India v England, 2nd Test, Day 4 – Statistical Highlights

Despite a great day with both bat and ball, England still need another 318 runs on the final day while the hosts are 8 wickets away from victory. India bowled out for 204 in the first session starting the day at 98/3. Lower order added crucial runs to take India’s lead past 400. Chasing 405 to win in 5 sessions, the England openers went into shield scoring under 1.5 in an over. Cook and Hameed added 75 for the opening wicket in 50.2 overs. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the day’s play.

1.49 – Cook and Hameed’s partnership run rate of 1.49 is the lowest for any partnership which lasted for more than 25 overs in Tests. (Where ball data is known)

2 – Wriddhiman Saha made two unsuccessful reviews for LBW while batting in this Test. He became the 2nd Indian to do so. Sachin Tendulkar did the same in 2008 vs Sri Lanka in the 3rd Test match.

3 – Number of sixes Mohammed Shami hit in this Test, most by an Indian no.11 in a Test match.

4/33 – Stuart Broad’s figures in the 2nd innings are his best bowling figures in Tests in Asia. Previous best are 4/36 vs Pakistan in 2012 at Dubai.

11 – Number of fifty plus scores Alastair Cook has in 4th innings in Test cricket. Only 4 players have more fifty-plus scores than Cook in 4th innings.

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17.36 – Haseeb Hameed’s strike rate of 17.36 in this innings is the lowest for an England player in a Test innings since 2000. (Min: 25 runs)

62 – Runs scored by Jayant Yadav in this game, the 2nd most runs by an Indian on Test debut while batting at No.9 or lower. Highest is by BS Sandhu who scored 83 runs vs Pakistan in 1983.

75 – Runs added by Cook and Hameed pair, the fewest added by an opening pair after batting for 50 overs in a Test innings. No pair has added less than 100 runs after batting for 50 overs. (Where ball data is available)

171 – Balls taken by Alastair Cook for his fifty, his slowest in Test cricket. Previous slowest was in 164 balls on two occasions.

248 – Runs aggregated by Virat Kohli in this Test, the most by an Indian in his 50th Test. Sunil Gavaskar aggregated 234 runs in his 50th Test.

1073 – Runs scored by Alastair Cook in Tests in India, 2nd most by any visiting player. Clive Lloyd scored 1359 Test runs in India.

1959 – Last England leg-spinner before Adil Rashid to take 13 or more wickets in a Test series was Tommy Greenhough in 1959 in England against India.

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1988 – England openers’ strike rate of 23.8 is the lowest for opening batsmen in an innings since New Zealand openers’ strike rate of 15.5 vs India at Bangalore in 1988.