England vs India – Fourth Test at Southampton – First day’s stats highlights
I Sharma needed one more wicket for his 50 wickets against England. He took the wicket of England Captain J Root leg before wicket for 4 to claim his 50th wicket against England on the opening day of the fourth test between England and India at Southampton. He became the seventh Indian bowler to capture 50 wickets against England. Others are – BS Chandrashekhar {95}, A Kumble {92}, BS Bedi {85}, N Kapil Dev {85}, MH Mankad {54} and R Ashwin {53}. I Sharma has captured 51 wickets against England at the end of the first day’s play
I Sharma became the second Indian pace bowler to capture 50 wickets against England. N Kapil Dev is the other pace bowler to achieve the feat. He has captured 85 wickets against England. I Sharma has captured 51 wickets against England at the end of the first day’s play
I Sharma has captured 38 wickets against England in England at the end of the first day’s play. He occupies the second place in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets against England in England. N Kapil Dev with 43 wickets to his credit occupies the first place. I Sharma went past A Kumble who had taken 36 wickets against England in England to occupy the second place.
R Ashwin had an aggregate of 99 wickets on away soil prior to the start of this test. He captured his 100th wicket on away soil, when he had Moeen Ali caught by Bumrah for 40 on the first day of the test at Southampton against England. He became the ninth Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets on away soil. Others are A Kumble {269}, N Kapil Dev {215}, Z Khan {207}, I Sharma {166}, Harbhajan Singh {152}, BS Bedi {129}, J Srinath {128} and BS Chandrashekhar {100}. R Ashwin has captured 101 wickets on away soil at the end of the first day’s play
England was dismissed all out for a total of 246 runs in the first innings of this test to provide the 15th occasion of England dismissed all out against India at home for a total of less than 250 runs. It also provides the third occasion of England dismissed all out for a total of less than 250 runs at home in the first innings of a test against India. The other two occasions are – 198 at Nottingham in Jul 2007 and 221 at Nottingham in Jul 2011