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Stats: Dhoni surpasses Dada's record in England
England fast bowler Stuart Broad took six wickets to skittle out India for 152 before the hosts finished on 113 for three in reply.
More statistical highlights of the opening day's play of the fourth Test between India and England, at Old Trafford, on Thursday.
Mahendra Dhoni has now posted eleven fifties against England, the most number of half-centuries by any batsman against any opponent without registering a hundred. South Africa's Dave Nourse had scored ten fifties against England.
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- Dhoni is the eighth wicketkeeper/batsman to amass 1,000 runs in Tests versus England, his tally being 1048 (ave.32.75) in 20 Tests. Rodney Marsh (Australia) had scored 1633 (ave.27.21) in 42 Tests, a record by a wicketkeeper/batsman versus England.
- With his seventh half-century in England, Dhoni emulated a record for most fifties by a wicketkeeper against England in Tests in England. South Africa's John Waite also posted seven against England in England.
- Dhoni's 71 off 133 balls is his 32nd half-century in Tests, his eleventh against England. He is the first Indian captain to score five fifties in Tests in England, bettering Sourav Ganguly's four.
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Broad registers his best bowling figures against India
Stuart Broad's excellent figures of six for 25 are the third best by an England bowler against India at Old Trafford, next only to the 8 for 31 by Fred Trueman in 1952 and 7 for 52 by Alec Bedser in 1946.
- Broad registered his best bowling figures in a Test innings against India, eclipsing the six for 46 at Nottingham in 2011. His figures are his third best in Tests, next only to the seven for 44 versus New Zealand at Lord's in 2013 and seven for 72 versus the West Indies at Lord's in 2012.
- Broad's 12th instance of five wickets or more in an innings is his second in Tests.
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India records third lowest total against England
India (152) recorded their third lowest completed innings total against England at Old Trafford, the lowest being 58 and 82 in 1952.
Four wickets down for just eight runs is India's third worst score. The worst is without any score on the board in the second innings against England at Headingley in 1952 and six runs in the first innings against England at The Oval in 1952.
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Six batsmen have registered ducks for the fourth time
Murali Vijay posted his second duck in Tests, his first against England.
- Cheteshwar Pujara also registered a duck, his first in 39 innings.
- Virat Kohli posted two ducks for the first time in a Test series.
- Four out of the top seven batsmen were dismissed without scoring for the second time in India's innings, the first occasion being in India's innings of 165 versus England at Leeds in 1952.
Six batsmen registered ducks for the fourth time in a Test innings, the first three instances were Pakistan against West Indies at Karachi in 1980-81; South Africa against India at Ahmedabad in 1996-97 and Bangladesh against West Indies at Dhaka in 2002-03.
Ravindra Jadeja recorded his second duck in Tests - both overseas - one each against South Africa and England.
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Ashwin impressive
Ravichandran Ashwin registered a strike rate of 95.23 during his innings of 40 off 42 balls, the sixth highest by India's number eight batsman outside Asia. The highest is Kapil Dev's 161.81 during his outstanding knock of 89 off 55 balls at Lord's in 1982.
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Anderson sets record for bowling most balls
James Anderson set a record for bowling most balls for England in Tests - 21910, overtaking Derek Underwood's tally of 21,862 balls.