0.2 India’s win-loss ratio (1 wins, 5 defeat) at The Oval. Their only win here was also their first on English soil, in 1971.
0.222 India’s win-loss ratio (8 wins, 36 defeats) on English soil, the worst for any team to have played 5 Test matches.
0.612 India’s win-loss ratio (30 wins, 49 defeats) against England, their worst against any country.
1 wicket needed by Ishant Sharma (311) to go past Zaheer Khan (311) and become the fifth-highest wicket-taker for India.
1 catch needed by James Anderson (99) to become the 10th English non-wicketkeeper to hold 100 catches.
1.954 England’s win-loss ratio (43 wins, 22 defeats) at The Oval, their third best at any home venue with a 10-match cut-off. Only at Edgbaston (2.8) and Old Trafford (2.066) do they have better ratios.
2 uncapped players in the Indian squad – Abhimanyu Easwaran and Prasidh Krishna. One of them may become their 303rd Test cricketer.
2 wickets needed by Umesh Yadav (148) to become the 16th Indian to take 150 wickets.
2 catches needed by K.L. Rahul (48) to become the 16th Indian non-wicketkeeper to hold 50 catches.
3 wickets needed by Jasprit Bumrah (97) to become the 23rd Indian to take 100 wickets.
3 wickets needed by Sam Curran (47) to become the 89th England bowler to take 50 wickets.
3 catches needed by Ajinkya Rahane (97) to become the 6th Indian non-wicketkeeper to take 100 catches. Virat Kohli has 95.
5 wickets needed by Mohammed Shami (195) to become the 11th Indian and fifth Indian fast bowler to take 200 wickets.
5 wickets needed by R. Ashwin (413) to go past Harbhajan Singh (417) and become the third-highest wicket-taker for India, after Anil Kumble (619) and Kapil Dev (434).
5 hundreds for Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara against England, the same as Dilip Vengsarkar. Among Indians, they are behind only Rahul Dravid (7), Sachin Tendulkar (7), and Mohammad Azharuddin (6).
5 five-wicket hauls for Anderson against India, the second most for England. Only Nathan Lyon (7), Muttiah Muralitharan (7), Imran Khan (6), Malcolm Marshall (6), and Ian Botham (6) have more five-fors against India.
6 five-wicket hauls for Ashwin against England. Among Indians, only Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (8) has more.
6 dismissals needed by Rishabh Pant (86 catches, 8 stumpings) to become the sixth Indian wicketkeeper to effect 100 dismissals.
8 hundreds for Joe Root against India, the joint most in the world. Garry Sobers, Viv Richards, Ricky Ponting, and Steven Smith also have 8 hundreds each.
8 wickets needed by Ashwin (88) to go past Chandra (95) and become the leading wicket-taker for India against England. Kumble has 92.
18 fifty-plus scores for Root against India, the most for England against India. Root needs one to catch up with Clive Lloyd (19) and Javed Miandad (19) and two to go past them and join Ponting (20).
23 hundreds for Root, the joint second most for England. Kevin Pietersen also has 23. However, Cook (33) is some distance ahead.
30 wins for India against England, their joint most against any country. India have also won 30 Test matches against Australia.
49 wins for England against India, their fourth most against any country. England have more wins against Australia (110), South Africa (64), and West Indies (51).
51 wickets for Ishant in England, the joint most by an Indian bowler in one overseas country. Kapil also has 51 wickets in Australia.
91 runs needed by Rohit Sharma (2,909) to become the 23rd Indian to reach 3,000 runs.
118 runs needed by Ollie Pope (882) to become the 106th to reach 1,000 runs for England.
136 runs needed by Root (2,296) to go past Cook (2,431) and become England’s highest run-scorer against India. Sachin Tendulkar has 2,535 runs against England, while Sunil Gavaskar has 2,483.
311 wickets for Ishant Sharma, the same as Zaheer Khan. They are the joint fifth highest wicket-takers for India.