77 Is the score of MS Dhoni which is also the highest score made by any Indian captain at this ground. Dhoni has erased the record M.A. K. Pataudi who scored 47 in the...

77 Is the score of MS Dhoni which is also the highest score made by any Indian captain at this ground. Dhoni has erased the record M.A. K. Pataudi who scored 47 in the 1967 Test.

13 Number of times when Virender Sehwag failed to open his account in 88 Tests. It was his 5th duck v/s England in 12 Tests. Most against any country.

29.27 Is the batting average of Virender Sehwag v/s England. In 12 Tests he collected only 527 runs which includes one century and four half-centuries.

23.80 Is the batting average of Sachin Tendulkar in the ongoing series. In five innings he aggregated only 119 runs.

26 Is the highest score of Praveen Kumar in his 6th Test. His previous best was 25 in the 2nd innings of the Trent Bridge Test.

22 Number of half -centuries scored by MS Dhoni in 60 Test. It was his 5th v/s England in 11 Tests.

33.54 Is the batting average of VVS Laxman v/s England. In 16 Tests v/s England he aggregated only 738 runs. This is his worst performance against any Test playing nation.

84 Number of runs added by MS Dhoni and Praveen Kumar for the eighth wicket.This is a new 8th wicket record for India at this ground. The duo erased record of Roger Binny and Kiran More who added 68 runs in the 1986 series.

25 Number of half -centuries scored by Andrew Strauss in 88 Tests. It was his 3rd v/s India in 11 Tests. Prior to this he has also hit three tons v/s India in Tests.

9 Andrew Strauss has hit his first half -century in the nine innings. His last fifty came against Australia at Syndey in Jan 2011 when he made a solid 60.

5 Number of times when Virender Sehwag has been dismissed of the very first ball. One each against Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka , South Africa and England.

19 Number of wickets claimed by Stuart Broad at an avg of 11.73 in the current series. This is his best performance in a bilateral series. Earlier, in the 2009 Ashes series he had took 18 wickets at an avg of 30.22 in five Tests.

626 Alastair Cook ( 626 runs at an avg of 69.55) became only the 2nd batsman after Ian Bell (681 runs at an avg of 113.50) to aggregate 600 or more runs in year 2011.

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182* Is the highest score of Alastair Cook v/s India. His previous best was 104 in his debut in Nagpur in 2005-06 series. It was his 2nd hundred v/s India in 10 Tests........

182* Is the highest score of Alastair Cook v/s India. His previous best was 104 in his debut in Nagpur in 2005-06 series. It was his 2nd hundred v/s India in 10 Tests.

19 Number of centuries scored by Alastair Cook in 71 Tests. Now only Wally Hammond (22), Colin Cowdrey (22), Geoff Boycott (22), Ken Barrington (20) and Graham Gooch (20) have scored more centuries for England than Alastair Cook .

11 Number of times Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss added 100 or more runs for the opening wicket. Aparts from this the duo also involved in two century partnership for the 2nd wicket.

4072 Number of runs added by Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook at an avg of 43.31in 96 innings for the opening wicket. The pair joined other three pairs-West Indies' Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes 6482 runs at an avg of 47.31 in 148 innings,Australia's Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer 5655 runs at an avg of 51.88 in 113 innings and Sri Lanka's Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya 4469 runs at an avg of 4026 in 118 innings.

186 Number of runs added by Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook for the opening wicket. This is a new first wicket record for England v/s India at Edgbaston. The duo erased the record of David LLoyd and Dennis Amiss who added 157 runs in the 1974 series.

25 Number of half-centuries scored by Kevin Pietersen in 77Tests. It was his 4th v/s India in 11 Tests. Prior to this he has also hit four centuries v/s India.

56.21 Is the batting average of Kevin Pietersen v/s India. In 11 Tests he aggregated 1068 runs which includes 4 centuries and 4 half-centuries.

15 Number of wickets claimed by Praveen Kumar at an avg of 28.00 in the ongoing series. Most by any Indian bowler .

Top five opening wicket partnership for England v/s India in Tests.

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3 Alastair Cook became the 3rd English batsman to scored a double hundred v/s India at Edgbaston. David LLoyd (214* in 1974) and David Gower (200* in 1979) are the other two.

710-7 dec Is the highest score of England v/s India. Their previous best was 653-4 dec at Lord's in 1990. Overall, it was the 3rd occasion when England have scored 700 or more runs during an innings. This is England's also highest innings total at this venue. Their previous best was 633-5 dec v/s India in 1979.

294 Is the highest score of Alastair Cook in his 71 st Test. His previous best was 235* v./s Australia at Gabba in 2010-11 series. Overall, it was his 2nd double century. The aforesaid score of Alastair Cook is also the highest individual score made by any batsman at this ground.Cook erased the record of Peter May who had scored 285* v/s West Indies in 1957.

3 Alastair Cook became the 3rd English batsman to scored a double hundred v/s India at Edgbaston. David LLoyd (214* in 1974) and David Gower (200* in 1979) are the other two batsman.

104 Is the highest score of Eoin Morgan v/s India. His previous best was was 70 at Trent Bridge. Overall, it was his 2nd century in his 12th Test.

10011 Number of runs scored by Rahul Dravid at an avg of 54.11 while batting at number 3 . He is now the only batsman to aggregate 10000 or more runs while batting at number 3.

3 Number of half -centuries scored by Tim Bresanan in his 9th Test. The 2nd v/s India in successive Tests.

486 India conceded al ead of 486 runs.. The aforesaid lead is their highest against England.

302 Number of runs scored by Rahul Dravid at an avg of 75.50 in the onging series. Most by any Indian batsman.

545 Number of balls faced by Alastair Cook during his innings of 294 runs. The second highest by any English batsman v/s India. Next only to the 555 balls played by Geoff Boycott during his innings of 246* at Leeds in 1967. After playing this marathon innings Boycott was dropped for the next Test.

2 Virender Sehwag became only the 2nd opener after Javed Omar of Bangladesh to bagged a king pair in Tests. Javed Omar achieved this dubious distinction v/s India at Dhaka in 2007.

4 Virender Sehwag became the 4th Indian opener to bagged a pair in Tests. Pankaj Roy, Farookh Engineer, Wasim Jaffar are the other three.

63 India conceded 63 extras. This is a new record in India-England series.

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1 MS Dhoni as a captain has lost its first series. 1999-00 After the 1999-00 series v/s Australia in Australia it happened first time when India has lost first three Tests...

1 MS Dhoni as a captain has lost its first series. 1999-00 After the 1999-00 series v/s Australia in Australia it happened first time when India has lost first three Tests of a bilateral series. Last time under the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar India had lost to Australia in Australia 3-0.

4 MS Dhoni (77 & 74") became the 4th Indian captain to post 50 or more runs in each innings of a Test match .Vijay Hazare 89 & 56 at Leeds in 1952), M. A. K. Pataudi ( 64 & 148 at Leeds in 1967) & Sourav Ganguly(68 & 99 at Nottingham in 2002) are the other three captains.

40 Is the highest score of Praveen Kumar in his 6th Test. His previous best was 26 in the first innings.

2008 After the 2008 series v/s Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka it happened first time when India have lost a bilateral series.That time Indian team was captained by Anil Kumble.

8 Number of times Sachin Tendulkar got run out in 180 Tests. Thrice v/s Pakistan, twice v/s Australia.Once each against South Africa, West Indies and England.

Ist MS Dhoni & Praveen Kumar became the first Indian pair to register a 75 plus stand for the eighth wicket in the each innings of a Test match I.e 84 in the first innings and 75 in the second innings.

4 Number of times when Alastair Cook was awarded Man of the Match in 71 Tests. The first time v/s India in 6 Tests.

21 Number of wickets claimed by Stuart Broad at an avg of 11.95. Most by any bowler in the ongoing series. The aforesaid performance is also his best performance in a bilateral series.

23 Number of half -centuries scored by MS Dhoni in 60 Tests. It was his 6th v/s England in 11 Tests.

India's biggest defeat in Tests

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Ground's name : Kennington Oval, 1st match played : Between England v Australia in 1880,Total matches played : 93, Sides batting 1st: Have won 32 matches, Sides batting 2nd...

Ground's name : Kennington Oval
1st match played : Between England v Australia in 1880
Total matches played : 93

Sides battting first : Have won 32 matches
Sides batting second : Have won 25 matches
Drawn : 36

India played : 10 matches
Won : 1
Lost :2
Drawn : 7

England played : 93 Tests
Won : 38
Lost : 19
Drawn : 36

Highest innings totals
903-7 dec, England v Australia, 1938
For India : 664 v England, 2007

Lowest innings totals
44, Australia v England, 1896
For India : 98 v England, 1952
For England : 52 v Australia, 1948

Highest individual scores
364, L. Hutton v Australia, 1938
For India : 221, S. Gavaskar v India, 1979

Best bowling figures in an innings
9-57, D. Malcolm , England v South Africa, 1994
For India : 6-38, B. Chandrasekhar v England, 1971

Best bowling figures in a match
16-220, M. Muralitharan, Sri Lanka v England, 1998
For India : 8-114, B. Chandrasekhar v England, 1971
For England : 13-57, S. Barnes v South Africa, 1912

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