IND vs ENG Stats Highlights from Day 1 of 1st Test

IND vs ENG Stats : India vs England’s much awaited Test series has kicked off in Chennai on Friday, 5th February. On the first day of first Test England won the toss and captain Joe Root’s unbeaten 128 and a fighting 87 runs knock from opener Dominic Sibley helped England to post a good total of 263/3 at stumps. For India Jasprit Bumrah has taken 2 wickets while R Ashwin has 1 wicket and here is a statistical highlights of the first day of first Test.

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India vs England Statistical Highlights from first day of first Test : A list of all the major stats and record which were recorded on the 1st day of 1st Test.

1 – Jasprit  Bumrah is playing his first ever Test match at home soil. He made his debut in January 2018 in Cape Town and since then he has played 17 Tests and all away from which is an Indian record of most away Tests played before playing a Test at home.
Most Away Tests Played Before Playing a Test at Home (India) :
17 – Jasprit Bumrah
12 – Javagal Srinath
11 – RP Singh
10 – Sachin Tendulkar
10 – Ashish Nehra

3 – Joe Root has now scored hundreds in each of his last 3 Test matches.
Joe Root’s last 3 Test matches :
228 & 1 vs SL at Galle
186 & 11 vs SL at Galle
128 batting vs IND at Chennai 

7 – Joe Root is playing his 7th Test match in India and he has scored 50 plus scores in all 7 Tests so far.
Joe Root in Tests in India :
1st Test – 73 & 20*
2nd Test – 124 & 4
3rd Test – 53 & 25
4th Test – 15 & 78
5th Test – 21 & 77
6th Test – 88 & 6
7th Test – 128 batting

9 – Joe Root is the 9th player to score a hundred in the 100th Test match of career.
Players to score hundred in their 100th Test match of career : 
Colin Cowdrey (Eng)
Javed Miandad (Pak)
Gordon Greendige (WI)
Alec Stewart (Eng)
Inzamam ul Haq (Pak)
Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Greame Smith (SA)
Hashim Amla (SA)
Joe Root (Eng) 

10 – Joe Root became the 10th player from England to score 20 or more Test hundreds.
England players to score 20 or more Test Hundreds :
33 – Alastair Cook
23 – Kevin Pietersen
22 – Wally Hammond
22 – Colin Cowdrey
22 – Geoff Boycott
22 – Ian Bell
21 – Andrew Strauss
20 – Ken Berrington
20 – Joe Root
20 – Graham Gooch 

100 – This is 100th Test match of Joe Root’s career. Thus he has become the third youngest player to play 100 Test matches.
Youngest players to play 100 Test matches :
28y 353d – Sir Alastair Cook (Eng) vs AUS, 2013
29y 134d – Sachin Tendulkar (IND) vs ENG, 2002
30y 37d – Joe Root (Eng) vs IND, 2021

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