India's horror tour is often referred to as the Summer of 42, after their total at Lord's. India found themselves at the receiving end of multiple off-the-field controversies as well. Ajit Wadekar was dropped immediately after the tour, and his career met a swift end thereafter.
India had lost the first Test match by an innings and conceded a 323-run lead in the second. However, they turned things around after that, and almost pulled off a miracle in the last Test.
Tony Greig led an England side to 3-1 win in India in 1976/77. Barring a few instances, the Indian batsmen did not deliver as a unit against John Lever, Bob Willis, and Derek Underwood. Their first six scores in the series were 122, 234, 155, 181, 164, and 83.
Less than two years after the Oval triumph, India defeated England again, this time 2-1 at home – that too after losing the first Test match.
At The Oval, India won a Test match on English soil for the first time, thanks to Bhagwat Chandrasekhar's iconic 6/38. They also won their first ever series in England.
England inflicted a 3-0 whitewash in 1967. Barring a few individual performances, there was little for the Indians to write home about.
The only instance of a Test series between India and England not producing a single result took place in 1963/64. England have never drawn a 5-Test series 0-0 again.
India beat England in a Test series for the first time. After three draws, they won in Calcutta and Madras to clinch the series 2-0.
Fred Trueman took 24 wickets in 5 Tests and Brian Statham 16 in 3. Between them, they helped England inflict a 5-0 whitewash on India.
England won the first three Test matches before India were saved by rain in the fourth. The wreckers-in-chief were Fred Trueman and Alec Bedser. India's finest performance came from Vinoo Mankad at Lord's.
The five-Test series was drawn 1-1. India's only win (by an innings), in the last Test of the series, was the first in their history. Vinoo Mankad got 223 runs and 34 wickets in the series.
The 1946 batch was the first Indian Test squad to travel by air. They lost one Test in a three-match series under a new captain, The Nawab of Pataudi Sr as Vijay Hazare and Vinoo Mankad played their first Tests.
India played their first Test match from June 25, 1932, at Lord's. It was part of a long summer, where they 26 First-Class matches, winning 9, drawing 9, and losing 8. CK Nayudu led India in the Test match after the Maharaja of Porbandar, the official captain of the squad, sat out for the Test match.
The 1936 tour featured India's last Test matches before World War 2. The tour was marred by controversies, caused largely by the captain, the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram. India lost 0-2, but not before Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Merchant broke many a record at Old Trafford.
England toured India for three Test matches in 1933/34. They won the series with wins in Bombay Gymkhana and Chepauk, while India managed to draw the Eden Gardens Test.
Apart from cricket, The Gabba has also hosted Australian Rules football, athletics, baseball, cycling, rugby, football, pony races, and greyhound races.
The venue is officially named the Brisbane Cricket Ground. The name "Gabba" is unofficial, and is derived from Woolloongabba, the suburb of Brisbane where it is located.
Australia have not lost a Test match at The Gabba since 1988-89, against the all-conquering West Indians. Since then they have played 19 Tests here, winning 12 and drawing 7.
On April 3, 1971, Currie Cup champions Transvaal were playing the Rest of South Africa. All thirteen cricketers on the Newlands walked off the ground in protest against the pro-Apartheid South African government's decision to not include coloured cricketers for the tour of Australia.
Back in 1952-53, India used twenty-six cricketers for the five-Test home series against Pakistan. Six years later, they used twenty-four against West Indies, also a five-Test series at home.
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