India vs England 2021, 2nd Test: Stats Preview

The hosts India and the visitors England will now meet in the second game of the four-match Test series at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai) from Saturday (13th February) morning.

Currently, the visitors England are leading this Test series by the 1-0 margin after winning the first Test of this series by 227 runs at Chennai. While another victory will save the visitors in this Test series, the hosts can’t afford another defeat in terms of winning this Test series.

India vs England 2021, 2nd Test: Stats Preview

Venue stats (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai)

Average totals in overall and each Test innings at this venue

Test records at this venue

Teams’ Stats

India vs England: Head-to-Head Test records

• England have won all the last three Tests against India. Last time, India beat England in the Test cricket in August 2018 at Nottingham.

Forms in last 5 Tests

• England are unbeaten in their last eight Tests, where they won six matches and drew twice. Last time, they suffered a Test defeat against West Indies at Southampton in July 2020.

Players’ stats

(India)

Virat Kohli – 12000 international runs as a captain

i) Virat Kohli has already scored 11894 international runs as a captain. Adding 106 more runs, Kohli will become the first Indian and third overall captain to score 12000 international runs. The other two names in this list are Ricky Ponting (15440 runs) and Graeme Smith (14878 runs)

Ravichandran Ashwin – 2nd most Test wicket-taker for India at home

i) Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (263 wickets) needs three more wickets to surpass another veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (265 wickets) and become the second most Test wicket-taker as an Indian bowler at home. Legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble is leading this list with 350 Test wickets at home.

– 350 international wickets at home

ii) Ravichandran Ashwin (347 wickets) needs three more wickets to complete his 350 international wickets at home. After Anil Kumble (476 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh (376 wickets), Ashwin will be the third Indian bowler to take 350 international wickets at home.

(England)

Joe Root – most international runs as an English batsman outside the home soil

James Anderson – 900 international wickets

i) The right-arm pacer James Anderson has already picked up 898 international wickets. With two more wickets, he will become the first English bowler and sixth overall bowler to claim 900 international wickets.

Stuart Broad – 100 international wickets against India

i) Another experienced right-arm pacer Stuart Broad has taken 96 international wickets against the Indian team. With four wickets, he will become the second English bowler, after James Anderson (155 wickets), to claim 100 international wickets against Men in Blue.