Ahead of the five-Test series between India and England starting
November 9 in Rajkot, we take a look back at previous Test series
between the two teams on Indian soil. Today, the second part - from
1976-77 to 1984-85.
A scoreline of 4-0 was turned away in Bangalore, where the batsmen confronted Willis (eight wickets) and Underwood (five) and BS Chandrasekhar and Bedi spun a web around England in a 140-run triumph. The last Test in Bombay was drawn, with the most recent day attract putting a conclusion to what was viewed as the most even and energizing match of the arrangement.
1976-77 - England won 3-1
Under Tony Greig, England came to India and beat the hosts earnestly. The way to achievement was invalidating the danger of India's turn quarter, and driving the way were Dennis Amiss and Greig with 417 and 342 runs individually. The 3-1 arrangement triumph was a noteworthy accomplishment for Greig.
Out of order set the tone for a solid arrangement with 179 out of England's exclusive innings in Delhi, and astonishing rocking the bowling alley from John Lever (7 for 46 and 3 for 24) and Derek Underwood (1 for 19 and 4 for 78) wrapped up an innings win. In Kolkata, a ten-wicket triumph took after. Bounce Willis' 5 for 27 drove another fine rocking the bowling alley exertion as India were shot out for 155, and after that Greig's 103 helped his side to a definitive lead notwithstanding nine wickets from Bishan Bedi and EAS Prasanna. All the more great work from England's bowler wrapped up India for 181 in the second innings to set an objective of 16.
Up 2-0, England took the arrangement in Chennai with a 200-run drubbing. On a truly quick surface, Greig again highlighted with pivotal innings of 54 and 41 in a low-scoring Test, yet it was eventually the bowlers - specifically Lever and Underwood - who demonstrated definitive. India were poor, being knocked down some pins out for 164 and 83, their least aggregate in a home Test.
Out of order set the tone for a solid arrangement with 179 out of England's exclusive innings in Delhi, and astonishing rocking the bowling alley from John Lever (7 for 46 and 3 for 24) and Derek Underwood (1 for 19 and 4 for 78) wrapped up an innings win. In Kolkata, a ten-wicket triumph took after. Bounce Willis' 5 for 27 drove another fine rocking the bowling alley exertion as India were shot out for 155, and after that Greig's 103 helped his side to a definitive lead notwithstanding nine wickets from Bishan Bedi and EAS Prasanna. All the more great work from England's bowler wrapped up India for 181 in the second innings to set an objective of 16.
Up 2-0, England took the arrangement in Chennai with a 200-run drubbing. On a truly quick surface, Greig again highlighted with pivotal innings of 54 and 41 in a low-scoring Test, yet it was eventually the bowlers - specifically Lever and Underwood - who demonstrated definitive. India were poor, being knocked down some pins out for 164 and 83, their least aggregate in a home Test.
1979-80 - England won one-off Test
The Golden Jubilee Test, in festivity of 100 years of the Indian cricket board, was a limited show with an astonishing Ian Botham emptying India with 13 wickets and blasting century at the Wankhede Stadium. Botham's six wickets kept India to 242 and afterward he assumed control with the bat, hitting 113 with 17 fours to lift his group from 58 for 5 to 296. He just showed signs of improvement and better, with seven wickets to take after as India were rejected for 149. An objective of 96 was accomplished without misfortune.
1981-82 - India won 1-0
Six Tests created one triumph, and that 138-run accomplishment by India in the arrangement opener in Bombay demonstrated unassailable. It was a win molded by the bowlers, with Dilip Doshi's 5 for 39 in England's first innings of 227 keeping the voyagers to a lead of 61 and Kapil Dev and Madan Lal taking five each as Keith Fletcher's group was rocked the bowling alley out for 102 on day four. In an execution that had only one Indian half-century, Kapil's 38 off 50 balls and 46 off 50 demonstrated definitive as well.
The second Test in Bangalore was a dull undertaking in which just 23 wickets fell as both groups batted gradually - the match is recalled to a great extent for Sunil Gavaskar's 172 off 472 balls, the longest innings by an Indian at 11 hours and 48 minutes. Delhi was a much more blunt match, with 19 wickets falling on a peaceful track on which both group's first innings devoured more than four-and-a-half-days.
Eden Gardens saw 78,000 onlookers on each of the five days witness a much all the more captivating match. Britain had a decent shot at leveling the arrangement after Fletcher gave his bowlers six hours to reject India a second time - or the host to pursue 306 on a wearing fifth-day pitch. Be that as it may, exhaust cloud knocked off 70 minutes and facilitated India's nerves with Gavaskar - surviving two close lbw yells right off the bat - batting the whole day.
Equality was reestablished in Chennai where another street of a pitch saw Gundappa Vishwanath outperform Gavaskar's 221 at The Oval in 1979 with 222 as the best score by an Indian against England. Yashpal Sharma (140) and Graham Gooch (127) likewise scored hundreds of years in a high-scoring draw. The 6th Test in Kanpur had nine hours and 40 minutes lost because of rain and in the rest of the time both groups batted only once on a hard, run-filled surface. The two star allrounders, Botham and Kapil, grabbed hundreds of years.
The second Test in Bangalore was a dull undertaking in which just 23 wickets fell as both groups batted gradually - the match is recalled to a great extent for Sunil Gavaskar's 172 off 472 balls, the longest innings by an Indian at 11 hours and 48 minutes. Delhi was a much more blunt match, with 19 wickets falling on a peaceful track on which both group's first innings devoured more than four-and-a-half-days.
Eden Gardens saw 78,000 onlookers on each of the five days witness a much all the more captivating match. Britain had a decent shot at leveling the arrangement after Fletcher gave his bowlers six hours to reject India a second time - or the host to pursue 306 on a wearing fifth-day pitch. Be that as it may, exhaust cloud knocked off 70 minutes and facilitated India's nerves with Gavaskar - surviving two close lbw yells right off the bat - batting the whole day.
Equality was reestablished in Chennai where another street of a pitch saw Gundappa Vishwanath outperform Gavaskar's 221 at The Oval in 1979 with 222 as the best score by an Indian against England. Yashpal Sharma (140) and Graham Gooch (127) likewise scored hundreds of years in a high-scoring draw. The 6th Test in Kanpur had nine hours and 40 minutes lost because of rain and in the rest of the time both groups batted only once on a hard, run-filled surface. The two star allrounders, Botham and Kapil, grabbed hundreds of years.
1984-85 - England won 2-1
A resonating triumph in the Tests and ODIs by David Gower's England. Subsequent to losing the main Test in Bombay because of a poor first innings and some questionable umpiring - L Sivaramakrishnan took 12 for 181 and Ravi Shastri and Syed Kirmani hit hundreds of years in an Indian seventh-wicket record remain of 235 - England leveled the arrangement in Delhi with an eight-wicket triumph. The bowlers limited India to 307 preceding Tim Robinson (160) imparted century stands to Allan Lamb and Paul Downton to convey a 111-run lead. In the second innings India's last six wickets succumbed to 28 to set England an objective of 125 in 20 overs which they knocked off with 8.2 overs remaining.
India showed signs of improvement of a climate hit draw at Eden Gardens with Shastri and Mohammad Azharuddin (on presentation) hitting hundreds of years and Chetan Sharma and Shivlal Yadav among the wickets. In Chennai, England led the pack because of Neil Foster's 6 for 104 on the primary day and twofold centuries to Graeme Fowler and Mike Gatting - the principal English combine to do as such in similar innings - that put the match out of India's span. One more century to Azharuddin was insufficient to keep a nine-wicket crush. The last Test in Kanpur was drawn, with Azharuddin making a cap trap of hundreds of years.
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