India vs England: A walk through the stats and records

Since India and England played against each other for the first time in June 1932, the two teams have produced some memorable games over the years. 

The Natwest Series Final in 2002, India’s Test win at Lord’s in 2021, England’s dominance at Wankhede in a series-defining Test at Wankhede in 2012 are a few matches that stand out in the clash between the two cricketing giants.

The Indian cricket team, which made its Test debut against England, secured their maiden Test victory after 20 years. The win came against the English in February 1952 by an innings and eight runs. 

England won the first ODI in this head-to-head in July 1974, while India’s first ODI success against the English cricket team was only at the fifth time of asking.

Yuvraj Singh’s six sixes in an over against Stuart Broad were the highlight of the first India vs England T20 International in September 2007. The MS Dhoni-led side sealed a victory by 18 runs in that game. Meanwhile, England won the latest encounter between the two nations in this format in July this year.

Overall, in the 259 matches between the two teams across all three formats, Team India has won 100, while England have a slight edge with 104 victories. 

India vs England head-to-head in cricket

India vs England in World Cups

India vs England cricket records and stats

India vs England Test records

Highest team total in a Test innings: India posted 759/7 in the final Test of the five-match series in December 2016, courtesy of Karun Nair’s unbeaten triple-century.

Lowest team total in a Test innings: Following on in the second Test of the three-match series in June 1974, India were bowled out for a lowly 42 runs.

Most runs in Tests: Sachin Tendulkar, international cricket’s top run-getter, amassed 2535 runs in 32 matches in this fixture, including seven centuries and 13 half-centuries, while averaging 51.73.

Most wickets in Tests: English pacer James Anderson has scalped 139 wickets in 35 matches against Team India, taking a wicket once every 55 balls. No other bowler has crossed the 100-wicket mark in this contest. 

Highest individual scores in Tests: Graham Gooch’s knock of 333 runs for England in July 1990 at Lord’s helped England score 653 runs in the first innings. Gooch also scored a ton in the second innings of that match. 

Best bowling figures in Tests: England’s Fred Trueman along with Vinoo Mankad and Bhagwath Chandrasekhar of India have all scalped eight wickets in an innings in this fixture. However, Trueman took those wickets while conceding only 31 runs, the best among the three.

India vs England ODI records

Highest team total in an ODI innings: India’s score of 387/5 in the first of the seven-match ODI series in November 2008, courtesy of Yuvraj Singh’s quickfire 138. 

Lowest team total in an ODI innings: Jasprit Bumrah’s six-fer helped India knock over England for 110 runs in July 2022.

Most runs in ODIs: Former Indian captain MS Dhoni scored 1546 runs in 48 matches with a top score of 134. Dhoni averaged 46.84 and had a strike-rate of 87.94 with the bat in this fixture.  

Most wickets in ODIs: James Anderson also tops the wicket-taking charts in the 50-over format in this fixture, picking 40 wickets in 31 matches, with best bowling figures of 4/18. 

Highest individual scores in ODIs: Andrew Strauss, the former English captain, smashed 158 runs off 145 balls in the World Cup match against India in February 2011. 

Best bowling figures in ODIs: Four Indian bowlers - Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Kuldeep Yadav and S Sreesanth - and Reece Topley of England have picked six wickets in a match in this fixture. However, Bumrah’s six wickets were taken while conceding the least runs - 19. 

India vs England T20I records

Highest team total in a T20I innings: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma helped India post a total of 224/2 in the last of the five-match series in March 2021. 

Lowest team total in a T20I innings: England were bundled out for 80 runs, courtesy of Harbhajan Singh’s 4/12, in the T20 World Cup in September 2012.

Most runs in T20Is: India’s Virat Kohli has accumulated 639 runs in 20 matches, including five fifties, at an average of 39.93 in this fixture.

Most wickets in T20Is: Englishman Chris Jordan has scalped 21 wickets in 15 matches against India, including a four-wicket haul.

Highest individual scores in T20Is: Suryakumar Yadav’s blazing knock of 117 runs off 55 balls in the third match of the series in July 2022.

Best bowling figures in T20Is: Yuzvendra Chahal has picked the only six-fer in this fixture in T20 Internationals, while conceding only 25 runs, in February 2017.

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