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Cricket rivalry between England and India
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The England–India cricket rivalry is one of the most competitive and fierce rivalries in cricket.[7][8][9] Historically formed in Test cricket,[10] the rivalry over time has extended to ODIs and T20Is, especially when the sides meet in ICC tournaments.[11][12][13] In addition, cricket holds much cultural importance to both countries,[14][15][16] with the rivalry also being a source of great financial value.[17][18]
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Pataudi Trophy (2007–2024)[3][4]
Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy (2025–present)[5][6]
.jpg) Test match between England and India at Trent Bridge in 2018. | |
| Sport | Cricket |
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| Teams | |
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| Trophy series | Anthony de Mello Trophy (1951–2024)[1][2] Pataudi Trophy (2007–2024)[3][4] Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy (2025–present)[5][6] |
The two teams have played each other 281 times in total across formats, with India slightly edging England by 116 wins to 109. England have been more successful in Test matches, whereas India have held the upper hand in white-ball cricket, particularly ODIs. The teams have met in the ICC World Cup in both white-ball formats in 15 matches, with England winning 6 and India winning 8, and one match being tied. Both teams have won the ICC World Cup and the ICC T20 World Cup; England and India have won 3 ICC titles and 8 ICC titles respectively.
History
Origins
The rivalry between the two sides dated back to the colonial era, where cricket was introduced by the British as a sport in the Indian subcontinent.[19][20] The first significant moment occurred when an English team led by George Vernon toured Ceylon and India in 1889-90. Vernon's XI played 13 matches[a], winning 10 and drawing 2; their only loss occurred at the hands of the Parsis at the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay.[22] This was an important victory for the Parsis, who consequently had inflicted the first defeat of an English team on Indian soil.[23][24][25] Subsequently, another English team toured in 1892-93, notably playing 4 first-class matches, which were the first ever played in India.[26] They consisted of two against the Parsis,[27][28] one in the Bombay Presidency[29] and one against an All-India XI.[30] The All-India XI then embarked on a historic tour of England in 1911,[31] but only won 2 of the 23 games they played in.[32][33] The tour was largely done, like others, for the purpose of a sporting gesture between English teams and those of the Empire, to combat Indian nationalism by uniting people of different faiths and cultures[34] and also because of the widespread appeal among populations to watch such sporting events due to the advent of the imperial press.[35]
MCC tour of India and Ceylon 1926-27, establishment of the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) and the granting of Indian Test match status
In the 1926-27 season, the MCC sent a full strength squad to tour India and Ceylon; the team remained undefeated throughout the tour, but experienced close matches against the Hindus and an All-India side in December of 1926.[36][37][38] The closeness of these mentioned matches gained the Indians praise from the MCC's captain, Arthur Gilligan, who lobbied for Indian elevation to Test status.[39][36] Subsequently, India was elevated to Test match status in 1926[b], the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) was founded in 1928[41] and India played its first official Test match in 1932 at Lord's.[42]
Indian breakthrough post-independence, English Test domination and India's 1983 World Cup glory
In the 1951-52 season, the MCC announced it was organising an English team to tour the Indian subcontinent, which included a 5-match Test series in India. This coincided with an Indian side which had been winless in Test cricket for 2 decades.[43] The first 3 matches between England and India were drawn, with England winning the 4th Test in Kanpur to go 1-0 up in the series.[44] India managed to comprehensively win the final Test in Madras to record their first ever Test match win and level the series 1-1.[45][46] This was also the first Test series played between the sides to contest for the Anthony de Mello Trophy, the winner of Test series played in India.[47]
India then went on another winless run of 10 years against England in Tests. This included England's historical 5-0 thrashing of India in England in 1959, completing the whitewash and securing the largest Test series victory by both sides.[48][49] English critics famously labelled the Indians the "dull dogs" of cricket following their calamitous tour.[50] In their next meeting, India made their own history in the 1961-62 Test series by winning the series 2-0, with their first ever series win over England subsequently being their maiden one against England at home.[51][52] Another huge moment came for India in the 1971 Test series in England; after the first 2 matches were drawn, India won at the Oval to win their first ever Test match in England and clinch their maiden away Test series win against England.[53][54] Nevertheless, when India returned to England 3 years later, the hosts claimed a 3-0 series win to whitewash the visiting Indian team.[55][56][57]
With the establishment of the World Cup from 1975 onwards, England and India would now extend their meetings to Tests and ODIs. India won their first ODI series against England in the 1981-92 series at home.[58] But the first significant moment between the sides in white-ball cricket came during the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Both teams met in the semi-final at Old Trafford; India triumphed by 6 wickets, their first ever ODI win against England in England, and went on to win the World Cup against the West Indies.[59][60] England would get their revenge in their 1984-85 tour of India; while the tour was overshadowed by the Indian state mourning the assassination of Indira Gandhi, England came from behind in the Test series to win 2-1 and thumped the hosts in the ODI series to secure a 4-1 series victory.[61][62] India managed to strike back when they toured England in 1986, securing a famous 2-0 Test series win and drawing the ODI series 1-1, the first and only time India had won an away Test series against England by more than 1 match.[63][64][65][66] India completed their first ODI series whitewash in their 1990 tour of England by a 2-0 margin. England's next tour of India was a disastrous one, as they were whitewashed in the Test series 3-0, which drew major criticism from the English press,[67][68][69][70] and drew the ODI series 3-3.
The formation of a modern multi-format rivalry
The next 9 years brought little to no drama, as both teams claimed 2 home 1-0 Test series victories each and only played 2 ODI series, with one being won by England in 1996 and the other drawn 3-3 in India in 2001-02. In 2002, India toured England for an ODI Tri-Series and 4 Test matches. The tri-series was an enthralling contest, as England and India both managed to comfortably qualify for the final. During the match, India staged a remarkable comeback, coming from 146-5 to successfully chase the target with 2 wickets to spare.[71][72][73] Sachin Tendulkar recounted in his autobiography that the win was celebrated by many fans on the streets and that it was a confidence boost for the Indian team in overseas conditions, particularly in preparation for the 2003 Cricket World Cup.[74] The Test series followed and was drawn 1-1. England and India next encountered in a series when England toured in 2005-06; the Test series was drawn 1-1, but it was the ODI series which garnered more attention, as India dominated the series, winning it by a 5-1 margin.[75][76][77][78] In 2007, India played a 3-match Test series in England, winning the 2nd match at Trent Bridge[79] and avoiding defeat in the final Test to secure a memorable 1-0 away series victory, their first since 1986.[80][81] This series was also the first Test series played between the sides to contest for the Pataudi Trophy, the winner of the Test series played in England.[4] The 7-match ODI series that followed was equally as interesting, finishing 4-3 to England after their win at Lord's.[82] That same year, the 2007 T20 World Cup was played, with India and England meeting each other for the first time in T20Is at the Super 8s stage. The match is renowned for Yuvraj Singh's 6 sixes against England's Stuart Broad that helped India defeat England by 18 runs.[83][84][85] Yuvraj later recounted he was motivated to hit 6 sixes after he was sledged by Andrew Flintoff.[86]
In 2008-09, England visited India in what turned out to be a disastrous tour, being decimated by the Indians in the ODIs to lose the series 5-0, for which they were heavily criticised,[87][88] while also losing the Test series 1-0. In 2011, the teams faced each other in the 2011 Cricket World Cup in India, where a thrilling match went down to the wire, ultimately ending in a tie.[89][90][91] England struck back in the 2011 series, winning the Test series 4-0 to whitewash India, sending them to the top of the ICC Test team rankings,[92] and the ODI series 3-0.[93][94][95][96] The tour also featured the first T20I between the sides in a bilateral series, which England won to remain undefeated throughout the whole series.[97] India enacted their revenge when England toured India the next month, condemning England to a successive 5-0 whitewash in an ODI series in India.[98][99][100][101] England managed to collect a consolation win by winning the one-off T20I match. England once again toured India in 2012-13, but this time had better fortunes. They came from behind in the Test series to win 2-1, their first in India since the 1984-85 tour.[102][103] It was branded a "humiliation" by the Indian media, after the series was touted as one to avenge India's whitewash in England the previous year.[104] For England, it was dubbed as greater than their Ashes series victory in Australia in 2010-11 by Michael Vaughan.[105] The ODI series was won 3-2 by India and the T20I series was drawn 1-1 after Eoin Morgan's last-ball 6.[106][107] The next match between England and India was later that year in the 2013 Champions Trophy in the final. After rain reduced the intially 50-over game to a 20-over affair, India prevailed by 6 runs to defeat England at Edgbaston to clinch their second Champions Trophy title.[108][109]
In 2014, England came from behind at home to win the Test series 3-1 after India went 1-0 up following their victory in the 2nd Test at Lord's.[110][111][112] Nevertheless, the Indians avenged their defeat by winning the ODI series that followed 3-1, but subsequently losing the one-off T20I.[113] England next toured India in 2016-17 to play 5 Test matches, 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is. The tour completely went the way of India, who demolished England 4-0 in the Test series and won both of the limited-overs series 2-1.[114][115][116] India then toured England in 2018; they beat England 2-1 in the T20I series after a spectacular century by Rohit Sharma in the final match.[117] Nevertheless, England won the ODI series 2-1 and crushed India in the Test series by a 4-1 margin.[118][119][120][121] India and England ended their 6-year wait to face each other in an ICC tournament when they played each other in the 2019 Cricket World Cup in the group stage, where England ultimately won by 31 runs.[122] England next toured India in 2020-21, in what turned out to be another dismal visit to India. They slumped to a 3-1 Test series defeat after being 1-0 up,[123][124] suffered a 3-2 T20I series defeat after being 2-1 up[125] and lost the ODI series 2-1.[126] India toured England later in 2021 for a 5-match Test series; after the first 4 Test matches, India led the series 2-1 after a huge victory at the Oval. However, there was an outbreak of Covid-19 in the Indian camp which forced the 5th Test to be postponed.[127][128] The match was later scheduled to be played in 2022, preceding the white ball series that India would play.[129] England managed to win the 5th Test at Edgbaston by completing a record run chase to deny India a first Test series victory on English soil since 2007.[130][131] India then proceeded to play the scheduled white-ball series, winning both by a 2-1 margin.[132][133][134] England then toured India in 2023-24 for 5 Test matches, which they lost 4-1 despite winning the first match.[135][136] England once again toured India in 2024-25 for an ODI and T20I series, both in which they were hammered, being whitewashed 3-0 and defeated 4-1 in the respective limited overs series.[137][138] Furthermore, England and India also faced each other in the 2023 Cricket World Cup, where England lost,[139] and 3 times in 3 separate T20 World Cup editions (2022, 2024 and 2026), all at the semi-final stage, where England won once, but lost the following 2 times.[140][141][142]
2025 England-India Test series
In 2025, the Indian cricket team visited England to play a 5-match Test series against England. The series was to be played without the Indian greats Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who both announced their retirements from Test cricket earlier in the year.[143][144] This meant the Indian squad would be an inexperienced side captained by Shubman Gill. Hence, the series gained much anticipation and hype, being labelled as a new era for Indian cricket.[145][146][147] In addition, it was announced that England-India Test series would be contested for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, which replaced the Anthony de Mello and Pataudi Trophies.[148][149][150] A few days before the first Test started, former England spinner Graeme Swann was heavily criticised for his comments describing the series as a "warm-up" for England's Ashes tour of Australia later that year.[151][152]
The first match at Headingley confirmed the hype, as India reached a strong position at 430-3, before a stunning collapse to 471 all out, and then falling further after they dropped many catches of the England batters and eventually succumbed to England's successful chase of 371 runs in the fourth innings.[153] India's remarkable fall from such a comfortable position, which included 5 individual Indian centuries, was put down to the inexperience of the side.[154][155] Nevertheless, India responded emphatically at Edgbaston through their captain Shubman Gill, whose twin centuries (269 and 161) carried India to a comfortable victory, levelling the series 1-1 and ending a 9-match wait for a Test win at the ground.[156][157] The third match at Lord's showed the historical heated nature of the rivalry, as tempers flared on day 3 when Shubman Gill and England opening batter Zak Crawley got into an altercation when Crawley appeared to be wasting time to run down the clock late in the day.[158][159] During the Indian 2nd innings, another heated altercation occurred between England bowler Brydon Carse and Indian allrounder Ravindra Jadeja following a collision between the two.[160] The match ended with England winning by 22 runs.[161] The 4th Test at Old Trafford was largely dominated by England, who went over 300 runs ahead of the tourists after their first innings score of 669, but were frustrated and forced to settle for a draw following some stubborn Indian resistance with the bat. There was yet more controversy as the Indians refused to accept a draw offered by Ben Stokes, allowing both batters to reach their centuries.[162][163] The final match was played at the Oval and was another nail-biter as India snatched victory by 6 runs to level the series and remain unbeaten in Test series against England since 2018.[164] The moment that caught people's eye was Chris Woakes walking out as the last man with his arm in a sling following a shoulder dislocation earlier in the match, which earned him praise and showed the value of Test cricket.[165][166][167]
The series was hailed as one of the greatest Test series of all-time.[168][169][170][171][172] The series broke many statistical records,[173][174] broke viewership records[175] and defined the rivalry as one of equals.[176][177]
Results
As of 4 June 2026
The two sides have played a total of 281 times. India has won 116 matches compared to England's 109 victories.[178]
| Format | Matches played | England won | India won | Draw/No Result | Tied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 141 | 53 | 37 | 51 | – |
| ODI | 110 | 44 | 61 | 3 | 2 |
| T20I | 30 | 12 | 18 | 0 | – |
| Total | 281 | 109 | 116 | 54 | 2 |
ICC matches
India hold the advantage over England in all ICC events, winning 22 games to England's 12. In ODI World Cups, England and India have met 9 times, with both teams winning 4 games each, with one game being tied.[89] In T20 World Cups, the sides have met 6 times, with India winning 4 games to England's 2 games. Their last 3 T20 World Cup meetings have all been in the semi-final, where England won in 2022 but India prevailed in the 2024 and 2026 editions.
In the Champions Trophy, the teams have encountered each other 3 times, with India winning all 3 of those games. Their last meeting in the event was in the 2013 final in England where India won after a rain-affected game.[179] In the Test Championship, there have been 19 matches played between England and India, with India having 11 wins to England's 6 victories, with the 2 draws both being in England due to bad weather. India have not lost a series in the Test Championship against England, with 2 series victories in India and 2 series drawn in England, both by a 2-2 margin.
| Tournament | Matches played |  England won |  India won | Draw/No result | Tied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| T20 World Cup | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – |
| Champions Trophy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| World Test Championship | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | – |
| Total | 37 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
ICC tournaments (Head to Head)
ICC ODI World Cups (Head to Head results)
| Year | Stage | Venue | Result | Player of the match | Scorecard | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Group Stage | Lord's, London, England | England won by 202 runs |
Dennis Amiss |
Scorecard | [180] |
| 1983 | Semi-Final | Old Trafford, Manchester, England | India won by 6 wickets |
Mohinder Amarnath |
Scorecard | [181] |
| 1987 | Semi-Final | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India | England won by 35 runs |
Graham Gooch |
Scorecard | |
| 1992 | Group Stage | W.A.C.A, Perth, Australia | England won by 9 runs |
Ian Botham |
Scorecard | |
| 1999 | Group Stage | Edgbaston, Birmingham, England | India won by 63 runs |
 Sourav Ganguly |
Scorecard | |
| 2003 | Group Stage | Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa | India won by 82 runs |
Ashish Nehra |
Scorecard | |
| 2011 | Group Stage | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India | Tied | Andrew Strauss |
Scorecard | [182][89] |
| 2019 | Group Stage | Edgbaston, Birmingham, England | England won by 31 runs |
Jonny Bairstow |
Scorecard | [183] |
| 2023 | Group Stage | Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, India | India won by 100 runs |
Rohit Sharma |
Scorecard | [184] |
ICC Men's T20 World Cups (Head to Head results)
| Year | Stage | Venue | Result | Player of the match | Scorecard | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Super 8s | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa | India won by 18 runs |
Yuvraj Singh |
Scorecard | [185] |
| 2009 | Super 8s | Lord's, London, England | England won by 3 runs |
Ryan Sidebottom |
Scorecard | [186] |
| 2012 | Group Stage | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | India won by 90 runs |
Harbhajan Singh |
Scorecard | [187] |
| 2022 | Semi-Final | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia | England won by 10 wickets |
Alex Hales |
Scorecard | [188] |
| 2024 | Semi-Final | Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana | India won by 68 runss |
Axar Patel |
Scorecard | [189] |
| 2026 | Semi-Final | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India | India won by 7 runs |
Sanju Samson |
Scorecard | [190] |
ICC Champions Trophy (Head to Head Results)
| Year | Stage | Venue | Result | Player of the match | Scorecard | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Group Stage | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | India won by 8 wickets |
Virender Sehwag |
Scorecard | [191] |
| 2006 | Group stage | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India | India won by 4 wickets |
Munaf Patel |
Scorecard | [192] |
| 2013 | Final | Edgbaston, Birmingham, England | India won by 5 runs |
Ravindra Jadeja |
Scorecard | [193] |
List of Test series
List of ODI series
List of T20I series
Notes
- None of these matches were counted as first-class matches, per the defining of first-class matches at the 1894 meeting between the Marylebone Cricket Club and county clubs.[21]
- Based on the home and away team.
- The first ODI was cancelled due to disturbances in Ahmedabad which threatened the security of the players.
- The final 2 ODI matches were cancelled due to the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
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