Indian cricket team in England in 1986

Indian cricket team in England in 1986
		India		England
Dates		24 May – 8 July 1986
Captains		Kapil Dev		David Gower (2 ODIs, 1st Test) Mike Gatting (2nd, 3rd Tests)
Test series
Result		India won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs		Dilip Vengsarkar (360)		Mike Gatting (293)
Most wickets		Chetan Sharma (16)		Derek Pringle (13)
One Day International series
Result		2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs		Mohammad Azharuddin (90)		David Gower (81)
Most wickets		Roger Binny (4)		Graham Dilley (2)

The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1986 season and played 11 first-class matches including 3 Tests. They also played in two limited overs internationals.

India won the Test series 2-0 with one match drawn:

• 1st Test (Lord's Cricket Ground) – India won by 5 wickets
• 2nd Test (Headingley) – India won by 279 runs
• 3rd Test (Edgbaston) – match drawn

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

Test Series

First Test

5–10 June 1986 Scorecard

England	v	India
294 (128.2 overs) Graham Gooch 114 Chetan Sharma 5/64 (32 overs)		341 (137 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 126* Graham Dilley 4/146 (34 overs)
180 (96.4 overs) Mike Gatting 40 Kapil Dev 4/52 (22 overs)		136/5 (42 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 33 Graham Dilley 2/28 (10 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Lord's Cricket Ground Umpires: KE Palmer, DR Shepherd

• India won the toss and decided to field

Second Test

19–23 June 1986 Scorecard

India	v	England
272 (104.2 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 61 Derek Pringle 3/47 (27 overs)		102 (45.1 overs) Bill Athey 32 Roger Binny 5/40 (13 overs)
237 (76.3 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 102* John Lever 4/64 (23 overs)		128 (63.3 overs) Mike Gatting 31* Maninder Singh 4/26 (16.3 overs)

India won by 279 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: J Birkenshaw, DJ Constant

• India won the toss and decided to bat

Third Test

3–8 July 1986 Scorecard

England	v	India
390 (116.3 overs) Mike Gatting 183* Chetan Sharma 4/130 (29.3 overs)		390 (139.5 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 79 Neil Foster 3/93 (41 overs)
235 (94 overs) Graham Gooch 40 Chetan Sharma 6/58 (24 overs)		174/5 (78 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 54 Phil Edmonds 4/31 (28 overs)

Match drawn Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: HD Bird, BJ Meyer

• England won the toss and decided to bat

External sources

CricketArchive [1]

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1987
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1987

Further reading

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