England won the toss and chose to field first to provide the 192nd occasion of England doing so against all the oppositions. It also provides the 22nd occasion of England doing so against India. It provides the 95th occasion of England doing so against all the oppositions on home soil. It also provides the 21st occasion of England doing so against India on home soil

England won the toss in all the five tests of this series to provide the 19th occasion of a team winning the toss in all five tests of a series in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the sixth occasion of England winning the toss in all the five test series and provides the fifth such occasion against India in a five test series. England has won the toss in a five tests series on three occasions against India.

Shubman Gill’s run aggregate as captain at the end of his innings in India’s first innings read 743. He now stands third in the list of captains who have scored most runs in a series. The first two places are occupied by DG Bradman {810 runs against England in 1936-37 series} and GA Gooch {752 runs against India in 1990 series}. Shubman Gill went Past SM Gavaskar who had scored 732 runs against West Indies in 1978-79 series}

Shubman Gill with his 743 runs in this series holds the record for most runs in a series by an Indian captain. The previous record was held by SM Gavaskar who had scored 732 runs against West Indies in 1978-79 series,

Shubman Gill’s 743 runs in this series is a record run aggregate for a captain in an away series against England. The previous record was in the name of GS Sobers who had amassed 722 runs against England in 1966 series.

Shubman Gill was dismissed run for 21 in India’s first innings to provide the 77th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against England, It also provide the tenth occasion of an Indian captain dismissed run out in an innings against England. It also provides the 308th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against all the oppositions. It also provide the 29th occasion of an Indian captain dismissed run out in an innings against all the oppositions

RA Jadeja was playing his 15^th Test against England in England. He became the fourth Indian cricketer to play 15 plus tests against England in England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {17}, SM Gavaskar {16} and V Kohli {15}

RA Jadeja’s run aggregate against England in England read 1026 as at the end of the first day’s play in this test. He is the fifth Indian cricketer to score 1000 plus runs against England in England. Others are – SR Tendulkar {1575}, R Dravid {1376}, SM Gavaskar {1152} and KL Rahul {1139}

KL Rahul has an aggregate of 1139 runs as at the end of first day’s play in this test against England in England as an opening batsman. He needs 14 more runs to overhaul SM Gavaskar’s run aggregate of 1152 runs against England in England as an opening batsman to become India’s most run getter as an opening batsmen against England in England.

RA Jadeja was playing his 25^th Test against England. He became the eighth Indian cricketer to play 25 plus tests against England.

RA Jadeja has an aggregate of 1494 runs against England at the end of the first day’s play. He needs six more runs for his 1500 runs against England. If he gets it, he would then become the eighth Indian cricketer to score 1500 plus runs against England.