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Ahead of the series, England and India were ranked number three and two in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings. [15] Going into the series, England had been playing the Bazball style of cricket for over two years. They had won 13 of the 18 Tests played in this fashion. The away India series was touted by the English media as its ultimate test.
Herschelle Gibbs, the Player of the Match of the first ever game where a team scored 400.. This is a list of scores of 400 or more runs made by a team in a One Day International (ODI), a form of one-day cricket played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the top six Associate and Affiliate members. [1]
England won the ODI series 2–1, [8] making it their eighth consecutive bilateral ODI series win. [9] It also ended India's run of nine previous bilateral series wins, and was the first such loss under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. [9] In the second ODI match, Dhoni became the twelfth batsman to score 10,000 runs in ODIs. [10]
Gill was the first to fall, to Southee, being dismissed lbw for a score of 8 runs with the team at 24 for one, and Rohit Sharma also fell lbw to Southee. India were 64 for two, leading by 32 runs, when play was called off for the day. [55] [56] Pujara and Kohli were the two not out Indian batsmen at the close of play. [57]
On 7 December the England team decided to participate in the 2 match Test series [2] and arrived in Chennai the next day. [3] At Chennai, Andrew Strauss hit 123 and 108, strokeful for the former England skipper. Sachin Tendulkar slammed 103* ,with Yuvraj Singh at 85*,chased the record target of 387,guiding India to a victory by 6 wickets.
India won the fourth T20I match by eight runs, to level the series 2–2 with one match to play. [14] India won the fifth and final T20I by 36 runs, to win the series 3–2. [15] India won the first ODI by 66 runs, [16] with England winning the second ODI by six wickets to level the series ahead of the final ODI of the tour. [17]