Follow Us25 days of total madness came to an end in the most ludicrous fashion as India managed to level the first-ever Anderson-Tendulkar Test Series by coming back out of nowhere on day 5 and winning the Oval Test by the barest of margins by just six runs. The iconic five-match Test series took the skill of batting to a whole new stratosphere as both India and England displayed some of the most exciting brand of cricket.
Here are the notable records that were rewritten in this Test series.
This was a series were both India and England showcased a different level of batsmanship, which resulted in almost all major run-scoring stats getting reset. Below are the records that India and England together created with their bat in this series.
Most runs in a Test series
7221 – The Ashes in England 1993
7187* – India tour of England 2025
6826 – The Ashes in Australia 1928-29
6771 – West Indies tour of Australia 1975-76
Highest run rate in a Test series
3.93 – The Ashes in England 2023
3.86* – India tour of England 2025
3.86 – The Ashes in England 2001
3.80 – West Indies tour of England 2004
*Min 5000 runs
Most 50+ scores in a Test series
50* - India tour of England 2025
50 - The Ashes in England 1993
49 - The Ashes in Australia 1920-21
46 - West Indies in Australia 1960-61
46 - West Indies in Australia 1968-69
Most centuries in a Test series
21* - IND tour of ENG 2025
21 - AUS tour of WI 1955
20 - WI tour of SA 2003
17 - The Ashes 1928-29
17 - ENG tour of SA 1938-39
Most boundaries in a Test series
879* – IND tour of ENG 2025
870 – The Ashes in England 1993
855 – South Africa tour of England 2003
Most 400+ run scores in a Test series
9* - India tour of England 2025
8 – West Indies tour of Australia 1975-76
8 – The Ashes 1993
7 – The Ashes in England 1985
After a terrible series out in Australia, Indian batters turned the corner in the five-match Test series against England, stepping up and delivering in fine style.
As many as five batters scored 400+ runs, with three going past 500, and Shubman Gill posting 754 runs alone. It was almost 600 runs more than the second-best series with the bat, smashing a record 28 fifty-plus scores.
Most runs for India in a Test Series
3809 - IND tour of ENG 2025*
3270 - WI tour of IND 1978-79
3230 - ENG tour of IND 2016
3140 - ENG tour of IND 2024
Most runs for a visiting team in a Test series
3877 - AUS, The Ashes in England 1989
3809 - IND, IND tour of ENG 2025*
3757 - ENG, The Ashes in Australia 1928-29
3641 - AUS, The Ashes in England 1993
Most 50+ scores for a Team in a Test series
28* - IND vs ENG in ENG 2025
27 - AUS vs ENG in ENG 1989
27 - AUS vs ENG in AUS 1920-21
26 - AUS vs SA in AUS 1910-11
26 - AUS vs IND AUS 2014-15
Most centuries for India in a Test series
128 - IND tour of ENG 2025
11 - WI tour of IND 1978-79
9 - NZ tour of IND 1955-56
9 - SL tour of IND 2009
9 - ENG tour of IND 2016
Multiple 500+ runs for Indian batters in a Test series
Vijay Hazare (543) & Rusi Modi (560) - WI tour of IND 1948-49
Dilip Sardesai (642) & Sunil Gavaskar (774) - IND tour of WI 1971
Shubman Gill (754), KL Rahul (532) & Ravindra Jadeja (516) - IND tour of ENG 2025
Big partnerships were a staple across the five Tests in this series, as there were many epic partnerships like the 303-run partnership between Harry Brook and Jamie Smith in Birmingham, a 203-run marathon partnership by Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja to draw the Test match in Manchester and others.
Most 150+ run partnership in a Test series
10* - India tour of England 2025
9 - Pakistan tour of West Indies 1958
9 - India tour of Pakistan 2006
8 - The Ashes 1930
Most 50+ run partnerships for the opening wicket against India in Tests
9* - Zak Crawley & Ben Duckett (19 inns)
8 - Gordon Greenidge & Deshmond Haynes (30 inns)
7 - Alastair Cook & Andrew Strauss (20 inns)
7 - Matthew Hayden & Justin Langer (16 inns)
7 - Bill Lawry & Bob Simpson (9 inns)