Z Crawley-BM Duckett added 188 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 167^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against India. It also provides the 97^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against India on home soil

Z Crawley-BM Duckett added 188 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 31^st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against India for the first wicket. It also provides the 20^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against India on home soil for the first wicket

Z Crawley-BM Duckett added 188 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings to provide the 14^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings for the first wicket at Leeds. It also provides the third occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings against India for the first wicket at Leeds

Z Crawley-BM Duckett added 188 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings which represent the record opening partnership against India for the first wicket at Leeds thus constituting a ground record. The previous best was the 146 runs partnership between WGA Parkhouse and G Pullar for the first wicket against India in July 1959.

Z Crawley-BM Duckett added 188 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings which represent the record opening partnership for the first wicket at Leeds thus constituting a ground record. The previous best was the 177 runs partnership between AN Cook and A Lyth for the first wicket against New Zealand in May 2015.

BM Duckett scored 62 and 103+ in England’s second innings to provide the  29^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. It also provides the 16^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test on home soil

BM Duckett scored 62 and 103+ in England’s second innings to provide the 14^th occasion of an England’s one opening batsman scoring a fifty and another a century in an innings including twin centuriew in a test against India. It also provides the tenth occasion of an England opening batsman performing such a feat in a test against India on home soil

Z Crawley and BM Duckett scored 65 and 103+ runs England’s second innings of this test to provide the 57th occasion of both England’s opening batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India.  It also provides the 30th occasion of both England’s opening batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India on home soil

Z Crawley and BM Duckett scored 65 and 103+ runs England’s second innings of this test to provide the 29th occasion of England’s one opening batsmen scoring fifty and another a century including both the openers scoring centuries in an innings against India.  It also provides the 18th occasion of England’s one opening batsmen scoring fifty and another a century including both the openers scoring centuries in an innings against India on home soil

HC Brook of England scored 99 and zero in this test to provide the 61^st occasion of a batsman scoring zero and ninety in a test match. All such occasions are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GHS Trott	0	92	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1893
2	C Hill	0	98	Australia	v England	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912
3	SJ McCabe	0	93	Australia	v England	Sydney	18 Dec 1936
4	J Hardstaff jnr	98	0	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948
5	PBH May	0	91	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954
6	JW Guy	91	0	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955
7	RA McLean	93	0	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957
8	P Roy	0	99	India	v Australia	Delhi	12 Dec 1959
9	RB Simpson	92	0	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	09 Dec 1960
10	PBH May	95	0	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
11	CG Borde	93	0	India	v West Indies	Kingston	07 Mar 1962
12	Hanumant Singh	0	94	India	v Australia	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
13	C Milburn	0	94	England	v West Indies	Manchester	02 Jun 1966
14	JM Parks	91	0	England	v West Indies	Lord’s	16 Jun 1966
15	AL Wadekar	0	91	India	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
16	MAK Pataudi	95	0	India	v Australia	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969
17	Mushtaq Mohammad	99	0	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	24 Mar 1973
18	RB McCosker	0	95*	Australia	v England	Leeds	14 Aug 1975
19	GJ Gilmour	95	0	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976
20	GA Gooch	0	91*	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978
21	GP Howarth	94	0	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	27 Jul 1978
22	G Boycott	0	99*	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979
23	S Wettimuny	0	96	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	22 Apr 1983
24	DB Vengsarkar	94	0	India	v West Indies	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
25	KC Wessels	90	0	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984
26	MW Gatting	0	96	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
27	K Srikkanth	94	0	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988
28	WV Raman	0	96	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1990
29	AR Border	0	91*	Australia	v India	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
30	KC Wessels	0	95*	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992
31	GW Flower	96	0	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
32	BA Young	0	94	New Zealand	v England	Lord’s	16 Jun 1994
33	A Ranatunga	0	90	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995
34	GP Thorpe	94	0	England	v West Indies	Manchester	27 Jul 1995
35	SP Fleming	91	0	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
36	MW Goodwin	0	91	Zimbabwe	v Australia	Harare	14 Oct 1999
37	AM Blignaut	0	92	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Harare	27 Jul 2001
38	A Flower	92	0	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002
39	AJ Hall	0	99*	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003
40	Mohammad Ashraful	98	0	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Feb 2004
41	JA Rudolph	93*	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004
42	T Taibu	92	0	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005
43	Shahid Afridi	92	0	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
44	IK Pathan	0	93	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
45	Mohammad Yousuf	0	97	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
46	HH Gibbs	0	92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006
47	KP Pietersen	0	96	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
48	Mahmudullah	96*	0	Bangladesh	v India	Mirpur	24 Jan 2010
49	Shahriar Nafees	97	0	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Mirpur	17 Dec 2011
50	SPD Smith	0	97	Australia	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
51	Azhar Ali	0	91	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016
52	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	0	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
53	Litton Das	0	94	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018
54	Babar Azam	0	99	Pakistan	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
55	HE van der Dussen	0	98	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020
56	Q de Kock	96	0	South Africa	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021
57	TM Head	92	0	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022
58	DM de Silva	0	98	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Mar 2023
59	Shubman Gill	0	91	India	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024
60	BM Duckett	0	92	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Dec 2024
61	HC Brook	99	0	England	v India	Leeds	20 Jun 2025

HC Brook of England scored 99 and zero in this test to provide the twelfth occasion of an England batsman scoring zero and ninety in a test match. All such occasions are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	J Hardstaff jnr	98	0	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948
2	PBH May	0	91	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954
3	PBH May	95	0	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
4	C Milburn	0	94	England	v West Indies	Manchester	02 Jun 1966
5	JM Parks	91	0	England	v West Indies	Lord’s	16 Jun 1966
6	GA Gooch	0	91*	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978
7	G Boycott	0	99*	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979
8	MW Gatting	0	96	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
9	GP Thorpe	94	0	England	v West Indies	Manchester	27 Jul 1995
10	KP Pietersen	0	96	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
11	BM Duckett	0	92	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Dec 2024
12	HC Brook	99	0	England	v India	Leeds	20 Jun 2025

HC Brook of England scored 99 and zero in this test to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring zero and ninety in a test match against India. All such occasions are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GW Flower	96	0	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
2	A Flower	92	0	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002
3	Mohammad Yousuf	0	97	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
4	Mahmudullah	96*	0	Bangladesh	v India	Mirpur	24 Jan 2010
5	HC Brook	99	0	England	v India	Leeds	20 Jun 2025

HC Brook of England scored 99 and zero in this test to provide the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring zero and ninety nine in a test match. All such occasions are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Mushtaq Mohammad	99	0	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	24 Mar 1973
2	G Boycott	0	99*	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979
3	AJ Hall	0	99*	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	0	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017
5	Babar Azam	0	99	Pakistan	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
6	HC Brook	99	0	Engla(nd	v India	Leeds	20 Jun 2025

HC Brook of England scored 99 and zero in this test to provide the second occasion of an England batsman scoring zero and ninety nine in a test match. All such occasions are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Boycott	0	99*	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979
2	HC Brook	99	0	Engla(nd	v India	Leeds	20 Jun 2025

JE Root completed 2900 runs against India when he was on 26 during his knock of  53 not out in England’s second innings. His run aggregate against India read 2927 at the end of this test. He is now not only the first England batsman but also the only batsman to score most runs against India in tests.

India lost this test after scoring 471 runs in its first innings to provide the 31^st occasion of a team losing a test after posting 450 plus runs in its first innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the third occasion of India losing a test after it had posted 450 plus runs in its first innings.

JE Root’s 53 not out in the second innings of this test represent his 22^nd fifty against India. He now holds the record for most fifties by a batsman against India. It’s also a record for most fifties by an England batsman against India.

JE Root’s 53 not out in the second innings of this test represent his 13th fifty against India on home soil. SC Chanderpaul and RT Ponting have scored 14 fifties on home soil against India. Thus JE Root occupies the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties against India on home soil.

England chased the target of 370 runs in this test to win the match by five wickets providing the 14^th occasion of a team winning a match chasing 350 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test

It also provides the third occasion of a team chasing a target of 350 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test at Leeds. Leeds is the only ground on which teams have chased 350 plus runs on three occasions to win a test

It also provides the fourth occasion of a team chasing a target of 350 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test on English soil.

BM Duckket’s 149 in the fourth innings of this test provide the 54th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test. It also provides the fifth occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India.

BM Duckket’s 149 in the fourth innings of this test provide the 17^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause. It also provides the third occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India in a winning cause.

BM Duckket’s 149 in the fourth innings of this test represent the second best score by an England batsman in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause. MA Butcher’s 173 not out against Australia at Leeds in August 2001 represent the best score by an England batsman in the fourth innings of a test. It also represent the best score by an England batsman in the fourth innings of a test against India in a winning cause.The previous best was JE Roots’ 142 not out at Birmingham in Jul 2022

BM Duckket’s 149 in the fourth innings of this test provide the seventh occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause. It also provides the first occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India in a winning cause.

BM Duckket’s 149 in the fourth innings of this test represent the  best score by an England opening batsman in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause. Previous best was H Sutcliffe’s 135 against Australia at Melbourne in Dec 1928 It also represent the best score by an England batsman in the fourth innings of a test against India in a winning cause.The previous best was H Gamblett’s 67 not out at Lord’s in June 1936.

With India losing this test by five wicket’s the following centuries by Indian batsmen have gone in vain

Five centuries by Indian batsmen in this test were in a losing cause to provide the first occasion of a team’s five centuries in losing cause against England. It also provides the first such  occasion in the annals of test cricket

YBK Jaiswal’s 101 and KL Rahul’s 137 went in vain torepresent the seventh and eighth centuries by Indian opening batsmen’s centuries in a losing cause against England

Twin centuries by RR Pant {134 and 118} went in vain to provide the 12^th occasion of a batsman’s twin centuries in losing cause in the annals of test cricket.

Twin centuries by RR Pant {134 and 118} went in vain to provide the fourth occasion of Indian batsman’s twin centuries in losing cause in the annals of test cricket. It is interesting to note these four occasions are on away soil.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	116	145	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
2	SM Gavaskar	111	137	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
3	V Kohli	115	141	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
4	RR Pant	134	118	v England	Leeds	20 Jun 2025

Twin centuries by RR Pant {134 and 118} went in vain to provide the second occasion of a batsman’s twin centuries in losing cause against England in the annals of test cricket.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Headley	106	107	West Indies	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
2	RR Pant	134	118	India	v England	Leeds	20 Jun 2025

Twin centuries by RR Pant {134 and 118} went in vain to provide the second occasion of a wicket keeper batsman’s twin centuries in losing cause against England in the annals of test cricket. Incidentally, these are the only two occasions of wicket keepers scoring twin centuries in the annals of test cricket

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flower	142	199*	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	07 Sep 2001
2	RR Pant	134	118	India	v England	Leeds	20 Jun 2025

Shubman Gill’s 147 in this test was in a losing cause to provide the 16th  occasion of an Indian captain’s century in an innings going in vain. It also provides the 14^th occasion of an Indian captain’s century going in vain on away soil

Shubman Gill’s 147 in this test was in a losing cause to provide the fourth  occasion of an Indian captain’s century in an innings going in vain against England. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian captain’s century going in vain against England on away soil

Shubman Gill’s 147 in this test was in a losing cause to provide the second  occasion of an Indian captain’s century in an innings going in vain against England.at Leeds. Prior to this MAK Pataudi’s 148 at Leeds in Jun 1967  had gone in vain