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The rescheduled 5th Test match between England and India will be played in Edgbaston, Birmingham from 1 July 2022. The hosts England are trailing the Test series by a margin of 1-2 after first four matches and unfortunately 5th Test got postponed indefinitely due to the COVID outbreak in the Indian camp. India were on brink of winning a Test series on England soil for first time after 2007.
Looking at the new English side under Brendon McCullum they have played aggressive brand of cricket to whitewash New Zealand by 3-0 margin and going forward would look to continue the same momentum against India. Indian team will be unfortunately missing the services of both their openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma who were instrumental in those two Test wins for India in 2021.
Numbers and stats before start of ENG vs IND 5th Test:
0 - India has never won a Test match at Edgbaston so far.
Indian team Test results at Edgbaston, Birmingham (all matches against England):
- Lost by 132 runs in 1967
- Lost by inns & 78 runs in 1974
- Lost by inns & 83 runs in 1979
- Draw in 1986
- Lost by 8 wickets in 1996
- Lost by inns & 242 runs in 2011
- Lost by 31 runs in 2018
1 - England need 1 more win to become the first team to complete 50 Test wins against India.
3 - Stuart Broad needs 1 more wicket to become 3rd pace bowler after Glenn McGrath and James Anderson to take 550 wickets in Test cricket.
4 - Virat Kohli needs 55 more runs to become 4th Indian player to complete 1000 Test runs against England on England soil.
Most runs in Test cricket vs England on England soil:
Sachin Tendulkar - 1575
Rahul Dravid - 1376
Sunil Gavaskar - 1152
Dilip Vengsarkar - 960
Virat Kohli - 945
6 - For first time in international cricket Indian team will be using six captains in a calendar year.
Players to Captain India men's team in 2022 at international level:
KL Rahul
Virat Kohli
Rohit Sharma
Rishabh Pant
Hardik Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah
Overall Jasprit Bumrah will be 36th player to captain India men's team in Test cricket. After Kapil Dev (in 1987) a pacer will be captaining India men's team in Test cricket.
10 - James Anderson needs to take 1 more catch to become 10th English player to have 100 catches as fielder in Test cricket.
11 - Ravichandran Ashwin has dismissed the England skipper Ben Stokes 11 times in Test cricket.
Batsman to be dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin most times in Test cricket:
Ben Stokes - 11
David Warner - 10
Alastair Cook - 9
79 - Joe Root needs 79 more runs to become highest run-scorer for England against India in Test cricket.
Most runs vs India in Test cricket:
Ricky Ponting - 2555
Alastair Cook - 2431
Joe Root - 2353
80 - Rishabh Pant needs 80 more runs to complete 2000 runs in Test cricket.