Recalling all England tours to India

England is among the very few teams that gave India a run for their money on Indian soil

England tour of India 1984/85

David Gower: A masterclass of batting during the 80s

Tests

Winner: England 2-1

Captain

India: Sunil Gavaskar

England: David Gower

India was made to bow down in both the Test and ODI series. This was among the very few times when India was unable to manage wins in any of the formats. Mike Gatting stacked up a massive 575 runs that included a double century. Mohammad Azharuddin was impressive with 439 runs in 3 matches for India. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan was the highest wicket taker in the series.

The ODI series was much closer than what the score-line of 4-1. Rain played a big part in a couple of matches, which resulted in India’s demise. Ravi Shastri was the top run scorer of the series with 223 runs while Vic Marks with 6 wickets was the highest wicket taker.

Results

Sl NoDateVenueStadiumInnings 1Innings 2Innings 3Innings 4Result
1November 28-December 3, 1984BombayWankhede StadiumEngland: 195/10India: 465/8 decEngland: 317/10India: 51/2India won by 8 wickets
2December 12-17, 1974DelhiFeroz Shah KotlaIndia: 307/10England: 418/10India: 235/10England: 127/2England won by 8 wickets
3December 31, 1984-January 5, 1985CalcuttaEden GardensIndia: 437/7 decEngland: 276/10India: 29/1 -Draw
4January 13-18, 1985MadrasM.A. Chidambaram StadiumIndia: 272/10England: 652/7 decIndia: 412/10England: 35/1England won by 9 wickets
5January 31- February 5, 1985KanpurGreen ParkIndia: 553/8 decEngland: 417/10India: 97/1 decEngland: 91/0Draw

One Day Internationals

Winner: England 4-1

Captain

India: Sunil Gavaskar

England: David Gower

Results

Sl NoDateVenueStadiumInnings 1Innings 2Result
15th December 1984PuneNehru StadiumIndia: 214/6England: 215/6England won by 4 wickets
227th December 1984CuttackBarabati StadiumIndia: 252/5England: 241/6 (revised target)England won by 1 run
3

January 20, 1985

BangaloreKarnataka State Cricket Association StadiumIndia: 205/6England: 206/7England won by 3 wickets
4January 23, 1985NagpurVidarbha Cricket Association GroundEngland: 240/7India: 241/7India won by 3 wickets
5January 27, 1985ChandigarhSector 16 StadiumEngland: 121/6India: 114/5England won by 7 runs

England tour of India 1993

Graham Gooch was a prolific run scorer in both First Class and List A career

Tests

Winner: India 3-0

Captain

India: Mohammad Azharuddin

England: Graham Gooch

India whitewashed the Test series 3-0. Vinod Kambli with a top score of 224 amassed 317 runs at 105.66. Sachin Tendulkar also scored at an average of 100.06. Anil Kumble became the top wicket taker with 21 wickets with one five-wicket haul.

The ODI series was tied 3-3 with one match getting washed away. Robin Smith was the top run-getter with 305 runs, while Paul Jarvis with 15 wickets was the highest wicket taker in the series. Navjot Singh Siddhu and Javagal Srinath was the Indian contingent of top run getter and top wicket taker with 287 runs and 13 wickets.

Results

Sl NoDateVenueStadiumInnings 1Innings 2Innings 3Innings 4Result
1January 29-February 2, 1993CalcuttaEden GardensIndia: 371/10England: 163/10England: 286/10India: 82/2India won by 8 wickets
2February 11-15, 1993MadrasM.A. Chidambaram StadiumIndia 560/6 decEngland 286/10England: 252/10 -India won by an innings and 22 runs
3February 19-23, 1993BombayWankhede StadiumEngland 347/10India 591/10England 229/10 -India won by an innings and 15 runs

One Day Internationals

Winner: Tie 3-3

Captain

India: Mohammad Azharuddin

England: Graham Gooch

Results

SL NoDateVenueStadiumInnings 1Innings 2Result
1January 16, 1993AhmedabadSardar Patel Stadium, Motera - -Match abandoned without a ball being bowled
2January 18, 1993JaipurSawai Man Singh StadiumIndia: 223/3Engalnd: 224/6England won by 4 wickets
3January 21, 1993ChandigarhSector 16 StadiumEngland 198/6India 201/5India won by 5 runs
4February 26, 1993BangaloreM.Chinnaswamy StadiumEngland: 218/9India: 170/10England won by 48 runs
5March 1, 1993JamshedpurKeenan StadiumIndia: 137/7England; 141/4England won by 6 wickets
6March 4, 1993GwaliorCaptain Roop Singh StadiumEngland: 256/10India: 257/7India won by 3 wickets
7March 5, 1993GwaliorCaptain Roop Singh StadiumEngland: 265/4India: 267/6India won by 4 wickets

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