India’s summer tour was a memorable series in Engvsind England. This was the first time that two Tests in a series were decided by a margin of less than 25 runs. It was just the fourth series in the 27th five-match series of the 21st century, with all the five Tests, the game lasted till the fifth day. Finally, the draw of 2–2 left both teams with mixed spirit.
Looking at the figures shows that the two teams were difficult to separate, whether it is batting or bowling. England had an average of 37.57 with the bat, while India was slightly better 39.77. England took 88 wickets, with an average of 41.84 runs per wicket, while India took 84 wickets at an average of 38.38. However, there were many different aspects that benefited every team at different times in the series. Here a look at the figures that establish the difference between the two teams.
- Scoring pattern defined the series
It was another series that confirmed the change in the nature of Test pitches in England. Instead of being suited to bowling, helping batsmen make big scores. A total of 6736 runs were scored, which is the second highest in any series, and is just 20 runs less than the 1993 Ashes.
A total of 19 centuries also took place, which have been the highest since 1998, since all the partnership figures have been available. 21 centuries were scored, which is the highest jointly with the West Indies tour of Australia in 1955. If Harry Brook had not been out at 99 in Leeds, it would have been a record.
India scored 12 centuries, which are the highest for him in a series, while England scored nine centuries. Interestingly, his success methods were different.
England looked the strongest until the first wicket fell. Their opening pair averaged 65.44, while India had 34.10. India lost the first wicket within the first 10 overs in their first innings eight times out of 10. England did this only five times in their nine innings.
In addition, Ben Docket and Jack Crolya scored at the rate of 4.34 runs per over, while India scored at the rate of 3.36 in this phase. Although India’s opening pair KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal together scored four centuries, the opening pair of Docket and Croley were more aggressive.
However, India hurt England more in the middle order, where their average from number 4 to 6 was 65.66, while the hosts had an average of 51.26. Joe Root scored more than 500 runs in the third series against India, while Shubman Gill overtook him with a record-spear score of 754 runs, which is the highest run for an Indian captain in a series.
India also won in the position of number 5. Harry Brook’s average was 55.66, but India’s number one batsman Rishabh Pant had an average of 68.42 in four matches. But the biggest difference of the series – or the most frequent contributing player – was Ravindra Jadeja.
Jadeja, batting at number 6 or 7, scored 516 runs in the series. He had the highest number of 50+ scores (seven) and he became just the sixth batsman to score more than 500 runs in a series while batting at number 6 or 7. In these five Tests, he was dismissed only once in the second innings.
- Hard work for bowlers
The record-breaking series for the batsmen means hard work for the bowlers. 1860.4 overs were thrown in the series, the highest for any series in England in the 21st century. 14 times the team scored a total score of 350+ and 14 times an innings lasted for more than 80 overs – both are a record for any Test series.
England was in the fray up to 1052 overs, the highest overs thrown by him in a series since 2000. This was just the second time he threw more than 1000 overs in a series, before the 2017/18 Ashes tour. His captain Ben Stokes accepted the challenge and threw 140 overs, which is the highest overs thrown by him in a series despite not playing due to injury in the fifth Test.
In comparison, India threw 808.4 overs in the series for its 84 wickets, due to a much better bowling strike rate of 57.7, which was 14 balls less than the hosts. Indian fast bowlers had a strike rate of 50.7 for 70 wickets. This is now the second best bowling strike rate for India’s fast bowlers in the five -match foreign Test series – which is the second best in the 2024/25 season after 41.8 in a more bowling border -gavaskar trophy.
Mohammad Siraj had a big hand in this. Playing all five Tests, Siraj bowled 1113 balls in the series, who became the second bowler to throw more than 1000 balls in the series with Chris Woakes. He was also the most taking the most wickets with 23 wickets, which came at the rate of 48.3 balls per wicket. This is the best bowling strike rate that has been in an Indian fast bowler’s foreign series (at least 1000 balls have been thrown).
- Catch out on big occasions
The series also topped the case of the most missed catches. A total of 41 catches were missed, which is the highest in any series (since 2018) since the ball-by-ball figures were available. Both teams have also made credibility to quit the catch. Three of the top four series in terms of the most discarded catches are between India and England, two of which took place when India visited England in 2021/22 (37) and 2018 (32).
On this tour, India lost 23 opportunities, which are the highest for him in a series – seven more than touring Australia in 2018/19.
- Poor review
In this series, the decisions of the umpire were challenged by both teams 63 times, of which 44 reviews were unsuccessful. In this way, 69.8% reviews were ruined, showing that the umpires gave most correct decisions. India took 24 unsuccessful reviews (including the decisions of umpire calls on LBW appeals), which are the third highest number of for them in a series.
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However, like a drop catch, the number of failed reviews of India has also increased in every series in England, starting from the 2018 tour, while England’s review has improved. When it comes to reviewing LBW decisions while singing, both the teams in these five Test matches were reversed only twice.
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