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Stats: Dhoni in sight of Ganguly's win record
India registered a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over England on Day 5 of the first Test in Motera, Ahmedabad, on Monday.
Here are some statistical highlights from the match.
# Pragyan Ojha (9-165) registered his best bowling figures in a Test. They are the seventh best by an Indian bowler in a winning cause against England in India.
# Vinoo Mankad's splendid figures of 12 for 108 are the best by an Indian bowler in a winning cause in a Test against England.
# Ojha bowled 77.2 overs in the Ahmedabad Test - the most in a game by him, bettering his tally of 75 overs in the 2011-12 Mumbai Test against the visiting West Indians. His tally included 55 overs in the second innings - the most in a Test innings by him.
India have now won 20 Tests each against Aus, Eng
# Matt Prior's magnificent 91 off 225 balls is the second highest by an England wicketkeeper in a Test on Indian soil. Dick Spooner had scored 92 in the 1951-52 Kolkata Test.
# Prior and Cook shared a stand of 157 -- England's second highest for the sixth wicket on Indian soil, next only to the 171 between Bob Taylor and Ian Botham in the 1979-80 Mumbai Test.
# England (406) registered their third total of 400 or more in an innings after following-on against India. They had recorded 497 for five in the 1961-62 Kanpur Test, their highest after following-on against India.
# India's well-deserved triumph by nine wickets is their 20th in 104 Tests against England - winning per cent 19.23. They lost 38 and drew 46.
# India have now won 20 Tests each against Australia and England.
First man of the match for Pujara
# Cheteshwar Pujara, for the first time, was named man of the match in Tests.
# Pujara's double hundred (206 not out) is the second by an Indian batsman after Vinod Kambli (224 in the 1992-93 Mumbai Test) in a winning cause against England.
# Pujara's run-aggregate of 247, without being dismissed, is the highest by an Indian batsman in a winning cause against England, eclipsing Vinod Kambli's 224 in the 1992-93 Mumbai Test.
# Pujara's aforesaid tally is the highest by any player in a winning cause in a Test at the Sardar Patel stadium, Ahmedabad.
Dhoni a win away from emulating Ganguly's win record
# India's tally of 20 Test wins under Dhoni's leadership is the second highest, next only to Sourav Ganguly's 21.
# Alastair Cook (176 off 374 balls) posted his fourth highest score in Tests - his highest in a losing cause.
# Despite posting 41 & 176 by Cook, he averages 28.62 in a losing cause in Tests.
# In 25 England defeats, Cook has totalled just 1431 runs at an average of 28.62. His tally includes four hundreds and four fifties.
# Cook's only other hundred in an overseas Test in a losing cause is 116 against Austalia at Perth in December 2006.
Highest individual innings by an England player after following-on
# Cook established a record for the highest individual innings by an England player after following-on, bettering Ken Barrington's 172 in the 1961-62 Kanpur Test against India.
# Cook's innings is the second highest by a captain after following-on. Pakistan's Salim Malik had posted 237 against Australia at Rawalpindi in 1994-95.
# Cook spent 556 minutes at the crease in the second innings -- the second longest in terms of minutes by an England player in India. Graeme Fowler had spent 563 minutes for his 201 in the 1984-85 Chennai Test. His innings is the sixth longest in terms of minutes by a visiting player in India.
# No other overseas player besides Cook has batted for such a long period in the second innings of a Test match. Andy Flower had batted for 544 minutes for his superb unbeaten 232 in the 2000-01 Nagpur Test.