From A statistician's eye - India's tour of England
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Team India will be travelling to England this July for 5 Tests, 5 ODIs and a T20I. The fans of cricket will surely see a matched-contest but the record books suggest that India is more vulnerable in England and lose more often than any other country.
Test Matches:
Here is India’s Test Match record in England compared with their overall performance:
Test Matches: India vs England in England
| Played | Won | Tied | Draw | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 27 |
| India vs England (Overall) | ||||
| 107 | 20 | 0 | 47 | 40 |
So far India has played 16 Test series in England and has tasted defeat in 12 of them. One resulted in a Draw and India came out victorious in 3 of them.
India’s performance in all series played in England:
India in England (All Test Series)
| Series | Result | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| India in England Test Match, 1932 | 1-0 (1) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1936 | 2-0 (3) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1946 | 1-0 (3) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1952 | 3-0 (4) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1959 | 5-0 (5) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1967 | 3-0 (3) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1971 | 1-0 (3) | India |
| India in England Test Series, 1974 | 3-0 (3) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1979 | 1-0 (4) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1982 | 1-0 (3) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1986 | 2-0 (3) | India |
| India in England Test Series, 1990 | 1-0 (3) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 1996 | 1-0 (3) | England |
| India in England Test Series, 2002 | 1-1 (4) | Drawn |
| Pataudi Trophy, 2007 | 1-0 (3) | India |
| Pataudi Trophy, 2011 | 4-0 (4) | England |
ODI Matches:
The ODI Match Record in England is better than the Test Matches but still India has lost more matches than they have won in England.
| ODI Matches: India vs England in England | ||||
| Played | Won | Tied | No Result | Lost |
| 34 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| India vs England (Overall) | ||||
| 87 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 35 |
India’s performance in all series played in England:
| India in England (All ODI Series) | ||
| Series | Result | Winner |
| Prudential Trophy, 1974 | 2-0 (2) | England |
| Prudential Trophy, 1982 | 2-0(2) | England |
| Texaco Trophy, 1986 | 1-1 (2) | Drawn |
| Texaco Trophy, 1990 | 2-0 (2) | India |
| Texaco Trophy, 1996 | 2-0 (3) | England |
| NatWest Challenge, 2004 | 2-1 (3) | England |
| NatWest Series, 2007 | 4-3 (7) | England |
| NatWest Series, 2011 | 3-0 (5) | England |
*The remaining matches were in a tournament involving more than 2 teams.
T20I Matches:
India has played England twice in England and lost both times – once in ICC WT20 2009 and the other time in 2011.
T20I Matches: India vs England in England
| Played | Won | Tied | No Result | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| India vs England (Overall) | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
All T20I Series Record:
| India in England (All T20I Series) | ||
| Series | Result | Winner |
| India in England T20I Match, 2011 | 1-0 (1) | England |
Facts:
- India has won a World Cup and a Champions Trophy in England.
- India has never won a T20I vs England in England.
- India last won an ODI series in England in 1990.
Batting Records:
| Player | Runs | Average | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 1575 | 54.31 | 8 | 4 |
| Rahul Dravid (Ind) | 1376 | 68.80 | 4 | 6 |
| Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) | 1152 | 41.14 | 8 | 2 |
| Graham Gooch (Eng) | 1134 | 66.70 | 4 | 4 |
| DS Vengsarkar (Ind) | 960 | 48.00 | 4 | 4 |
| Most Runs (Overall) | ||||
| Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 2535 | 51.73 | 13 | 7 |
| Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) | 2438 | 38.20 | 16 | 4 |
| Rahul Dravid (Ind) | 1950 | 60.93 | 8 | 7 |
| GR Vishwanath (Ind) | 1880 | 37.60 | 12 | 4 |
| Graham Gooch (Eng) | 1725 | 55.64 | 8 | 5 |
| Player | Runs | Average | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahul Dravid (Ind) | 648 | 38.11 | 7 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 639 | 39.93 | 4 | 1 |
| Ian Bell (Eng) | 565 | 51.36 | 3 | 1 |
| Saurav Ganguly (Ind) | 565 | 35.31 | 5 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh (Ind) | 498 | 41.50 | 4 | 0 |
| Most Runs (Overall) | ||||
| Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 1455 | 44.09 | 10 | 2 |
| Yuvraj Singh (Ind) | 1313 | 48.62 | 7 | 3 |
| Kevin Petersen (Eng) | 1138 | 45.52 | 8 | 1 |
| MS Dhoni (Ind) | 1128 | 47.00 | 9 | 0 |
| Ian Bell (Eng) | 1036 | 43.16 | 5 | 2 |
Bowling Records:
| Player | Wickets | SR | BB | 5w | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson (Eng) | 20 | 30.2 | 4/23 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Flintoff (Eng) | 16 | 32.0 | 5/56 | 1 | ||
| Stuart Broad (Eng) | 15 | 40.4 | 4/51 | 0 | ||
| Darren Gough (Eng) | 12 | 39.5 | 4/50 | 0 | ||
| Zaheer Khan (Ind) | 12 | 44.0 | 3/53 | 0 | ||
| Most Wickets (Overall) | ||||||
| Andrew Flintoff (Eng) | 37 | 38.1 | 5/56 | 1 | ||
| Harbhajan Singh (Ind) | 36 | 36.1 | 5/31 | 2 | ||
| J Srinath (Ind) | 35 | 32.4 | 5/41 | 1 | ||
| James Anderson (Eng) | 33 | 37.9 | 4/23 | 0 | ||
| Kapil Dev (Ind) | 28 | 44.7 | 3/35 | 0 | ||
| ODI Matches: Most Wickets | ||||||
| Player | Wickets | SR | BB | 5w | ||
| FS Trueman (Eng) | 53 | 33.6 | 8/31 | 2 | ||
| AV Bedser (Eng) | 44 | 42.0 | 7/49 | 4 | ||
| Kapil Dev (Ind) | 43 | 78.5 | 5/125 | 2 | ||
| Anil Kumble (Ind) | 36 | 87.4 | 4/66 | 0 | ||
| James Anderson (Eng) | 35 | 53.7 | 5/42 | 2 | ||
| Most Wickets (Overall) | ||||||
| B Chandrasekhar (Ind) | 95 | 65.2 | 8/79 | 8 | ||
| Anil Kumble (Ind) | 92 | 69.9 | 7/115 | 4 | ||
| BS Bedi (Ind) | 85 | 84.3 | 6/71 | 4 | ||
| Kapil Dev (Ind) | 85 | 74.6 | 6/91 | 4 | ||
| D Underwood (Eng) | 62 | 80.5 | 5/84 | 1 | ||
stats updated till 16th June 2014
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