India vs England Day 5, Fifth Test: Statistical Review 1
India vs England - Day 5 (5th Test)

India snatched an incredible victory against England on the 5th day of the fifth and final Test in this series at Chennai.

England began the day on their overnight score of 12/0 but failed to survive this Test match as they were bundled out for 207 runs.

India won this Test by an innings and 75 runs. With this victory, India won this 5-match Test series by 4-0.

Brief Scores: England – 477 (Moeen Ali 146, Joe Root 88, Ravindra Jadeja 3/106) & 207 (Keaton Jennings 54, Alastair Cook 49, Ravindra Jadeja 7/48)

India – 759/7 decl. (Karun Nair 303*, KL Rahul 199, Stuart Broad 2/80)

Result – India won by an innings and 75 runs

Here are some statistical highlights of Day 5 of the 5th Test:

  1. Indian left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja bowled excellently during England’s 2nd innings of this Test, which helped India to beat England in this Test. Jadeja’s final bowling figured in that innings were 25-5-48-7. It is the 3rd best bowling figure by an Indian bowler against England in a Test innings.

 

  1. England opening batsmen Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings put on a 103-run opening partnership during England’s 2nd innings in this Test but failed to save the Test. It is the third time when England openers put on a 100+ runs partnership in a Test innings against India but lost that Test match.

 

  1. India won this Test match by an innings and 75 runs. It is India’s largest Test victory (by an innings) against England. India’s previous largest Test victory (by an innings) against England was by an innings and 46 runs at Leeds in 2002.

 

  1. Despite scoring 477-runs in the first innings of this Test, England suffered an innings defeat. In the Test cricket history, it is the largest first innings total by a team who suffered an innings defeat. The previous largest in this list was 432 by England against Australia at The Oval in 2001 (England lost by an innings and 25 runs).

 

  1. At the end of this Test series, India won 4 Tests out of 5 Test matches. It is the 2nd time when India won 4 matches in a Test series. The first one against Australia in the home Test series (4-match Test series) in 2013.

India has never won more than 4 matches in a Test series.

 

  1. Indian skipper Virat Kohli was selected for Man of the Series award. In the Test series history between India and England, it is the 2nd time when an Indian captain won Man of the Series award. The first Indian captain in this list was Mohammad Azharuddin (in England, 1990).

Also, Virat became the 5th Indian Test captain to win Man of the Series award. The other 4 Indian Test captains in this list are Mohammad Azharuddin (twice), Kapil Dev (twice), Rahul Dravid (once) and Sachin Tendulkar (once).

 

  1. With this Test victory, India have now won total 9 Tests in 2016 which is the most no. of Test victories for India in a calendar year. The previous most no. of Test victories for India in a calendar year were 8 in 2010.

 

  1. India is the only Test team who remain unbeaten in 2016. India played a total of 12 Tests out of which they won 9 Tests and drew the other 3 Tests. It is India’s 11 time where India end the year undefeated in Test cricket. The other 10 years are 1951 (played 3 Tests), 1955 (played 9 Tests), 1961 (played 6 Tests), 1965 (played 4 Tests), 1971 (played 8 Tests), 1973 (played 3 Tests), 1986 (played 9 Tests), 1993 (played 8 Tests), 1995 (played 3 Tests) and 2009 (played 6 Tests).

 

  1. This Test victory means India are now unbeaten in 18 consecutive matches. It is the longest ever unbeaten Test run for India. India’s previous longest unbeaten Test run was 17 Tests between 1985 and 1987.

 

10. Apart from scoring a half century, Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja claimed 10-wicket haul and also took 4 catches in this Test. In the Test cricket history, Ravindra Jadeja became the first cricketer to score a half-century or more, claim a 10-wicket haul and also take 4 or more catches in a Test.

 

11. In 2016, Ashwin scored total 659 runs and also took 97 wickets in international cricket. For just 3 wickets, Ashwin missed a rare chance of scoring 500 or more runs and also taking 100 or more wickets in international cricket in a calendar year.

Only 3 cricketers had achieved this feat. Kapil Dev (India, 1983), Shane Warne (Australia, 1999) Mitchell Johnson (Australia, 2009).

In the international cricket, Kapil Dev was the only cricketer to score 1,000+ runs and also to take 100 wickets in a calendar year (1983).