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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Indian cricket team in England in 1996
| team1_image = Flag of India.svg
| team1_name = India
| team2_image = Flag of England.svg
| team2_name = England
| from_date = 5 May
| to_date = 9 July 1996
| team1_captain = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]]
| team2_captain = [[Michael Atherton]]
| no_of_tests = 3
| team1_tests_won = 0
| team2_tests_won = 1
| team1_tests_most_runs = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (428)
| team2_tests_most_runs = [[Nasser Hussain]] (318)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] (16)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[Chris Lewis (cricketer)|Chris Lewis]] (15)
| player_of_test_series = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (Ind) and [[Nasser Hussain]] (Eng)
| no_of_ODIs = 3
| team1_ODIs_won = 0
| team2_ODIs_won = 2
| team1_ODIs_most_runs = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (128)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs = [[Ali Brown]] (155)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] (5)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Dominic Cork]] (5)
| player_of_ODI_series = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (Ind) and [[Chris Lewis (cricketer)|Chris Lewis]] (Eng)
}}

The [[India national cricket team|Indian cricket team]] toured England in the 1996 cricket season. They played a total of eighteen matches, including three [[Test cricket|Test]]s and three [[One Day International]]s (ODIs) against [[England cricket team|England]].<ref name="tour">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/62278.html |title=India tour of England, 1996 |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref> In the Tests and ODIs, India were captained by [[Mohammad Azharuddin]], while [[Michael Atherton]] captained England.

This tour saw [[Sourav Ganguly]], [[Rahul Dravid]] and [[Venkatesh Prasad]] make their Test debuts. Prasad made his debut in the 1st Test at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]], taking six wickets in this match and ultimately finishing as the leading wicket-taker in the Test series with 16. Ganguly and Dravid made their debuts in the 2nd Test at [[Lord's]], scoring 131 and 95 respectively; both would go on to become mainstays of the Indian batting as well as national captains. The team also included established players such as Azharuddin, [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Anil Kumble]], [[Javagal Srinath]], [[Sanjay Manjrekar]] and [[Nayan Mongia]].

Nonetheless, the tour was a disaster for India. The team lost the Test series 1–0 (with the last two matches drawn), and the ODI series 2–0 (with no result in the first match due to rain). The rest of the tour saw victories in a single-innings match against the [[Duke of Norfolk's XI]] and limited-overs matches against an England National Cricket Association XI and [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]], but also defeats in a limited-overs match against [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] and a [[First-class cricket|first-class]] match against [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]].<ref name="tour"/> The tour was also marred by a spat between Azharuddin and opener [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]], which resulted in the latter walking out of the tour after the 2nd ODI.<ref>{{cite news|date=25 October 2011 |title=Lele reveals why Sidhu walked out of 1996 England tour |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-25/top-stories/30319518_1_bcci-secretary-jaywant-lele-navjot-singh-sidhu-mohinder-amarnath |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109223117/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-25/top-stories/30319518_1_bcci-secretary-jaywant-lele-navjot-singh-sidhu-mohinder-amarnath |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> Following the tour, Azharuddin, who was also facing personal problems at the time, was sacked as captain.<ref>{{cite web|last=Panicker |first=Prem |date=2 January 1998 |title=Sachin sacked, Azhar back! |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/jan/02b.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref>

==Tour matches==
=== Three-day: British Universities v Indians ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26–28 June 1996
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND|name=Indians}}
| team2 = [[British Universities cricket team|British Universities]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 457/6d (110 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ajay Jadeja]] 112*
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Kervin Marc]] 3/91 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 217 (74.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Gul Khan (cricketer)|Gul Khan]] 56
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Narendra Hirwani]] 6/60 (29.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 231/3d (68 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 101*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Scott Boswell]] 1/21 (8 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16185/scorecard/580531/british-universities-vs-india-tour-match-india-tour-of-england-1996 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Fenner's]], [[Cambridge]]
| umpires = [[Nigel Cowley]] and [[John Harris (Somerset cricketer and umpire)|John Harris]]
| motm =
| toss = Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Test series==

===1st Test===
{{Test match
| date = 6–9 June 1996
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 214 (69.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Javagal Srinath]] 52 (65)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Dominic Cork]] 4/61 (20.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 313 (90.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Nasser Hussain]] 128 (227)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 4/71 (28 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 219 (70.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 122 (177)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Chris Lewis (cricketer)|Chris Lewis]] 5/72 (22.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 121/2 (33.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Michael Atherton]] 53[[Not out|*]] (100)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 2/50 (14 overs)

| result = England won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16184/scorecard/63713/england-vs-india-1st-test/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground]], [[Birmingham]]
| umpires = [[Darrell Hair]] (Aus) and [[David Shepherd (umpire)|David Shepherd]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Nasser Hussain]] (Eng)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Ronnie Irani]], [[Alan Mullally]], [[Min Patel]] (all Eng), [[Sunil Joshi]], [[Paras Mhambrey]], [[Venkatesh Prasad]] and [[Vikram Rathour]] (all Ind) made their Test debuts.
}}

===2nd Test===
{{Test match
| date = 20–24 June 1996
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 344 (130.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1963)|Jack Russell]] 124 (261)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 5/76 (33.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 429 (169.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 131 (301)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Alan Mullally]] 3/71 (39 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 278/9[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (121 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Alec Stewart]] 66 (136)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Anil Kumble]] 3/90 (51 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16184/scorecard/63714/england-vs-india-2nd-test/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Lord's Cricket Ground]], [[London]]
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] (Eng) and [[Darrell Hair]] (Aus)
| motm= [[Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1963)|Jack Russell]] (Eng)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Rahul Dravid]] and [[Sourav Ganguly]] (both Ind) made their Test debuts. Umpire [[Dickie Bird]] stood in his 66th and final Test match.
}}

===3rd Test===
{{Test match
| date = 4–9 July 1996
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 521 (167 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 177 (360)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Chris Lewis (cricketer)|Chris Lewis]] 3/89 (37 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 564 (198.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Michael Atherton]] 160 (376)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 3/71 (19.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 211 (69 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 74 (97)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Mark Ealham]] 4/21 (14 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16184/scorecard/63715/england-vs-india-3rd-test/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]]
| motm = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (Ind)
| umpires = [[K. T. Francis]] (SL) and [[George Sharp (cricketer)|George Sharp]] (Eng)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Mark Ealham]] (Eng) made his Test debut.
}}

==ODI series==

===1st ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 23–24 May 1996
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 291/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Graeme Hick]] 91 (102)
| wickets1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 2/29 (10 overs)
| score2 = 96/5 (17.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 30 (19)
| wickets2 = [[Chris Lewis (cricketer)|Chris Lewis]] 4/40 (8.1 overs)
| result = No result
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65017.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[The Oval]], [[London]]
| umpires = [[Ray Julian]] (Eng) and [[Peter Willey]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Chris Lewis (cricketer)|Chris Lewis]] (Eng)
| toss = England won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = Play was abandoned on the first day due to rain; no play was possible on the reserve day.
| notes = [[Ali Brown]], [[Mark Ealham]], [[Ronnie Irani]] (all Eng) and [[Paras Mhambrey]] (Ind) made their ODI debuts.
}}

===2nd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 May 1996
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| score1 = 158 (40.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] 40 (68)
| wickets1 = [[Peter Martin (cricketer)|Peter Martin]] 3/34 (8.2 overs)
| score2 = 162/4 (39.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Graham Thorpe]] 79[[Not out|*]] (118)
| wickets2 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 2/33 (9 overs)
| result = England won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65018.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Headingley Cricket Ground]], [[Leeds]]
| umpires = [[Mervyn Kitchen]] (Eng) and [[Alan Whitehead (cricketer)|Alan Whitehead]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Graham Thorpe]] (Eng)
| toss = England won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = Match reduced to 42 overs per side due to rain.
| notes =
}}

===3rd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 26–27 May 1996
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| score1 = 236/4 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] 73[[Not out|*]] (64)
| wickets1 = [[Graham Thorpe]] 2/15 (4 overs)
| score2 = 239/6 (48.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ali Brown]] 118 (137)
| wickets2 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 2/26 (10 overs)
| result = England won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65019.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground]], [[Manchester]]
| umpires = [[David Constant]] (Eng) and [[Allan Jones (cricketer)|Allan Jones]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Ali Brown]] (Eng)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = Play was abandoned on the first day due to rain, with England 2/1 after 1 over.
| notes =
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External sources==
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Tours_1996.html CricketArchive – tour itineraries]

==Annual reviews==
* [[Playfair Cricket Annual]] 1997
* [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] 1997

==Further reading==
* [[Ramachandra Guha]], ''A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport'', Picador, 2001

{{Indian cricket tours of England}}
{{International cricket tours of England}}
{{1996 English cricket season}}

[[Category:1996 in English cricket]]
[[Category:Indian cricket tours of England|1996]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions from 1994–95 to 1997]]

Indian cricket team in England in 1996 - Revision history

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