The first day of the fourth Test saw quite a few records tumble as India were "Broadsided". Here are a few statistical highlights from what has transpired at Old Trafford so far...
M.S. Dhoni has now posted eleven fifties against England — the most number of half centuries by any batsman against any opponent without recording a hundred. South Africa’s Dave Nourse had registered ten fifties against England.
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Dhoni is the eighth wicketkeeper batsman to amass 1,000 runs in Tests against England — his tally being 1,048 (at an average of 32.75) in 20 Tests. Rodney Marsh (Australia) had managed 1633 (at an average of 27.21) in 42 Tests — a record by a wicketkeeper batsman against England.
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Stuart Broad’s figures of six for 25 are the third best by an England bowler against India at Old Trafford, next only to Fred Trueman’s 8 for 31 in 1952 and Alec Bedser’s 7 for 52 in 1946.
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Broad has registered his best bowling figures in a Test innings against India, eclipsing his previous record of 6 for 46 at Nottingham (2011). His figures are his third best in Tests, next only to 7 for 44 against New Zealand at Lord’s (2013) and 7 for 72 against West Indies at Lord’s (2012).
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India (152) have recorded their third-lowest completed innings total against England at Old Trafford — the lowest is 58 and 82 in 1952.
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Murali Vijay has posted his second duck in Tests — his first against England.
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Cheteshwar Pujara has recorded his first duck in 39 innings.
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Virat Kohli has posted two ducks for the first time in a Test series.
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For the second time in India’s Test history, three batsmen out of the top four have been dismissed without scoring — the first occasion being in the second innings of the Leeds Test in 1952.
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Four wickets down for just eight runs is India’s third worst score — the worst being without any score on the board in the second innings against England at Headingley in 1952 and six runs in the first innings against England at The Oval in 1952.
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Four out of the top seven batsmen have been dismissed without scoring for the second time in India’s Test history — the first occasion being in India’s innings of 165 against England at Leeds in 1952.
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Dhoni, with his seventh half century in England, has emulated a record for most fifties by a wicketkeeper against England in Tests in England. South Africa’s John Waite had also posted seven against England in England.
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Dhoni’s 71 off 133 balls is his 32nd half century in Tests. He has become the first Indian captain to record five fifties in Tests in England, bettering Sourav Ganguly’s four.
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Six batsmen have registered ducks for the fourth time in a Test innings — the first three instances were Pakistan against West Indies at Karachi in 1980-81; South Africa against India at Ahmedabad in 1996-97 and Bangladesh against West Indies at Dhaka in 2002-03.
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Ravindra Jadeja has recorded his second duck in Tests — both overseas — one each against South Africa and England.
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Ravichandran Ashwin registered a strike rate of 95.23 during his innings of 40 off 42 balls — the sixth highest by an Indian number-eight batsman outside Asia — the highest being Kapil Dev’s 161.81 during his outstanding knock of 89 off 55 balls at Lord’s in 1982.
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James Anderson has set a record for bowling most balls for England in Tests — 21,910, overtaking Derek Underwood’s tally of 21,862 balls.
