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Stats: Rarest of the rare home defeat for India

Deepu Narayanan 
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This was the first occurrence of both Ashwin and Jadeja conceding 100+ runs each in the second innings of a home Test across 51 appearances. ©BCCI

Stat highlights from England's momentous come-from-behind win in Hyderabad.

Rarest of the rare defeat at home for India

3 Instances of India losing a Test match after taking a 100+ first innings lead. Both the previous instances came in away games; they lost by 63 runs to Sri Lanka in Galle in 2015 after a lead of 192 and more recently against England in Edgbaston by seven wickets after leading by 132 runs at the end of first innings. The previous highest first innings lead that ended in an Indian defeat at home came way back in 1964/65 in Chennai when Australia got the better of them by 139 runs after trailing by 65 runs at the halfway mark. This is also the second instance of a side winning in India after conceding a lead of 100+ runs after India against Australia in the famous Kolkata Test of 2001.

Highest first innings lead ending in a defeat for India

LeadAgainstDefeat marginVenueYear
Galle2015SL63 runs192
Hyderabad2024Eng28 runs190
Birmingham2022Eng7 wickets132
Adelaide1992Aus38 runs80
Sydney2008Aus122 runs69

28 runs The defeat margin is the fourth lowest for India in a Test behind the 12-run defeat to Pakistan in Chennai in 1999 and the 16-run defeats to Australia in Brisbane in 1977 and Pakistan in Bengaluru in 1987. The previous closest margin against England was by 31 runs at Edgbaston in 2018.

436 by India in their first innings is the second highest total for them that ended in a defeat for them at home after 449 against Pakistan in Bengaluru in 2005.

1 This was the first occurrence of both R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja conceding 100+ runs each in the second innings of a home Test across 51 appearances. Spinners went at 4.18 per over, the worst for them in second innings of home Tests where they have bowled at least 50 overs.

Tom Hartley debut feats

7/62 by Tom Hartley is the best figures for an England spinner on debut after James Langridge's 7/56 against West Indies in Manchester in 1933. It is also his best figures in first class cricket and his second five-wicket haul after 5/52 against Surrey in 2022.

Best figures for an England spinner on debut

PlayerFiguresAgainstVenueYear
James LangridgeManchester1933WI7/56
Tom HartleyHyderabad2024Ind7/62
Jim LakerBridgetown1948WI7/103
George Simpson-HaywardJohannesburg1910SA6/43
Charles MarriottThe Oval1933WI6/59
Peter SuchManchester1993Aus6/67
Will JacksRawalpindi2022Pak6/161

9 wickets in the match by Hartley is the most by an England spinner on debut after Robert Berry's 9/116 against West Indies in Manchester in 1950. The previous most he had picked in a match in his first class career was eight wickets.

4 This was the fourth instance of England seamers failing to pick a wicket in a Test in the post-war era since 1945. The previous instances were in Kanpur in 1952, Manchester in 1956 and more recently in Pallekele in 2018.

Ollie Pope to the rescue

196 by Ollie Pope is the fourth highest individual score in the second innings by a visiting batter in India. To put it into perspective, Pope only had an aggregate of 154 runs across his first nine knocks on Indian soil at an average of 17.11 and a highest of 34.

Highest individual scores in second innings by visiting batters in India

PlayerScoreForVenueYear
ZimAndy FlowerNagpur2000232*
NZBrendon McCullumHyderabad2010225
WIGary SobersKanpur1958198
EngOllie PopeHyderabad2024196
PakSaeed AnwarKolkata1999188*
EngAlastair CookAhmedabad2012176

6 Batters to have individually outscored a higher first innings deficit than Pope, who hit 196 to the arrear of 190. VVS Laxman is at the top of the list with his 281 while among England batters, Dennis Amiss and Alastair Cook sit ahead of Pope.

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