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India's 15 best batsmen, bowlers in England
As expected, Sachin Tendulkar leads the run-scoring chart among Indian batsmen in England.
He tallies 1575 runs from 17 matches, at an average of 54, with four centuries and eight fifties.
Rahul Dravid, another batting great, is second with 1376 runs from 13 Tests, with six centuries and four fifites.
Three of his centuries were scored on his last tour of the UK, in 2011, when India were whitewashed 4-0.
Sunil Gavaskar, regarded as one of the best opening batsmen of his era, too has an impressive record in England: 1152 runs in 16 matches, with a highest of 221.
He is among only three Indian batsmen to have scored more than 1000 runs in England.
Rajneesh Gupta figures out the top 15 Indian batsmen and bowlers in Tests in England.
Mts | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100 | 50 | |
Sachin Tendulkar | 17 | 1575 | 193 | 54.31 | 4 | 8 |
Rahul Dravid | 13 | 1376 | 217 | 68.80 | 6 | 4 |
Sunil Gavaskar | 16 | 1152 | 221 | 41.14 | 2 | 8 |
Dilip Vengsarkar | 13 | 960 | 157 | 48.00 | 4 | 4 |
Sourav Ganguly | 9 | 915 | 136 | 65.35 | 3 | 5 |
Gundappa Viswanath | 13 | 858 | 113 | 39.00 | 1 | 9 |
Kapil Dev | 13 | 638 | 110 | 35.44 | 1 | 4 |
Mohammad Azharuddin | 9 | 625 | 179 | 41.66 | 2 | 2 |
VVS Laxman | 11 | 586 | 74 | 34.47 | 0 | 5 |
Farokh Engineer | 9 | 563 | 87 | 37.53 | 0 | 4 |
Ajit Wadekar | 9 | 528 | 91 | 29.33 | 0 | 4 |
Vijay Merchant | 6 | 527 | 128 | 47.90 | 2 | 2 |
Ravi Shastri | 9 | 503 | 187 | 33.53 | 2 | 1 |
Vijay Hazare | 7 | 456 | 89 | 41.45 | 0 | 3 |
MS Dhoni | 7 | 429 | 92 | 39.00 | 0 | 4 |
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Kapil Dev is India's leading wicket-taker in England
All-rounder Kapil Dev tops the wicket-taking chart among India's bowlers in England.
The former pacer claimed 43 wickets in 13 matches, at an average of 39. His best figures are five for 125.
Interestingly, the next two bowlers are both spinners in the form of leg-spinner Anil Kumble and left-armer Bishan Singh Bedi, who claimed 36 wickets in 10 Tests and 35 wickets in 12 games respectively.
Zaheer Khan, who played a key role in India's series triumph in 2011, is fourth on the list with 31 wicktes from eight games, but was not selected for the ongoing tour of England because of injury.
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Mts | Wkts | Best | Avg | 5WI | 10WM | |
Kapil Dev | 13 | 43 | 5/125 | 39.18 | 2 | 0 |
Anil Kumble | 10 | 36 | 4/66 | 41.41 | 0 | 0 |
Bishan Singh Bedi | 12 | 35 | 6/226 | 38.08 | 1 | 0 |
Zaheer Khan | 8 | 31 | 5/75 | 27.96 | 1 | 0 |
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 9 | 31 | 6/38 | 33.96 | 2 | 0 |
Vinoo Mankad | 6 | 20 | 5/101 | 33.90 | 2 | 0 |
S Venkataraghavan | 10 | 20 | 4/52 | 41.05 | 0 | 0 |
Mohammed Nissar | 4 | 18 | 5/93 | 26.55 | 2 | 0 |
Subhash Gupte | 5 | 17 | 4/76 | 34.64 | 0 | 0 |
S Sreesanth | 6 | 17 | 3/53 | 48.88 | 0 | 0 |
Chetan Sharma | 2 | 16 | 6/58 | 18.75 | 2 | 1 |
Surendranath | 5 | 16 | 5/75 | 26.62 | 2 | 0 |
Ghulam Ahmed | 4 | 15 | 5/100 | 24.73 | 1 | 0 |
Praveen Kumar | 3 | 15 | 5/106 | 29.53 | 1 | 0 |
Venkatesh Prasad | 3 | 15 | 5/76 | 25.00 | 1 | 0 |
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10 Tests where India flourished in England
The Indian cricket team has had fine moments in England, like Dilip Vengsarkar’s fighting second innings century in 1982 at Lord’s. Unfortunately, his 157 was in vain as England won by seven wickets. Kapil Dev exhibited his all-round skills, taking eight wickets in the match and scoring 41 and 89.
Then, on June 5, 1986 came India's first victory at Lord’s when Kapil's Devils beat an English side led by David Gower. England scored 294 in the first innings, with Chetan Sharma taking five wickets. Graham Gooch scored a century.
Vengsarkar hit his third consecutive Lord’s century in a reply of 341 with Mohinder Amarnath supporting him with 69.
In the second innings, England succumbed to Kapil and Maninder Singh, setting India a target of 136. At 78-4 there were some nervous moments but Kapil and Ravi Shastri kept their heads to take the team to a historic five-wicket triumph.
And then who can forget the Lord's Test in 1952. Despite suffering an eight-wicket loss, the match is still remembered for Vinoo Mankad's magical innings.
Mankad slammed 184 runs, with the help of 19 fours and a six, in India's second innings total of 378 to enable the team avoid the humiliation of an innings defeat.
10 Tests where India flourished in England
Venue | Season | Result |
Lord's | 1952 | Lost by 8 wickets [Mankad's Test] |
Nottingham | 1971 | Won by 4 wickets |
Lord's | 1986 | Won by 5 wickets |
Leeds | 1986 | Won by 279 runs |
Leeds | 2002 | Won by inns & 46 runs |
Nottingham | 2007 | Won by 7 wickets |
Lord's | 1971 | Drawn [India were 38 runs short of a win] |
The Oval | 1979 | Drawn [India were 9 runs short of a win] |
Birmingham | 1986 | Drawn [India were 62 runs short of a win] |
The Oval | 2007 | Drawn [India got a first innings lead of 319 runs] |
10 Tests where India fared abysmally in England
Venue | Season | Result |
Manchester | 1952 | Lost by inns & 207 runs [India were dismissed for 58 & 82] |
Leeds | 1952 | Lost by 7 wkts [India were 4 down with no run on the board in second innings] |
Nottingham | 1959 | Lost by inns & 59 runs |
Leeds | 1959 | Lost by inns & 173 runs |
The Oval | 1959 | Lost by inns & 27 runs |
Lord's | 1967 | Lost by inns & 124 runs |
Lord's | 1974 | Lost by inns & 285 runs [India were dismissed for 42 in second innings] |
Birmingham | 1974 | Lost by inns & 78 runs |
Birmingham | 1979 | Lost by inns & 83 runs |
Birmingham | 2011 | Lost by inns & 242 runs |