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Records Broken In Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy

The 2025 Test series between India and England will go down in the history books as one of the most riveting five-match contests ever played.

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The six-run victory became India's narrowest win in Tests in terms of runs, surpassing their 13-run win over Australia in 2004-05 season.

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The Oval Test also marked the first time in 17 attempts that India managed to win either the fifth or sixth Test of an away series.

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Their only other experience of playing a sixth Test overseas was back in 1982-83, at Karachi. The match ended in a draw. 

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Mohammed Siraj ended the series with 23 wickets, the joint-most by an Indian bowler (also Jasprit Bumrah) in a Test series in England. 

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Siraj's figures of 9/190 at The Oval were the best ever by an Indian at the venue, beating Bhagwat Chandrasekhar's 8/114 from the 1971 victory.

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Siraj's 46 wickets in England are the third-most for an Indian, after Bumrah and Ishant Sharma, as both of them have 51.

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For England, Joe Root made his 39th Test hundred in the final innings, surpassing Kumar Sangakkara's tally of 38 centuries.

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Root is now left behind Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45), and Ricky Ponting (41).

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The 2025 England-India Test series itself broke multiple records for volume of runs and centuries.

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A total of 7,187 runs were scored across the five matches, setting a new record for the most runs in any Test series of five-matches. 

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