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IND vs ENG: Forget Karun Nair's records, here's how Indian cricket team ruled stat books on Monday

Statistical highlights of the fifth and final cricket Test between India and England in Chennai on Monday.

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On a day when Karun Nair broke and created all records that were there for the taking, Indian cricket team and it's premier spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja found a place in the statistical data too.

Here are some of the astonishing stats of the day:

# India's total of 759 for seven wickets declared is the highest score by any team vs England, eclipsing the 751 for five wickets declared by West Indies at St.John's in April 2004.

# Overall six totals of 700 or more have been registered vs England in Tests - two each by Australia and West Indies and one each by India and Pakistan.

# India's 759/7d is their highest total in Tests, eclipsing the 726/9d vs Sri Lanka at Mumbai (BS) in 2009-10.

# India's other two totals of 700 or more are 707 vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC) in 2010 and 705/7d vs Australia at Sydney in 2003-04.

# India (631 at Mumbai and 759 for 7 wickets declared at Chennai) have posted 600 or more in successive innings for the second time - the first instance being vs Sri Lanka in 2009.

# Six Indian batsmen have posted hundreds for the fourth time in a Test series - the first three instances being vs New Zealand in 1955-56; vs England in 1963-64 and vs West Indies in 1978-79.

# Ashwin has become the second Indian all-rounder after Kapil Dev to amass 250 runs (306 at an average of 43.71) and capture 25 wickets (28 at 28.50 runs) in the same series. Ian Botham has accomplished the double twice while Aubrey Faulkner, George Giffen, Richie Benaud, Trevor Goddard, Ashwin and Kapil Dev have achieved the distinction once each.

# Jadeja's 51 off 55 balls is his third fifty vs England - his fourth in Tests.

# Jadeja's tally of 224 runs (ave.37.33), including two fifties, is his highest in a Test series. 

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