Most runs in ENG vs IND Tests (Top 3)

The ongoing Test series between England and India is the 37th to be played between the two nations in the longest format of the game. As of now, the second Test is underway with a whole lot of action unfolding already.

Tests involving England and India, irrespective of where they are being played, have always been a spectacle. Listed below are the three players who have scored the most runs when the two nations have taken on each other up until now.

3) Sunil Gavaskar (2,483 runs in 38 matches/67 innings)

No other player in the run-scoring list has played more matches against the opposition than former cricketing great, Sunil Gavaskar. His second-highest Test score (221) came against England. With 16 half-centuries against England, Gavaskar also holds the esteemed feat of having registered the most number of fifties amongst the several entrants as of the current times.

2) Sachin Tendulkar (2,535 runs in 32 matches/53 innings)

Sachin Tendulkar stands second in the list for greatest run-scorers between India and England Tests. No other batter in the players to have been involved in the Test series so far have scored more fours than Sachin (357) as of now. Sachin’s highest score against England is 193, which came in a winning cause at Headingley in 2002.

1) Joe Root (2,927 runs in 32 matches/57 innings*)

Amongst the cricketers to be active in the Test arena as of now, there has been no one barring Joe Root who has played more matches against the opposition; in this case, India. The former English skipper leads the run-scoring list quite dominantly. With 2927 runs in 32 matches/57 innings, he possesses an average of 58.54 against India. This is considerably greater than his overall Test average at this point. 

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