India Vs England 1971 Series: Records and Statistics

India registered their first-ever Away series victory.

India Vs England 1971 Series: Indian Trio Spins England Out
India Vs England 1971 Series: Test Results
India Vs England History: Test Series Result

Series Record

Captains: Wadekar (Ind), Illingoworth (Eng)
Wicketkeepers: Knott (Eng), Engineer (Ind)
Best Batsmen: Luckhurst (243), Knott (223), Wadekar (204)
Best Bowler: Chandrasekhar & Venkataraghavan (13-wickets each), Bedi (11 wkts)
Highest Team Score: 386 (Eng), 313 (Ind)
Lowest Team Score: 191 (Eng), 212 (Ind)
Centuries: 2 (Eng)
Half-centuries: 16 (Ind 8,Eng 8)
5wkts in inning: 3 (Eng 2, Ind 1)
10wkts in inning: 0

Team Records:

England Score: 304 and 191, 386 and 245/3d, 355 and 101
India Score: 313 and 145/8, 212 and 65/3, 284 and 174/6

Batting Records
Highest Centuries

1 each by 2 batsmen

Highest Ind. Scores

107 by Illingworth

Centuries

107 (Illingworth), 101 (Luckhurst) – 2nd Test

Biggest (100-plus) Partnerships:
100-plus

168 8th Illingworth & P Lever (Eng)
123 2nd Luckhurst & Edrich (Eng)

Bowling Records
Best Bowling in an Inning

5/70 P Lever
5/70 Illingworth
6/38 Chandrasekhar