India vs England, Fourth Test Day 1 Stats Review: Joe Root's masterclass, Akash Deep's impressive Debut and other Stats

A blistering 31st Ton from Joe Root,  followed by Valuable contributions from Zak Crawley and Ben Foakes saw England finishing with 302/7 on day 1 of the fourth Test between India and England despite Akash Deep's brilliant three-wicket debut.

Earlier in the game opting to bat first, the openers got off to a quick start for England before the debutant Akash Deep struck thrice to send the top three packing with Crawley alone scoring a well-paced 42. England went into deeper trouble at the stroke of lunch as Ashwin and Jadeja shared a wicket each of Bairstow and Stokes. Bairstow made a quick fire 38 before becoming the 100th English Victim of Ashwin.

The second session was bossed by the visitors as the duo of Foakes and Joe Root added 86 runs without losing a wicket . They were brilliant in that phase accounting for 36.5 overs, this was also the first wicketless session for India in this series.

In the third session, the game was even-steven with India picking two wickets in Foakes and Hartley courtesy of Siraj's brilliance while England managed to score 104 runs. Joe Root was sensational in the innings scoring his 31st Ton and 10th against India, he played with caution to make sure England finished the opening day of the 4th Test of the series at 302/7 in 90 overs. Akash Deep picked up three wickets while Siraj picked up two scalps. Root remained unbeaten on 106.

Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers from day 1 between India and England

100- Ravichandran Ashwin completed 100 wickets against England, becoming the first Indian to achieve the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets against an Opponent in Tests

10- Joe Root completed 10 centuries against India in Tests, making him the most against India surpassing Steven Smith's tally of 9.

91- Joe Root completed 91 fifty-plus scores for England, he holds the record for Most fifty-plus scores in Tests for England Surpassing Alastair Cook's tally of 90.

29- Joe Root completed 29 fifty-plus scores in the World Test Championship. He is joint with Marnus Labuschagne for the most fifty-plus scores in the World Test Championship.

20- Joe Root completed 20 fifty-plus scores against India, equalling the tally with Ricky Ponting.

19014- Joe Root completed 19000 international runs.

3- Joe Root has faced more than 200 balls thrice in the Bazball era, the joint most by an English player. He Shares the spot with Ollie Pope.

6- Joe Root has scored six hundreds since the start of the Bazball. Only Kane Williamson (8) has more centuries in this period than him.

111- Ashwin has picked 111 wickets in LBW, the most by a bowler in Tests in LBWs he surpassed Muralitharan’s tally of 110.