Most Test Runs for India Against England

Most Test Runs for India against England

Player	Innings	Runs	Average	High Score	100s/50s
Sachin Tendulkar	53	2535	51.73	193	7/13
Sunil Gavaskar	67	2483	38.20	221	4/16
Virat Kohli	50	1991	42.36	235	5/9
Rahul Dravid	37	1950	60.93	217	7/8
Gundappa Viswanath	54	1880	37.60	222	4/12
Cheteshwar Pujara	49	1778	39.51	206*	5/7
Dilip Vengsarkar	43	1589	42.94	157	5/6
Ravindra Jadeja	43	1547	41.81	112	3/11
KL Rahul	34	1487	43.73	199	5/4
Kapil Dev	39	1355	41.06	116	2/8

Key Stats

Among Indians, Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs against England in Tests. He amassed 2,535 runs in 53 innings with the help of 7 centuries and is one of two players (the other being Sunil Gavaskar) to score more than 2,000 Test runs against this opposition. Explore overall list here.

Tendulkar and Dravid have struck 7 tons each against England, the most for any Indian batter. Current skipper Shubman Gill and Mohammad Azharuddin come next with 6 centuries each.

Gavaskar and Tendulkar have recorded the most 50+ scores (20 each) in Tests versus England. Karun Nair’s 303* is the highest individual score by an Indian batter against England, followed by Gill’s 269 at Edgbaston (the highest in England soil).

For a player with 1,000 or more Test runs against England, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s (check his opponent-wise runs chart here) average of 62.68 is the best, followed by Dravid’s 60.93 playing 21 Tests. 18 Indian batters have scored more than 1,000 Test runs against England.

Tendulkar has scored the most Test runs on English soil (1,575 runs at an average of 54.31). Dravid has the most tons (6), and Gill (74.30) has the best average for an Indian batter with a minimum of 500 Test runs in England.

Gavaskar (1,331) has the most runs against England in Tests at home, while Azharuddin’s (653 runs) average of 93.28 is the best for an Indian batter with a minimum of 500 runs. He, along with Pujara, has recorded the most centuries (4) in Tests at home against England.