English cricket team in India in 1981–82

English cricket team in India in 198182
England
India
Dates 11 November 1981 – 4 February 1982
Captains Keith Fletcher Sunil Gavaskar
Test series
Result India won the 6-match series 1–0
Most runs Graham Gooch (487) Sunil Gavaskar (500)
Most wickets Ian Botham (17) Dilip Doshi (22)
Kapil Dev (22)
Player of the 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

27 Nov-1 Dec 1981
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179 (57 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 55
Graham Dilley 4/47 (13 overs)
166 (100.1 overs)
Geoff Boycott 60
Dilip Doshi 5/39 (29.1 overs)
227 (77.3 overs)
Kapil Dev 46
Ian Botham 5/61 (22.3 overs)
102 (26.2 overs)
Ian Botham 29
Madan Lal 5/23 (12 overs)
India won by 138 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: S Kishen, KB Ramaswami
Player of the match: Kapil Dev
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

9–14 December 1981
Scorecard
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400 (158 overs)
David Gower 82
Ravi Shastri 4/83 (43 overs)
428 (150 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 172
John Lever 5/100 (36 overs)
174/3 d. (69 overs)
Geoff Boycott 50
Ravi Shastri 1/31 (20 overs)
Match drawn
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: MV Gothoskar, PR Punjabi
Player of the match: Sunil Gavaskar
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

23–28 December 1981
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476/9 d. (156.4 overs)
Chris Tavaré 149
Madan Lal 5/85 (32 overs)
487 (160.1 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 107
Graham Gooch 2/12 (8.1 overs)
68/0 d. (19 overs)
Geoff Boycott 34
Madan Lal 0/4 (3 overs)
Match drawn
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: SN Hanumantha Rao, S Kishen
Player of the match: Chris Tavaré
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

4th Test

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248 (108.2 overs)
Keith Fletcher 69
Kapil Dev 6/91 (31 overs)
208 (100 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 70
Derek Underwood 3/45 (29 overs)
265/5 d. (90 overs)
David Gower 74
Dilip Doshi 2/63 (27 overs)
170/3 (83 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 83
John Emburey 2/62 (30 overs)
Match drawn
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: MV Gothoskar, S Kishen
Player of the match: Keith Fletcher
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

5th Test

13–18 January 1982
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481/4 d. (152.1 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 222
Bob Willis 2/79 (28.1 overs)
328 (155.5 overs)
Graham Gooch 127
Dilip Doshi 4/69 (57 overs)
160/3 d. (50 overs)
Pankaj Roy 60
Bob Willis 1/15 (7 overs)
  • England won the toss and decided to field

6th Test

30 Jan-4 Feb 1982
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378/9 d. (115.2 overs)
Ian Botham 142
Dilip Doshi 4/81 (34.2 overs)
377/7 d. (122 overs)
Kapil Dev 116
Bob Willis 3/75 (23 overs)
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

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