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Team India got off to an impressive start in the Test series against England, bowling out the hosts for 183 in 65.4 overs on the opening day of the Nottingham Test. England decided to bat first after Virat Kohli lost yet another toss but Jasprit Burmah got the visitors off to a perfect start, setting up England opener Rory Burns brilliantly and trapping him lbw for a duck.
Bumrah went on to finish as India’s most successful bowler of the day. He claimed 4 for 64, sending back the dangerous Jos Buttler for a duck before cleaning up the tail by getting rid of Stuart Broad and James Anderson.
Mohammed Shami (3 for 28) and Shardul Thakur (2 for 41) also utilized the conditions as India never allowed England to settle down. Thakur chipped in with the massive scalp of England captain Joe Root, who top-scored for his side with 64. In response, India finished the day on 21 for no loss.
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England’s worst batting performances against India
In the wake of England’s batting collapse against India, we look at some of their lowest totals against India.
#5 128 in Headingley (1986)
India rolled over England for 128 in the second innings of the Leeds Test in 1986. The hosts were set a mammoth 408 for victory in the match but fell way short to lose the Test by 279 runs.
Left-arm spinner Maninder Singh was the most impressive of India's bowlers with figures of 4 for 26 as he bamboozled England's lower-order. Skipper Kapil Dev sent back England opener Graham Gooch for 5 while Roger Binny accounted for Wilf Slack and Allan Lamb as England folded up in 63.3 overs.
Dilip Vengsarkar was the star performer for India with the match, scoring 61 and 102 in a Test where batters from both sides struggled. With the victory, India claimed a famous Test series win over England, going 2-0 up in the three-match series.
#4 112 in Ahmedabad (2021)
England had a torrid time during their tour of India earlier this year and one of their worst batting efforts came in the Day-Night Test in Ahmedabad. The visitors elected to bat first but were clueless against left-arm spinner Axar Patel, playing in his debut Test series.
Patel claimed figures of 6 for 38 as England folded up for 112 in 48.4 overs. Patel trapped Jonny Bairstow (0), Ben Stokes (6) and Zak Crawley (53) leg before and later cleaned up Jofra Archer (11) and Ben Foakes (12).
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also claimed three scalps as England failed the spin test. India’s batting also crumbled on an unplayable surface but England (81) fared worse in the second innings to lose the Test by 10 wickets inside two days.
#3 102 in Mumbai (1981) and Headingley (1986)
England folded up for 102 in the second innings of the Mumbai Test in 1981. They were set 241 for victory but the batting collapsed and the English innings lasted merely 26.2 overs. Kapil Dev (5 for 70) and Madan Lal (5 for 23) ran through the England line-up as only Ian Botham (29) and David Gower (20) got into the 20s.
India batted first in the Test and folded up for 179 as Botham and Graham Dilley claimed four scalps each. The hosts fought back courtesy left-arm spinner Dilip Doshi’s 5 for 40 as England were restricted to 166. India responded with 227 in their second innings to give the bowlers enough to thump England.
The Englishmen were also all-out for 102 in the first innings of the 1986 Headingley Test. Replying to India’s first-innings score of 272, England were all-out after just passing three figures, in 45.1 overs. Roger Binny was the wrecker-in-chief with 5 for 40. India eased themselves to a dominating win as England collapsed to 128 in the second innings as well.
#2 101 in London (1971)
This was a historic occasion as India registered their first Test win, as well as series win, in England. Legendary leggie Bhagwath Chandrasekhar ran through England’s batting in their second innings to finish with figures of 6 for 38.
Chandrasekhar got the better of key England batsmen Brian Luckhurst (33), John Edrich (0) and Keith Fletcher (0) as the hosts’ batting lasted all of 45.1 overs. The other spinner, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, also claimed 2 for 44.
England were actually ahead in the game after the first innings. They put up an impressive 355 batting first and then restricted India to 284. Chandrasekhar’s spell, however, turned the match on its head. Following England’s stunning collapse, India needed 173 to create history. They got home by four wickets as captain Ajit Wadekar (45), Dilip Sardesai (40), Gundappa Viswanath (33) and Farokh Engineer (28 not out) all chipped in.
#1 81 in Ahmedabad (2021)
While England crumbled to 112 in the first innings of the Day-Night Test in Ahmedabad earlier this year, they fared ever worse in the second. England were bowled out for 81 in 30.4 overs. Axar Patel (5 for 32) and Ravichandran Ashwin (48) again tormented the England batsmen. Ben Stokes was their top-scorer with 25.
After England’s first innings disaster, captain Joe Root brought them back into the game by claiming sensational figures of 5 for 8 in 6.2 overs. Rohit Sharma made a fluent 66 for India while Virat Kohli contributed 27 before Root ran through the lower-order as the hosts were all-out for 145.
Indian spinners, however, ensured that the small lead the hosts gained did not go in vain, trampling England in their second innings. Following England’s second-innings collapse, India only needed 49 to win and cantered home by 10 wickets.
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