309 - Number of Test wickets taken by Harbhajan Singh, same as that of West Indian Lance Gibbs. Among the off-spinners only Muttiah Muralitharan (756) has taken more.
29.23 - Dravid's batting average since he relinquished captaincy.
15 - Number of overs bowled by Yuvraj Singh - most he has ever bowled in a Test innings. He had previously bowled 11 overs against South Africa at Kanpur earlier this year
11 - Sachin Tendulkar became only the 11th batsman in Test annals to aggregate 2,000 runs against two opponents. His 2,748 against Australia is now followed by 2,031 against England. Tendulkar is only the second Indian batsman to do so after Sunil Gavaskar (who performed this feat against three opponents - England, West Indies and Pakistan).
4 - The four caught and bowled dismissals provided only the fourth such instance on Indian soil. The record is of five c&b - between India and New Zealand at Nagpur in 1969-70. The world record is of six such dismissals - between England and Australia at Lord's in 1890.
2 - Graeme Swann became only the second bowler to take two wickets in his first over in Test cricket (dismissed Gautam Gambhir off his third ball and Rahul Dravid off his sixth ball). The only other bowler to perform this feat is another Englishman Richard Johnson (v Zimbabwe at Chester-le-Street in 2003).
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