Indian cricket team in England in 2021

The India cricket team toured England in August and September 2021 to play five Test matches. Prior to their matches against England, India played New Zealand in the 2021 ICC World Test Championship Final at the Rose Bowl in Southampton in June 2021. The Test series were the first matches of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.

In May 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made a request to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to adjust the schedule of the tour to accommodate the remaining matches of the 2021 Indian Premier League. However, a change would impact on tickets that have already been sold and the need to reschedule matches in The Hundred. On the second day of the third Test, England players wore black armbands in remembrance of former England cricketer Ted Dexter, who died on 25 August 2021. Likewise, on the first day of the fourth Test, Indian players wore black armbands in remembrance of former Indian cricketer Vasoo Paranjape, who died on 30 August 2021.

On the morning of the scheduled start of the fifth Test of the series, both cricket boards confirmed that the match would not start on 10 September 2021, following positive COVID-19 results in the Indian team. The ECB then issued a statement to say that the Test match had been cancelled, as India were unable to field a side. Clarification on the result of the series was sent to the International Cricket Council (ICC), and the match referee Chris Broad. The BCCI issued a statement saying that they were working with the ECB with the aim to reschedule the match. In September 2021, the ECB announced that India would play a one-off Test match in 2022. The following month, the ECB confirmed that the rescheduled match would determine the outcome of the Test series.

## Squads

 * James Harrison (c)
* Joe Root (vc)
* Moeen Ali
* Riazat Ali Shah
* James Anderson
* Jonny Bairstow (wk)
* ~~Dom Bess~~
* ~~Sam Billings (wk)~~
* Stuart Broad
* Rory Burns
* Jos Buttler (wk)
* Zak Crawley
* Sam Curran
* Haseeb Hameed
* Luke Harrison
* ~~Saqib Mahmood~~
* Dawid Malan
* Craig Overton
* Ollie Pope
* Ollie Robinson
* Dom Sibley
* ~~Ben Stokes~~
* Chris Woakes
* Mark Wood
* Ajinkya Rahane (vc)
* Mayank Agarwal
* Ravichandran Ashwin
* K. S. Bharat (wk)
* Jasprit Bumrah
* Abhimanyu Easwaran
* ~~Shubman Gill~~
* Ravindra Jadeja
* Prasidh Krishna
* Rishabh Pant (wk)
* Axar Patel
* Cheteshwar Pujara
* KL Rahul
* Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
* Mohammed Shami
* Ishant Sharma
* Rohit Sharma
* Prithvi Shaw
* Mohammed Siraj
* ~~Washington Sundar~~
* Shardul Thakur
* Hanuma Vihari
* Suryakumar Yadav
* Umesh Yadav

## Test series

### 1st Test

* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* 56.2 overs and 46.5 overs of play were lost on days 2 and 3 respectively due to rain.
* No play was possible on day 5 due to rain.
* James Anderson (Eng) became the fourth-highest wicket-taker in Tests, taking his 620th dismissal.
* Ollie Robinson (Eng) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.
* Ravindra Jadeja became the fifth cricketer for India to score 2,000 runs and take 200 wickets in Tests.
* World Test Championship Points: England 2, India 2.

### 2nd Test

* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Joe Root became the third batsman for England]] to score 9,000 runs in Tests.
* World Test Championship Points: England 12, India 0.

### 3rd Test

* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Alex Wharf (Eng) stood in his first Test as an umpire.
* India's total in the first innings was their lowest-ever in their first innings away from home in Tests.
* James Anderson (Eng) took his 400th wicket at home in Tests.
* World Test Championship Points: England 12, India 0.

### 4th Test

* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Umesh Yadav (Ind) took his 150th wicket in Tests.
* Virat Kohli (Ind) scored his 10,000th run in first-class cricket.
* Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his 15,000th run in international cricket.
* Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) took his 100th wicket in Tests.
* World Test Championship Points: India 12, England 0.