Top Performers in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025: Best Batters & Bowlers

Anderson-Tendulkar Test Series First Edition: Unmatched Statistics

• Overall Aggregate Runs: A whopping 7,187 runs scored over the 5 test series.
• Highest Team Totals Score: A staggering 14 times both teams have scored 300 plus scores.
• Collective Individual Brilliance: A breathtaking 400 runs scored by 9 batsmen in the series.
• Highest Half Centuries Recorded: 50 batsmen from both sides scored 50 runs.
• Century Count Peaked: 21 centuries scored by batsmen from both sides.
• Collective Contribution by Batsmen: 19 times partnerships crossed 100 runs.

Seems like the test series was a platform these players were waiting for. So, let’s see who these players were.

Top Performers in Anderson-Tendulkar Test Series 2025

Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill, a promising name in the Indian cricket team, has shown the world why he is a dependable card for the team. Looking at his stats, you could easily see and understand if not for him, the result of this series could have been something else. He broke multiple records as the Indian skipper including the first Indian captain to register a test win at Edgbaston. With the bat in hand, his best came in the second test of the series where he scored a double century and a century in the match helping India to win the clash. Let’s look at his statistics for the series:

He played in all 5 test matches, utilising his experience and potential to limit. His staggering figures tell a story of nothing short of a warrior on the pitch. He is a top ranker with 754 total runs for himself in the entire series with a highest score of 269.

His average runs calculated were 75.40. However, the number of balls he faced reached 1150, giving English bowlers a tough time on the pitch. With a strike rate of 65.66, which looked average against other batsmen, he still managed to leap and score 4 centuries. In the series, he stroked the ball out of the boundaries 85 times for fours and 12 times for sixes. Though England's bowling lineup did manage to send him to the pavilion in every match.

Ravindra Jadeja

Many people judge a player by his runs and find him a dependable player. Yes, it is true, but in this series, for India, the dependable is Ravindra Jadeja. His decisions during his batting showed how much he has evolved as a cricketer, and that is one of the reasons why India was able to draw the series.

If we talk about his overall test performance, Jadeja managed to score 516 runs in his overall batting time. His highest score was 107 runs, and to your surprise, he managed to remain not out 4 times in the series, more than any player. His average in the series is 86.00, which is the highest in the series.

In the overall series, he faced 937 balls successfully, managing to keep a strike rate of 55.56. With his will and dedication to win this trophy for India, he managed to score a century and five fifties. In his scoring tree, he managed 53 fours and 6 sixes.

Mohammed Siraj

Winning or changing a test match in your favour is not always in the hands of the batsmen. The team also needs a bowler who can make the other team struggle to even touch the ball properly. Well, the Indian cricket team is like a pocket carrying new gems of cricket, and this time, it is Mohd. Siraj.

With his bowling, he managed to break the English batsmen's lineup like a piece of glass. If you look at his bowling statistics, he took 23 wickets, the highest by any bowler. His best bowling innings is 6 wickets for 70 runs. He recorded a whopping 26 maiden overs in a test series in a total of 185.6 overs. His average was 32.43 with an economy of 4.02, which signifies his importance in helping his team keep the result in their favour. It was his spell of bowling on the fifth day of the fifth test that helped India register a strong comeback and level the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

Joe Root

Talking about the English side, the country is deemed the original place of the sport. With that said, the nation has Joe Root on their side, who helped his team place a strong position in the test series against a strong Indian side. He played for 9 innings in the entire test series for the England cricket team, helping them against any fall.

Talking about his overall scores, he totaled 537 runs and managed to stay not out once. The highest score he managed to clock was 150 runs with an average of 67.12 runs. He faced 944 balls in the overall scores, which makes his total scores quite high. He had a strike rate of 56.88 runs, which allowed him to score 3 centuries and 1 fifty. In all his innings, he managed to get 54 boundaries with 0 sixes. His century at Lord's in the third test came on a difficult surface helping England to build a strong total in the first innings.

Harry Brook

Harry Brook is another English batsman who played an inning less. Given his batting abilities, he managed to score 481 runs for his team. He proved himself as a dependable player for the team with his cool mindset and allowed his team to stay on the pitch to chase or defend the target.

His highest recorded in the series was 158 runs with a strike rate of 53.44. Talking about his other batting statistics, he faced 591 balls and managed to keep a strike rate of 81.38 in his overall play. These figures allowed him to reach centuries 2 times and fifties 2 times too. His second century came in the fifth and deciding test of the series. His score of 111 almost won the game for England before India scripted a gritty comeback to win the match by six runs.

However, the side note in his batting statistics is that he could not manage to score once in his innings and got dismissed on a score of 0. However, Brook managed to hit the big scores like 56 boundaries and 7 sixes in his overall innings. Though he played less, he managed to win England some crucial runs that helped the team secure the wins they needed for the upper hand.

Ben Duckett

Here comes another important player for the England cricket team. Though each player played a crucial role assigned to them for the benefit of the team, Duckett added a bit more from his side. He batted for 9 innings in 5 test matches for the English side, where he managed to secure some crucial runs.

His statistical figure in the test series looks satisfactory as he managed to reach an overall score of 462 runs. In his innings, he managed to reach his highest score tally for a single inning to 149 runs in the first test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy which helped the hosts take a lead in the series. His average score in the test series was 51.33, which allowed him to make some important runs for his team.

While he batted, he faced 557 balls successfully and secured the runs for the team. The statistics of his strike rate are 82.64, which is quite high against any other batsman in the overall test series. Through this, he managed to secure 1 century and 3 fifties for the team. Although he did get eliminated on 0 score once but in other innings, he bagged 63 fours and 3 sixes.

Conclusion

The Anderson-Tendulkar Test Series 2025 was a renamed edition of an old series where England and India face off against each other, but this time, the series became a testament to the talent pool both countries possess.

Both countries established a new boundary for test cricket with their knowledge, experience, and game understanding. Looking at its statistics, the players have outperformed their previous selves and secured a top spot in the list of best performers in the series.