TheAnderson–Tendulkar Trophy, honouringJames Anderson andSachin Tendulkar, was awarded to the winner of the series.[7] Initiated by Sachin Tendulkar, with the support of the BCCI and ECB, the Pataudi Medal of Excellence was a newly introduced award for the winning captain of the Test series.[8]
On 17 June,Harshit Rana was added into the Indian squad for the first Test.[11] Harshit Rana was released from the Indian squad, and did not travel with India for the second Test.[12] On 20 July,Anshul Kamboj was added into the squad as a backup pacer.[13] On 21 July,Nitish Kumar Reddy was ruled out of the remainder match due to an injury in his left knee andArshdeep Singh was ruled out of the fourth test due to an injury to his left thumb.[14][15] On 22 July,Akash Deep was ruled out of the fourth test due to a groin injury.[16] During the fourth Test,Rishabh Pant fractured his foot and was ruled out of the series, laterNarayan Jagadeesan was named as his replacement.[17]
On 26 June,Jofra Archer was added into the England squad for the second Test but was not included for the 5th test.[18] On 6 July,Gus Atkinson was added to the squad for the third Test.[19] On 14 July,Shoaib Bashir was ruled out of the remainder of the series due to sustaining a fracture to a finger in his left hand,[20] withLiam Dawson named as his replacement.[21] MeanwhileSam Cook andJamie Overton were released to their respective counties to play in theCounty Championship.[22] However, later Overton was recalled back in the squad for the fifth Test.[23] On 30 July,Ben Stokes was ruled out of the fifth Test due to a right shoulder injury, andOllie Pope named as captain.[24]
Shubman Gill (Ind) scored his 2,000th run in Tests.[31]
Rishabh Pant (Ind) scored his 3,000th run in Tests, becoming the leading Asian wicketkeeper inSENA countries and the Indian wicketkeeper with the most Test centuries (7), both surpassingMS Dhoni and most sixes (62) by an Indian in the WTC, surpassingRohit Sharma.[32]
Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) held the record for the highest number of Test wickets in SENA nations by any Asian bowler and equalledKapil Dev’s away five-wicket haul tally.[33]
KL Rahul (Ind) completed 1,000 Test runs against England matched the second-most fifty-plus scores by an Indian opener in SENA Tests.[35]
Rishabh Pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in both innings of a Test.[36]
Five centuries were scored by Indian batsmen for the first time in a single Test.[37] It was also the first occurrence of the losing team scoring five centuries in a Test.
Ben Stokes (Eng) became the third England captain to claim 50 wickets in Test cricket .
World Test Championship Points: England 12, India 0.
Shubman Gill (Ind) scored his maiden doublecentury in Tests.[38] He also brokeVirat Kohli's (254) record of highest individual score by an Indian captain in Tests.[39] This score combined with his century in the second innings made the second-highest aggregate score ever.[40]
Ravindra Jadeja became the first-ever player to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in WTC history.[41]
Ben Stokes (Eng) became the first English captain to score acentury and take afive-wicket haul in the same Test match.[59] He also scored his 7,000th run in Tests.[60]
This was England's highest total at this venue.[61]
Shubman Gill (Ind) surpassedVirat Kohli's (692) record of scoring most runs by an Asian batter in a Test series played inSENA countries.[62]
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