England v India, 100 Tests
England and India down the years
India in England, 1932: The first Indian team arrived at Victoria Station in London in April 1932. The team was captained by the Maharaja of Porbandar and featured players like CK Nayudu, Mohammed Nissar and Amar Singh•Getty Images
England v India, 1st Test, Lord's, 1932: Douglas Jardine, who would attain notoriety on the tour of Australia later in the year, rescued his side with a half-century. CK Nayudu (bowler) had helped India attain Test status with his belligerent 153 for Hindus against an MCC team in Mumbai in 1926-27. But when he was named captain for the match some of the Indian players protested as they did not want to play under someone not of royal heritage•ESPNcricinfo Ltd
England v India, 3rd Test, The Oval, 1936: India were duly beaten 2-0 in the three-match series. Wally Hammond scored a century at Old Trafford and then bettered that with a double-century at The Oval•Getty Images
India in England, 1946: India were tormented by Alec Bedser who, with the help of his deceptive legcutter, took 24 wickets in the three Tests and helped England win 1-0•Getty Images
England v India, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 1952: The Headingley Test saw Fred Trueman take seven wickets on debut. He then bowled a sensational spell of 8 for 31 in 8.4 overs in Manchester, and finished with 29 wickets in the series•Getty Images
England v India, 1st Test, Headingley, 1967: After India's first series victory against England in 1961-62 and a dull 0-0 draw in 1963-64, the 1967 series featured perhaps the most infamous double-century in Test history. Geoff Boycott crawled to 246 in 573 minutes in what the Times' John Woodcock described as "more of an occupation than an innings". England won the Test but Boycott was dropped for selfish batting •PA Photos
England v India, 3rd Test, The Oval, 1971: Ajit Wadekar was the captain on that historic tour while BS Chandrasekhar (back) scripted the win with his 6 for 38 spell in England's second innings•Getty Images
England v India, 2nd Test, Lord's, 1974: India's destroyers were England's new-ball pair of Geoff Arnold and Chris Old, who took nine wickets between them•Getty Images
England v India, 2nd Test, Lord's, 1979: England won the series, though, and Ian Botham began what was to be three years of remarkable performances against India with 20 wickets in the series, including his 100th Test scalp, taken in the second Test, at Lord's•Getty Images
England in India, 1981-82: On England's tour of India in 1981-82, Geoff Boycott became the world's leading run-getter in Tests, surpassing Gary Sobers' 8032 runs during the Delhi Test. Ian Botham ribbed Boycott at a party and the latter then retired after the fourth Test. India won the six-match series 1-0•Getty Images
India v England, 1st Test, Mumbai, 1984: The 1984-85 series in India started amid a tense political atmosphere after India's prime minister Indira Gandhi and a British diplomat Percy Norris had been assassinated within a month of each other. The players observed two minutes' silence before the first Test•Getty Images
England v India, 1st Test, Lord's, 1986: David Gower, who had led England to two 0-5 series losses to West Indies, was sacked as captain after the first Test against India at Lord's. Gower was upset as apparently other team members knew of his imminent dismissal before he did, but did not abandon his laid-back style and handed over a t-shirt he had made for himself as a joke to the new captain Mike Gatting. •Adrian Murrell/The Cricketer International
India v England, 2nd Test, Chennai, 1993: India whitewashed England for the first time. The spin trio of Rajesh Chauhan, Venkatapathy Raju and Anil Kumble took 34 wickets between them over the first two Tests•Ben Radford/Getty Images
England v India, 2nd Test, Lord's, 1996: The second Test began on an emotional note with the players giving the retiring Dickie Bird a guard of honour•Getty Images
England v India, 3rd Test, Headingley, 2002: This time, though, India came back in spectacular fashion. Rahul Dravid's opening-day century in testing conditions at Headingley is still considered one of his best innings•Paul McGregor/ESPNcricinfo Ltd
England v India, 2nd Test, Trent Bridge, 2007: The 2007 series was an ill-tempered one, with the biggest controversy being the England players throwing jelly beans on the pitch to distract Zaheer Khan when he was batting. Zaheer responded with fire and took nine wickets at Trent Bridge, to consign England to a 1-0 series loss•Getty Images
England v India, 1st Test, Lord's, 1932: India's opening bowlers Nissar and Amar Singh caused a flutter in the English camp by reducing them to 19 for 3 on the first morning. Herbert Sutcliffe bowled by Nissar was India's first Test wicket •ESPNcricinfo Ltd
India v England, 1st Test, Mumbai, 1933: The first Test played in India was at the Bombay Gymkhana. Lala Amarnath scored India's first Test century in front of a crowd of 50,000 people but England ended up winners by nine wickets•The Cricketer International
England v India, 2nd Test, Old Trafford, 1936: One of the few highlights for India was Vijay Merchant and Mushtaq Ali's 203-run partnership in Manchester•Getty Images
England v India, 1st Test, Lord's, 1946: The leading run-getter in the series was Vijay Merchant, who scored a century at The Oval•PA Photos
England v India, 2nd Test, Lord's, 1952: Just months before the 3-0 thrashing in England, India had been celebrating their maiden Test win, in Chennai. There, Vinoo Mankad had taken 12 wickets to secure the win. In the second Test on the England tour, he put in a remarkable all-round performance. Mankad scored 72 in the first innings, then bowled 73 overs for five wickets, before coming back out to bat and score 184•PA Photos
England v India, 1st Test, Headingley, 1967: The Headingley Test also saw Nawab of Pataudi junior score his only Test century outside India. His 148 was one of the few bright spots for India on a tour during which they were hit by several injuries and lost 3-0•PA Photos
India v England, 5th Test, Mumbai, 1973: England's 1972-73 tour of India was a feisty encounter, during which the England players, in particular Tony Greig, were involved in several altercations with the umpires. However, the series, which India won 2-1, ended on a friendly note with Greig cradling Gundappa Viswanath after he had reached his century in Mumbai and singing him a lullaby. When Greig then scored a hundred in the same match, Sunil Gavaskar called Viswanath and they both tried to lift Greig. Of course, they couldn't! •ESPNcricinfo Ltd
England in India, 1976-77: In 1977, England won their first Test series in India. However, the series was clouded by the controversy surrounding the Vaseline-impregnated gauze that England seamers John Lever and Bob Willis wore on their foreheads during the third Test in Chennai. The gauze bands were meant to prevent sweat from entering the bowlers' eyes, but Lever allegedly rubbed Vaseline on the ball to help it swing. He took seven wickets in the Test. •Getty Images
England v India, 4th Test, The Oval, 1979: The series ended with Gavaskar scoring 221, which almost helped India chase 438 and level the series. The match was abandoned by both captains with India needing nine to win off the last ball of the fifth day•Getty Images
England v India, 3rd Test, The Oval, 1982: Botham wasn't fooling around when India went to England in the summer of 1982, though. At The Oval, he raced to a double-century off 220 balls - a world record that stood for 19 years•Getty Images
India v England, 4th Test, Chennai, 1984: England won the series 2-1, thanks largely to the efforts of Mike Gatting, who scored 575 runs over the five Tests, including his maiden Test hundred in Mumbai, and a double-century in Chennai •PA Photos
England v India, 1st Test, Lord's, 1990: India's 1990 tour of England began with a 37-year-old Graham Gooch scoring a triple-century •Getty Images
India v England, 3rd Test, Mumbai, 1993: In the third Test, Vinod Kambli scored a double-century as India won by an innings•PA Photos
England v India, 2nd Test, Lord's, 1996: India drew the second and third Tests, and discovered two fine young players in the process: Sourav Ganguly scored centuries in his first two Test matches, while Rahul Dravid narrowly missed out on a debut ton •Getty Images
England v India, 3rd Test, Headingley, 2002: The win was India's first in England since 1986 and ensured a drawn series•Paul McGregor/ESPNcricinfo Ltd
India v England, 1st Test, Chennai, 2008: England sniffed revenge a year later when they were 386 runs ahead of India on the fourth day in Chennai. Kevin Pietersen delcared, looking to push for a win, but he had not factored in Virender Sehwag. In 23 overs of belligerence, Sehwag scored 83 off 68 balls and set up an unlikely win that Sachin Tendulkar completed on the fifth day•AFP
India in England, 1936: The 1936 tour of England was marred by the controversy surrounding the Maharajah of Vizianagram, universally known as Vizzy, whose appointment as captain of India was based not on his talent but his social status and deep pockets•ESPNcricinfo Ltd
India in England, 1946: India's next tour of England was after the second World War. The visitors were led by Nawab of Pataudi senior while Wally Hammond was captain of the hosts•PA Photos
England v India, 1st Test, Headingley, 1952: India's first post-independence tour of England started in dreadful fashion, as in the second innings of the first Test they collapsed to an embarrassing 0 for 4. That gave rise to a sequence in which India would lose eight out of nine Tests to England •International Cricket Council
England v India, 4th Test, Old Trafford, 1959: England whitewashed India in 1959, their captain Colin Cowdrey leading from the front with 344 runs in the series•Getty Images
England v India, 3rd Test, The Oval, 1971: In the third Test on India's 1971 tour of England Eknath Solkar caught Alan Knott at short leg in what is considered as one of the inflection points in the modern history of Indian cricket. India went on to win the Test and complete their first series victory in England•Getty Images
England v India, 2nd Test, Lord's, 1974: In 1974, a highly-rated India side capitulated to the team's lowest score in Test history. The 42 all out on the fourth day at Lord's is still considered one of the all-time lows in Indian cricket•PA Photos
India in England, 1979: During the 1979 tour of England, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath consolidated their reputation as two of the world's top batsmen. Gavaskar scored 542 runs on the tour, while Viswanath got 341•PA Photos
India v England, Golden Jubilee Test, Mumbai, 1980: The Botham-Gavaskar duel continued in the 50th Test between the two countries, played in Mumbai. Botham won easily, taking 13 wickets and scoring a century in the Test. •Getty Images
England v India, 1st Test, Lord's, 1982: During the same series, Dilip Vengsarkar continued the love affair he had started with Lord's three years before, with a century in the first Test. He would go on to get a third ton at Lord's in India's 2-0 series win in 1986•PA Photos
England in India, 1984-85: The series also saw the emergence of Mohammad Azharuddin, who scored centuries in each of his first three Tests, at Kolkata, Chennai and Kanpur •Getty Images
England v India, 2nd Test, Old Trafford, 1990: In the second Test, a certain Sachin Tendulkar scored his maiden Test hundred, saving the match for India. He had come in at 109 for 4 and batted 224 minutes to ensure a draw•Getty Images
England v India, 1st Test, Edbaston, 1996: The 1996 series was India's first in England for six years. They started off with a loss, with Nasser Hussain's first Test hundred helping England win by eight wickets at Edgbaston •Getty Images
England v India, 1st Test, Lord's, 2002: By 2002, India's tours of England had begun to follow a formula. India would start slowly, lose the first Test and then find it hard to claw back into the series. They lost the opener in 2002 again, with Matthew Hoggard bowling England to victory•Paul McGregor/ESPNcricinfo Ltd
India v England, 3rd Test, Mumbai, 2006: England came to India in 2006 having not won a Test in the country since 1985. After losing in Mohali, it looked like it would be another series defeat on Indian soil. But in the third Test, offspinner Shaun Udal was drafted in and stunned India on the last day, taking 4 for 14 including the huge wicket of Sachin Tendulkar•Getty Images