England beat India 2-1 to clich the 4 match series and set history. This is England's first win in India in 28 years. Alastair Cook lead the series and was also judged Man of the Series. James Anderson was the Man of the Match.
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India at Home
Number of Series = 70
Won = 36
Lost = 17
Draw = 17
List of Opposition Captains and Indian Captains in Indian Series Losts at Home
(The oppostion captain is listed first, then the year of series, then Indian captain and then the Series Result)
* The numbers in brackets near the names of captains is the number of tests in the particular series they were the captains (Some series involve different captains for different matches)
1. Douglas Jordine (Eng) - 1933/34 - CK Naydu - England 2-0 (3)
2. John Goddard (WI) - 1948/49 - Lala Amarnath - West Indies 1-0 (5)
3. Ian Johnson (2)/Ray Lindwall (1) (Aus) - 1956/57 - Poly Umrigar - Australia 2-0 (3)
4. Francz Alexander (WI) - 1958/59 - Ghulam Ahmed (2)/ Poly Umrigar (1), Vinoo Mankad (1)/Narendra Tamhane (1) - West Indies 3-0 (5)
5. Richie Benaud (Aus) - 1959/60 - Gulabrai Ramchand - Australia 2-1 (5)
6. Sir Garry Sobers (WI) - 1966/67 - Nawab of Pataudi - West Indies 2-0 (3)
7. William Lawry (Aus) - 1969-70 - Nawab of Pataudi - Australia 3-1 (5)
8. Clive Lloyd (WI) - 1974/75 - Nawab of Pataudi (4)/Srinivasan Venkatraghvan (1) - West Indies 3-2 (5)
9. Tony Graig (Eng) - 1976/77 - Bishan Singh Bedi - England 3-1 (5)
10. Mike Brearley (Eng) - 1979/80 - Gundappa Viswanath - England 1-0 (1)
11. Clive Lloyd (WI) - 1983/84 - Kapil Dev - West Indies 3-0 (6)
12. David Gower (Eng) - 1984/85 - Sunil Gavaskar 2-1 (5)
13. Imran Khan (Pak) - 1986/87 - Kapil Dev - Pakistan 1-0 (5)
14. Wasim Akram (Pak) - 1998/99 - Mohammad Azharuddin - Pakistan won the Asian Championship (Ind/Pak/SL)
15. Hansie Cronje (SA) - 1999/00 - Sachin Tendulkar - South Africa 2-0 (2)
16. Adam Gilchrist (3)/Ricky Ponting (1) - 2004/05 - Rahul Dravid (3)/Sourav Ganguly (1) - Australia 2-1(4)
17. Alastair Cook (Eng) - 2012/13 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni - England 2-1(4)
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India at Home
Number of Series = 70
Won = 36
Lost = 17
Draw = 17
List of Opposition Captains and Indian Captains in Indian Series Losts at Home
(The oppostion captain is listed first, then the year of series, then Indian captain and then the Series Result)
* The numbers in brackets near the names of captains is the number of tests in the particular series they were the captains (Some series involve different captains for different matches)
1. Douglas Jordine (Eng) - 1933/34 - CK Naydu - England 2-0 (3)
2. John Goddard (WI) - 1948/49 - Lala Amarnath - West Indies 1-0 (5)
3. Ian Johnson (2)/Ray Lindwall (1) (Aus) - 1956/57 - Poly Umrigar - Australia 2-0 (3)
4. Francz Alexander (WI) - 1958/59 - Ghulam Ahmed (2)/ Poly Umrigar (1), Vinoo Mankad (1)/Narendra Tamhane (1) - West Indies 3-0 (5)
5. Richie Benaud (Aus) - 1959/60 - Gulabrai Ramchand - Australia 2-1 (5)
6. Sir Garry Sobers (WI) - 1966/67 - Nawab of Pataudi - West Indies 2-0 (3)
7. William Lawry (Aus) - 1969-70 - Nawab of Pataudi - Australia 3-1 (5)
8. Clive Lloyd (WI) - 1974/75 - Nawab of Pataudi (4)/Srinivasan Venkatraghvan (1) - West Indies 3-2 (5)
9. Tony Graig (Eng) - 1976/77 - Bishan Singh Bedi - England 3-1 (5)
10. Mike Brearley (Eng) - 1979/80 - Gundappa Viswanath - England 1-0 (1)
11. Clive Lloyd (WI) - 1983/84 - Kapil Dev - West Indies 3-0 (6)
12. David Gower (Eng) - 1984/85 - Sunil Gavaskar 2-1 (5)
13. Imran Khan (Pak) - 1986/87 - Kapil Dev - Pakistan 1-0 (5)
14. Wasim Akram (Pak) - 1998/99 - Mohammad Azharuddin - Pakistan won the Asian Championship (Ind/Pak/SL)
15. Hansie Cronje (SA) - 1999/00 - Sachin Tendulkar - South Africa 2-0 (2)
16. Adam Gilchrist (3)/Ricky Ponting (1) - 2004/05 - Rahul Dravid (3)/Sourav Ganguly (1) - Australia 2-1(4)
17. Alastair Cook (Eng) - 2012/13 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni - England 2-1(4)
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