Indian team members during the felicitation ceremony after their victory in the fifth Test match against England, at The Oval cricket ground, in London, England.
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Highest individual runs by an Indian captain in a Test series
Shubman Gill broke Sunil Gavaskar's record of most runs scored (732 runs) by an Indian captain in a Test series, with Gill's total summing up to 754 runs.
India's captain Shubman Gill acknowledges the crowd after India won the fifth Test match against England, at The Oval cricket ground, in London.
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7,000+ runs scored through the duration of the series
This Test series saw 7,000 plus runs scored by the two teams, the record second only to the 1993 Ashes Test. The total runs scored this time by the two sides was 7221. The Indian team scored 3809 runs, making them the second-highest-scoring team in a Test series after the Aussies' 3877 in the 1989 Ashes.
India and England team members exchange greetings following India's victory in the fifth Test match against England, at The Oval cricket ground, in London.
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First Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in both innings of a Test match
Vice-captain Rishabh Pant upped the standard by scoring two centuries in the first Test match in Headingley, becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to achieve this rare feat.
Batter Rishabh Pant plays a shot during the third day of the third Test match between India and England, at the Lord's Cricket Ground, in London.
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First Asian to take 150 wickets in SENA nations
Bowler Jasprit Bumrah is the first Asian to pick 150 wickets in South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia — the SENA countries, surpassing Anil Kumble and Wasim Akram. He reached the milestone during the first Test in Headingley, and his 32nd Test match in the nations.
Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of England's captain Ben Stokes on the second day of the third test cricket match between India and England, at the Lord's Cricket Ground, in London.
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Most runs scored in the World Test Championship
Batter Joe Root reached a personal milestone by his run-tally rising up to 6000 in the World Test Championship. He has scored the most Test centuries as a home team player against India, 10, and his total centuries sum up to 39.
He scored 3 centuries in the course of the series, and his total runs amounted to 537 in series, rounding his career total in Test cricket to 13,543.
England's Joe Root celebrates his century during the fourth day of the fifth Test match between India and England, at The Oval cricket ground, in London.
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First batter to hit 700 runs in the SENA countries
Captain Shubman Gill broke former captain Virat Kohli's record by scoring 700+ runs in the SENA countries. Kohli's record of 692 was the previous milestone for India, in the 2014-15 series in Australia.
Batter Shubman Gill plays a shot during the third day of the fifth Test match between India and England, at The Oval cricket ground, in London, England.
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India's smallest victory margin in a Test match
The Indian team on Monday won by 6 runs against the home team England, making this India's smallest victory margin ever in a Test match.
India's players celebrate after their victory in the fifth Test match against England, at The Oval cricket ground, in London, England.
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First English captain to score a century and take 5 wickets in a Test match
Ben Stokes became the first English captain, and the fifth in Test cricket's history, to claim five wickets and record a century in the same Test match. The other players who upheld the record are Denis Atkinson and Gary Sobers of West Indies, and Pakistan's former players Mushtaq Mohammad and Imran Khan.
England's Ben Stokes is seen wearing a white headband to honour former England cricketer Graham Thorpe for 'A Day for Thorpey' in support of Mind charity during the warm up ahead of the day's play.
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First Asian captain to score a double century in SENA nations
Shubman Gill gained another record-breaking title of the being the first Asian player to hit a double century in Test match played in the SENA countries. The highest before him was 193 by Tillakaratne Dilshan at Lord's in 2011.
captain Shubman Gill poses after being declared the 'Indian player of the series' following India's win in the fifth Test match against England, at The Oval cricket ground, in London.
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