Cricket History - India Tour Of England 1946
India's 1946 tour of England was the first time a squad flew across continents to play a Test series. India lost the three-match Test series 0-1, the defeat coming in the first Test, at Lord's.In a tour match against Surrey at The
But India's most remarkable performance of the tour came against Surrey at The Oval. From 205/9, No. 10 Chandu Sarwate (124 not out) and No. 11 Shute Banerjee (121) added 249 for the last wicket. This is the only instance of the last two batsmen both scoring hundreds in First-Class cricket. CS Nayudu, brother of CK, took a hat-trick in the same match.
The next time India would play Test cricket, it would be as an independent nation.
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