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.With a thrilling win at Chepauk, India recorded their 4th consecutive win in the series after the first Test ended in a draw. A special all-round performance from Ravindra Jadeja on final day gave India yet another innings win in the series. Jadeja, who scored a fifty with bat, took 10 wickets in the game and 4 important catches as well. Thus he became the first player in Test history to take 10 wickets and 4 catches in a Test along with scoring a fifty.

This was only the 2nd Test series for India where they registered 4 wins. The other one been the home series in 2013 against Australia, where India won the 4 match series by 4-0 margin.

With 4 wins against England in this series, Virat Kohli became the first India captain to taste 4 wins in Tests against England. Mohammad Azharuddin, MS Dhoni and Ajit Wadekar had 3 Test wins as captain against England.

Kohli's record as captain has been exemplary with 14 wins in the 22 Tests he has led India so far. This win put him in elite list of captains who have more than 14 wins in their first 22 Tests as the team's leader.

Most wins after 22 Test matches as a captain:

 

Virat Kohli individually had a great series aggregating 655 runs with 2 centuries including a career best of 235 which produced first man of the series award for him in Tests. With this award, Kohli became the first Indian to win a series award in all the three formats.

Indian spin duo Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja topped the wicket-takers chart in the series with 28 and 26 wickets respectively. This was only the 4th instance of two India bowlers taking 25+ wickets in same series.

Two Indians taking 25+ wickets in a Test series:

 

Ravichandran Ashwin's success wasn't limited to ball, he scored 306 runs in the series at a healthy average of 43.71. He became only the 7th player in Test history and 2nd Indian after Kapil Dev to score 250+ runs and take 25+ wickets in a series.

Players with 250+ runs and 25+ wickets in a Test series:

(Except Benaud, other 7 series were played in the particular player's home country)

In fact, even Jadeja had a decent run with the bat aggregating 224 runs in the series at an average of 37.33. He became only the 4th Indian to score 200 runs and take 20 wickets in a Test series. Kapil Dev achieved the combo in 3 different series.

Players with 200+ runs and 20+ wickets in a Test series for India:

 

Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja achieving the combination of 200+ runs and 20+ wickets in this series was only the 4th instance in Test history where two players from same team achieved the combo in the same series.

Two players scoring 200+ runs and taking 20+ wickets in same Test series for a team:

 

Indians aggregated 3135 runs with bat in this series, the most by them in a Test series. This was only the 2nd series where Indian batters aggregated 3000+ runs in a Test series. Previous occasions was also in a home series vs England in 1963/64.

Most runs aggregated by Indian batsmen in a Test series:

 

Indian bowlers shared a total of 90 wickets in this series, the 3rd most by them in a Test series. Highest is 100 wickets in home series in 1979/80 vs Australia, which was a 6-match Test series.

Most number of wickets taken by Indian bowlers in a Test series:

 

(Stats as on 20th December, 2016)