On Sunday, the hosts England secured the five-match Test series against the visitors India after winning the fourth Test at The Rose Bowl (Southampton) by 60 runs. After the end of the match, England is leading by 3-1 and one Test to go.

England skipper Joe Root decided to bat first after winning the toss on day one. England was bundled out for 246 runs while India managed the 27-run first innings lead after managing to score 273 runs in their first innings, thanks to Cheteshwar Pujara’s (132*) brilliant century.

England was all out on 271 runs in their second innings and put a fighting target of 245 runs in front the visitors. Chasing down that target, the Indian team was bowled out for just 184 runs and lost their final hopes.

Brief Scores: England – 246 (Sam Curran 78, Moeen Ali 40; Jasprit Bumrah 3/46) & 271 (Jos Buttler 69, Joe Root 48; Mohammed Shami 4/57)

India – 273 (Cheteshwar Pujara 132*, Virat Kohli 46; Moeen Ali 5/63) & 184 (Virat Kohli 58, Ajinkya Rahane 51; Moeen Ali 4/71)

Result – England won by 60 runs

Some important stats of the Trent Bridge Test between England and India

i) Leading the Indian cricket team Test side for the 39th time, it is the first time when Indian skipper Virat Kohli unchanged his playing XI from its previous Test.

• Kohli is now holding the second-highest record of changing the playing XI for most consecutive Tests. While Kohli changed his playing XI for consecutive first 38 Tests, he finished just below of the former South African skipper Graeme Smith’s record who changed his playing XI for consecutive 43 Tests.

ii) Five Indian bowlers (Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Hardik Pandya) have claimed ten or more wickets each in the ongoing Test series.

• First time ever in Indian cricket history when more than four Indian bowlers have claimed ten or more wickets each in a Test series.

Also read: The Day 1 stats of Southampton Test

iii) Playing 119th Test innings during India’s first innings, Indian skipper Virat Kohli completed his 6,000 Test runs.

• The second fastest Indian batsman to complete 6,000 Test runs (according to the number of Test innings) as the legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar is the record holder who had achieved this feat in 117 Test innings.

iv) During India’s first innings, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant scored a duck after facing 29 balls.

• Joint most number of balls faced by an Indian batsman to be dismissed on a duck in a Test innings. Earlier, Irfan Pathan (against Pakistan at Bengaluru in 2005) and Suresh Raina (against England at The Oval in 2011) have claimed this record once each.

Also read: The Day 2 stats of Southampton Test

v) Indian skipper Virat Kohli (4,000 runs) completed 4,000 runs as Test captain.

• First Indian Test skipper and 10th overall Test skipper to score 4,000 or more Test runs in captaincy career.

vi) Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored 58 runs in the fourth innings.

• Highest knock in the fourth innings of a Test match by an Indian skipper on the English soil. The previous record was 51 by Kohli at Birmingham during the first Test of this series.

vii) Indian skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane put a crucial 101-run partnership for the fourth wicket during the fourth innings of this Test match.

• The second-highest fourth-wicket partnership for India in the fourth innings of a Test match outside the home soil. The record is 112* by Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma against New Zealand at Wellington in 2014.

viii) During the fourth innings of this Test match, Indian batsmen added only 61 runs for the last six wickets (5th to 10th).

• Fewest runs added by the last six wickets (5th to 10th) for India in the fourth innings of a Test match on the English soil. The previous fewest was 71 at Manchester in 1974.

Also read: The Day 3 stats of Southampton Test

ix) English off-spinner Moeen Ali had a match bowling figure of 42-4-134-9.

• The best bowling figure in a Test match by an English spinner against India on the English soil. The previous record was 69-11-208-9 by the former off-spinner Graeme Swann at The Oval in 2011.
• In overall venues, it was the fourth best bowling figure in a Test match by an English spinner against India.