India vs England – Jaiswal and India break six records

The India opener equaled Wasim Akram's world record of 12 sixes in a Test innings

Sampath Bandarupally

The 12 sixes that Yashasvi Jaiswal hit during his double century was a record-equalling effort Getty Images

12 – Number of sixes in Yashasvi Jaiswal's unbeaten 214 against England in Rajkot, which equaled Wasim Akram's record for the most number of sixes in a Test innings.

1 – Jaiswal is the first Indian batsman – and seventh overall – to convert his first three Test hundreds into 150-plus scores (171, 209, 214*).

22 years 49 days – Omar Jaiswal on debut in Rajkot Test, making him the third youngest player to score a double ton in Test cricket. Vinod Kambli did it when he was 21 years and 54 days, while Don Bradman was 21 years and 318 days.

3 – Indian batsmen with double centuries in successive Tests, including Jaiswal against England. Kambli scored a hundred in back-to-back Tests against England and Zimbabwe in 1993, while Virat Kohli did it against Sri Lanka in 2017.

28 The number of sixes India hit against England in Rajkot is the most By any team In a test match. They smashed their record 27 sixes against South Africa in the 2019 Vizag Test. Eighteen of their 28 came in the second innings, the second most in a Test innings after New Zealand's 22 against Pakistan in the 2014 Sharjah Test.

48 – Six for India so far in this series against England Most For any team in a series, going past 47 sixes against South Africa in 2019. Twenty-two of those 48 came off Jaiswal's bat, Mostly by mixture In a Test series, Rohit Sharma passed No. 19 against South Africa in 2019.

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4 – India batted for over 50 runs in both innings on their men's Test debut, including Sarfaraz Khan in Rajkot. Dilawar Hussain against England in 1934, Sunil Gavaskar against West Indies in 1971, and Shreyas Iyer against New Zealand in 2021 had two scores of over 50 on debut. Sarfaraz's strike rate (94.2) is the highest ever among 43 batsmen with a score of over fifty on debut in men's Tests (where ball-faced data is available).

2009 – The previous example of team registration 400 plus totals In both innings of a Test match – India vs Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. Overall, this was only the 11th time that a team had scored more than 400 runs in both innings of a Test.

6.53 – Operating rate during the partnership between Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Seventh highest For any stand involving more than 150 balls in men's Tests (where data is available). that it higher And the longest partnership recorded with more than one run with the ball for India in men's Tests.

557 – The goal set by India in Rajkot is Second highest For them in Test cricket, behind 617 against New Zealand in the 2009 Wellington Test.

434 – India's margin of victory in Rajkot is its largest in Test cricket. Their previous biggest win was 372 runs against New Zealand at Wankhede in 2021. This is also the eighth-biggest win ever in Test cricket and the second-biggest by anyone against England, after Australia's 562-run win in 1934 at The Oval.

9 – Best Player of the Match award for Ravindra Jadeja Home tests – Most for an Indian, the equivalent of Anil Kumble. Since its first appearance in December 2012No other player has won as many Player of the Match awards in home Tests as Jadeja. Jadeja has won 10 Player of the Match awards in Test cricket overall – The third subscriber is more For India in the format behind Sachin Tendulkar (14) and Rahul Dravid (11).

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2 – Instances of a century and a five-wicket haul In the same test By Jadeja – He had done it against Sri Lanka in Mohali in 2022 before this match. Only Ian Botham (5) and R Ashwin (3) have scored this double more than Jadeja in Test cricket, while Gary Sobers, Mushtaq Mohammed, Jacques Kallis and Shakib Al Hasan have also done so twice.

11 – Test hundreds for Rohit Sharma – all of them came in the winning cause. No other player has ten or more hundreds in this format and each of them comes out victorious. Travis Head (7), Warwick Armstrong (6), Darren Lehmann (5) and Ollie Pope (5) are the other players with five or more Test hundreds and they have all achieved wins.

122 England's total in Rajkot is the lowest in Tests Under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum. Their previous lowest (apart from minor chases) was 141 in the first innings of the Lord's Test against New Zealand in 2022, which was the first of 21 Tests they played under the Stokes-McCullum duo.

33 – Test victories for India against England – the most for them Which teamsurpassing his 32 victories over Australia. Twenty-four of England's 33 victories have come at home, also the most The house wins the test for India against any team, passing 23 against Australia.

Sampath Bandarupally is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo

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