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IND Vs ENG: India will take on the BAZBALL Style of play against England in a series of five-match of the red ball format which will start from Thursday, 25th January 2024 at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad's Uppal and the last match of this series will be played on March 11th 2024 at Himachal Pradesh Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamshala.
As India’s record in the red ball matches in England is not so great, the Test record of England in India in the Test format isn’t great either.
Both the teams have struggled in their overseas conditions and dominated in their conditions which has suited them at home.
India has won the red ball series in England just thrice till now. Their first series win came in the tour of the 1971 and 1972 series. Then India won their second Test series in England on their 1986 tour while the last series win for the Men in Blue was in 2007.
England has also won only 3 series of the traditional format in India when they toured in 1979/80, 1984 and 2012.
England has been touring India since the year of 1933 and their last tour was in 2021. Till now England has played 64 red ball matches in the Men in Blue nation.
The visitors have won 14 matches till now and lost 22 games while 28 matches ended in a draw.
Today, in this segment, we will make a list of all the 14 wins of England in the red ball matches played in and against India.
England’s first win on the Indian soil came in 1933 in Mumbai. They won the match by nine wickets and they emerged victorious against the home side in the first Test match of their 2021 tour at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
India lost that opening encounter of the five-match series by a heavy margin of 227 runs. But still, the hosts won that series of the red ball format.
1934 – England won by 202 runs in Chennai
1952 – England won by eight wickets in Kanpur
1972 – England won by 6 wickets in New Delhi
1976 – England won by an innings and 25 runs at New Delhi
1977 – England won by 10 wickets at Eden Gardens in Kolkata
1977 – England won by 200 runs in Chennai
1980 – England won by 10 wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
1984 – England won by eight wickets in New Delhi
1985 – England won by nine wickets in Chennai
2006 – England won by 212 runs at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
2012 – England won by 10 wickets in Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
2012 – England won by seven wickets in Eden Gardens at Kolkata
2021 – England won by 227 runs in Chennai