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India v England: The key stats ahead of the fourth Test in Mumbai

Adil Rashid (L) has emerged as England's premier spinner (Credit: AFP)
Image: Adil Rashid (L) has emerged as England's premier spinner (Credit: AFP)

From Shaun Udal to Sir Ian Botham, via Keaton Jennings; Sky Sports' Benedict Bermange has all the key stats ahead of the fourth Test between India and England in Mumbai, live on Sky Sports 2 from 3.30am on Thursday...

It has been level pegging for India and England in previous Tests at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, with three wins apiece and a draw in their seven meetings.

England have won on their their last two Test visits - in 2006 when Shaun Udal starred, and 2012 where 19 wickets were shared by Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar. England's other win came in the 1980 Golden Jubilee Test in which Ian Botham scored 114 and took thirteen wickets.

Shaun Udal took 4-14 as England won by 212 runs
Image: Shaun Udal took 4-14 as England won by 212 runs in Mumbai in 2006

The last Test at the ground was in November 2013, and it was over inside three days, with India beating the West Indies by an innings and 126 runs in Sachin Tendulkar's final game.

Since losing to Sri Lanka in Galle last August, India have not tasted defeat in their last 16 Tests, winning 12 and drawing the other four. They are now just one short of equalling their own unbeaten record of 17 games without a loss, set between 1985 and 1987.

The only time England has managed to draw a Test series having been 2-0 was in the Caribbean in 1954 when they lost the first two Tests and then won two of the last three.

Keaton Jennings nets with England ahead of his possible Test debut in Mumbai (Credit: AFP)
Image: Keaton Jennings nets with England ahead of his Test debut in Mumbai (Credit: AFP)

Keaton Jennings will become Alastair Cook's 14th different opening partner. After opening in 117 innings with Andrew Strauss, Cook hasn't had a more permanent partner at the top of the order than the 20 times he has walked out with Alex Hales.

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Cook needs 66 more runs to become the tenth batsman to reach 11,000 in Test cricket. On day one he will be 31 years 349 days old, more than two years younger than the current youngest to reach that landmark.

Most opening partners in Tests

Batsman No. of Partners
Sunil Gavaskar 19
Graham Gooch 18
Len Hutton 18
Saeed Anwar 18
Geoffrey Boycott 16
Roy Fredericks 15
Chris Gayle 14
John Edrich 14
Michael Atherton 14
Alastair Cook 14

Adil Rashid is the leading wicket-taker in the series so far, with a bowling average and strike rate better than both Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.

Series leading wicket-taker

Player Wickets Average Strike-rate
Adil Rashid 18 28.66 49.00
Ravichandran Ashwin 15 31.53 69.40
Ravindra Jadeja 10 34.60 96.60

Jonny Bairstow's batting average is nearly twice as high when keeping wicket than otherwise, and only three men have ever scored more than 1,000 runs at an average of more than fifty while keeping wicket in Test cricket - AB de Villiers (57.41) and Andy Flower (53.70).

Moeen Ali needs five wickets to become just the ninth England player to achieve the 1,500 run and 100 wicket double in Test cricket. Mumbai will be his 36th Test, so he would be the second-fastest of those to get there.

Fastest to 1,500 run & 100 wicket double

Name Matches
Ian Botham 30
Tony Greig 37
Andrew Flintoff 43
Wilfred Rhodes 44
Trevor Bailey 47
Stuart Broad 47
Ray Illingworth 52
John Emburey 60

The only player faster than Botham for any country was Shakib Al Hasan who took 28 matches for Bangladesh.

Live Test Cricket

Watch day one of the fourth Test between India and England, in Mumbai, live on Sky Sports 2 from 3.30am on Thursday.