 Jul 1982
8	MW Gatting	207	2	Ind	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
9	J Hardstaff jnr	205*	2	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
10	KP Pietersen	202*	1	Ind	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
11	G Fowler	201	2	Ind	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
12	DI Gower	200*	1	Ind	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979

MOST FIFTIES

Eight Indian batsmen have scored ten or more fifties against England. SR Tendulkar and SM Gavaskar have scored 20 fifties against England which is not only a record for Indian batsmen against England but also in the series.

Six England batsmen have scored ten or more fifties against India. AN Cook with 16 fifties to his credit holds the record for most fifties by a England batsman against India

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	32	53	4	2535	7	13	20
2	SM Gavaskar	Ind	38	67	2	2483	4	16	20
3	GR Viswanath	Ind	30	54	4	1880	4	12	16
4	R Dravid	Ind	21	37	5	1950	7	8	15
5	MS Dhoni	Ind	21	37	2	1157	0	12	12
6	DB Vengsarkar	Ind	26	43	6	1589	5	6	11
7	V Kohli	Ind	19	35	3	1570	5	5	10
8	N Kapil Dev	Ind	27	39	6	1355	2	8	10
No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	AN Cook	Eng	30	54	3	2431	7	9	16
2	JE Root	Eng	16	28	3	1421	4	9	13
3	GA Gooch	Eng	19	33	2	1725	5	8	13
4	KF Barrington	Eng	14	21	3	1355	3	9	12
5	KP Pietersen	Eng	16	28	1	1581	6	6	12
6	IT Botham	Eng	14	17	0	1201	5	5	10

MOST BOUNDARY FOURS AND SIXES 

Indian batsmen – SR Tendulkar with 357 boundary fours and N Kapil Dev with 21 boundary sixes hold the record for most boundary fours and most boundary sixes respectively.

England batsmen – AN Cook with 283 boundary fours and IT Botham with 24 boundary sixes hold the record for most boundary fours and most boundary sixes respectively.

CENTURIES BY CAPTAINS

The series has witnessed 13 occasions of Indian captains scoring centuries against England. MAK Pataudi’s 203 not out at Delhi in Feb 1964 is the highest individual score by an Indian captain against England. V Kohli with four centuries to his credit owns the record for most centuries by an Indian captain against England

There are 24 occasions of England captains scoring centuries against India.GA Gooch’s 333 at Lord’s in Jul 1990 is the highest individual score by an England captain against India. AN Cook with four centuries to his credit owns the record for most centuries by an England captain against India

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	164*	2	Eng	Delhi	02 Nov 1951
2	VS Hazare	155	1	Eng	Mum-BS	14 Dec 1951
3	MAK Pataudi	203*	3	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
4	MAK Pataudi	148	3	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
5	SM Gavaskar	172	2	Eng	Bengaluru	09 Dec 1981
6	M Azharuddin	121	2	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
7	M Azharuddin	179	2	Eng	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
8	M Azharuddin	182	1	Eng	Kolkata	29 Jan 1993
9	SC Ganguly	128	1	Eng	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
10	V Kohli	167	1	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
11	V Kohli	235	2	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
12	V Kohli	149	2	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
13	V Kohli	103	3	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
1	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
2	L Hutton	150	2	Ind	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
3	L Hutton	104	1	Ind	Manchester	17 Jul 1952
4	PBH May	106	1	Ind	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959
5	ER Dexter	126*	3	Ind	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961
6	R Illingworth	107	1	Ind	Manchester	05 Aug 1971
7	AR Lewis	125	2	Ind	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973
8	MH Denness	118	1	Ind	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
9	MH Denness	100	2	Ind	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
10	AW Greig	103	2	Ind	Kolkata	01 Jan 1977
11	MW Gatting	183*	1	Ind	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986
12	GA Gooch	333	1	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
13	GA Gooch	123	3	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
14	GA Gooch	116	1	Ind	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
15	MA Atherton	160	2	Ind	Nottingham	04 Jul 1996
16	N Hussain	155	1	Ind	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
17	N Hussain	110	3	Ind	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
18	MP Vaughan	124	3	Ind	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
19	KP Pietersen	144	2	Ind	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
20	AN Cook	176	3	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
21	AN Cook	122	2	Ind	Mumbai	23 Nov 2012
22	AN Cook	190	2	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
23	AN Cook	130	3	Ind	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
24	JE Root	125	3	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018

CENTURIES BY WICKET KEEPER BATSMEN

There are six occasions of Indian wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries against England. BK Kunderan’s 192 at Chennai in Jan 1964 represent the highest individual score by an Indian wicket keeper batsman against England

There are three occasions of England wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries against India. RC Russell’s 124 at Lord’s in Jun 1996 represent the highest individual score by an England wicket keeper batsman against India.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BK Kunderan	192	1	Eng	Chennai	10 Jan 1964
2	BK Kunderan	100	3	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
3	FM Engineer	121	1	Eng	Mum-BS	06 Feb 1973
4	SMH Kirmani	102	2	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
5	D Dasgupta	100	2	Eng	Mohali	03 Dec 2001
6	RR Pant	114	4	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	TG Evans	104	2	Ind	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	RC Russell	124	1	Ind	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
3	MJ Prior	103*	3	Ind	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011

MOST WICKETS IN THE SERIES

BS Chandrasekhar with 95 wickets to his credit owns the record for most wickets by an Indian bowler against England. Seven Indian bowlers have captured 50 plus wickets against England

JM Anderson with 110 wickets to his credit owns the record for most wickets by an England bowler against India. He is the only bowler in the series to capture 100 plus wickets. Six England bowlers have captured 50 plus wickets against India.

No	Indian bowlers	M	I	Overs	Mdns	Runs	W
1	BS Chandrasekhar	23	38	1033.1	249	2591	95
2	A Kumble	19	36	1072.2	258	2815	92
3	BS Bedi	22	36	1195.3	373	2539	85
4	N Kapil Dev	27	48	1057.1	227	3174	85
5	R Ashwin	15	27	719.1	126	2045	56
6	I Sharma	17	28	602.0	125	1837	56
7	MH Mankad	11	19	683.4	259	1249	54
No	England bowlers	M	I	Overs	Mdns	Runs	W
1	JM Anderson	27	52	1006.1	264	2858	110
2	SCJ Broad	20	36	644.0	174	1797	70
3	DL Underwood	20	36	832.3	322	1699	62
4	RGD Willis	17	30	490.1	96	1441	62
5	IT Botham	14	23	561.5	131	1558	59
6	FS Trueman	9	17	297.2	78	787	53

FIVE OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

There are 71 occasions of Indian bowlers capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England.MH Mankad’s 8 for 55 at Chennai in Feb 1952 is the best innings bowling effort by an Indian bowler against England.  There are six occasions of Indian bowlers capturing seven plus wickets in an innings against England

There are 63 occasions of England bowlers capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India. FS Trueman’s 8 for 31 at Manchester in Jul 1952 is the best innings bowling effort by a England bowler against India. There are seven occasion of England bowlers capturing seven plus wickets in an innings against India

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad	8-055	1	Eng	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
2	BS Chandrasekhar	8-079	2	Eng	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
3	RA Jadeja	7-048	3	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
4	I Sharma	7-074	4	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
5	L Amar Singh	7-086	1	Eng	Chennai	10 Feb 1934
6	A Kumble	7-115	1	Eng	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
No	Player	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FS Trueman	8-31	2	Ind	Manchester	17 Jul 1952
2	JK Lever	7-46	2	Ind	Delhi	17 Dec 1976
3	IT Botham	7-48	3	Ind	Mumbai	15 Feb 1980
4	H Verity	7-49	2	Ind	Chennai	10 Feb 1934
5	AV Bedser	7-49	1	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
6	AV Bedser	7-52	4	Ind	Manchester	20 Jul 1946
7	GOB Allen	7-80	3	Ind	The Oval	15 Aug 1936

EIGHT WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

MH Mankad and BS Chandrashekhar for India and FS Trueman for England are the three bowlers who have captured eight wickets in an innings in India-England Test series.

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad	8-055	1	Eng	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
2	BS Chandrasekhar	8-079	2	Eng	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
No	Player	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FS Trueman	8-31	2	Ind	Manchester	17 Jul 1952

TEN OR MORE WICKETS IN A MATCH

There are seven occasions of an Indian bowler capturing ten plus wickets in a match against England. MH Mankad’s 12 for 108 remains the best match bowling effort by an Indian bowler against England. MH Mankad, LSR Krishnan and R Ashwin are the three bowlers who have captured 12 wickets in a match against England.

There are eight occasions of England bowlers capturing ten or more wickets in a match against India. IT Botham’s 13 for 106 at Mumbai in Feb 1980 remains the best match bowling effort by a England bowler against India

No	Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad	12-108	Eng	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
2	SA Durani	10-177	Eng	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
3	LSR Krishnan	12-181	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
4	C Sharma	10-188	Eng	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986
5	A Kumble	10-233	Eng	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
6	R Ashwin	12-167	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
7	RA Jadeja	10-154	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
No	Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Verity	11-153	Ind	Chennai	10 Feb 1934
2	GOB Allen	10-078	Ind	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936
3	AV Bedser	11-145	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
4	AV Bedser	11-093	Ind	Manchester	20 Jul 1946
5	JK Lever	10-070	Ind	Delhi	17 Dec 1976
6	IT Botham	13-106	Ind	Mumbai	15 Feb 1980
7	NA Foster	11-164	Ind	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
8	MS Panesar	11-210	Ind	Mumbai	23 Nov 2012

175 PLUS RUNS CONCEDED IN AN INNINGS BY BOWLERS

Eight Indian bowlers have conceded 175 plus runs in an innings against England.  BS Bedi’s 6 for 226 remains the expensive bowling figures by an Indian bowler against England in terms of runs conceded. He also remains the only bowler to concede 200 plus runs in an innings in India-England Test series

Three England bowlers have conceded 175 plus runs in an innings against India  AU Rashid’s 4 for 192 remains the expensive bowling figures by an Indian bowler against England  in terms of runs conceded

No	Player	W	Runs	Team	Ground	Match Date
1	BS Bedi	6	226	Ind	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
2	MH Mankad	5	196	Ind	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
3	EAS Prasanna	0	187	Ind	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
4	M Prabhakar	1	187	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
5	R Ashwin	3	183	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
6	RA Jadeja	3	179	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
7	DR Doshi	4	175	Ind	The Oval	08 Jul 1982
8	Harbhajan Singh	3	175	Ind	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
No	Player	W	Runs	Team	Ground	Match Date
1	AU Rashid	4	192	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
2	MM Ali	1	190	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
3	JM Anderson	4	182	Eng	The Oval	09 Aug 2007

WICKETKEEPING DISMISSALS

MS Dhoni with 67 dismissals to his credit owns the record for most dismissals by an Indian wicketkeeper against England. He also holds the record for most catches {63} by an Indian wicket keeper against England. SMH Kirmani with eleven stumping dismissals owns the record for most stumping dismissals by an Indian wicket keeper.

APE Knott with 54 dismissals to his credit owns the record for most dismissals by a England wicket keeper against India. APE Knott and MJ Prior share the record for most catches by a England wicket keeper against India with 49 catches each. TG Evans and APE Knott share the record for most stumping dismissals by a England wicket keeper against India with five stumping dismissals each

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMAN OTHER THAN THE WICKETKEEPER

SM Gavaskar with 35 catches owns the record for most catches by an Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keeper against England.

AN Cook with 38 catches owns the record for most catches by an England fieldsman other than the wicket keeper against India.

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKET

The following table lists the highest partnerships for each wicket by Indian batsmen against England.

Wkt	Runs	Partners	Ground	Mon/Year
1st	213	Gavaskar, Chauhan	The Oval	Aug 1979
2nd	314	G Gambhir, R Dravid	Mohali	Dec 2008
3rd	316	GR Viswanath, Y Sharma	Chennai	Jan 1982
4th	249	Tendulkar, Ganguly	Leeds	Aug 2002
5th	214	Azharuddin, RJ Shastri	Kolkata	Dec 1984
6th	204	KL Rahul, RR Pant	The Oval	Sep 2018
7th	235	RJ Shastri, Kirmani	Mumbai	Nov 1984
8th	241	V Kohli, J Yadav	Mumbai	Dec 2016
9th	104	RJ Shastri, S Madan Lal	Delhi	Dec 1981
10th	111	B Kumar, Mohd Shami	Nottingham	Jul 2014

The following table lists the highest partnerships for each wicket by England batsmen against India.

Wkt	Runs	Partners	Ground	Mon/Year
1st	225	GA Gooch, MA Atherton	Manchester	Aug 1990
2nd	241	G Fowler, MW Gatting	Chennai	Jan 1985
3rd	350	IR Bell, KP Pietersen	The Oval	Aug 2011
4th	266	Hammond, Worthington	The Oval	Aug 1936
5th	254	KWR Fletcher, AW Greig	Mum-BS	Feb 1973
6th	189	JM Bairstow, CR Woakes	Lord’s	Aug 2018
7th	162*	MJ Prior, SCJ Broad	Lord’s	Jul 2011
8th	168	R Illingworth, P Lever	Manchester	Aug 1971
9th	103	C White, MJ Hoggard	Nottingham	Aug 2002
10th	198	JE Root, JM Anderson	Nottingham	Jul 2014

THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS

Indian batsmen have posted 108 three figure partnerships against England. 316 runs partnership for the third wicket between GR Viswanath and Yashpal Sharma at Chennai in Jan 1982 remains the highest partnership by Indian batsmen against England. Indian batsmen have posted 16 partnerships of 200 plus runs against England.

England batsmen have posted 154 three figure partnerships against India. 350 runs partnership for the third wicket between IR Bell and KP Pietersen at The Oval in Aug 2011 remains the highest partnership by England batsmen against India. England batsmen have posted 17 partnerships of 200 plus runs against India.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GR Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma	3	316	1	Eng	Chennai	Jan 1982
2	R Dravid, G Gambhir	2	314	1	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2008
3	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	3	255	1	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 1996
4	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	4	249	1	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
5	V Kohli, J Yadav	8	241	2	Eng	Mumbai	Dec 2016
6	SMH Kirmani, RJ Shastri	7	235	2	Eng	Mumbai	Nov 1984
6	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	226	1	Eng	Visakhapatnam	Nov 2016
7	VS Hazare, VL Manjrekar	4	222	1	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1952
8	M Azharuddin, RJ Shastri	5	214	1	Eng	Kolkata	Dec 1984
10	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	213	4	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
11	VS Hazare, VM Merchant	3	211	2	Eng	Delhi	Nov 1951
12	VS Hazare, MH Mankad	3	211	3	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1952
13	DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath	3	210	3	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1979
14	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	Eng	Rajkot	Nov 2016
15	RR Pant, KL Rahul	6	204	4	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
16	VM Merchant, S Mushtaq Ali	1	203	3	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1936
No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	IR Bell, KP Pietersen	3	350	1	Ind	The Oval	Aug 2011
2	GA Gooch, AJ Lamb	3	308	1	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
3	WR Hammond, TS Worthington	4	266	1	Ind	The Oval	Aug 1936
4	AN Cook, JE Root	3	259	3	Ind	The Oval	Sep 2018
5	KWR Fletcher, AW Greig	5	254	2	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	Feb 1973
6	G Boycott, BL D’Oliveira	4	252	1	Ind	Leeds	Jun 1967
6	G Fowler, MW Gatting	2	241	2	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1985
7	MA Atherton, GA Gooch	1	225	1	Ind	Manchester	Aug 1990
8	AN Cook, EJG Morgan	4	222	2	Ind	Birmingham	Aug 2011
10	DL Amiss, JH Edrich	2	221	1	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1974
11	PD Collingwood, AJ Strauss	4	214	3	Ind	Chennai	Dec 2008
12	MH Denness, D Lloyd	2	211	2	Ind	Birmingham	Jul 1974
13	IR Bell, IJL Trott	4	208	3	Ind	Nagpur	Dec 2012
14	KF Barrington, ER Dexter	4	206	3	Ind	Kanpur	Dec 1961
15	AN Cook, KP Pietersen	3	206	2	Ind	Mumbai	Nov 2012
16	MA Atherton, GA Gooch	1	204	3	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
17	MH Denness, AW Greig	5	202	1	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1974

MOST MATCHES

SM Gavaskar with 38 matches to his credit owns the record for most test appearances by an Indian batsman against England.

AN Cook with 30 matches to his credit owns the record for most test appearances by an England batsman against India.

SM Gavaskar {38}, SR Tendulkar {32}, AN Cook {30} and R Dravid {30} are the four batsmen who have played 30 plus  matches in India-England test series.

MOST MATCHES AS CAPTAIN

MS Dhoni with 15 matches to his credit owns the record for most test appearances by an Indian captain against England.

AN Cook with 14 matches to his credit owns the record for most test appearances by an England captain against India.

MS Dhoni {15}, SM Gavaskar {14}, AN Cook {14}, AL Wadekar {11} and V Kohli {10} are the five captain who have led their team on ten or more occasions in India-England test series.

CAPTAINS

India has been led by 19 captains against England, while England has been led by 30 captains against India