India suffered a crushing 1-3 defeat against England in the Test series. They now play a five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against England. Bharath Seervi does a statistical review of India’s past performances in England.
India have had some of the most glorious moments of their ODI history in England. Their World Cup win in 1983 under Kapil Dev, the Natwest Tri series win in 2002 under Sourav Ganguly and the Champions Trophy victory in 2013 under MS Dhoni all came in England. However, they had some sub-par tournaments there as well, such as the World Cups of 1975 and 1999. India have won three of the seven tournaments involving three or more teams in England. In bilateral ODI tournaments in England, they won only one of the eight series they have played since 1974.
Tournaments involving 3+ teams
Bilateral series
Played
Won
Lost
Played
Won
Lost
Drawn
7
3
4
8
1
5
1
List of Tournaments involving 3+ teams in England
Year
Trophy
Winner
Indian Captain
1975
World Cup
West Indies
Srinivas Venkatraghavan
1979
World Cup
West Indies
Srinivas Venkatraghavan
1983
World Cup
India
Kapil Dev
1999
World Cup
Australia
Mohammad Azharuddin
2002
Natwest Tri Series
India
Sourav Ganguly
2004
Champions Trophy
West Indies
Sourav Ganguly
2013
Champions Trophy
India
MS Dhoni
List of bilateral ODI series played between India and England in England
Year
Winner
Margin
Indian Captain
1974
England
2-0 (2)
Ajit Wadekar
1982
England
2-0 (2)
Sunil Gavaskar
1986
Draw
1-1 (2)
Kapil Dev
1990
India
2-0 (2)
Mohammad Azharuddin
1996
England
2-0 (3)
Mohammad Azharuddin
2004
England
2-1 (3)
Sourav Ganguly
2007
England
4-3 (7)
Rahul Dravid
2011
England
3-0 (5)
MS Dhoni
India’s win-loss ratio in ODIs in England
India played a total of 62 ODI matches in England with 29 wins and as many losses. Among the 62, they played 34 matches against England which brought them 12 wins and 18 losses.
Opposition
Played
Won
Lost
Tied
No Result
Win %
Other than England
28
17
11
0
0
60.71%
England
34
12
18
1
3
35.29%
Overall
62
29
29
1
3
46.77%
Indian batsmen in ODIs in England
Indian batsmen have performed better in ODIs than in Tests, especially against teams other than England. In the 1983 World Cup, Kapil Dev hammered 175 not out against Zimbabwe, which is considered among the best ODI innings in World Cup. In the 1999 World Cup, Ganguly scored a record 183 runs along with Rahul Dravid’s 145 runs against Sri Lanka at Taunton. They had a partnership of 318 runs, which was the first ever partnership in excess of 300 runs in ODIs. Three days earlier, Sachin Tendulkar had scored 140 not out while Dravid had made 104 not out against Kenya at Bristol in a partnership of 237 runs. Dravid was the highest run getter in the 1999 world cup with 461 runs at 65.85 in 8 matches. Only two centuries have been scored by Indians against England in the UK — by Sachin Tendulkar (105 not out at Chester-le-Street, 2002) and Virat Kohli (107 at Cardiff, 2011). Shikhar Dhawan scored two centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013, but neither were against England. Ajay Jadeja is the other centurion for India in England. He scored 100 not out against Australia in the 1999 World Cup though India lost the game.
Centuries:
Runs
Batsman
Balls
Fours
Sixes
S/R
Opposition
Venue
Date
W/L
183
Sourav Ganguly
158
17
7
115.82
Sri Lanka
Taunton
26-May-99
W
175*
Kapil Dev
138
16
6
126.81
Zimbabwe
Tunbridge Wells
18-Jun-83
W
145
Rahul Dravid
129
17
1
112.4
Sri Lanka
Taunton
26-May-99
W
140*
Sachin Tendulkar
101
16
3
138.61
Kenya
Bristol
23-May-99
W
114
Shikhar Dhawan
94
12
1
121.27
South Africa
Cardiff
06-Jun-13
W
113
Sachin Tendulkar
102
12
1
110.78
Sri Lanka
Bristol
11-Jul-02
W
107
Virat Kohli
93
9
1
115.05
England
Cardiff
16-Sep-11
L
105*
Sachin Tendulkar
108
8
1
97.22
England
Chester-le-Street
04-Jul-02
W
104*
Rahul Dravid
109
10
0
95.41
Kenya
Bristol
23-May-99
W
102*
Shikhar Dhawan
107
10
1
95.32
West Indies
The Oval
11-Jun-13
W
100*
Ajay Jadeja
138
7
2
72.46
Australia
The Oval
04-Jun-99
L
Dravid has got the most runs among Indian batsmen in ODIs in England. He has scored 1238 runs in his 32 innings at an average of 45.85 with two centuries and 11 fifties. The other two batsmen with over 1000 runs are Sachin Tendulkar (1051 at 43.79) and Ganguly (1034 at 38.29). Tendulkar has three centuries, which is the most by any Indian in ODIs in England. Kapil has a strike rate of 107.01 in his 17 ODI innings in England which brought him 519 runs in 15 innings.
Aggregate runs (400 or more):
Runs
Batsman
Matches
Innings
N/O
Avg
S/R
100s
50s
Highest
1238
Rahul Dravid
32
32
5
45.85
80.65
2
11
145
1051
Sachin Tendulkar
26
26
2
43.79
88.39
3
4
140*
1034
Sourav Ganguly
27
27
0
38.29
74.98
1
7
183
583
Yuvraj Singh
19
19
2
34.29
85.48
0
4
72
519
Kapil Dev
17
15
4
47.18
107.01
1
2
175*
497
Mohammad Azharuddin
15
14
6
62.12
76.46
0
5
83*
438
MS Dhoni
17
14
2
36.50
85.38
0
4
78*
431
Sunil Gavaskar
18
18
3
28.73
47.36
0
3
65*
Indian bowlers in ODIs in England:
Indian bowlers had some memorable spells in ODIs in England. Most of them from the World Cup of 1983 involving Madan Lal, Roger Binny, Kapil and Mohinder Amarnath. Indian bowlers have managed to take four five-wicket hauls in ODIs in England — one each by Kapil Dev, Robin Singh, Venkatesh Prasad and Ravindra Jadeja. Among the nine four-wicket hauls by Indians in England, only one came against England — Ajit Agarkar took four for 60 at Manchester in 2007 but India lost the match. Madan Lal and Roger Binny took four wickets each against Australia at Chelmsford in 1983.
Best bowling by Indians in England:
Figures
Bowler
Overs
Maidens
Against
Venue
Date
W/L
5/27
Venkatesh Prasad
9.3
2
Pakistan
Manchester
08-Jun-99
W
5/31
Robin Singh
9.3
0
Sri Lanka
Taunton
26-May-99
W
5/36
Ravindra Jadeja
10
2
West Indies
The Oval
11-Jun-13
W
5/43
Kapil Dev
12
2
Australia
Nottingham
13-Jun-83
L
4/20
Madan lal
8.2
3
Australia
Chelmsford
20-Jun-83
W
4/29
Roger Binny
8
2
Australia
Chelmsford
20-Jun-83
W
4/46
Harbhajan Singh
10
0
Sri Lanka
Bristol
11-Jul-02
W
4/56
Debasis Mohanty
10
0
Kenya
Bristol
23-May-99
W
4/60
Ajit Agarkar
10
0
England
Manchester
30-Aug-07
L
Madan Lal took 27 wickets in the 15 ODIs he played in England, which is the most by any Indian bowler in ODIs in England. Roger Binny grabbed 22 wickets in his 10 ODIs in England. The best average maintained by the bowlers who took at least 15 wickets in England is 19.13 by Roger Binny. Ravindra Jadeja has the best strike rate of 24. Kapil Dev gave runs at 3.35 per over which is the best. He bowled 26 maidens in 17 matches to take 19 wickets.
Aggregate wickets (15 or more):
Wickets
Bowler
Matches
Maidens
Avg
Eco
S/R
4WH
5WH
BBI
27
Madan Lal
15
16
20.85
3.62
34.5
1
0
4/20
22
Roger Binny
10
12
19.13
3.86
29.7
1
0
4/29
19
Ajit Agarkar
16
7
40.63
6.00
40.5
1
0
4/60
19
Kapil Dev
17
26
31.78
3.35
56.8
0
1
5/43
18
Zaheer Khan
13
5
33.33
5.24
38.1
0
0
3/48
18
Anil Kumble
20
6
44.27
4.38
60.5
0
0
2/29
16
Mohinder Amarnath
14
9
26.93
3.90
41.4
0
0
3/12
16
Ravindra Jadeja
8
5
19.25
4.81
24.0
0
1
5/36
16
Javagal Srinath
11
17
25.68
4.01
38.3
0
0
3/37
(Bharath Seervi is a cricket statistician who is obsessed with digging numbers, facts and records related to the game. An active member of Society of Cricket Statisticians of India, he blogs at www.cricketseervistats.blogspot.com. He can be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SeerviBharath and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SeerviCricket)
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