India start as favourites in the seven-match One-Day International series against England, the first beginning in in Rajkot on Friday.
A look the career statistics of the two teams:
ODI Career Records -- Batting and fielding
India
| Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s | SR | Ct | St | |
| Dhoni, MS | 120 | 107 | 27 | 3793 | 183* | 47.41 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 91.31 | 121 | 36 |
| Gambhir, G | 60 | 60 | 6 | 1987 | 113 | 36.80 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 81.74 | 17 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 175 | 95 | 26 | 903 | 46 | 13.09 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 80.34 | 48 | 0 |
| Kohli, V | 5 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 54 | 31.80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66.53 | 3 | 0 |
| Ojha, PP | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16* | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.09 | 4 | 0 |
| Patel, MM | 33 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 15 | 7.43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67.53 | 3 | 0 |
| Pathan, YK | 7 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.29 | 4 | 0 |
| Raina, SK | 50 | 42 | 7 | 1191 | 116* | 34.03 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 82.42 | 22 | 0 |
| Sehwag, V | 191 | 186 | 7 | 5810 | 130 | 32.46 | 9 | 29 | 11 | 99.32 | 74 | 0 |
| Sharma, I | 17 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.11 | 4 | 0 |
| Sharma, RG | 28 | 27 | 5 | 543 | 70* | 24.68 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 73.88 | 11 | 0 |
| Singh, RP | 45 | 16 | 9 | 56 | 12* | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42.75 | 11 | 0 |
| Vijay, M | Yet to make debut | |||||||||||
| Yuvraj Singh | 217 | 199 | 28 | 6141 | 139 | 35.91 | 8 | 37 | 11 | 86.81 | 66 | 0 |
| Zaheer Khan | 149 | 85 | 35 | 678 | 34* | 13.56 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 76.44 | 28 | 0 |
India against England
| Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s | SR | Ct | St | |
| Dhoni, MS | 13 | 13 | 2 | 359 | 96 | 32.64 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76.06 | 15 | 3 |
| Gambhir, G | 6 | 6 | 0 | 167 | 51 | 27.83 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72.93 | 4 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 17 | 10 | 4 | 132 | 41* | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 84.08 | 11 | 0 |
| Patel, MM | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1* | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Raina, SK | 7 | 7 | 1 | 242 | 81* | 40.33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 72.89 | 2 | 0 |
| Sehwag, V | 21 | 21 | 0 | 659 | 126 | 31.38 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 97.49 | 12 | 0 |
| Singh, RP | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12* | 7.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 23 | 22 | 4 | 804 | 103 | 44.67 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 92.31 | 9 | 0 |
| Zaheer Khan | 12 | 9 | 2 | 68 | 20 | 9.71 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73.91 | 0 | 0 |
England
| Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s | SR | Ct | St | |
| Ambrose, TR | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.41 | 3 | 0 |
| Anderson, JM | 97 | 39 | 19 | 124 | 15 | 6.20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39.37 | 26 | 0 |
| Bell, IR | 75 | 72 | 6 | 2399 | 126* | 36.35 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 72.00 | 21 | 0 |
| Bopara, RS | 28 | 24 | 7 | 459 | 58 | 27.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.81 | 10 | 0 |
| Broad, SCJ | 37 | 23 | 12 | 236 | 45* | 21.45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.29 | 10 | 0 |
| Collingwood, PD | 149 | 134 | 29 | 3689 | 120* | 35.13 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 76.30 | 86 | 0 |
| Cook, AN | 22 | 22 | 0 | 691 | 102 | 31.41 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 68.08 | 7 | 0 |
| Flintoff, A | 133 | 115 | 16 | 3277 | 123 | 33.10 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 88.76 | 43 | 0 |
| Harmison, SJ | 51 | 22 | 13 | 67 | 13* | 7.44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57.76 | 8 | 0 |
| Patel, SR | 6 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.94 | 3 | 0 |
| Pietersen, KP | 82 | 73 | 14 | 2822 | 116 | 47.83 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 87.53 | 31 | 0 |
| Prior, MJ | 28 | 27 | 2 | 590 | 52 | 23.60 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 76.03 | 37 | 3 |
| Shah, OA | 47 | 43 | 5 | 1052 | 107* | 27.68 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 76.12 | 13 | 0 |
| Sidebottom, RJ | 16 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 15 | 10.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.71 | 3 | 0 |
| Swann, GP | 12 | 9 | 0 | 136 | 34 | 15.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.34 | 7 | 0 |
| Wright, LJ | 16 | 11 | 1 | 229 | 52 | 22.90 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 97.86 | 6 | 0 |
England against India
| Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s | SR | Ct | St | |
| Anderson, JM | 15 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 12* | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.64 | 5 | 0 |
| Bell, IR | 10 | 10 | 1 | 504 | 126* | 56.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 87.50 | 4 | 0 |
| Bopara, RS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 81 | 43* | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.78 | 2 | 0 |
| Broad, SCJ | 7 | 4 | 2 | 85 | 45* | 42.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.58 | 0 | 0 |
| Collingwood, PD | 28 | 25 | 7 | 781 | 93 | 43.39 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 83.80 | 22 | 0 |
| Cook, AN | 6 | 6 | 0 | 182 | 102 | 30.33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75.52 | 3 | 0 |
| Flintoff, A | 25 | 22 | 1 | 594 | 99 | 28.29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 93.99 | 10 | 0 |
| Harmison, SJ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4* | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Pietersen, KP | 13 | 13 | 2 | 527 | 77 | 47.91 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 84.05 | 3 | 0 |
| Prior, MJ | 13 | 13 | 0 | 253 | 46 | 19.46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76.67 | 17 | 2 |
| Shah, OA | 9 | 8 | 1 | 194 | 107* | 27.71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 83.62 | 0 | 0 |
| Wright, LJ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 121.95 | 1 | 0 |
ODI Career Records -- Bowling
India
| Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ | |
| Gambhir, G | 60 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0-13 | 0 | - | - | 13.00 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 175 | 1543.6 | 69 | 6448 | 195 | 5-31 | 2 | 33.07 | 47.51 | 4.18 |
| Ojha, PP | 5 | 43 | 5 | 173 | 5 | 2-28 | 0 | 34.60 | 51.60 | 4.02 |
| Patel, MM | 33 | 266.1 | 25 | 1230 | 41 | 4-49 | 0 | 30.00 | 38.95 | 4.62 |
| Pathan, YK | 7 | 39 | 0 | 193 | 3 | 1-9 | 0 | 64.33 | 78.00 | 4.95 |
| Raina, SK | 50 | 8.2 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 1-23 | 0 | 59.00 | 50.00 | 7.08 |
| Sehwag, V | 191 | 630.1 | 12 | 3313 | 80 | 3-25 | 0 | 41.41 | 47.26 | 5.26 |
| Sharma, I | 17 | 135.1 | 4 | 695 | 22 | 4-38 | 0 | 31.59 | 36.86 | 5.14 |
| Sharma, RG | 28 | 15.5 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0-3 | 0 | - | - | 3.98 |
| Singh, RP | 45 | 351.3 | 28 | 1861 | 59 | 4-35 | 0 | 31.54 | 35.75 | 5.29 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 217 | 478.4 | 13 | 2455 | 59 | 4-6 | 0 | 41.61 | 48.68 | 5.13 |
| Zaheer Khan | 149 | 1248.3 | 92 | 6054 | 210 | 5-42 | 1 | 28.83 | 35.67 | 4.85 |
India against England
| Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ | |
| Gambhir, G | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0-13 | 0 | - | - | 13.00 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 17 | 165 | 10 | 642 | 28 | 5-31 | 2 | 22.93 | 35.36 | 3.89 |
| Patel, MM | 5 | 36 | 2 | 209 | 7 | 3-18 | 0 | 29.86 | 30.86 | 5.81 |
| Sehwag, V | 21 | 44 | 0 | 229 | 4 | 2-31 | 0 | 57.25 | 66.00 | 5.20 |
| Singh, RP | 8 | 61 | 2 | 346 | 7 | 3-55 | 0 | 49.43 | 52.29 | 5.67 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 23 | 91 | 3 | 485 | 13 | 3-39 | 0 | 37.31 | 42.00 | 5.33 |
| Zaheer Khan | 12 | 107.3 | 7 | 533 | 14 | 3-53 | 0 | 38.07 | 46.07 | 4.96 |
England
| Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ | |
| Anderson, JM | 97 | 787.3 | 71 | 3859 | 127 | 4-23 | 0 | 30.39 | 37.20 | 4.90 |
| Bell, IR | 75 | 14.4 | 0 | 88 | 6 | 3-9 | 0 | 14.67 | 14.67 | 6.00 |
| Bopara, RS | 28 | 39.1 | 1 | 198 | 4 | 2-43 | 0 | 49.50 | 58.75 | 5.06 |
| Broad, SCJ | 37 | 302.1 | 26 | 1442 | 55 | 5-23 | 1 | 26.22 | 32.96 | 4.77 |
| Collingwood, PD | 149 | 642.2 | 11 | 3214 | 83 | 6-31 | 1 | 38.72 | 46.43 | 5.00 |
| Flintoff, A | 133 | 876.2 | 70 | 3815 | 159 | 5-56 | 1 | 23.99 | 33.07 | 4.35 |
| Harmison, SJ | 51 | 431.1 | 27 | 2167 | 72 | 5-33 | 1 | 30.10 | 35.93 | 5.03 |
| Patel, SR | 6 | 33.4 | 2 | 139 | 8 | 5-41 | 1 | 17.38 | 25.25 | 4.13 |
| Pietersen, KP | 82 | 23.5 | 0 | 134 | 4 | 2-22 | 0 | 33.50 | 35.75 | 5.62 |
| Shah, OA | 47 | 19 | 0 | 126 | 3 | 1-18 | 0 | 42.00 | 38.00 | 6.63 |
| Sidebottom, RJ | 16 | 144.1 | 11 | 661 | 24 | 3-19 | 0 | 27.54 | 36.04 | 4.58 |
| Swann, GP | 12 | 89 | 7 | 387 | 14 | 4-34 | 0 | 27.64 | 38.14 | 4.35 |
| Wright, LJ | 16 | 31 | 0 | 157 | 3 | 2-34 | 0 | 52.33 | 62.00 | 5.06 |
England against India
| Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5W | Avg | SR | Econ | |
| Anderson, JM | 15 | 139 | 16 | 706 | 26 | 4-23 | 0 | 27.15 | 32.08 | 5.08 |
| Bopara, RS | 5 | 7.1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0-7 | 0 | - | - | 6.42 |
| Broad, SCJ | 7 | 65.4 | 8 | 340 | 9 | 4-51 | 0 | 37.78 | 43.78 | 5.18 |
| Collingwood, PD | 28 | 113 | 1 | 653 | 10 | 2-45 | 0 | 65.30 | 67.80 | 5.78 |
| Flintoff, A | 25 | 193.2 | 9 | 859 | 33 | 5-56 | 1 | 26.03 | 35.15 | 4.44 |
| Harmison, SJ | 4 | 32.5 | 0 | 148 | 9 | 4-22 | 0 | 16.44 | 21.89 | 4.51 |
| Pietersen, KP | 13 | 2.5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 6.00 |
| Shah, OA | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1-19 | 0 | 19.00 | 24.00 | 4.75 |
| Wright, LJ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0-11 | 0 | - | - | 5.50 |