D) Some interesting facts about India v England in India
- In the previous Test encounters between India and England in India, former Indian batsman Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of) was the only captain to score a double-century. Nawab of Pataudi had scored unbeaten 203 runs at Delhi in 1964.
- In the previous Test encounters between India and England in India, Mohammad Azharuddin is the only Indian captain to score 100+ runs in an innings for India’s winning cause. That was at Kolkata in 1993 where Azharuddin had scored 182 runs.
- Till date, there are no England wicketkeeper-batsman to hit a Test century on the Indian soil.
- Till date, there are no Indian pacers able to claim 10-wicket haul in a Test match against England on the Indian soil.
- In the last 12 years, England is the only team to win a Test series on the Indian soil. Also England is the only team in last 12 years who won more than one Test in a Test series on the Indian soil.