English cricket team in India in 1981–82
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English cricket team in India in 1981–82 | |||
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England | India | ||
Dates | 11 November 1981 – 4 February 1982 | ||
Captains | Keith Fletcher | Sunil Gavaskar | |
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Result | India won the 6-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Graham Gooch (487) | Sunil Gavaskar (500) | |
Most wickets | Ian Botham (17) |
Dilip Doshi (22) Kapil Dev (22) | |
Player of the series | Kapil Dev |
The England cricket team toured India from 11 November 1981 to 4 February 1982 and played 6 Test matches.
India won the Test series 1–0.
Test matches
1st Test
27 Nov-1 Dec 1981
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- India won the toss and decided to bat
2nd Test
9–14 December 1981
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- England won the toss and decided to bat
3rd Test
23–28 December 1981
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- England won the toss and decided to bat
4th Test
1–6 January 1982
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- England won the toss and decided to bat
5th Test
13–18 January 1982
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- England won the toss and decided to field
6th Test
30 Jan-4 Feb 1982
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- England won the toss and decided to bat
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
India won the Wills Series 2–1.
1st ODI
25 November 1981
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced from 50 overs to 46 overs per side.
- G Cook and CJ Richards (both ENG), and Randhir Singh, RJ Shastri and K Srikkanth (all IND) made their ODI debuts.
- This was the first one-day international played in India.
2nd ODI
20 December 1981
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced before play started from 50 overs to 36 overs per side.
- SV Nayak (IND) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
27 January 1982
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced from 50 overs to 46 overs per side.
- J Arun Lal and AO Malhotra (both IND) made their ODI debuts.
References
External links
- Cricarchive
- Tour page ESPNcricinfo
- Record ESPNcricinfo