India vs England 2021, 1st Test: Stats Preview

From Friday (5th February) morning, the hosts India will fight against the visitors England in the opening match of the four-match Test series at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). This Test series is a part of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship.

It will be the first international cricket match in India since January 2020 and first Test match in India since November 2019.

Meanwhile, India and England will face each other for the first time in international cricket since their meeting in the League stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Birmingham on 30th June 2019. On the other hand, last time, they met in Test cricket at The Oval in September 2018.

India vs England 2021, 1st Test: Stats Preview

Venue stats (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai)

Average totals in overall and each Test innings at this venue

Overall
Overall	1st innings	2nd innings	3rd innings	4th innings
297.06	343.68	369.07	250.38	160.59
In last five Tests
Overall	1st innings	2nd innings	3rd innings	4th innings
373.33	376	549.75	272.50	218.50

Test records at this venue

Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	Win%
India	32	14	6	1	11	43.75
England	9	3	5	0	1	33.33

• Last time, India suffered a Test defeat at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai) in January 1999, when Pakistan won by 12 runs. Since then, they have played eight Tests at this venue where they won five Tests and drew the other three matches.

Teams’ Stats

India vs England: Head-to-Head Test records

Stats	Total Tests	India Won	England Won	Tied	Draw
In the last 10 Tests	10	5	4	0	1
In last 5 Tests in India	5	4	0	0	1

• Since March 2017, India are unbeaten in 14 home Tests – 11 won and 3 drew. Last time, they suffered a home Test defeat against Australia at Pune in February 2017.
• India are currently running with the 8-match winning streak in home Tests, starting from June 2018.
• England have won all their last five Tests in Asia, all in Sri Lanka.

Players’ stats

(India)

Virat Kohli – 4th most run-scorer as a Test captain

i) As an Indian captain, Virat Kohli has scored 5220 Test runs. By scoring 14 more runs as a Test captain, Kohli will surpass former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, who scored 5233 runs as a Test captain, and become the fourth most run-scorer as a Test captain. The other top three captains names in this list are Graeme Smith (South Africa/ICC World XI) with 8659 Test runs, Allan Border (Australia) with 6623 Test runs and Ricky Ponting (Australia) with 6542 Test runs.

(England)

Joe Root – 100th Test match

i) English Test captain Joe Root will play his 100th game in Test career. He will be the 15th English cricketer to appear in 100 Test matches.

– most international runs for England at away venues

i) Joe Root has already scored 6510 international runs at away venues (only home venues of opposition). Scoring 104 more runs, Root will surpass Sir Alastair Cook (6613 runs) and become the most international run-scorer for England at away venues.