England v India 2014 - 3rd Test, Day 5: Facts and figures

Moeen Ali

Any minimal hopes of India avoiding defeat in this Test match ended within 15 minutes of the day’s play. Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were dismissed by James Anderson’s outswingers, and what is worse was the fact that Moeen Ali scalped the next 4 wickets gifting England their long awaited win, knocking India out for 178. 

The series is levelled at 1-1 with 2 matches to go.

Here is a glance at the day’s play in numbers.

0 – First duck in Test history for Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

1 – Moeen Ali is the first since Lance Klusener(8/64) to pick up 6 wickets in the fourth innings against India.

2 – Moeen’s figures of 6/67 are the second-best figures for an England spinner at home.

3 – Jos Buttler becomes the third wicket-keeper to effect 6 dismissals and score a half-century on Test debut. 

4 – Number of fifties for Ajinkya Rahane in Test matches. They were scored in back-to-back innings of a Test, and India have lost both of them: v SA, Durban, 2013 and this match. 

6 – Man-of-the-Match awards in Tests for James Anderson in England. He has 7 overall and three against India, including this Test. 

7 – Instances when India have lost a Test after winning the previous one, since 2000, in a series of three or more matches.

9 – Bhuvneshwar’s first Test loss has come in his 9th match: 7 wins and a draw before Rose Bowl.

12 – Test losses as captain for MS Dhoni out of 26 overseas matches: the most for an Indian skipper. He has won six and drawn 8 of the rest. 15 overall out of 56 matches. 

266 – India’s margin of defeat, the third worst against England in terms of runs (not considering innings defeats).

1971 – Last time when a spinner picked up 15+ wickets against India in a Test series held outside the subcontinent.