ICC World Cup 2019 Match 38, England vs India, statistical preview: Teams gear up for historic 100th clash

India, still unbeaten in the 2019 ICC World Cup, will play hosts England, fourth in the league, at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on June 30. The match will also be the 100th ODI between the two teams. Ahead of the match, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0.761 win-loss ratio for India against England in England (16 wins, 21 defeats). However, that ratio goes up to 1.205 (41 wins, 34 defeats) against all teams in England.

1.292 win-loss ratio for India against England (53 wins, 41 defeats), their 2nd best against any side they have played 100 ODIs against. India have a ratio of 1.607 (90 wins, 56 defeats) against Sri Lanka. On the other hand, England’s ratio of 0.773 is their 2nd worst, just after their 0.743 against Australia (61 wins, 82 defeats).

1 stumping needed by MS Dhoni (7) to reach 2nd spot in World Cup history. Dhoni is now tied with Adam Gilchrist and Moin Khan. Kumar Sangakkara has 13.

1 wicket needed by Jofra Archer (16) to become the leading wicket-taker for England in a single edition of the World Cup. Ian Botham also had 16, in 1992. Mark Wood has 13.

1 catch needed by Joe Root (17) to reach joint 2nd spot in World Cup history. Root will draw level with Sanath Jayasuriya (18) in that case. Among outfielders, only Ricky Ponting (28) has held more catches.

2 five-wicket hauls for Yuzvendra Chahal. Among Indians, only Javagal Srinath and Harbhajan Singh (3 each) have more.

2 five-wicket hauls for Adil Rashid, the joint 2nd most for England. Vic Marks, Mark Ealham, Steven Finn, Andrew Flintoff, Darren Gough, and James Anderson all have 2 each. Chris Woakes (3) leads the way.

3 World Cup hundreds for Rohit Sharma, joint 3rd most among Indians. Shikhar Dhawan also has 3. Only Sachin Tendulkar (6) and Sourav Ganguly (4) have more.

3 World Cup matches between India and England in England. England had won in 1975 and India in 1983 and 1999.

3 hundreds for both Virat Kohli and Root, the joined 2nd-most in India-England ODIs. Only Yuvraj Singh (4) has more.

3 wickets needed by Archer (16) to become the leading wicket-taker for England in any series or tournament, bilateral or otherwise. Darren Gough had 18 in the Carlton & United Series of 1998-99; Phil DeFreitas and Botham had taken 17 once each; while Botham and John Emburey had taken 16 once each.

4 wickets needed by Ravindra Jadeja (37) to go past James Anderson (40) and become the leading wicket-taker in India-England ODIs. Jadeja is now tied at 2nd place with Flintoff.

4.96 India’s run rate of India on English soil, the 2nd-best for any country, after England (5.08).

6 World Cup fifty-plus scores for Root (3 hundreds, 3 fifties). He needs 1 to draw level with Graeme Hick (1 hundred, 6 fifties). Among Englishmen, only Graham Gooch (1 hundred, 8 fifties) has more.

7 World Cup matches between India and England. Both sides have won 3 each, while their most recent match – in 2011 – ended in a tie.

8 four-wicket hauls for Mohammed Shami. One more will help him go past Zaheer Khan and Jadeja. Among Indians, only Ajit Agarkar (12), Srinath (10), and Anil Kumble (10) have more.

11 World Cup catches for Kohli. He needs 1 more to go share the joint 2nd spot with Kapil Dev and Tendulkar (12 each). Among Indians, only Kumble (14) has held most catches among non-wicketkeepers.

12 four-wicket hauls for Chris Woakes, the joint 2nd most for England. Gough also has 12. Only Anderson (13) has more.

16 World Cup wickets for Archer, all in this season. He needs 3 more to go past Bob Willis (18) and secure 5th spot among Englishmen. Chris Old also has 16 wickets. Only Botham (30), DeFreitas (29), Anderson (27), and Flintoff (23) have more.

20 runs needed by Dhoni (1,504) to go past Yuvraj (1,523) and become the leading run-scorer for India against England. Chris Gayle, who leads the list with 1,632, is not impossible to overhaul either.

25 World Cup wickets for Shami. He needs 4 more to go past Kapil Dev (28) and secure 4th spot among Indians. Only Zaheer (44), Srinath (44), and Kumble (31) have more.

34.66 India’s batting average of India on English soil, the most for any country, more than even England (34.34).

40 runs needed by Root (432) to become the leading run-scorer for England in a single edition of the World Cup. Only Gooch (471 in 1987) and Kevin Pietersen (444 in 2007) have got more.

49 fifty-plus scores for Root (16 hundreds, 33 fifties). He needs 1 more to become the 2nd to score fifty fifties for England. Only Eoin Morgan (12 and 41) has more. Morgan also has a hundred and 5 fifties for Ireland.

70.25 batting average of Jadeja on English soil, the 5th-highest for anyone with a 200-run cut-off.

94 fifty-plus scores for Kohli (41 hundreds, 53 fifties), joint second for India. One more will take him past Rahul Dravid (12 and 82). Among Indians, only Tendulkar (49 and 96) has more.

94 wickets for Jasprit Bumrah. He needs 6 more to become the 21st Indian and 149th overall to the 100-wicket mark.

99 ODIs between England and India. This will be the 100th. India have played a hundred matches against Sri Lanka (158), Australia (137), Pakistan (132), West Indies (127), and New Zealand (106), while England’s list features only Australia (148) and West Indies (102).

146.7 strike rate of Hardik Pandya on English soil, the highest for anyone with a 200-run cut-off.

196 dismissals for Jos Buttler (166 catches, 30 stumpings). He needs 4 more to become the first Englishman and 12th overall to reach the 200-victim mark.

634 World Cup runs for Root. He needs 2 to go past Hick (635), 23 to go past Allan Lamb (656), and 85 to go past Ian Bell (718). Among Englishmen, only Gooch (897) has more runs in the World Cup.

903 World Cup runs for Kohli. He needs 104 more to go past Ganguly (1,006) and secure 2nd spot among Indians. Only Tendulkar (2,278) has more runs.