ENG v IND, Stats Review: India's Historic Win At Lord's In Numbers

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India pulled off a historic win against England in the 2nd Test of five-match series at Lord's. It was also Virat Kohli's maiden Test win at Lords as captain.

He has now become only the third Indian skipper after Kapil Dev (1986) and MS Dhoni (2014) to do so. The Indian skipper also went past West Indies skipper Clive Lloyd in the list of captains with most Test wins. Kohli now has 37 wins while Lloyd had 36.

Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith (53 in 109 Tests), Australians Ricky Ponting (48 in 77), and Steve Waugh (41 in 57) are ahead of Kohli.

Overall, India and England have locked horns a total of 19 times at Lord's. England has won 12 matches while India has emerged winners in just three of them. Four of the remaining fixtures have ended in a draw.

In 2014, a fantastic effort from Ishant Sharma (7/74) helped the Indian team record a famous win at the iconic stadium. However, four years later, England avenged the loss by crushing India by an innings and 159 runs.

Lord's has now become India's second-most successful overseas Test venue, along with Queen's Park Oval (Port-of-Spain), Sabina Park (Kingston), and SSC (Colombo), with three wins. Melbourne Cricket Ground remains the best with four.

It was a match that was won by the Indian fast bowlers. They took 19 wickets in this match - only twice did the Indian pacers claim more - all 20 against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2018 and against England in the 1st Test at Trent Bridge in 2021.

Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah's unbeaten 89-run stand is now India's highest partnership for the 9th wickets in Tests.