English cricket team in India in 1981–82

{{Infobox cricket tour

| series_name = English cricket team in India in 1981–82

| team1_image = Flag of England.svg

| team1_name = England

| team2_image = Flag of India.svg

| team2_name = India

| from_date = 11 November 1981

| to_date = 4 February 1982

| team1_captain = Keith Fletcher

| team2_captain = Sunil Gavaskar

| no_of_tests = 6

| team1_tests_won = 0

| team2_tests_won = 1

| team1_tests_most_runs = Graham Gooch (487)

| team2_tests_most_runs = Sunil Gavaskar (500)

| team1_tests_most_wickets = Ian Botham (17)

| team2_tests_most_wickets = Dilip Doshi (22)
Kapil Dev (22)

| player_of_test_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=

{{Test match

| date =27 Nov-1 Dec 1981

| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}

| team2 ={{cr|England}}

| score-team1-inns1 =179 (57 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Sunil Gavaskar 55

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Graham Dilley 4/47 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =166 (100.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Geoff Boycott 60

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Dilip Doshi 5/39 (29.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =227 (77.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =Kapil Dev 46

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Ian Botham 5/61 (22.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =102 (26.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 =Ian Botham 29

| wickets-team2-inns2 =Madan Lal 5/23 (12 overs)

| result =India won by 138 runs

| venue =Wankhede Stadium, Bombay

| umpires =S Kishen, KB Ramaswami

| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/41/41824.html scorecard]

| toss =India won the toss and decided to bat

| rain =

| motm=Kapil Dev

}}

=2nd Test=

{{Test match

| date =9–14 December 1981

| team1 ={{cr-rt|England}}

| team2 ={{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =400 (158 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =David Gower 82

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Ravi Shastri 4/83 (43 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =428 (150 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Sunil Gavaskar 172

| wickets-team2-inns1 =John Lever 5/100 (36 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =174/3 d. (69 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =Geoff Boycott 50

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Ravi Shastri 1/31 (20 overs)

| result =Match drawn

| venue =M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

| umpires =MV Gothoskar, PR Punjabi

| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/41/41852.html Scorecard]

| toss =England won the toss and decided to bat

| rain =

| motm=Sunil Gavaskar

}}

=3rd Test=

{{Test match

| date =23–28 December 1981

| team1 ={{cr-rt|England}}

| team2 ={{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =476/9 d. (156.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Chris Tavaré 149

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Madan Lal 5/85 (32 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =487 (160.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Gundappa Viswanath 107

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Graham Gooch 2/12 (8.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =68/0 d. (19 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =Geoff Boycott 34

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Madan Lal 0/4 (3 overs)

| result =Match drawn

| venue =Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

| umpires =SN Hanumantha Rao, S Kishen

| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/41/41879.html scorecard]

| toss =England won the toss and decided to bat

| rain =

| motm=Chris Tavaré

}}

=4th Test=

{{Test match

| date =1–6 January 1982

| team1 ={{cr-rt|England}}

| team2 ={{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =248 (108.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Keith Fletcher 69

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Kapil Dev 6/91 (31 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =208 (100 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Dilip Vengsarkar 70

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Derek Underwood 3/45 (29 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =265/5 d. (90 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =David Gower 74

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Dilip Doshi 2/63 (27 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =170/3 (83 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 =Sunil Gavaskar 83

| wickets-team2-inns2 =John Emburey 2/62 (30 overs)

| result =Match drawn

| venue =Eden Gardens, Calcutta

| umpires =MV Gothoskar, S Kishen

| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/41/41902.html scorecard]

| toss =England won the toss and decided to bat

| rain =

| motm=Keith Fletcher

}}

=5th Test=

{{Test match

| date =13–18 January 1982

| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}

| team2 ={{cr|England}}

| score-team1-inns1 =481/4 d. (152.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Gundappa Viswanath 222

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Bob Willis 2/79 (28.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =328 (155.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Graham Gooch 127

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Dilip Doshi 4/69 (57 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =160/3 d. (50 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =Pranab Roy 60

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Bob Willis 1/15 (7 overs)

| result =Match drawn

| venue =MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras

| umpires =B Ganguli, SN Hanumantha Rao

| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/41/41944.html scorecard]

| toss =England won the toss and decided to field

| rain =

| motm=Gundappa Viswanath

}}

=6th Test=

{{Test match

| date =30 Jan-4 Feb 1982

| team1 ={{cr-rt|England}}

| team2 ={{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =378/9 d. (115.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Ian Botham 142

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Dilip Doshi 4/81 (34.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =377/7 d. (122 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Kapil Dev 116

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Bob Willis 3/75 (23 overs)

| result =Match drawn

| venue =Modi Stadium, Kanpur

| umpires =DN Dotiwalla, MV Gothoskar

| report =[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/42/42004.html scorecard]

| toss =England won the toss and decided to bat

| rain =

| motm=

}}

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

India won the Wills Series 2–1.

=1st ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 25 November 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score1 = 156/7 (46 overs)

| runs1 = DB Vengsarkar 46 (85)

| wickets1 = DL Underwood 2/18 (10 overs)

| score2 = 160/5 (43.5 overs)

| runs2 = MW Gatting 47* (68)

| wickets2 = RMH Binny 3/35 (7.5 overs)

| result = England won by 5 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41819.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

| umpires = MV Gothoskar and SN Hanumantha Rao

| motm = MW Gatting (ENG)

| toss = England won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = The match was reduced from 50 overs to 46 overs per side.

| notes = 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=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 20 December 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 161/7 (36 overs)

| runs1 = MW Gatting 71* (58)

| wickets1 = Kapil Dev 2/26 (8 overs)

| score2 = 164/4 (35.3 overs)

| runs2 = DB Vengsarkar 88* (107)

| wickets2 = GA Gooch 2/25 (7 overs)

| result = India won by 6 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41878.html Scorecard]

| venue = Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar

| umpires = JD Ghosh and S Kishen

| motm = DB Vengsarkar (IND)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = The match was reduced before play started from 50 overs to 36 overs per side.

| notes = SV Nayak (IND) made his ODI debut.

}}

=3rd ODI=

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 27 January 1982

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 230/6 (46 overs)

| runs1 = KWR Fletcher 69 (52)

| wickets1 = SM Patil 2/53 (10 overs)

| score2 = 231/5 (42 overs)

| runs2 = SM Gavaskar 71 (87)

| wickets2 = DL Underwood 3/48 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 5 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41992.html Scorecard]

| venue = Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

| umpires = PR Punjabi and KB Ramaswami

| motm = SM Gavaskar (IND)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = The match was reduced from 50 overs to 46 overs per side.

| notes = J Arun Lal and AO Malhotra (both IND) made their ODI debuts.

}}

References

External links

[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/1/England_in_India_and_Sri_Lanka_1981-82.html Cricarchive]
[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61792.html Tour page ESPNcricinfo]
[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61792.html?view=records Record ESPNcricinfo]

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