
710 At Edgbaston To 669 In Manchester: England's Highest Totals In Tests Against India
Joe Root and Ben Stokes scored centuries for England in the first innings of the ongoing fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against India to help them post a total of 669 runs. The total of 669 runs by the English team in the first innings at Old Trafford is their second-highest total against India in the five-day format of the game.
Root faced 248 balls during his stay at the crease and with the help of 14 fours scored 150 runs whereas Stokes smashed 11 fours and 3 sixes during his 198-ball 141 run knock.
TOTAL OVERS ENG CAPTAIN IND CAPTAIN RESULT VENUE YEAR
710/7 (dec) 188.1 Alastair Cook MS Dhoni Won Birmingham 2011
669 157.1 Ben Stokes Shubman Gill Won Manchester 2025
653/4 (dec) 162 Graham Gooch Mohammad Azharuddin Won Lord's 1990
652/7 (dec) 175 David Gower Sunil Gavaskar Won Chennai 1985
633/5 (dec) 165.2 Mike Brearley Srinivas Venkataraghavan Won Birmingham 1979
629 182.5 Mike Denness Ajit Wadekar Won Lord's 1974
617 144.5 Nasser Hussain Sourav Ganguly Draw Nottingham 2002
For the hosts, openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley also scored 94 and 84 runs, respectively, and No. 3 batter Ollie Pope amassed a total of 71 runs from 128 balls.
For India, Ravindra Jadeja picked up 4 wickets for 143 runs in his quota of 37.1 overs, and two English batters each were sent back to the pavilion by world No. 1 Test bowler Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar.
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- Indian Express
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