England vs India, 5th Test, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

The fifth and the rescheduled Test between England and India gets underway on July 01, 2022, at Edgbaston in Birmingham. After the four matches, the series got paused in 2021 due to the COVID outbreak in the India camp, and the final game was rearranged to play this year. The visitors have a lead of 2-1 and they will look to win their first Test series in England since 2007 when the current coach Rahul Dravid led the team to a historic 1-0 (3) win.

Talking about the series which got halted, Joe Root was at his best, as he has been over the past few years now. England’s Mr.Reliable smashed 564 runs in four games at a stellar average of 94.00 which included three centuries and one half-century with the highest score of 180*. For India, Rohit Sharma, who is the captain now, struck 368 runs in eight innings at an average of 52.57 with one century and two fifties. In the bowling department, tall pacer Ollie Robinson took the most wickets (21), followed by India’s spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (18).

The first match of the series got drawn in Nottingham with India winning the second and England clinching the third encounter. The Asian giants bounced back with a victory in the penultimate clash at The Oval before the interruption. Fast forward to 2022, a lot has changed in both the team’s camps in the Test format. The hosts have begun a new era with two new appointments of coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes. For the tourists, Rahul Dravid has taken over the role of coach from Ravi Shastri while Rohit has replaced Virat as India’s all-format captain.

England’s counter-attack approach was witnessed in the recently concluded New Zealand series when they chased down three totals of over 275 in as many matches. McCullum’s aggressive mindset has brought a rapid change in the team’s Test setup now, a thing which India will be wary of going into the historic and final match.

With skipper Rohit’s availability still under the clouds due to COVID diagnosis, Jasprit Bumrah may lead the side in his absence. The English side has declared their playing XI with James Anderson replacing Jamie Overton from the last game against the Kiwis. Sam Billings will continue keeping the wickets in place of Ben Foakes, who fails to recover in time from COVID. An exciting and entertaining clash between two strong teams awaits with India looking to create history by winning the first Test series in England after 15 years.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the 5^th Test between England and India:

Head-to-Head: England and India have met each other in 130 Test matches so far with England winning on 49 occasions and India on 31. 50 games have ended up in a draw. In England, both have clashed in 66 matches with the hosts winning 35 times and India just nine. 22 encounters ended up in a draw.

12 – Mayank Agarwal (1488) needs 12 runs to complete 1500 runs in Tests.

11 – Agarwal (189) also needs 11 fours to reach 200 fours in Test cricket.

8 – R Ashwin (442) requires eight wickets to complete 450 wickets in Tests.

1 – Stuart Broad (549) needs just one scalp to get to 550 wickets in Test cricket.

69 – Ashwin (2931) is 69 runs away from reaching 3000 runs in Test cricket.

1 – If England (49) wins this Test, it will be their 50^th victory against India.

117 – Jonny Bairstow (9883) needs 117 runs to reach the milestone of 10000 runs across formats.

15 – If India secures a victory, it will be their first series win against England in England after 15 long years. They lost three consecutive series in between by a margin of 4-0 in 2011, 3-1 in 2014, and 4-1 in 2018.

80 – Rishabh Pant (1920) is 80 runs away from reaching the milestone of 2000 Test runs.

1 – James Anderson (99) is one grab away from reaching the landmark of 100 catches in Test cricket.

2 – Ollie Pope (148) needs two fours to complete 150 fours in Test cricket.

1 – Rohit Sharma (49) is just one grab away from completing 50 catches in the longest format of the game.

8 – Broad (792) requires eight scalps to get to the landmark of 800 wickets in international cricket.

8 – Ravindra Jadeja (442) needs eight fours to get to 450 fours across formats.

6 – Pant (44) is six maximums away from reaching 50 sixes in the Whites.

8 – Jack Leach (92) needs eight wickets to reach 100 wickets in Tests.

10 – Alex Lees (40) requires ten fours to get to 50 fours in Tests.

8 – Jadeja (242) requires eight scalps to complete 250 wickets in Test cricket.

4 – Shreyas Iyer (46) needs four fours to get to 50 fours in Tests.

1 – Pant (99) also requires just one six to get to 100 maximums across formats.