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India being invited to bat first posted a huge total of 416 runs on board with the help of stunning knocks from both Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja while skipper Jasprit Bumrah also played an unexpected cameo, smashing 35 runs off an over bowled by Stuart Broad. Among England bowlers James Anderson impressed everyone with a five-wicket haul and he was well supported by Matty Potts at the other end.
England top order batting have failed once again, currently at 84/5 in 2nd innings of the game. Indian skipper Jasprit Bumrah impressed everyone with the ball as well by dismissing top 3 batters of the English team while Mohammed Siraj picked the key wicket of Joe Root to put India in a dominating position.
Day 3 of Test match promises to be a great thriller and England fans will be hoping for some miracle from Bairstow and Stokes to redeem their team in this tough situation.
Numbers and stats from ENG vs IND 5th Test (Day 1 & 2):
2 - Rishabh Pant became first visiting wicket-keeper batsman to smash 2 Test centuries on England soil.
3 - 3 Indian players have made their Test captaincy debut in 2022.
Most players making captaincy debut in a calendar year for India in Test cricket:
4 in 1959
3 in 1955
3 in 2022
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah are the ones to make Test captaincy debut in 2022 so far.
3 - Ravindra Jadeja has smashed 3 Test centuries for India.
Most centuries for India in Test cricket while batting at number 7 (or) below:
Kapil Dev - 7
MS Dhoni - 4
Ravi Ashwin / Ravindra Jadeja - 3
4 - Rishabh Pant became 4th Indian wicket-keeper batsman after Farokh Engineer, Syed Kirmani and MS Dhoni to smash more than 2000 runs in Test cricket.
5 - Rishabh Pant has smashed 5 centuries in Test cricket. Coincidentally all of his five Test centuries have come in last match of the series only.
Note:- Since Rishabh Pant's debut, only Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have managed to smash same number (5) of Test centuries for India.
6 - Jasprit Bumrah became 6th Indian pacer to take 50 wickets against England in international cricket.
Most wickets by an Indian pacer vs England in international cricket:
Kapil Dev - 113
Ishant Sharma - 79
Zaheer Khan - 69
Mohammed Shami - 62
Javagal Srinath - 52
Jasprit Bumrah - 50
12 - Cheteshwar Pujara has been dismissed by James Anderson 12 times in Test cricket.
Batsman to be dismissed most times by James Anderson in Test cricket:
Cheteshwar Pujara - 12
Peter Siddle - 11
David Warner - 10
29 - Jasprit Bumrah has smashed 29 runs off an over bowled by Stuart Broad.
Most runs by a batsman in an over of a Test match:
Jasprit Bumrah - 29 vs Stuart Broad, 2022
Brian Lara - 28 vs Robin Peterson, 2003
George bailey - 28 vs James Anderson, 2013
Shahid Afridi - 27 vs Harbhajan Singh, 2006
Stuart Broad's 35 run over is the most expensive over in Test cricket history.
39 - James Anderson at the age of 39 years & 337 days took another five-wicket haul in Test cricket.
Oldest pace bowler to take five-wicket haul in Test cricket:
Sydney Barnes - 40 yrs & 304 days vs SA in Durban, 1914
Geoff Chubb - 40 yrs & 86 days vs ENG in Manchester, 1951
James Anderson - 39 yrs & 337 days vs IND at Edgbaston, 2022
89 - Rishabh Pant completed his Test century from just 89 balls.
Fastest century for an Indian batsman in Test cricket outside Asia:
Virender Sehwag - 78 balls vs WI at Gros Islet, 2006
Mohammad Azharuddin - 87 balls vs ENG at Lord's, 1990
Rishabh Pant - 89 balls vs ENG at Edgbaston, 2022
100 - James Anderson became first bowler to take more than 100 Test wickets against an opponent team on their home soil.
Most wickets against an opponent in Test cricket on their home soil:
James Anderson - 104 vs India
Harbhajan Singh - 86 vs Australia
Stuart Broad - 84 vs Australia
100 - Rishabh Pant became youngest Indian player to complete 100 sixes in international cricket.
146 - Rishabh Pant smashed 146 runs in the 1st innings of the Test match.
Highest score by a visiting wicket-keeper batsman on England soil:
Clyde Walcott - 168* at Lord's, 1950
Adam Gilchrist - 152 at Edgbaston, 2001
Rishabh Pant - 146 at Edgbaston, 2022
222 - Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja had a 222-run partnership for 6th wicket.
Highest 6th wicket partnership in Test cricket on England soil:
David Holford-Garry Sobers: 274* vs ENG at Lord's, 1966
Rishabh Pant-Ravindra Jadeja: 222 vs ENG at Edgbaston, 2022
Joe Hardstaff-Leonard Hutton: 215 vs AUS at The Oval, 1938
Geoff Boycott-Alan Knott: 215 vs AUS in Nottingham, 1977
Gerry Gomez-Clyde Walcott: 211 vs ENG at Lord's, 1950
Highest 6th wicket partnership for India in Test cricket:
Ravi Shastri-Dilip Vengsarkar: 298* vs AUS at Wankhede, 1986
Mohammad Azharuddin-Kapil Dev: 272 vs SL in Kanpur, 1986
MS Dhoni-Rahul Dravid: 224 vs SL in Ahmedabad, 2009
Mohammad Azharuddin-Sachin Tendulkar: 222 vs SA in Cape Town, 1997
Rishabh Pant-Ravindra Jadeja: 222 vs ENG at Edgbaston, 2022