England

Rory Burns

Dominic Sibley

Zak Crawley

Joe Root (C)

Jonny Bairstow

Dan Lawrence

Jos Buttler (W)

Sam Curran

Ollie Robinson

Stuart Broad

James Anderson

India

KL Rahul

Rohit Sharma

Cheteshwar Pujara

Virat Kohli (C)

Ajinkya Rahane

Rishabh Pant (W)

Ravindra Jadeja

Shardul Thakur

Jasprit Bumrah

Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Siraj

Adil Usman Rashid

Ben Matthew Duckett

Benjamin Andrew Stokes

Brydon Alexander Carse

Angus Alexander Patrick Atkinson

Harry Cherrington Brook

Jacob Graham Bethell

Jamie Overton

Jamie Luke Smith

Joseph Edward Root

Jofra Chioke Archer

Joseph Charles Buttler

Joshua Charles Tongue

Liam Andrew Dawson

Luke Wood

Mark Andrew Wood

Matthew James Potts

Oliver John Douglas Pope

Philip Dean Salt

Rehan Ahmed

Samuel Matthew Curran

Thomas Banton

William George Jacks

Abhishek Sharma

Arshdeep Singh

Axar Rajeshbhai Patel

Hardik Himanshu Pandya

Harshit Pradeep Rana

Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah

Jitesh Mohan Sharma

Rahul Kannaur Lokesh

Kuldeep Yadav

Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy

Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Sanju Viswanath Samson

Shivam Dube

Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Shubman Singh Gill

Suryakumar Ashok Yadav

Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Virat Kohli

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England vs India Stats

ENG vs IND 1st Test Stats - Nottingham (04 August 2021)

Series Stats

Most Runs

Best Strike Rate

Most 4s

Most 6s

Most Wickets

Joe Root

ENG

737 Runs 5 Matches•9 Inns

Jonny Bairstow

ENG

404 Runs 5 Matches•9 Inns

Rohit Sharma

IND

368 Runs 4 Matches•8 Inns

Rishabh Pant

IND

349 Runs 5 Matches•9 Inns

KL Rahul

IND

315 Runs 4 Matches•8 Inns

Cheteshwar Pujara

IND

306 Runs 5 Matches•10 Inns

Ravindra Jadeja

IND

287 Runs 5 Matches•9 Inns

Virat Kohli

IND

249 Runs 5 Matches•9 Inns

Rory Burns

ENG

183 Runs 4 Matches•7 Inns

Haseeb Hameed

ENG

140 Runs 3 Matches•5 Inns

Jasprit Bumrah

IND

125 Runs 5 Matches•9 Inns

Shardul Thakur

IND

122 Runs 3 Matches•5 Inns

Ajinkya Rahane

IND

109 Runs 4 Matches•7 Inns

Dawid Malan

ENG

106 Runs 2 Matches•3 Inns

Mohammad Shami

IND

104 Runs 4 Matches•7 Inns

737 Runs

5 Matches•9 Inns

404 Runs

5 Matches•9 Inns

368 Runs

4 Matches•8 Inns

349 Runs

5 Matches•9 Inns

315 Runs

4 Matches•8 Inns

306 Runs

5 Matches•10 Inns

287 Runs

5 Matches•9 Inns

249 Runs

5 Matches•9 Inns

183 Runs

4 Matches•7 Inns

140 Runs

3 Matches•5 Inns

125 Runs

5 Matches•9 Inns

122 Runs

3 Matches•5 Inns

109 Runs

4 Matches•7 Inns

106 Runs

2 Matches•3 Inns

104 Runs

4 Matches•7 Inns