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Number crunching: India were just no match for England in the Tests

Last updated on: August 23, 2011 10:36 IST

After India's drubbing in the four-match Test series, Rajneesh Gupta shows how India and England were a perfect mismatch when it came down to the numbers.

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This is how the two teams performed in the series on various accounts. India were simply no match for England!

 

England

India

Matches won

4

0

Innings batted

6

8

Teams dismissed

2

8

Aggregate runs

2809

2044

Wickets lost

47

80

Batting average

59.76

25.55

Highest total

710-7d

300

Lowest total

221

158

Most runs

533 (KP Pietersen)

461 (R Dravid)

Highest individual score

294 (AN Cook)

146* (R Dravid)

Centuries

7

3

Fifties

11

9

0s

4

16

5WI

4

1

Most wickets

25 (SCJ Broad)

15 (Praveen Kumar)

Century stands

10

2

 

Rajneesh Gupta