Alastair Cook who is going to retire from international cricket after the fifth and final Test match against India at The Oval made his 30th Test appearance against India - the most by any player against India.

Alastair Cook made his Test debut against India at Nagpur in 2006 and since then he has played 8 Test series against India and has also scored fourth most Test runs against India. Here is a look at most Test appearances against India -

Most Test appearances against India -

1. ALASTAIR COOK (ENG) - 30*

2. Ricky Ponting (AUS) - 29

3. Javed Miandad (PAK) - 28

4. Clive Lloyd (WI) - 28

5. Sir Viv Richards (WI) - 28

6. James Anderson (ENG) - 27*

7. Shiv Chanderpaul (WI) - 25

8. David Gower (ENG) - 24

9. Gordon Greenidge (WI) - 23

10. Imran Khan (PAK) - 23

Most Test runs against India -

1. Ricky Ponting (AUS) - 2555

2. Clive Llyod (WI) - 2344

3. Javed Miandad (PAK) - 2228

4. ALASTAIR COOK (ENG) - 2213

5. Shiv Chanderpaul (WI) - 2171

6. Michael Clarke (AUS) - 2049

7. Sir Viv Richards (WI) - 1927

8. Gary Sobers (WI) - 1920

9. Matthew Hayden (AUS) - 1888

10. Mahela Jayawardena (SL) - 1822

(Stats as on 6 Sept 2018)