England tour of India 2008
Tests
Winner: India 1-0
Captain
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
England: Kevin Pietersen
This tour, more than cricket, will be remembered as England’s return home after the terror attacks in Mumbai. The last two matches, as a result, had to be called off. England did return for the Test series.
Returning to cricket, India won the ODI series 5-0. Yuvraj Singh scored 325 runs at 108.33. Zaheer Khan was the top wicket-taker in the series. Owais Shah and Stuart Broad were England’s top run scorer and top wicket taker with 236 runs and 7 runs.
Gautam Gambhir and Andrew Strauss shone for England with 361 and 252 runs respectively in the Test series. Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Graeme Swann shared 8 wickets each.
Results
| Sl No | Date | Venue | Stadium | Innings 1 | Innings 2 | Innings 3 | Innings 4 | Result |
| 1 | December 11-15, 2008 | Chennai | M.A Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk | England: 316/10 | India: 241/10 | England: 311/9 dec | India: 387/4 | India won by 6 wickets |
| 2 | December 19-23, 2008 | Mohali | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | India: 453/10 | England: 302/10 | India: 251/7 dec | England: 64/1 | Draw |
One Day Internationals
Winner: India 4-1
Captain
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
England: Kevin Pietersen
Result
| Sl No | Date | Venue | Stadium | Innings 1 | Innings 2 | Result |
| 1 | November 14, 2008 | Rajkot | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground | India: 387/5 | England: 229/10 | India won by 158 runs |
| 2 | November 17, 2008 | Indore | Maharani Usharage Trust Cricket Ground | India: 292/9 | England: 238/10 | India won by 54 runs |
| 3 | November 20, 2008 | Kanpur | Green Park | England: 240/10 | India: 198/5 | India by 16 runs (D/L Method) |
| 4 | November 23, 2008 | Bangalore | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium | India: 166/4 | England: 178/8 | India won by 19 runs (D/L Method) |
| 5 | November 26, 2008 | Cuttack | Barabati Stadium | England: 270/4 | India: 273/4 | India won by 6 wicket |
| 6 | November 29, 2008 | Guwahati | Nehru Stadium | - | - | Match cancelled |
| 7 | December 2, 2008 | Delhi | Feroz Shah Kotla | - | - | Match cancelled |
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