England vs India Test series 2021
1st Test:
First Test of the 5 match series between England and India is going to be played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham from August 4th 2021.
England vs India History:
Overall:
Series:
This is going to be the thirty fifth bilateral series between the teams, The host won the series 11 times. Whereas the opponent won 19 times. 4 series resulted in a draw.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 15 series in a span of 35 years, from 1967 to 2002, where the English team won 9 times and the Indian team won 6 times.
The series between the teams never resulted in a draw after 2005-06.
The consecutive winning streak for the English team against the Indian team was 4 series from 1932 to 1951-52 and from 1974 to 1981-82.
The longest streak of undefeated for the English team against the Indian team was 7 series from 1932 to 1961-62.
The consecutive winning streak for the Indian team against England was 2 series from 1971 to 1974 and from 2007 to 2011.
The longest streak of undefeated for the Indian team against England was 5 series from 2001-02 to 2011.
Last 5 (completed) series results of England against India are LWLWW.
Matches:
The teams completed 126 meetings in the longest format of cricket, till date. The host won 48 times, whereas the opponent won 29 times with 49 draws.
The teams played 13 consecutive tests without any draw from 2016 to present, in which England won 5 games and India won 8 times.
The consecutive winning streak for the English team against India was 6 matches from 1974 to 1977.
The longest undefeated streak for the English team against India was 14 matches from 1932 to 1952.
The consecutive winning streak for the Indian team against England was 4 matches from 2016 to 2018.
The longest undefeated streak for the Indian team against England was 10 matches from 1961 to 1967.
Last 5 (completed) match results of England against India are LLLWW.
English Backyard:
Series:
When touring England by India, the teams met to play bilateral series 18 times, out of them, the host won the series 14 times and the visitors won the series just thrice. 1 series resulted in a draw.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 13 series in a span of 70 years, between 1932 to 2002, where England won 11 times and India won just twice.
The consecutive winning streak for the English team against India was 6 series from 1932 to 1971.
The longest undefeated streak for the English team against India was 6 series from 1932 to 1971.
The consecutive winning streak for the India team against England was 1 series in 1971, 1986 and 2007.
The longest undefeated streak for the India team against England was 2 series from 2002 to 2011.
Last 5 (completed) series results of England against India are WWWLD.
Matches:
On the English soil, the teams faced each other 62 times. out of them, England received victory 34 times and defeated only 7 times with 21 draws.
The teams played 9 consecutive tests without any draw from 2014 to present, in which England won 7 times and India won just twice.
The consecutive winning streak for the English team against India was 8 matches from 1959 to 1971.
The longest undefeated streak for the English team against India was 21 matches from 1932 to 1971.
The consecutive winning streak for the Indian team against England was 2 matches from 1986 to 1986.
The longest undefeated streak for the Indian team against England was 6 matches from 2002 to 2011.
Last 5 (completed) match results of England against India are WWLWW.
Pataudi Trophy:
Since the 2007 series between the teams, when played in England, it has been known as Pataudi Trophy.
Series:
In Pataudi trophy, the teams met to play bilateral series 4 times, out of them, the host won thrice and the visitors won just once.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 4 series in a span of 14 years, between 2007 to present, where England won thrice and India won once.
The consecutive winning streak for England against India was 3 series from 2011 to present.
The longest undefeated streak for England against India was 3 series from 2011 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for India against England was 1 series from 2007 to 2011.
The longest undefeated streak for India against England was 1 series from 2007 to 2011.
Last 5 (completed) series results of England against India are WWWL -.
Matches:
In Pataudi trophy, the teams faced each other 17 times. Out of them, England received victory 11 times and defeated thrice with 3 draws.
The teams played 9 consecutive tests without any draw from 2014 to present, in which England won 7 times and India won twice.
The consecutive winning streak for England against India was 5 matches from 2014 to 2018.
The longest undefeated streak for England against India was 6 matches from 2007 to 2014.
The consecutive winning streak for India against England was 1 match in 2007, 2014 and 2018.
The longest undefeated streak for India against England was 3 matches from 2007 to 2011.
Last 5 (completed) match results of England against India are WWLWW.
Points and Rankings:
The series is a comparison between the fourth rank (England) and second rank (India) team. The host is 12 points behind the visitors.
England:
In case, the host will win the series by 5-nil, then the host will earn 9 points and be second in the table, but in case of losing the series with 5 defeats, then the team will lose the 5 points without impact in the position.
If the host will win the series by 4-nil, then the host will earn 8 points and be second in the table, but in case of losing the series with 4 defeats, then the team will lose the 4 points without impact in the position.
In case, the host will win the series by 3-nil, then the host will earn 7 points and be the second in the table, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will lose the 3 points without impact in the position.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 2 points without impact in the position. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 6 points and be second in the table.
If the case, the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranks. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will earn 4 points and be third in the table.
Drawing the series will help the team to earn 2 points and be the third in the table.
Last 5 (completed) match results of England are LDLLL.
India:
In case, the visiting team will win the series by 5-nil, then the team will earn 8 points and be on the top of the ranking table, but in case of losing the series with 5 defeats, then the team will lose the 12 points with losing 2 position in the ranking.
If the visiting team will win the series by 4-nil, then the team will earn 6 points and stay in the same position in the ranking table, but in case of losing the series with 4 defeats, then the team will lose 10 points with losing 1 position in the ranking.
In case, the visiting team will win the series by 3-nil, then the team will earn 5 points and stay on the same position in the ranking table, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will lose the 8 points while losing 1 position in the ranking.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 7 points while losing 1 position in the ranking. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 3 points with no impact in the position.
If the case, the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will lose 5 points without impacting the position. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will earn 1 point with no impact in rankings.
Drawing the series will cause the team to lose 2 points with unaffected ranking.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India are LWWWL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Nottingham shows the weather would be rainy throughout the game as cloudy and afternoon showers on the first day of the match and light showers on the second day, showers on the third day and thunderstorms on the fourth day and scattered thunderstorms on the last day of the game. The precipitation percentage would be between 34% and 81% throughout the game, so the chance of rain would be very high on all 5 days. The temperature would be between 19 to 22 Celsius. The wind would be between 10 – 17 km/h.
Toss and Pitch:
Teams preferred to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 52 times out of 63 games, and the selection favored the teams, as the teams won 20 times and lost 12 times. 20 games resulted in a draw.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WDWLW.
On the other hand, the teams who chose to field first, the team won 5 times and lost thrice with 3 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWLLW.
The longest streak without a draw at the venue was 10 matches between 2002 to 2014.
Overall, 25 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 15 times with 23 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWDW.
Particularly, for England, the team won the toss 32 times in 62 games. The team won 14 times and lost 7 times with 11 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results of England at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWWW.
Last 5 (completed) match results of England at the venue, while losing the toss, are LDWWW.
The first batting team won the matches 23 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 17 times with 23 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWLDW.
Scores:
The lowest defended total was 186 in 1951, and the highest successful chase was 284 runs in 2004.
The first innings lowest total was 60 runs (completed innings) in 2015, and the highest total was 658 runs in 1938. For the second inning, the lowest total was 88 runs in 1960, whereas the highest was 617 runs in 2002. For the third inning, the lowest total was 114 runs (completed innings) in 1967, whereas the highest was 551 runs in 1947. And for the fourth inning, the lowest total was 80 runs (completed innings) in 2010, whereas the highest was 440 runs in 1973.
The batting average of the first innings is 33.94 and 31.83 is for the second innings. The batting average of the third innings is 31.68, and 29.43 is for the fourth innings.
Test History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 7 times at the venue. The home team won twice and the visiting team also won twice. The teams had 3 draw results.
Last 5 (completed) match results of England against India at the venue are LDWLD.
Teams’ Test History at Venue:
The home side has an above average record at the venue, as the team won 22 times out of 62 played games and lost 18 times with 22 draws. Whereas, the visiting team has an average record, as the team won twice and lost twice with 3 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results of England at the venue are LLWDW.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue are WDLWD.
Selecting XI for both the Teams:
England:
The home side would go with the 3 pacers and a spinner. The team has an all-rounders, with pace.
England Eleven: R. Burns, D. Sibley, Z. Crawley, J. Root, O. Pope, J. Buttler, S. Curran, O. Robinson, S. Broad, J. Leach, J. Anderson
India:
The visiting team would go with 3 pacers. The team has a couple of all-rounders with spin.
India Eleven: R. Sharma, K. Rahul, C. Pujara, V. Kohli, A. Rahane, R. Pant, R. Jadeja, R. Ashwin, I. Sharma, M. Shami, J. Bumrah
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”.
