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  Every Record Broken During the India vs England ODI Series 2026
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  August 4, 2026
  Discover every record broken during the India vs England ODI Series 2026, including Ben Duckett’s Lord’s record, Rohit Sharma’s historic century, England’s record total, and all the major milestones from the three-match series.
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  India’s Biggest T20I Defeat Against England: England Register Historic 125-Run Victory
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  July 9, 2026
  England stunned India with a record 125-run win in the 3rd T20I. Discover match highlights, broken records, player performances, expert opinions, and fan reactions.
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  Can Shreyas Iyer’s India Bounce Back or Will Ireland Script Another Historic Triumph?
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  June 28, 2026
  Can India bounce back after Ireland’s historic victory? Explore our complete Ireland vs India 2nd T20I preview featuring Abhishek Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Harry Tector, expert predictions, fantasy picks, probable playing XIs, pitch report, and everything you need to know before the big match.

ICONIC INDIAN RECORD HOLDERS

Indian Batting Records by Format

Test Cricket Batting Records (India)

Record	Player	Record
Most Runs	Sachin Tendulkar	15,921
Highest Individual Score	Virender Sehwag	319
Most Centuries	Sachin Tendulkar	51
Most Double Centuries	Virat Kohli	7
Most Fifties	Sachin Tendulkar	68
Highest Batting Average (Min. 2,000 Runs)	Vinod Kambli	54.20
Most Sixes	Rohit Sharma	88+
Most Matches	Sachin Tendulkar	200

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ODI Batting Records (India)

Record	Player	Record
Most Runs	Sachin Tendulkar	18,426
Highest Individual Score	Rohit Sharma	264
Most Centuries	Sachin Tendulkar	49
Most Double Centuries	Rohit Sharma	3
Most Fifties	Sachin Tendulkar	96
Highest Strike Rate (Min. 2,000 Runs)	Virender Sehwag	104+
Most Sixes	Rohit Sharma	340+
Most Matches	Sachin Tendulkar	463

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T20 International Batting Records (India)

Record	Player	Record
Most Runs	Rohit Sharma	4,200+
Highest Individual Score	Shubman Gill	126*
Most Centuries	Rohit Sharma	5
Most Fifties	Virat Kohli	38+
Highest Strike Rate (Min. 1,000 Runs)	Suryakumar Yadav	165+
Most Sixes	Rohit Sharma	200+
Most Matches	Rohit Sharma	159

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IPL Batting Records (Indian Players)

Record	Player	Record
Most Runs	Virat Kohli	8,900+
Highest Individual Score	KL Rahul	132*
Most Centuries	Virat Kohli	8
Most Fifties	Virat Kohli	65+
Most Runs in a Season	Virat Kohli (2016)	973
Most Sixes	Rohit Sharma	300+
Most Matches	MS Dhoni	280+

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Across All International Formats

Record	Player	Record
Most International Runs	Sachin Tendulkar	34,357
Most International Centuries	Sachin Tendulkar	100
Most International Fifties	Sachin Tendulkar	164
Most International Matches	Sachin Tendulkar	664
Most Runs as Captain	Virat Kohli	12,800+
Most ICC Tournament Runs	Virat Kohli	5,000+
Most International Sixes	Rohit Sharma	630+
Highest International Score	Rohit Sharma	264

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Quick Indian Batting Records

Record Category	Record Holder	Achievement
Most International Runs	Sachin Tendulkar	34,357 Runs
Most International Centuries	Sachin Tendulkar	100 Centuries
Most ODI Runs	Sachin Tendulkar	18,426 Runs
Most Test Runs	Sachin Tendulkar	15,921 Runs
Most T20I Runs	Rohit Sharma	4,200+ Runs
Highest ODI Score	Rohit Sharma	264
Highest Test Score	Virender Sehwag	319
Most IPL Runs	Virat Kohli	8,900+ Runs
Most IPL Centuries	Virat Kohli	8
Most Runs in IPL Season	Virat Kohli	973 Runs (2016)

Indian Bowling Records by Format

Test Cricket Bowling Records (India)

Record	Player	Record
Most Wickets	Anil Kumble	619
Best Bowling Figures (Innings)	Narendra Hirwani	16/136 (Match)
Best Bowling Figures (Innings)	Jasprit Bumrah	6/27
Most Five-Wicket Hauls	Anil Kumble	35
Most Ten-Wicket Match Hauls	Anil Kumble	8
Best Bowling Average (Min. 100 Wickets)	Ravichandran Ashwin	23.95
Most Matches	Anil Kumble	132
Most Wickets in a Series	Harbhajan Singh	32 (vs Australia, 2001)

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ODI Bowling Records (India)

Record	Player	Record
Most Wickets	Anil Kumble	337
Best Bowling Figures	Stuart Binny	6/4
Most Five-Wicket Hauls	Ravindra Jadeja	3
Most ODI Matches	Zaheer Khan	200
Best Economy Rate (Min. 100 Wickets)	Ravindra Jadeja	Under 5.0
Most Maiden Overs	Kapil Dev	235
Most Wickets in a World Cup	Mohammed Shami	55+

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T20 International Bowling Records (India)

Record	Player	Record
Most Wickets	Arshdeep Singh	110+
Best Bowling Figures	Deepak Chahar	6/7
Most Four-Wicket Hauls	Arshdeep Singh	5+
Best Economy Rate (Min. 50 Wickets)	Axar Patel	Under 7.5
Most Matches	Hardik Pandya	110+
Most Wickets in a Calendar Year	Arshdeep Singh	36
Most Maiden Overs	Arshdeep Singh	4+

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IPL Bowling Records (Indian Players)

Record	Player	Record
Most IPL Wickets	Yuzvendra Chahal	220+
Best Bowling Figures	Alzarri Joseph*	6/12
Best Bowling Figures (Indian)	Anil Kumble	5/5
Most Five-Wicket Hauls	Jaydev Unadkat	2
Most Purple Caps	Harshal Patel	2
Most Wickets in a Season	Harshal Patel	32 (2021)
Most Dot Balls	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	1,700+
Most IPL Matches	Yuzvendra Chahal	170+

*Overall IPL record holder (not Indian).

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Across All International Formats

Record	Player	Record
Most International Wickets	Anil Kumble	956
Most Test Wickets	Anil Kumble	619
Most ODI Wickets	Anil Kumble	337
Most T20I Wickets	Arshdeep Singh	110+
Most Five-Wicket Hauls	Anil Kumble	48
Most ICC Tournament Wickets	Mohammed Shami	80+
Most World Cup Wickets	Mohammed Shami	64+
Best International Bowling Figures	Jasprit Bumrah	6/19 (T20I)

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Indian Spin Bowling Records

Record	Player	Record
Most International Wickets	Anil Kumble	956
Most Test Wickets	Anil Kumble	619
Most ODI Wickets	Harbhajan Singh	269
Most T20I Wickets	Ravichandran Ashwin	72
Most Five-Wicket Hauls	Anil Kumble	48
Best Test Figures	Anil Kumble	10/74

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Indian Fast Bowling Records

Record	Player	Record
Most International Wickets	Kapil Dev	687
Most Test Wickets	Jasprit Bumrah	200+
Most ODI Wickets	Javagal Srinath	315
Most T20I Wickets	Arshdeep Singh	110+
Best ODI Figures	Stuart Binny	6/4
Most World Cup Wickets	Mohammed Shami	64+

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Quick Indian Bowling Records

Record Category	Record Holder	Achievement
Most International Wickets	Anil Kumble	956 Wickets
Most Test Wickets	Anil Kumble	619 Wickets
Most ODI Wickets	Anil Kumble	337 Wickets
Most T20I Wickets	Arshdeep Singh	110+ Wickets
Best Test Bowling Match Figures	Anil Kumble	10/74
Best ODI Bowling Figures	Stuart Binny	6/4
Best T20I Bowling Figures	Deepak Chahar	6/7
Most IPL Wickets	Yuzvendra Chahal	220+ Wickets
Most IPL Wickets in a Season	Harshal Patel	32 Wickets
Most World Cup Wickets	Mohammed Shami	64+ Wickets

Indian Captaincy Records

Test Captaincy Records (India)

Record	Captain	Achievement
Most Test Wins	Virat Kohli	40 Wins
Most Test Matches as Captain	Virat Kohli	68 Matches
Highest Win Percentage (Min. 40 Tests)	Virat Kohli	58.82%
Most Overseas Test Wins	Virat Kohli	16 Wins
Most Runs as Test Captain	Virat Kohli	5,864 Runs
Most Test Centuries as Captain	Virat Kohli	20 Centuries
Highest Individual Score as Captain	Shubman Gill	269
Most Double Centuries as Captain	Virat Kohli	7 Double Centuries

Virat Kohli is India’s most successful Test captain, leading India to 40 victories in 68 Tests and establishing India as a dominant force overseas.

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ODI Captaincy Records (India)

Record	Captain	Achievement
Most ODI Wins	MS Dhoni	110 Wins
Most ODI Matches as Captain	MS Dhoni	200 Matches
Most World Cup Wins as Captain	MS Dhoni & Kapil Dev	1 Each
Most Champions Trophy Titles	MS Dhoni	1
Most Runs as ODI Captain	Virat Kohli	5,400+ Runs
Most ODI Centuries as Captain	Virat Kohli	21
Highest Individual ODI Score as Captain	Rohit Sharma	208
Best ODI Win Percentage (Min. 50 Matches)	Virat Kohli	75%+

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T20I Captaincy Records (India)

Record	Captain	Achievement
Most T20I Wins	Rohit Sharma	49+ Wins
Most T20I Matches as Captain	Rohit Sharma	60+ Matches
ICC T20 World Cup Titles	Rohit Sharma & MS Dhoni	1 Each
Most Consecutive T20I Wins	Rohit Sharma	12
Most Runs as T20I Captain	Rohit Sharma	1,900+ Runs
Most T20I Sixes as Captain	Rohit Sharma	120+
Highest Individual T20I Score as Captain	Rohit Sharma	121*

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IPL Captaincy Records

Record	Captain	Achievement
Most IPL Titles	Rohit Sharma	5 Titles
Most IPL Matches as Captain	MS Dhoni	230+ Matches
Most IPL Wins	MS Dhoni	140+ Wins
Most IPL Finals as Captain	MS Dhoni	10 Finals
Most Consecutive IPL Playoff Appearances	MS Dhoni	11
Highest IPL Win Percentage (100+ Matches)	Rohit Sharma	56%+
Most IPL Runs as Captain	Virat Kohli	5,000+ Runs
Most IPL Centuries as Captain	Virat Kohli	5

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ICC Tournament Captaincy Records

Record	Captain	Achievement
Most ICC Trophies	MS Dhoni	3
ODI World Cup Winning Captain	Kapil Dev (1983), MS Dhoni (2011), Rohit Sharma (2024)
T20 World Cup Winning Captain	MS Dhoni (2007), Rohit Sharma (2024)
Champions Trophy Winning Captain	Sourav Ganguly (2002*), MS Dhoni (2013)
World Test Championship Final Captain	Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma
Most ICC Tournament Wins	MS Dhoni	40+

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Most Successful Indian Captains (All Formats)

Rank	Captain	Major Achievement
1	MS Dhoni	3 ICC Trophies
2	Virat Kohli	Most Test Wins (40)
3	Rohit Sharma	5 IPL Titles & ICC T20 World Cup
4	Sourav Ganguly	Built India’s Modern Team
5	Kapil Dev	1983 World Cup Winner
6	Mohammad Azharuddin	90 ODI Wins
7	Rahul Dravid	Historic Overseas Test Wins
8	Shubman Gill	Youngest Modern Test Captain

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Captaincy Records by Format

Format	Most Successful Captain	Key Record
Test Cricket	Virat Kohli	40 Wins
ODI Cricket	MS Dhoni	110 Wins
T20I Cricket	Rohit Sharma	Most Wins
IPL	Rohit Sharma	5 Titles
ICC Events	MS Dhoni	3 Trophies

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Quick Captaincy Facts

• Most Successful Indian Test Captain: Virat Kohli (40 Wins)
• Most Successful Indian ODI Captain: MS Dhoni (110 Wins)
• Most Successful Indian T20I Captain: Rohit Sharma
• Most Successful IPL Captain: Rohit Sharma (5 Titles)
• Only Captain to Win All Major ICC White-Ball Trophies: MS Dhoni
• Most Test Runs as Captain: Virat Kohli (5,864 Runs)
• Most Test Centuries as Captain: Virat Kohli (20 Centuries)
• Highest Test Score by an Indian Captain: Shubman Gill (269)

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Who has scored the most runs for India in international cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most international runs by an Indian cricketer, scoring 34,357 runs across Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.

2. Who has taken the most wickets for India in international cricket?

Anil Kumble is India’s leading wicket-taker with 956 international wickets, including 619 wickets in Test cricket.

3. Who has scored the most centuries for India?

Sachin Tendulkar holds the record with 100 international centuries, the most by any player in cricket history.

4. What is the highest individual score by an Indian batter in ODI cricket?

Rohit Sharma’s 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014 is the highest individual ODI score by an Indian and remains the world record.

5. Who is India’s most successful Test captain?

Virat Kohli is India’s most successful Test captain with 40 Test victories and a win percentage of nearly 59%.

6. Which Indian bowler has the best bowling figures in an ODI?

Stuart Binny holds the record with remarkable figures of 6/4 against Bangladesh in 2014.

7. Who has scored the most runs for India in Test cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar leads the list with 15,921 Test runs, the highest by any Indian batter.

8. Who has hit the most sixes for India in international cricket?

Rohit Sharma holds the record for the most international sixes by an Indian cricketer, with more than 630 sixes across formats.

9. Who is India’s highest wicket-taker in Test cricket?

Anil Kumble tops the list with 619 Test wickets, making him India’s most successful Test bowler.

10. Which Indian captain has won the most ICC trophies?

MS Dhoni is the only captain to win all three major ICC white-ball tournaments for India:

• ICC T20 World Cup (2007)
• ICC Cricket World Cup (2011)
• ICC Champions Trophy (2013)

11. What is India’s highest team total in Test cricket?

India’s highest Test innings score is 759/7 declared against England at Chennai in 2016.

12. Who has scored the fastest T20I century for India?

Rohit Sharma scored a 35-ball century against Sri Lanka in 2017, one of the fastest centuries in T20 International cricket.

13. Who has taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings for India?

Anil Kumble remains the only Indian bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test innings, achieving 10/74 against Pakistan in 1999.

14. Who has scored the most IPL runs among Indian players?

Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer among Indian players in IPL history and also the all-time leading run-scorer in the tournament.

15. Which Indian bowler has taken the most IPL wickets?

Yuzvendra Chahal holds the record for the most wickets by an Indian bowler in IPL history.

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