The Indian team is currently 1-2 behind in the five-match Test series. The fourth Test match between India and England will now be played in Manchester from 23 July. India’s record here is not good. Team India played the first Test in 1936, after which it has been waiting for 89 years to win. Only 1 player has experience playing here from Shubman Gill -led team. Players like Jaspreet Burrah and KL Rahul also do not have the experience of playing here.
India’s last century was scored in Manchester in 1990. The Indian team lost 2 out of 4 matches here. 2 matches lost by more than 100 runs. India played its previous match here in 2014 under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Only 1 player of that team is part of the current team. He is not many other but Ravindra Jadeja.
8 Indian batsmen have scored centuries in Manchester. In 1936, Vijay Merchant and Syed Mushtaq Ali scored a century. Abbas Ali Baig and Pali Umirgar scored a century in 1959. In 1974, Sunil Gavaskar scored a century. In 1984, Sandeep Patil scored a century. In 1990, Mohammad Azharuddin and Sachin Tendulkar hit a century.
India’s performance in Manchester
The match played between India and England in Manchester in 1936, 1946, 1971, 1982 and 1990 was a draw. In 1952, innings and 207 runs faced. Lose by 171 runs in 1959. Lose by 113 runs in 1974. In 2014, he had to face defeat by an innings and 54 runs.
At the same time, Vinu Mankad has the most wickets for India in this ground in Manchester. He took 9 wickets in 3 innings of 2 matches. Abid Ali and Lala Amarnath took 8-8 wickets. Dilip Doshi and Subhash Gupte took 6-6 wickets. Bisan Singh Bedi, Narendra Hirwani, Madal Lal and Surendranath have 5-5 wickets.