By Kaif - Jun 17, 2025 02:52 PM
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India vs England Test Records: The five-match Test series between India and England is going to start from June 20. The first match will be played in Leeds. Team India will make a new beginning under the leadership of new captain Shubman Gill. However, this challenge is not going to be easy for a young Team India as the England team has gone through a phase of change and it will not be easy to defeat them on their ground. The Indian team has not been able to win any Test series on England soil since 2007.
In 2007, under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid, India won the three-match series 1-0. After this, the Indian team also went on tour there in 2011, 2014, 2018 and 2021, but could not win the series. Now Gill and company will have the responsibility of ending the 18-year drought. In this episode, we are telling you about the best captain of India in England. Along with this, we will also tell about the Indian who played the best innings against England and the Indian who hit the best sixes...
At the same time, if we talk about the batsmen who played the best innings in Tests between India and England, then the great Graham Gooch is at the top of this list. However, Karun Nair is the best batsman from India. Apart from him, no Indian has been able to score a triple century in Tests against England so far. Karun made his Test debut in the series against England in 2016. In the same series, he played an unbeaten innings of 303 runs in his third innings. This is the second best innings in Tests between India and England after Graham Gooch's 333 runs. Alastair Cook's innings of 294 runs is third, Geoffrey Boycott's unbeaten innings of 246 runs is fourth, Ian Bell's innings of 235 runs is fifth and Virat Kohli's innings of 235 runs is sixth. The highest score of an Indian in Tests on England soil is 221 runs, which was scored by Gavaskar. Dravid is second with 217 runs and Sachin Tendulkar is third with 193 runs.
| Player | Highest Score |
|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | 333 |
| Karun Nair | 303* |
| Alastair Cook | 294 |
| Geoffrey Boycott | 246* |
| Ian Bell | 235 |
| Virat Kohli | 235 |
The record of scoring the highest average in Tests between India and England (among batsmen who have scored at least 1500 runs) is not in the name of any Englishman, but in the name of India's 'Wall'. Rahul Dravid has scored the highest average in India-England Tests. His average is 60.93. At the same time, Kevin Pietersen is at number two in this list. His average is 58.55. After this comes Joe Root with an average of 58.08, Graham Gooch with an average of 55.64 and Sachin Tendulkar with an average of 51.73. Root is the only active player among the top five batsmen with the highest average in India-England Tests.
| Batsmen | Batting average |
|---|---|
| Rahul Dravid | 60.93 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 58.55 |
| Joe Root | 58.08 |
| Graham Gooch | 55.64 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 51.73 |
| Player | Highest Score |
|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | 221 |
| Rahul Dravid | 217 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 193 |
| Ravi Shastri | 187 |
| Captain | Match | Won | Lost | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Kapil Dev | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rahul Dravid | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ajit Wadekar | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| MS Dhoni | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
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India may not have won any Test series in England after 2007, but Virat Kohli is at the top in terms of the most successful Indian captain in that country. Under Kohli's captaincy, India played nine Tests in England and won three of them. India lost five Tests, while one Test was drawn. On the other hand, after Kohli comes Kapil Dev and Rahul Dravid. Under Kapil's captaincy, India won two out of three Tests in England and one Test was drawn. Rahul Dravid has captained only three Tests in England and won one, while two were drawn. Dravid captained during the three-match series in 2007 and India won that series 1-0.
| Players | Matches | Runs | Average | Centuries | Fifties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Root (England) | 30 | 2846 | 58.08 | 10 | 11 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 32 | 2535 | 51.73 | 7 | 13 |
| Sunil Gavaskar (India) | 38 | 2483 | 38.20 | 4 | 16 |
| Alastair Cook (England) | 30 | 2431 | 47.66 | 7 | 9 |
| Virat Kohli (India) | 28 | 1991 | 42.36 | 5 | 9 |
| Rahul Dravid (India) | 21 | 1950 | 60.93 | 7 | 8 |
Talking about the batsmen who have scored the most runs in Tests between India and England, Joe Root is at the top of the list. He has scored the most runs (2846 runs in 55 innings of 30 matches) against India in the match between the two countries. During this, his average has been 58.08. These include 10 centuries and 11 half-centuries. At the same time, Sachin Tendulkar is at number two. He has scored 2535 runs in 53 innings of 32 matches against England. During this, his average was 51.73. Tendulkar scored seven centuries and 13 half-centuries. Sunil Gavaskar is third with 2483 runs, Alastair Cook is fourth with 2431 runs and Virat Kohli is at number five with 1991 runs. At the same time, Sachin is at the top with 1575 runs among the Indians who have scored the most runs on England soil. Rahul Dravid is second with 1376 runs, while Gavaskar is third with 1152 runs.
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At the same time, if we talk about the players who have hit the most sixes in Tests between India and England, then Yashasvi Jaiswal is at the top. He has hit 26 sixes in just nine innings against England. Not only this, Yashasvi has also scored two double centuries against the English team. The great Ian Botham is at number two in this list. Botham has hit 24 sixes against India. Rishabh Pant and Kapil Dev are jointly at third place with 21-21 sixes.
| Players | Sixes |
|---|---|
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 26 |
| Ian Botham | 24 |
| Rishabh Pant | 21 |
| Kapil Dev | 21 |
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