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IND vs ENG 5th Test: As many as nine batters have been able to score more than 400 runs during a single Test series for the first time in the history of this format. During the ongoing five-match Test series, five Indian batters including Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, and four English batters including Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, and Harry Brook, have all scored more than 400 runs in this series.

The first Test match was held between Australia and England in Melbourne way back in 1987, and the first-ever Test series was held between the same teams way back in 1884.

For 141 years, during a few Test matches in 1975 and 1993, about eight batters have scored 400 runs during a series, but the record of nine batters scoring more than 400 runs has been achieved for the first time.

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Most batters scoring 400-plus runs in a Test series

9 – India in England, 2025*

8 – West Indies in Australia, 1975/76

8 – The Ashes, 1993

Most runs in the India-England Test series

PLAYER TEAM MATCHES INNINGS RUNS BEST SCORE
Shubman Gill India 5 10 754 269
KL Rahul India 5 10 532 137
Ravindra Jadeja India 5 10 516 107*
Rishabh Pant India 4 7 479 134
Ben Duckett England 5 9 462 149
Joe Root England 5 9 455* 150
Jamie Smith England 5 8 432* 184*
Yashasvi Jaiswal India 5 10 411 118
Harry Brook England 5 9 408* 158

India skipper Shubman Gill is currently the highest run-scorer during the ongoing series. After batting in 10 innings and by smashing four centuries, he has now scored 754 runs. None of the other batters has scored more runs during a Test series between these two teams. Gill, who came into bat at the No.5 position during the second innings of the fifth Test match, had surpassed Graham Gooch's tally.

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Gooch had featured in three Test matches against India way back in 1990, where he had scored 752 runs.

During this series, the Shubman Gill-led side had scored 3809 runs, and the host had scored 3175 runs till lunch on the fourth day, when they were 164/3.

If the Ollie Pope-led side can score 180 runs during the second innings, then the total number of runs scored by both teams would reach 7000.

During the 1993 Ashes series, England and Australian batters had scored 7221 runs after playing in six matches. And of these, the Australian batters had scored 3641 runs and the English batters had scored 3580 runs.