India England Test history :
Team India’s England tour has always been a challenging chapter in the history of Indian Test cricket. Indian players’ fire tests on England pitches, famous for swing and seam bowling, have been seen before and this time too. From its first Test tour in 1932 to 2025, India has lived many historical moments on England soil and made records. From June 20, another England tour of Team India is going to start, in which there is a chance to show the new captain Shubman Gill and Head Coach Gautam Gambhir, which has not happened for 18 years.
The last series won 18 years ago in England
India won the last Test series in England in the year 2007 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. Shubman Gill and Gambhir will be expected to end the same wait for the 18 -year -old series victory. But will this happen? To find out this, it is necessary to investigate the Test record of Team India in England since 1932.
How is India’s Test history in England?
India played their first Test match in England on 25 June 1932 at Lord’s. Since then, he played 67 Tests there, in which he won 9 and lost 38. At the same time, 20 matches were drawn between the two. This figure shows how difficult India’s Test record has been in England.
India has played 20 Test series in England so far, out of which only 3 have won. He won 1-0 in the year 1971 under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. After that, the second Test series won in England in 1986 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. While the third series win was won 1-0 in the year 2007 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. Apart from 3 series Fateh, India has also drawn the Test series 2-2 in England in 2021.
India’s top batsman and bowlers in England
Talking about the Indian batsman who scored the most Test runs in England, Sachin Tendulkar’s name is at the top. Sachin Tendulkar has scored 23 Tests in England at an average of 1571 runs 51. During this time, he has also scored the most 4 centuries. Rahul Dravid also has the same number of centuries in England. Indian batsman Sourav Ganguly is the highest innings in England.
Talking about the record of bowling, Kapil Dev has taken the most wickets from India in England. He has taken 85 wickets in 21 Tests at an average of 31.05. The best bowling in England is an Indian Ishant Sharma, who took 7 wickets for 74 runs in Lord’s in 2014. The bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in England 4 times are Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble.
India’s youth team on current tour of England
This is the Indian team’s Test history in England. Now the question is that the team which is on the tour of England in the command of Gill and Gambhir, how much power is there. India’s England tour will begin with a 5-Test series, which is part of the 2025-27 World Test Championship. After retiring from veteran Test cricket like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravichandran Ashwin, it is very important for the young players of Team India.
Captain Shubman Gill has an average of 35 in Tests in England. Jasprit Bumrah has taken 64 wickets there at an average of 24.50. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 320 Test runs on the 2021 tour of England. Now this time his technology will be tested once again. At the same time, Shardul Thakur proved his utility as an all-rounder with 122* runs and 4 wickets in the recent intra-squad match.
What will Gill-Gambhir finish waiting for 18 years?
There is no doubt that England’s swing and seam bowling will be challenging for the Indian batsmen, after James Anderson, England’s new bowling unit has the power to become a threat to India. Apart from this, England’s batting will give a tough challenge to the bowlers of India. However, India also has players who can surprise England. They are capable of defeating them on their own land. We saw Australia’s 32 -year pride on Gaba with such young enthusiastic Team India. In such a situation, you can expect that in the same manner, Team India, who is enthusiastically, will win the series in England and end the wait of 18 years.
