ENG vs IND: Looking Back At India's Test Wins In England

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India's victory at The Oval on Monday was only their ninth Test win in England. This is also only the second occasion in their cricketing history that India have won two Test matches in a series in England. The last time they did so was back in 1986 when India returned home with a 2-0 win in a three-Test series.

IANS takes a look at all of India's Test wins in England:

1971

Third Test at The Oval: India's first-ever Test win in England was historic also because it helped India clinch their first-ever Test series in the country. B.S. Chandrasekhar, with 6/38, was the star performer although there was contribution from most players. India won on the last day by four wickets.

1986

First Test at Lord's: India registered their first-ever Test win at the home of cricket when they defeated host England by five wickets. Kapil Dev, who took 4/52 in second innings to restrict England to 180 and then hit a quickfire 23 off 10 balls to see India through to victory in a difficult batting phase, won man of the match. Dilip Vengsarkar scored a ton in the first innings. India won by five wickets.

Second Test at Headingley: Roger Binny's five-fer and Madan Lal's three-wicket haul helped India bowl out England for 102 and take a 170-run lead. Dilip Vengsarkar hit his second century of the series as India set a 408-run target. England were bowled out for 128 as Maninder Singh picked four for 26. India won by 279 runs

2002

Third Test at Headingley: India had lost the first Test by 170 runs and drawn the second one. They came back to win the third and final Test by an innings and 46 runs. Rahul Dravid (148), Sachin Tendulkar (193) and Sourav Ganguly (128) scored centuries as India piled up 628/8 before declaring against an England attack comprising Matthew Hoggard, Alex Tudor, a 33-year-old Andy Caddick and Andrew Flintoff. The total was big enough for England to succumb.

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