England vs India 2018: 5 famous ODI wins India achieved against England in England in the 21st century

Reliving some of the famous ODI wins of Indian team in England after the start of 21st century.

Having won its maiden T-20 international series in England, the Indian team, under the leadership of Virat Kohli would be booming with confidence and would look forward to carry the winning momentum in the three match ODI series against England which begins at Trent Bridge on July 12.

As we all know, before 21st century the Indian Cricket team were always considered as poor travelers outside India. However, the trend changed at the start of 21st century when the young and upcoming Indian players under the brave leadership of Sourav Ganguly started stunning the cricketing world with its superb performances in overseas conditions.

Hence from the beginning of 21st century, Indian team has always held an upper hand over England when its comes to playing ODI matches in England, as Indian team has won more matches compared to the hosts.

Therefore, in this article let us look at five of the famous ODI wins of Indian cricket team at England in the 21st century:

#5 England vs India (24 August 2007) at Bristol

Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed for 99 runs by Andrew Flintoff.

During their tour of England in 2007, the Indian team won its maiden test series in England under the leadership of Rahul Dravid, and with that confidence took on England in a 7 match ODI series. The one-day series, however did not start on a good note for visitors as they suffered a huge defeat at the hand of the hosts in the 1st ODI at Rose Bowl in Southampton.

After being completely outclassed in the 1st match of the 7 match ODI series, the Indian team took on the hosts in the 2nd ODI at Bristol on 24 August 2007. Indian skipper, Rahul Dravid won the toss and decided to bat first.

The legendary Indian opening duo of Saurav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar justified Dravid's decision to bat first by adding 113 runs for the opening wicket in a quick time. The partnership was finally broken, when Ganguly was dismissed for 39 runs in the 19th over. But, Tendulkar continued to torment the English bowlers and was unlucky to be dismissed one run short of a magnificent hundred, as he was dismissed for 99 runs by Andrew Flintoff in the 32nd over.

Rahul Dravid, who came into bat after the dismissal of Tendulkar scored a quickfire unbeaten 92 runs of just 63 balls, and along with meaningful contribution from Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni helped India score of 329/7 in their allotted 50 overs. For England, Andrew Flintoff was the most successful bowler as he picked up 5 wickets for 56 runs in his 10 overs.

Chasing a huge target of 330 runs, all the top five English batsmen got off to a good start, but except Ian Bell none of them carried on to score a big one. Bell's dismissal for 64 runs in the 42nd over left England tottering at 240/7 with a difficult 90 runs to get of the final 8 overs.

However, Dimitri Mascarenhas and Stuart Board had other ideas and added 59 runs for the 8th wicket in a quick time to put pressure back on Indian fast bowlers. The partnership finally ended when RP Singh dismissed Mascarenhas for 52 runs in the 49th over, as England fell short by a narrow margin of 9 runs and could only reach 320/8 in their allotted 50 overs.

Brief Scores:

IND – 329/7 (50) – Sachin Tendulkar 99(112), Rahul Dravid 92*(63), Andrew Flintoff 5/56(10)

ENG – 320/8 (50) – Ian Bell 64(96), Dimitri Mascarenhas 52(39), Piyush Chawla 3/60(10)

Man of the Match – Rahul Dravid

#4 England vs India (5 September 2004) at Lords

Saurav Ganguly's 90 runs knock helped India reach a respectable total.

The Indian team under the leadership of Saurav Ganguly toured England in 2004 for a three match ODI series as a preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 which was to be held in England. The Indian team however lost the first two matches to concede the ODI series to England.

Playing for pride, the Indian team took on the hosts in the final one-day match at Lords on 5 September 2004. Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly won the toss and decided to bat first.

But, Ganguly's decision to bat first backfired as apart from Ganguly's 90 runs knock and Rahul Dravid's 52 runs knock, none of the other Indian batsmen got going as India were dismissed for just 204 runs in 49.3 overs. For England, Steve Harmison was the most successful bowler as he picked up 4 wickets for 22 runs in his 10 overs.

Chasing a modest total of 205 runs on a difficult batting track, the English struggled to get going in front of disciplined bowling performance by Indian fast bowlers, and were reduced to 62/6 in 19.1 overs with skipper Michael Vaughan fighting a lone battle. Left arm spinner Ashley Giles, joined Vaughan in the middle with England still needing to score 152 runs to win the match, with just 4 wickets remaining.

Vaughan and Giles together stabilized the English innings by adding 92 runs for the 7th wicket to bring England back in the match. The partnership was finally broken when Giles was dismissed for 39 runs by Harbhajan Singh in the 44th over.

Soon after the dismissal of Giles, Vaughan also lost his wicket to Harbhajan Singh in the same over after scoring a patient 74 runs of 141 balls. Vaughan's dismissal was the final nail in the coffin for England, as they fell short by 23 runs and were all out 181 runs in 48.2 overs. For India, Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh picked up 3 wickets each.

Brief Scores:

IND – 204 (49.3) – Saurav Ganguly 90(119), Rahul Dravid 52(92), Steve Harmison 4/22(10)

ENG – 181 (48.2) – Michael Vaughan 74(141), Ashley Giles 39(62), Ashish Nehra 3/26(7.2)

Man of the Match – Sourav Ganguly

#3 England vs India (5 September 2007) at The Oval

Robin Uthappa's unbeaten 47 runs knock of just 33 balls stunned England.

Trailing 2-3 in the 7 match ODI series of NatWest Trophy 2007, team India took on hosts in the 6th ODI at the Oval on 5 September 2007, knowing that they needed to win the match to stay alive in the series.

England skipper Paul Collingwood won the toss and decided bat first. Batting first England scored 316/6 in their 50 overs, on the back of a superb unbeaten century by Owais Shah and half centuries by Kevin Pietersen and debutant Luke Wright. However, the big feature of English innings was Dimitri Mascarenhas smashing 5 huge sixes in the final over of the innings bowled by Yuvraj Singh, which helped reach 316/6.

Chasing 317 in order to stay alive in the series, India's chase began on a positive note as legendary opening duo of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar added 113 runs for the first wicket in a quick time. The partnership ended when Ganguly was dismissed for 53 runs in the 23rd over. Soon after Ganguly's dismissal, Tendulkar also lost his wicket for 94 runs, which was also the second time in the series, the little master was dismissed in the nervous nineties.

Gautam Gambhir led India's recovery after the fall of Tendulkar and scored a fluent 47 before losing his wicket in the 41st over due to the pressure of mounting run rate. Gambhir's dismissal left India reeling at 234/5 in 40.2 overs with a last recognized pair of MS Dhoni and Robin Uthappa at the middle and India still needing difficult 83 runs off 58 balls to win the game.

Dhoni and Uthappa launched a stunning counter-attack on the English bowlers by adding 60 runs off just 46 balls for the 6th wicket, with Uthappa in particular stunning the English players with his unorthodox batting strokes. The partnership finally ended, when Stuart Board dismissed Dhoni for 35 in the 48th over.

However, Uthappa did not give up and despite losing his partners Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan in a quick succession led India to a famous come from behind victory, thereby helping the Indian team to stay alive in the 7 match ODI series.

Brief Scores:

ENG – 316/6 (50) – Owais Shah 107*(95), Kevin Pietersen 53(82), Zaheer Khan 1/43(10)

IND – 317/8 (49.4) – Sachin Tendulkar 94(81), Saurav Ganguly 53(60), Stuart Board 2/46(9.4)

Man of the Match – Sachin Tendulkar

#2 England vs India (ICC Champions Trophy 2013 final)

Indian players celebrate after winning the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.

The final of ICC Champions Trophy 2013, took place on 23 June 2013 between two best teams of the tournament India and England at Edgabaston in a beautiful city of Birminigham.

Due to heavy rain the final was reduced to 20 overs of each. The contest was worthy of a final, as India put into bat by Alastair Cook, scored a modest 129/7 in the 20 overs on the back of 43 runs in 34 balls by Virat Kohli and a quickfire unbeaten 33 runs off just 25 balls by Ravindra Jadeja down the order. For England, part timer Ravi Bopara was the most successful bowler as he picked up 3 wickets for just 20 runs in his 4 overs.

Chasing the target of 130 to win the tournament on a turning pitch, England were reduced to 46/4 in 8.4 overs when England's bowling hero in the first innings Ravi Bopara came into bat. Bopara along with Eoin Morgan added 64 runs for the 5th wicket to bring England back in the game.

With England at 102/4 in 17 overs and still needing 28 runs to win the match, Indian skipper Dhoni in a rather surprising move brought Ishant Sharma who was having an off color game and had already conceded 27 runs in his 3 overs to bowl the crucial 18th over against the well set duo of Bopara and Morgan.

However, Dhoni's risk of giving Ishant the 18th over turned to be positive, as both Morgan and Bopara threw away their wickets of successive balls in the 18th over. Soon after the dismissal of Morgan and Bopara, Ravindra Jadeja dismissed England's last hope Jos Butler in the 19th over to leave England 15 runs to get off the last over to be bowled by R. Ashwin.

Despite conceding a boundary of the very first ball, Ashwin bounced back to concede just 5 runs of the next 5 balls as England fell short by a narrow margin of 5 runs. India lifted the ICC Champions for the second time in their cricketing history and along with that, MS Dhoni become the only player in the world to win all the ICC Trophies as a captain.

Brief Scores:

IND – 129/7 (20) – Virat Kohli 43(34), Ravindra Jadeja 33*(25), Ravi Bopara 3/20(4)

ENG – 124/8 (20) – Eoin Morgan 33(30), Ravi Bopara 30(25), R. Ashwin 1/15(4)

Man of the Match – Ravindra Jadeja

#1 England vs India (13 July 2002) at Lords

Mohammad Kaif celebrates after leading India to an unlikely victory.

These match is one of the few wins of the Indian Cricket team, which will be etched in the memory of Indian cricket fans forever. The Indian team, led by Sourav Ganguly, took on England in the final of the NatWest Trophy tri-series 2002 at Lords on 13 July 2002, with Sri Lanka already eliminated.

Indian skipper, Ganguly won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, his decision to bowl first backfired as England posted a huge score of 325/5 in their alloted 50 overs, with opener Marcus Trescothick and skipper Nasser Hussain scoring centuries.

During those days, chasing a score of above 300 was always a difficult task but India began well as skipper Ganguly targeted the English bowlers from the word go and added 106 runs for the 1st wicket in just 14.3 with Virender Sehwag, before being dismissed by fast bowler Alex Tudor for a superb knock of 60 runs of just 43 balls.

Ganguly's dismissal saw India lose their next 4 wickets in quick succession and were reduced to 146/5 in 24 overs with their big hope Sachin Tendulkar having been dismissed. An inexperienced pair of youngsters - Yuvraj Singh and Mohammed Kaif were in the middle and India still needed 180 runs to win the match in the remaining 26 overs.

However, Yuvraj and Kaif had other ideas and turned the match around remarkably by adding 121 runs in just 106 balls for the 6th wicket. The partnership was finally broken when Yuvraj was dismissed for 69 runs by Paul Collingwood in the 42nd over.

Even after the dismissal of Yuvraj Singh, Kaif did not give up and with the support of Harbhajan Singh, targeted the hapless England bowlers to lead India to an unlikely come from behind victory and help India lift the NatWest Trophy tri-series.

Brief Scores:

ENG – 325/5 (50) – Naseer Hussain 115(128), Trescothick 109(100), Zaheer Khan 3/62(10)

IND – 326/8 (49.3) – Mohammed Kaif 87*(75), Yuvraj Singh 69(63), Ashley Giles 2/47(10)

Man of the Match – Mohammed Kaif