Statistical highlights of Ind vs Eng series:
2090 Runs scored in the series by both sides combined - a record for a three-match bilateral ODI series. The previous highest was 1892 runs in the Afro-Asia Cup held in India in 2007. Had India managed to win the third ODI, the final aggregate would have gone past the highest tally in a four-match bilateral ODI series.
17 Scores of fifty or more in the series by both sides together, joint-most in a bilateral ODI series of four matches or lesser. The four-match rubber between hosts India and West Indies also had 17 such scores. The previous most in a three-match bilateral ODI series was 14, which came in West Indies' tour to India in 2013.
10 Fifty plus scores by England in the series - nine fifties and one hundred. It is the most for any team in a three-match bilateral ODI series, surpassing nine by South Africa against India in South Africa in 2013. India, on the other hand, converted four out of their seven fifty-plus scores to three-figures.
1 This is the first instance of teams registering 300-plus totals in all six innings of a three-match bilateral ODI series. The previous most was five in the Afro-Asia Cup in India in 2007. There were four totals in excess of 350, which is only one short of the record previously held in a bilateral series (the seven-match series between India and Australia in 2013).
1053 runs scored by India in the series is the highest aggregate for a team in a three-match bilateral ODI series while England's tally of 1037 runs is the second-highest. The previous highest was 1023 runs by South Africa against Zimbabwe at home in 2010.
7.00 Run rate in the series 2090 runs scored in 289.1 overs. Only one series in ODI history with more than one match has had a higher run rate 7.15 in the five-match rubber between England and New Zealand in England in 2015.
37 runs scored by India's openers in the series is the second-fewest in a three-match bilateral ODI series. The lowest remains 30 by the Zimbabwe openers against New Zealand in 2012. KL Rahul had scores of 8, 5 and 11 while Shikhar Dhawans scores read 1 and 11 and Ajinkya Rahane scored 1 in his lone outing.
232 runs scored by Kedar Jadhav is the most by any player in a three-match bilateral ODI series batting outside the top four. The previous most was 223 by Shaun Pollock for Africa XI against Asia XI in 2007. Jadhavs strike rate of 144.09 is the second-highest for anyone with a minimum of 200 runs after 175.00 by Shane Watson in Bangladesh in 2011.
228 runs conceded by Jasprit Bumrah in the second-most for a three-match bilateral ODI series after 244 by Shingi Masakadza against South Africa in South Africa (2010). Ben Stokes's count of 215 runs is fourth on the list while Jake Balls 203 sits at sixth.
6.96 R Ashwin's economy rate in the series, the highest for him in any ODI series. It is also the highest for an Indian spinner in a series against England with a minimum of 20 overs going past 6.95 by Yuvraj Singh in England in 2007.
0 Previous instances of both India and England captain scoring hundreds in a bilateral series between the sides. Virat Kohli's 122 in Pune is the highest by an Indian captain against England while 102 by Eoin Morgan is only the third hundred by an England skipper in India.
20 Matches lost by England against India in the last 25 head-to-head encounters between the two sides in India. The win in Kolkata was their fourth win in the time-span, while one game ended with the scores level. This is their fifth successive bilateral series loss in India, starting from the 6-1 drubbing in 2006.
Stats: Jadhav's Prowess, 300s Galore and India's Series Win - Cricbuzz
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