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Rahul Dravid's poor run of form cost him his place in the team for the seventh and final One-Day International against Australia in Mumbai on Wednesday. We take a look at the number of instances when he was dropped because of poor form.
The veteran batsman eclipsed a few rercords during his innings of 79 in the fourth ODI against Australia.
A detailed look at matches between the two countries.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni holds the unique feat of captaining India in an international match without ever captaining his home teams Bihar and Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy or any other important domestic cricket match.
Rahul Dravid led India in 25 Tests and compiled an 8-6 win-loss record.
Dimitri Mascarenhas hit Yuvraj Singh for five consecutive sixes in the 50th over of England innings.
The victory at The Oval provided the sixth instance of India winning a match while chasing a victory target of 300 or more.
Things are changing now and there is a distinct shift in India's fortunes while playing abroad in this decade.
Kumble now holds the record for having the most wickets taken by a Test centurion beating Kapil's record.
The only change in the squad for the NatWest ODI series is Munaf Patel, who is making a comeback in place of S Sreesanth.
The rain gods saved India from a certain defeat at Lord's. This provided the 16th instance in Test cricket history of a side hanging onto a draw with 9 wickets down in the fourth innings of a Test.
When Kumble dismissed Strauss on Thursday, it was the tenth time he was dismissing a batsman in his nineties - most by any bowler in Test annals.
As India and England go into the first Test of the three-match series at Lord's on Thursday, here's a look at the highs and lows between the two teams.
He became only the fourth batsman in Test cricket history to score double centuries in successive innings.
He equalled Roger Binny's Indian record of most wickets after first two matches of ODI career.
The Indian wicketkeeper scored an unbeaten 139 in the third and final Afro-Asia Cup match on Sunday.
Ashraful raced to his fifty in just 27 minutes and off 26 balls in Bangladesh's second innings of Mirpur Test.
India trounced Bangladesh in the second Test in Mirpur, Dhaka, on Sunday winning by an innings and 239 runs in just three days.
At 18 years 265 days Ishant Sharma is the youngest pace bowler to appear in a Test for India.
The Indian captain was involved in a world record 106-run partnership with Wasim Jaffer on Friday.
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