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English cricket team in India in 2020–21
India England
Dates 5 February – 28 March 2021
Captains Virat Kohli Joe Root(Tests)
Eoin Morgan(ODIs & T20Is)[n 1]
Test series
Result India won the 4-match series 3–1
Most runs Rohit Sharma(345) Joe Root(368)
Most wickets Ravichandran Ashwin(32) Jack Leach(18)
Player of the series Ravichandran Ashwin(Ind)
One Day International series
Results India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs KL Rahul(177) Jonny Bairstow(219)
Most wickets Shardul Thakur(7) Mark Wood(5)
Player of the series Jonny Bairstow(Eng)
Twenty20 International series
Results India won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Virat Kohli(231) Jos Buttler(172)
Most wickets Shardul Thakur(8) Jofra Archer(7)
Player of the series Virat Kohli(Ind)

TheEngland cricket teamtoured India during February and March 2021 to play fourTestmatches, threeOne Day International(ODI) and fiveTwenty20 International(T20I) matches.[1]The Tests formed part of the inaugural2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship,[2]and the ODI series formed part of the inaugural2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[3]In December 2020, the full itinerary was released with three venues hosting the entire tour.[4][5]

England won the first Test by 227 runs,[6]and India won the second Test by 317 runs,[7]to level the series at 1–1.[8]The third Test, aday/nightfixture,[9]was completed inside two days, with India winning by ten wickets.[10]The loss meant that England could no longer qualify for thefinalof the World Test Championship.[11]India won the fourth and final Test by an innings and 25 runs, taking the series 3–1.[12]The series win meant that India joinedNew Zealandin the final of the World Test Championship.[13]

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]India won the third ODI by seven runs, winning the series 2–1.[18]

Background

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Originally, England were scheduled to tour India in September and October 2020 to play the ODI and T20I matches.[19]However, after the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup waspostponed by one yeardue to theCOVID-19 pandemic,[20]the2020 Indian Premier League(IPL) was rescheduled to be played in its place.[21]In February 2020, theBoard of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) announced that they would like to play aday/nightTest match at the refurbishedNarendra Modi Stadium.[22]TheEngland and Wales Cricket Board(ECB) confirmed the changes to England's tour in August 2020.[23]

On 20 August 2020,Sourav Ganguly,president of the BCCI, said that India would host England to fulfil theirFuture Tours Programme(FTP) commitments.[24]In September 2020, the BCCI were also in discussions with theEmirates Cricket Boardwith regards to using the United Arab Emirates to host the series, due to the COVID-19 situation.[25][26]Later the same month, Sourav Ganguly reiterated that it was a "priority" to host the matches in India, and that the BCCI were continuing to monitor the COVID-19 situation.[27]

The tour's itinerary originally was scheduled to have five Tests, three ODIs and three T20I matches.[28]However, in November 2020, Sourav Ganguly confirmed that one of the Test matches had been dropped with two more T20I matches added to the tour, in preparation for the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[29]On 1 January 2021, the Government of India announced that up to 50% of fans would be allowed in stadiums for sporting events, and it was expected that the BCCI would also allow fans in the stadiums for the series.[30]Initially, the BCCI and theTamil Nadu Cricket Association(TNCA) took the decision not to allow fans into the stadium for the first two Test matches.[31][32]However, the decision was later reversed, with up to 50% of fans allowed to attend the second Test.[33]On 27 January 2021, the England team arrived inChennaito begin their quarantine ahead of the first Test.[34]

TheInternational Cricket Council(ICC) confirmed thatNitin Menonwould be one of the on-field umpires for the first two Test matches.[35]Anil ChaudharyandVirender Sharmawere also named as on-field umpires for the first and second Tests respectively, with both of them making their debuts as Test cricket umpires.[36]The same set of match officials were retained for the third and fourth Test matches.[37]

Ahead of the first Test,Channel 4secured the live broadcasting rights for the Test matches.[38]The last time the channel screened live Test cricket in the United Kingdom was for the2005 Ashes series.[39]It was also the first full broadcast of an England overseas Test series onterrestrial televisionin the United Kingdom.[40]

Crowds were allowed to attend the first two T20I matches, with more than 66,000 fans attending each of the two games.[41]However, after a rise in COVID-19 cases inAhmedabad,the BCCI and theGujarat Cricket Associationagreed to play the remaining T20I and ODI matchesbehind closed doors.[42]

Squads

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Tests ODIs T20Is
India[43] England[44] India[45] England[46] India[47] England[48]

On 19 January 2021, the BCCI named India's squad for the first two Test matches.[49]They also namedK. S. Bharat,Abhimanyu Easwaran,Shahbaz Nadeem,Rahul ChaharandPriyank Panchalas standby players, andAnkit Rajpoot,Avesh Khan,Sandeep Warrier,Krishnappa GowthamandSaurabh Kumaras net bowlers.[50]Two days later, the ECB announced England's squad for the first two Test matches, withJames Bracey,Mason Crane,Saqib Mahmood,Matt Parkinson,Ollie RobinsonandAmar Virdinamed as reserve players.[51]Ollie Popewas not originally named in England's Test squad after sustaining an injuryagainst Pakistan,but was added to the squad on 3 February 2021, after the England medical team were satisfied he had recovered sufficiently.[52]The following day,Zak Crawleywas ruled out of England's squad for the first two Tests with a wrist sprain.[53]Ahead of the first Test, bothShahbaz NadeemandRahul Chaharwere added to India's squad, afterAxar Patelwas ruled out of the match with a knee injury.[54]England'sJos Buttlerwas rested for the last three Tests.[55]Jofra Archerwas ruled out of England's squad for the second Test due to an elbow injury.[56]Ahead of the second Test, both Shahbaz Nadeem and Rahul Chahar were withdrawn from India's squad, returning to the reserves.[57]

Following the conclusion of the second Test,Jonny BairstowandMark Woodwere added to England's squad for the third Test.[58]Moeen Alireturned home to England, therefore missing the last two Test matches.[59]On 17 February 2021, the BCCI announced the squad for the last two Test matches, withUmesh Yadavjoining the team and replacingShardul Thakur.[60]The BCCI also retained the same five net bowlers, K. S. Bharat and Rahul Chahar as standby players,[61]and released Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shahbaz Nadeem and Priyank Panchal for theVijay Hazare Trophy.[62]England'sSam Curranwas originally going to be available for the fourth Test,[63]but was ruled out of the Test match due to the logistical challenges during the pandemic.[64]Ahead of the fourth Test,Jasprit BumrahandChris Woakeswere released from India's and England's squads respectively.[65][66]

On 11 February 2021, England announced their T20I squad withJake BallandMatt Parkinsonbeing named as reserves.[67]Danny Briggs,Tom HelmandWill Jackswere also named as non-travelling reserves for England's limited-overs fixtures.[68]Rahul Chahar was added to India's T20I squad, after being one of the standby players for the Test series.[69]On 19 March 2021, India named their ODI squad, withPrasidh Krishna,Krunal PandyaandSuryakumar Yadavearning their maiden call-ups.[70]Two days later, England confirmed their ODI squad, withJofra Archerbeing ruled out due to an elbow injury.[71]Jake Ball,Chris JordanandDawid Malanremained with the England squad as reserve players.[72]Shreyas Iyerinjured his shoulder in the first ODI match, and was ruled out of India's squad for the remaining two fixtures.[73]Eoin Morganwas ruled out of final two ODIs, withJos Buttlercaptaining England in Morgan's absence.[74]Sam Billingswas also ruled out of the second ODI with Dawid Malan added to England's squad.[75]

Test series

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1st Test

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5–9 February 2021
Scorecard
v
578 (190.1 overs)
Joe Root218 (377)
Jasprit Bumrah3/84 (36 overs)
337 (95.5 overs)
Rishabh Pant91 (88)
Dom Bess4/76 (26 overs)
178 (46.3 overs)
Joe Root40 (32)
Ravichandran Ashwin6/61 (17.3 overs)
192 (58.1 overs)
Virat Kohli72 (104)
Jack Leach4/76 (26 overs)
England won by 227 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai
Umpires:Anil Chaudhary(Ind) andNitin Menon(Ind)
Player of the match:Joe Root(Eng)

2nd Test

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13–17 February 2021[n 2]
Scorecard
v
329 (95.5 overs)
Rohit Sharma161 (231)
Moeen Ali4/128 (29 overs)
134 (59.5 overs)
Ben Foakes42*(107)
Ravichandran Ashwin5/43 (23.5 overs)
286 (85.5 overs)
Ravichandran Ashwin106 (148)
Moeen Ali4/98 (32 overs)
164 (54.2 overs)
Moeen Ali43 (18)
Axar Patel5/60 (21 overs)
India won by 317 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai
Umpires:Nitin Menon(Ind) andVirender Sharma(Ind)
Player of the match:Ravichandran Ashwin(Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Axar Patel(Ind) made his Test debut.
  • Virender Sharma(Ind) stood in his first Test as an umpire.[83]
  • Ravichandran Ashwin(Ind) became the first bowler to dismiss 200 left-handers in Tests.[84]
  • Ravichandran Ashwin also became the first cricketer for India to take afive-wicket hauland score a century three times in Tests.[85]
  • Axar Patel became the ninth bowler for India to take afive-wicket haul on debutin Tests.[86]
  • World Test Championship points: India 30, England 0.

3rd Test

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24–28 February 2021[n 2]
(D/N)
Scorecard
v
112 (48.4 overs)
Zak Crawley53 (84)
Axar Patel6/38 (21.4 overs)
145 (53.2 overs)
Rohit Sharma66 (96)
Joe Root5/8 (6.2 overs)
81 (30.4 overs)
Ben Stokes25 (34)
Axar Patel5/32 (15 overs)
49/0 (7.4 overs)
Rohit Sharma25*(25)
India won by 10 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium,Ahmedabad
Umpires:Anil Chaudhary(Ind) andNitin Menon(Ind)
Player of the match:Axar Patel(Ind)

4th Test

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4–8 March 2021[n 2]
Scorecard
v
205 (75.5 overs)
Ben Stokes55 (121)
Axar Patel4/68 (26 overs)
365 (114.4 overs)
Rishabh Pant101 (118)
Ben Stokes4/89 (27.4 overs)
135 (54.5 overs)
Dan Lawrence50 (95)
Ravichandran Ashwin5/47 (22.5 overs)
India won by an innings and 25 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium,Ahmedabad
Umpires:Nitin Menon(Ind) andVirender Sharma(Ind)
Player of the match:Rishabh Pant(Ind)

T20I series

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1st T20I

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12 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India
124/7 (20 overs)
v
England
130/2 (15.3 overs)
Shreyas Iyer67 (48)
Jofra Archer3/23 (4 overs)
Jason Roy49 (32)
Washington Sundar1/18 (2.3 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium,Ahmedabad
Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan(Ind) andNitin Menon(Ind)
Player of the match:Jofra Archer(Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

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14 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
England
164/6 (20 overs)
v
India
166/3 (17.5 overs)
Jason Roy46 (35)
Washington Sundar2/29 (4 overs)
Shardul Thakur2/29 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli73*(49)
Sam Curran1/22 (4 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium,Ahmedabad
Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan(Ind) andAnil Chaudhary(Ind)
Player of the match:Ishan Kishan(Ind)

3rd T20I

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16 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India
156/6 (20 overs)
v
England
158/2 (18.2 overs)
Virat Kohli77*(46)
Mark Wood3/31 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler83*(52)
Washington Sundar1/26 (4 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium,Ahmedabad
Umpires:Anil Chaudhary(Ind) andVirender Sharma(Ind)
Player of the match:Jos Buttler(Eng)

4th T20I

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18 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India
185/8 (20 overs)
v
England
177/8 (20 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav57 (31)
Jofra Archer4/33 (4 overs)
Ben Stokes46 (23)
Shardul Thakur3/42 (4 overs)
India won by 8 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium,Ahmedabad
Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan(Ind) andNitin Menon(Ind)
Player of the match:Suryakumar Yadav(Ind)

5th T20I

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20 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India
224/2 (20 overs)
v
England
188/8 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli80*(52)
Ben Stokes1/26 (3 overs)
Dawid Malan68 (46)
Shardul Thakur3/45 (4 overs)
India won by 36 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium,Ahmedabad
Umpires:Anil Chaudhary(Ind) andNitin Menon(Ind)
Player of the match:Bhuvneshwar Kumar(Ind)

ODI series

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1st ODI

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23 March 2021
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India
317/5 (50 overs)
v
England
251 (42.1 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan98 (106)
Ben Stokes3/34 (8 overs)
Jonny Bairstow94 (66)
Prasidh Krishna4/54 (8.1 overs)
India won by 66 runs
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium,Pune
Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan(Ind) andNitin Menon(Ind)
Player of the match:Shikhar Dhawan(Ind)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • Prasidh KrishnaandKrunal Pandya(Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
  • Krunal Pandya (Ind) scored the fastest fifty on debut in ODIs (26 balls).[101]
  • World Cup Super League points: India 10, England 0.

2nd ODI

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26 March 2021
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India
336/6 (50 overs)
v
England
337/4 (43.3 overs)
KL Rahul108 (114)
Reece Topley2/50 (8 overs)
Jonny Bairstow124 (112)
Prasidh Krishna2/58 (10 overs)
England won by 6 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium,Pune
Umpires:Nitin Menon(Ind) andVirender Sharma(Ind)
Player of the match:Jonny Bairstow(Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • Liam Livingstone(Eng) made his ODI debut.
  • World Cup Super League points: England 10, India 0.

3rd ODI

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28 March 2021
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India
329 (48.2 overs)
v
England
322/9 (50 overs)
Rishabh Pant78 (62)
Mark Wood3/34 (7 overs)
Sam Curran95*(83)
Shardul Thakur4/67 (10 overs)
India won by 7 runs
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium,Pune
Umpires:Anil Chaudhary(Ind) andNitin Menon(Ind)
Player of the match:Sam Curran(Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • World Cup Super League points: India 10, England 0.

Notes

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  1. ^Jos Buttlercaptained England for the last two ODIs.
  2. ^abcWhile five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the second Test reached a result in four days, the third Test reached a result in two days, and the fourth Test reached a result in three days.

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