England won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 60^th occasion of England doing so against India. It also provides the 30^th occasion of England doing so against India in India

India capped Akash Deep for this test. He became the 312^th cricketer to represent India in tests. He also became the 171^st Indian cricketer to make his test  debut on home soil.

India capped Akash Deep for this test. He became the 100th Indian cricketer to make his test debut against England. He also became the 48th Indian cricketer to make his test debut on home soil against England.

JM Bairstow’s wicket in England’s first innings in this test gave R Ashwin his 100^th test wicket against England. He became the first Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets against England. He also became the 20^th bowler over all to capture 100 plus wickets against England.

R Ashwin’s 100 wickets against England provide the third occasion of an Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets against an opposition. Others occasions are – R Ashwin – 114 vs Australia and A Kumble – 111 vs Australia

R Ashwin captured 100 wickets against England. He became the 44th bowler over all to capture 100 plus wickets against an opposition in the annals of test cricket.

R Ashwin captured 100 wickets against England. He has also captured 114 wickets against Australia. He become the first Indian bowler and the ninth bowler overall to capture 100 plus wickets against two or more oppositions in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Team	Opposition
1	1	CEL Ambrose	1988-1999	27	51	6696	2718	128	West Indies	v Australia
	2	CEL Ambrose	1988-2000	34	63	8284	3082	164	West Indies	v England
2	1	JM Anderson	2006-2023	39	72	8599	4209	117	England	v Australia
	2	JM Anderson	2006-2024	36	68	7868	3537	144	England	v India
	3	JM Anderson	2003-2022	29	52	6388	3098	103	England	v South Africa
3	1	R Ashwin	2011-2023	22	42	7163	3234	114	India	v Australia
	2	R Ashwin	2012-2024	22	42	5924	2982	100	India	v England
4	1	LR Gibbs	1961-1976	24	44	9358	3222	103	West Indies	v Australia
	2	LR Gibbs	1963-1974	26	47	8841	2889	100	West Indies	v England
5	1	NM Lyon	2013-2023	30	54	6981	3236	110	Australia	v England
	2	NM Lyon	2011-2023	27	49	7495	3819	121	Australia	v India
6	1	GD McGrath	1994-2007	30	60	7280	3286	157	Australia	v England
	2	GD McGrath	1995-2005	23	46	5475	2132	110	Australia	v West Indies
7	1	M Muralidaran	1993-2007	16	30	6613	2247	112	Sri Lanka	v England
	2	M Muralidaran	1993-2010	22	32	7020	3425	105	Sri Lanka	v India
	3	M Muralidaran	1993-2006	15	27	5908	2311	104	Sri Lanka	v South Africa
8	1	CA Walsh	1984-2001	38	69	8560	3872	135	West Indies	v Australia
	2	CA Walsh	1986-2000	36	68	8818	3683	145	West Indies	v England
9	1	SK Warne	1993-2007	36	72	10757	4535	195	Australia	v England
	2	SK Warne	1993-2005	20	39	5770	2511	103	Australia	v New Zealand
	3	SK Warne	1993-2006	24	45	7928	3142	130	Australia	v South Africa

R Ashwin captured 100 wickets against England. He has also captured 114 wickets against Australia. He became the first Indian bowler and the sixth bowler overall to capture 100 plus wickets against two oppositions in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Team	Opposition
1	1	CEL Ambrose	1988-1999	27	51	6696	2718	128	West Indies	v Australia
	2	CEL Ambrose	1988-2000	34	63	8284	3082	164	West Indies	v England
2	1	R Ashwin	2011-2023	22	42	7163	3234	114	India	v Australia
	2	R Ashwin	2012-2024	22	42	5924	2982	100	India	v England
3	1	LR Gibbs	1961-1976	24	44	9358	3222	103	West Indies	v Australia
	2	LR Gibbs	1963-1974	26	47	8841	2889	100	West Indies	v England
4	1	NM Lyon	2013-2023	30	54	6981	3236	110	Australia	v England
	2	NM Lyon	2011-2023	27	49	7495	3819	121	Australia	v India
4	1	GD McGrath	1994-2007	30	60	7280	3286	157	Australia	v England
	2	GD McGrath	1995-2005	23	46	5475	2132	110	Australia	v West Indies
6	1	CA Walsh	1984-2001	38	69	8560	3872	135	West Indies	v Australia
	2	CA Walsh	1986-2000	36	68	8818	3683	145	West Indies	v England

R Ashwin’s 100 wickets against England gave him the distinction of becoming the first Indian cricketer to score 1000 runs and capture 100 wickets against England. He also became the fourth cricketer in the annals of test cricket to perform such a feat against England. Others to accomplish such a feat against England are MA Noble of Australia, G Giffen of Australia and GS Sobers of West Indies

No	Player	Team	Span	M	Runs	Wkts
1	MA Noble	Aua	1898-1909	39	1905	115
2	G Giffen	Aus	1881-1896	31	1238	103
2	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	36	3214	102
3	R Ashwin	Ind	2012-2024	22	1085	100

For the first time in India-England test series, a test with rival bowlers capturing 100 plus wicket against each other was witnessed. In this test, Ashwin has captured 100 plus wickets against England and JM Anderson has taken 145 wickets against India then

JM Anderson was playing his 16th test against India in India. He now shares the record for most test appearance by an England cricketer against India in India with DL Underwood of England has appeared in 16 tests against India in India.

JM Anderson was playing his 16th test against India in India. He now share the record for most test appearance by any cricketer against India in India with DL Underwood of England has appeared in 16 tests against India in India.

JE Root has scored 280 boundary fours against India prior to the start of this test. He scored nine boundary fours in his knock of 106 not out  in England’s first innings which fetched him 289 boundary fours against India. He now owns the record for scoring most boundary fours by an England batsman against India. AN Cook owns the present record with 283 boundary fours against India

JE Root has scored 98 boundary fours against India in India prior to the start of this test. He scored nine boundary fours in his knock of 106 not out in England’s first innings which fetched him 107 boundary fours against India in India. He became the third England batsman to score 100 boundary fours against India in India. Others are – AN Cook {141} and MJ Gatting {107}

JE Root has scored 90 fifties prior to the start of this test. His 106 not out in England’s first innings fetched him his 91^st fifty and with it the record of most fifties by an England batsman in tests. He would go past AN Cook who has scored 90 fifties.

JE Root of England has scored 19 fifties against India prior to the start of this test.  His 106 not out in England’s first innings fetched him his 20^th fifty. He now shares the record of most fifties against India with RT Ponting of Australia. RT Ponting has scored 20 fifties against India.

JE Root had scored nine centuries against India prior to the start of this test. His 106 not out in England’s second innings fetched his tenth century against India and with it the record of scoring most centuries against India. SPD Smith of India has scored nine centuries against India.

JE Root-BT Foakes added 113 runs for the sixth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 164^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India. It also provides the 69^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India on away soil.

JE Root-BT Foakes added 113 runs for the fifth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 19th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India for the fifth wicket. It also provides the ninth occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India on away soil for the sixth wicket.