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India defeated England by a huge margin of 434 runs in the third Test in Rajkot, with the help of stunning double century from Yashasvi Jaiswal and brilliant all-round effort from Ravindra Jadeja, who scored a century and picked a five-wicket haul as well. Other players like Shubman Gill, debutant Sarfaraz Khan and skipper Rohit Sharma also played a pivotal role with the bat while Siraj also picked four wickets with the ball in first innings.
Numbers and stats from IND vs ENG 3rd Test:
2 - Ravindra Jadeja for the second time achieved the feat of scoring a century & picking a five-wicket haul in the same Test match.
3 - Yashasvi Jaiswal became third Indian batsman after Vinoo Mankad and Virat Kohli to smash two consecutive double centuries in Test cricket.
4 - Sarfaraz Khan became only fourth Indian batsman to smash two fifty-plus scores in his debut Test match.
10 - Ravindra Jadeja won player of the match award for 10th time in Test cricket.
12 - Yashasvi Jaiswal became only second batsman after Wasim Akram to smash 12 sixes in a Test innings. Jaiswal also became first player to smash 20-plus sixes in a bilateral Test series.
Most sixes for a batsman in a bilateral Test series:
- Yashasvi Jaiswal - 22 vs England in 2024 (H)
- Rohit Sharma - 19 vs South Africa in 2019 (H)
- Shimron Hetmyer - 15 vs West Indies in 2018 (A)
- Ben Stokes - 15 vs Australia in 2023 (H)
Jaiswal holds the record for having joint-most sixes (12) in a Test innings.
33 - India have won 33 Test matches against England.
Most Test matches won by Team India against an opposition:
- 33 vs England
- 32 vs Australia
- 23 vs West Indies
434 - India went onto record their biggest margin of win (by runs) in Test cricket.
