India Vs England 1981-82 Series: Statistics & Record

Viswanath and Yashpal Sharma created a new record if highest partnership for any wicket in India-England test history. It was broken in 2011 series by Pietersen and Bell. England registered their lowest total against India.

India Vs England History: Test Series Result
India Vs England 1981-82 Series: Kapil, Gavaskar and Doshi Lead India to Victory
India Vs England 1981-82 Series: Test Results

Series Record

Captains: Gavaskar (India), Fletcher (Eng)
Wicketkeepers: Kirmani (Ind), R Taylor (Eng)
Player of the Series: Kapil Dev (India)
Batsman of the Series: Gavaskar (India)
Bowler of the Series: Doshi (India)
Man of the Matches: Kapil Dev, Gavaskar, Tavare, Fletcher, Viswanath, No MOM in 5th Test
Best Batsman: Gavaskar (500), Gooch (487)
Best Bowler: Doshi and Kapil (22 each), Botham (17)
Highest Team Score: 487 (Ind), 476/9 (Eng)
Lowest Team Score: 102 (Eng), 170 (Ind)
Centuries: 9 (Ind 5, Eng 4)
Half-centuries: 31 (Eng 19, Ind 12)
5wkts in inning: 7 (Ind 5, Eng 2)
10wkts in inning: 0

Statistics

Viswanath and Yashpal Sharma created a new record if highest partnership for any wicket in India-England test history.

Team Records:

England Score: 166 and 102, 400 and 174/3d, 476/9d and 68/0d, 248 and 265/5d, 328, 378/9d
India Score: 179 and 227, 428, 487, 208 and 170/3, 481/4d and 160/3d, 377/7d

Batting Records
Highest Centuries

2 by Viswanath

Highest Ind. Scores

222 by Viswanath

Centuries

172 Gavaskar – 2nd Test
105 (Boycott), 149 (Tavare), 107 (Viswanath) – 3rd Test
222 (Viswanath), 140 (Yashpal), 127 (Gooch) – 5th Test
142 (Botham), 116 (Kapil) – 6th Test

Biggest (100-plus) Partnerships:
200-plus

316 3rd Viswanath & Yashpal Sharma (Ind)

100-plus

102 1st Gavaskar & Srikkanth (Ind)
132 1st Gooch & Boycott (Eng)
116 2nd Boycott & Tavare (Eng)
120 5th Tavare & Fletcher (Eng)
128 8th Shastri & Kirmani (Ind)
104 9th Shastri & Madan Lal (Ind)
155 1st Gooch & Tavare (Eng)
127 4th Gower & Botham (Eng)
101 5th Botham & Gatting (Eng)
169 7th Yashpal & Kapil (Ind)

Bowling Records
Best Bowling in an Inning

5/39 Doshi
5/61 Botham
5/70 Kapil
5/23 Madan Lal
5/100 Lever
5/85 Madan Lal
6/91 Kapil Dev