English cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1976–77

English cricket team in India in 1976-77


Date	29 November 1976 - 16 February 1977
Location	India
Result	England won the 5-Test series 3-1-1

Teams

India

England

Captains

Bishan Singh Bedi

Tony Greig

Most runs

Sunil Gavaskar (394)
Brijesh Patel (286)
Surinder Amarnath (180)

Dennis Amiss (417)
Tony Greig (342)
Alan Knott (268)

Most wickets

Bishan Singh Bedi (25)
Chandrasekhar (19)
Erapalli Prasanna (18)

Derek Underwood (29)
John Lever (26)
Bob Willis (20)

A cricket team from England, organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club, toured India and Sri Lanka in the 1976-77 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the India national cricket team, with England winning three matches, India winning one and the other one being drawn. The MCC team played four matches in Sri Lanka after leaving India, but Sri Lanka was not yet a Test-class team.

Test matches

1st Test

17–22 December 1976
scorecard

England	v	India
381 (151.5 overs) Dennis Amiss 179 Bishan Singh Bedi 4/92 (59 overs)		122 (51.5 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 38 John Lever 7/46 (23 overs)
		234 (f/o) (110.4 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 71 Derek Underwood 4/78 (44 overs)

England won by an innings and 25 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: MV Nagendra, J Reuben

England won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

1–6 January 1977
scorecard

India	v	England
155 (75 overs) Gundappa Viswanath 35 Bob Willis 5/27 (20 overs)		321 (178.4 overs) Tony Greig 103 Bishan Singh Bedi 5/110 (64 overs)
181 (70.5 overs) Brijesh Patel 56 Chris Old 3/38 (12 overs)		16/0 (3.4 overs) Dennis Amiss 7 Madan Lal 0/3 (1 overs)

England won by 10 wickets
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: B Satyaji Rao, HP Sharma

India won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

14–19 January 1977
scorecard

England	v	India
262 (125.5 overs) Mike Brearley 59 Bishan Singh Bedi 4/72 (38.5 overs)		164 (73.5 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 39 John Lever 5/59 (19.5 overs)
185/9 d. (71.5 overs) Dennis Amiss 46 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 5/50 (20.5 overs)		83 (38.5 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 24 Derek Underwood 4/28 (14 overs)

England won by 200 runs
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras
Umpires: J Reuben, MS Sivasankariah

England won the toss and decided to bat

4th Test

28 Jan-2 Feb 1977
scorecard

India	v	England
253 (85 overs) Surinder Amarnath 63 Bob Willis 6/53 (17 overs)		195 (96.2 overs) Dennis Amiss 82 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 6/76 (31.2 overs)
259/9 d. (91 overs) Gundappa Viswanath 79 Derek Underwood 4/76 (31 overs)		177 (57.3 overs) Alan Knott 81 Bishan Singh Bedi 6/71 (21.3 overs)

India won by 140 runs
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: MI Ghouse, MV Nagendra

India won the toss and decided to bat

5th Test

11–16 February 1977
scorecard

India	v	England
338 (105.4 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 108 Derek Underwood 4/89 (38 overs)		317 (154 overs) Mike Brearley 91 Erapalli Prasanna 4/73 (52 overs)
192 (70.4 overs) Surinder Amarnath 63 Derek Underwood 5/84 (33 overs)		152/7 (71 overs) Keith Fletcher 58 Karsan Ghavri 5/33 (15 overs)

Match drawn
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: B Satyaji Rao, HP Sharma

India won the toss and decided to bat

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