| Team | Score | Overs Batted | Innings | Venue | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 759/7d | 190.4 | 2 | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
| England | 710/7d | 188.1 | 2 | Birmingham | 10 Aug 2011 |
| India | 664 | 170.0 | 1 | The Oval | 9 Aug 2007 |
| England | 653/4d | 162.0 | 1 | Lord’s | 26 Jul 1990 |
| England | 652/7d | 175.0 | 2 | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 |
| England | 633/5d | 165.2 | 1 | Birmingham | 12 Jul 1979 |
| India | 631 | 182.3 | 2 | Wankhede | 8 Dec 2016 |
| England | 629 | 182.5 | 1 | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1974 |
| India | 628/8d | 180.1 | 1 | Leeds | 22 Aug 2002 |
| England | 617 | 144.5 | 2 | Nottingham | 8 Aug 2002 |
More “IND vs ENG Test Records”
IND vs ENG Test: Most Runs by Batters
IND vs ENG Test: Highest Individual Scores
IND vs ENG Test: Most Centuries
IND vs ENG Test: Most Wickets by Bowlers
Key Insights
India have recorded the highest team total in India versus England Test matches. They declared their first innings on 759 for 7 in the 2016 Chennai Test.
Coincidentally, this is also India’s highest-ever team total in all of Test cricket. They bettered their previous tally of 726/9d against Sri Lanka in 2009.
303 of the 759 runs came with the bat of Karun Nair, who became the second Test triple centurion for India.
India’s 387 for 4 is the highest total in a successful run chase in India-England Tests. The Men in Blue crushed the 387-run target in the 2008 Chennai Test. And this happened after England took a 75-run lead in the first innings! And it is India’s second highest Test total successfully chasedin Test cricket.
Overall, the highest fourth innings total also belongs to India. They mustered 429 for 8 in a run chase of 438 runs at the Oval in 1979. The Test ended in a draw. Here’s the overall list for the highest 4th innings totals in Tests played in England.
England have registered the most 500-plus totals in Tests between both sides, with 20-plus scores to their name.
There are three instances of India and England scoring 500-plus runs each in at least one innings in the same Test match. Interestingly, all instances have happened in England.
London’s Kennington Oval has recorded the most instances of 500-plus totals in India-England Tests. The venue has seen six 500-plus totals, three each by India and England.
More Records on ‘Teams’ and ‘Totals’
Most Times – 400+ Totals in Both Innings of a Test Match
All-Out Below 100 Most Times in Tests
Most Successful 250-plus Run Chases in ODI
Most Successful 350-plus Run Chases in ODI
All-Out Below 100 Most Times in ODIs
Most 200+ Totals in T20 World Cup
Most 200+ Totals in an IPL Season
