Ben Stokes is the captain of England’s Test team, and in the ongoing fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against India, he is on fire with both bat and ball. He bowled a total of 24 overs for the English team in the first innings and picked up five wickets for 72 runs and then also scored a century in the first innings for Poms. The century and five-wicket haul in the ongoing Test helps him enter his name in the history books. He is the first England captain in 148 years to score a century and take five wickets in the same Test. England played their first-ever Test match in March 1877 against Australia in Melbourne, and in the last 148 years, a total of 82 players have captained Poms in 1088 Tests, but Stokes is the first skipper to score 100 and take a fifer in the same Test. Test hundred number 1️⃣4️⃣ for Ben Stokes ? Five wickets in the first innings and now a century in the second. Captain fantastic ? pic.twitter.com/s70tX5bCUe — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 26, 2025 A total of four captains—Denis Atkinson (West Indies), Garry Sobers (West Indies), Mushtaq Mohammad (Pakistan), and Imran Khan (Pakistan)—have scored a century and picked up a five-wicket haul in the same Test before Stokes. Captains to score 100 and 5-wicket haul in same Test Denis Atkinson West Indies Garry Sobers West Indies Mushtaq Mohammad West Indies Port of Spain Stokes is overall the fourth English cricketer after Tony Greig, Ian Botham, and Gus Atkinson to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test. 100 and 5-wicket haul in same Test for England West Indies New Zealand Christchurch Mumbai (WS) New Zealand Gus Atkinson Stokes is the seventh cricketer after Collie Smith, Garry Sobers, Bruce Taylor, Ian Botham, Imran Khan, and Roston Chase to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test against India. 100 and 5-wicket haul in same Test against India Collie Smith West Indies Garry Sobers West Indies Bruce Taylor New Zealand Mumbai (WS) Roston Chase West Indies Apart from Stokes, Joe Root also scored a century (150) for the hosts in the ongoing Test, and in the process he also became the second-highest run scorer in Test cricket.