# Indian cricket team in England in 1986

The Indian cricket team toured England from 24 May to 8 July 1986 for a three-match Test series, and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Texaco Trophy.
India beat England 2–0 in the Test series and won the ODI Texaco Trophy that by virtue of faster run-rate despite England having squared the series after losing the first game. India's Dilip Vengsarkar scored a total of 360 runs in the Test series and was named player of the series alongside England's Mike Gatting. In the ODI series, England's David Gower emerged as the top scorer with 81 runs and was named player of the series alongside India's Ravi Shastri.
Also as part of the England tour, India played eight other first-class and seven limited overs games.

## Tour matches
### Limited overs match: Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk's XI vs Indians

* 4 May Scorecard
| Indians 217/9 (50 overs) | v | Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk's XI 181/5 (39 overs) |
| Chetan Sharma 49* Graham Monkhouse 3/57 (10 overs) | | Trevor Jesty 74 Maninder Singh 2/21 (6 overs) |
* Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk's XI won by 5 wickets Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: Derek Dennis (Eng) and John Langridge (Eng)
* Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk's XI won the toss and decided to field.
* Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk's XI's target was 178 runs in 41 overs.

### Three-day match: Worcestershire vs Indians

* 6–8 May Scorecard
* Match drawn New Road, Worcester Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw (Eng) and David Shepherd (Eng)
* Indians won the toss and decided to field.

### Three-day match: Gloucestershire vs Indians

* 10–12 May Scorecard
* Match drawn The Victoria Ground, Cheltenham Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Alan Whitehead (Eng)
* Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field.

### Limited overs match: Surrey vs Indians

* 15 May Scorecard
| Surrey 230/8 (50 overs) | v | Indians 231/5 (47.3 overs) |
| Alan Butcher 140 (158) Chetan Sharma 3/30 (10 overs) | | Sunil Gavaskar 81 Mark Feltham 2/62 (9.3 overs) |
* Indians won by 5 wickets Kennington Oval, Kennington Umpires: John Jameson (Eng) and Bob White (Eng)
* Indians won the toss and decided to field.

## Test Series
### First Test

* 5–10 June Scorecard
* India won by 5 wickets Lord's Cricket Ground, London Attendance: 57,509 Umpires: Ken Palmer (Eng) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Kapil Dev (Ind)
* India won the toss and decided to field.
* Kiran More (Ind) made his Test debut.
* It was India's first win in 21 Tests with Kapil Dev as captain.

### Second Test

* 19–23 June Scorecard
* India won by 279 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw (Eng) and David Constant (Eng) Player of the match: Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind)
* India won the toss and decided to bat
* Bruce French (Eng) and Chandrakant Pandit (Ind) made their Test debuts.

### Third Test

* 3–8 July Scorecard
* Match drawn Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng) Player of the match: Mike Gatting (Eng)
* England won the toss and decided to bat
* Mark Benson and Neal Radford (Eng) made their Test debuts.

## Texaco Trophy

The 1986 edition of the Texaco Trophy was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held between England and India in England. India won the first game and England won the second, leveling the series at 1–1. India won the trophy by virtue of a faster run-rate in the two matches.

### First match

* 24 May Scorecard
| England 162 (55 overs) | v | India 163/1 (47.2 overs) |
| Derek Pringle 28 (66) Chetan Sharma 3/25 (11 overs) | | Mohammad Azharuddin 83 (154) Graham Dilley 1/53 (11 overs) |
* India won by 9 wickets The Oval, Kennington Attendance: 14,811 Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Alan Whitehead (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind)
* India won the toss and decided to field.

### Second match

* 26 May Scorecard
| India 254/6 (55 overs) | v | England 256/5 (53.5 overs) |
| Krishnamachari Srikkanth 67 (93) Graham Dilley 2/46 (11 overs) | | David Gower 81 (94) Roger Binny 2/47 (10 overs) |
* England won by 5 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 16,202 Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and David Constant (Eng) Player of the match: David Gower (Eng)
* England won the toss and decided to field.

## External sources

CricketArchive

## Annual reviews

* Playfair Cricket Annual 1987
* Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1987