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Team India returns home after England tour

September 18, 2011 16:26 IST

Indian cricketers returned home on Sunday after a disastrous tour of England [ Images ], where they lost the Test and ODI series and the one-off Twenty20 [ Images ] match.

The MS Dhoni-led team lost the four-match Test series 4-0 and the five-match ODI series 3-0.

It means that they have lost the Test top spot and also dropped to fifth position in the International Cricket Council [ Images ] (ICC [ Images ])'s ODI ranking, a lowest position in the last three years.

The Indian team was also hit with injuries to a number of players including Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], Zaheer Khan [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Rohit Sharma [ Images ] and Harbhajan Singh [ Images ].  

Rahul Dravid [ Images ], the only player to perform in both forms of the game, bid goodbye to his 15-year long ODI and Twenty20 career.

Source: ANI