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The England cricket team toured India from 11 November 1981 to 4 February 1982 and played 6 Test matches.
English cricket team in India in 1981–82 | |||
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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 |
India won the Test series 1–0.
Test matches edit
1st Test edit
2nd Test edit
3rd Test edit
4th Test edit
5th Test edit
6th Test edit
One Day Internationals (ODIs) edit
India won the Wills Series 2–1.
1st ODI edit
25 November 1981
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced from 50 overs to 46 overs per side.
- 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 edit
20 December 1981
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced before play started from 50 overs to 36 overs per side.
- SV Nayak (IND) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI edit
27 January 1982
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced from 50 overs to 46 overs per side.
- J Arun Lal and AO Malhotra (both IND) made their ODI debuts.