Indian cricket team in England in 1982

The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1982 season and played 12 first-class fixtures, winning only one, losing 1 and drawing 10.

India played three Test matches and lost the series against England 1-0 with two Tests drawn. England won the First Test at Lord's by 7 wickets while the Second Test at Old Trafford and the Third Test at The Oval were both drawn.

The Indian team was captained by Sunil Gavaskar and included other notable players such as Gundappa Viswanath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri and Kapil Dev.

Test series summary

First Test

10–15 June 1982 Scorecard

England	v	India
433 (148.1 overs) Derek Randall 126 Kapil Dev 5/125 (43 overs)		128 (50.4 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 48 Ian Botham 5/46 (19.4 overs)
67/3 (19 overs) Allan Lamb 37 Kapil Dev 3/43 (10 overs)		369 (111.5 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 157 Bob Willis 6/101 (28 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Lord's Cricket Ground Umpires: DGL Evans, BJ Meyer

• England won the toss and decided to bat

Second Test

24–28 June 1982 Scorecard

England	v	India
425 (153.1 overs) Ian Botham 128 Nayan Doshi 6/102 (47.1 overs)		379/8 (104 overs) Sandeep Patil 129 Phil Edmonds 3/94 (37 overs)

Match drawn Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: HD Bird, BJ Meyer

• England won the toss and decided to bat

Third Test

8–13 July 1982 scorecard

England	v	India
594 (173.3 overs) Ian Botham 208 Nayan Doshi 4/175 (46 overs)		410 (129.2 overs) Kapil Dev 97 Bob Willis 3/78 (23 overs)
191/3 d. (70.3 overs) Chris Tavaré 75 Suru Nayak 1/16 (5.3 overs)		111/3 (36 overs) Gundappa Viswanath 75 Derek Pringle 2/32 (11 overs)

Match drawn Kennington Oval, Kennington Umpires: HD Bird, AGT Whitehead

• England won the toss and decided to bat

External sources

CricketArchive – tour itineraries

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1983
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1983

Further reading

• Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001