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Team's Horror Run In England

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Posted On - 2012-01-22

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As India look to avoid a series whitewash against Australia at Adelaide next week, here's a quick look at the team's horror run in England as well as Down Under. The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team has now lost seven consecutive away Test matches - the worst streak for an Indian team in almost four decades.

India in England - 1st Test at Lord's
The 2000th Test match didn't bring any joy for India as England defeated India by the huge margin of 196 runs. Zaheer Khan hobbled off the field after bowling only 13.3 overs because of a hamstring strain and that proved to be a huge setback for India as he was eventually ruled out of the remainder of the series. The stars for England were Kevin Pietersen (202* in the first innings), Matt Prior (103* in the second innings) and the pace trio who combined as an unit through the Test. The only positives for India in this match were Rahul Dravid's century and Praveen Kumar's bowling.

India in England - 2nd Test at Trent Bridge
England thrashed India by 319 runs - but the talking point of the match was Dhoni recalling Ian Bell after he was controversially run out at the stroke of tea on the third day. India's pacers restricted England to 221 and then Dravid's century helped the tourists take a 67-run first innings lead. England came back strongly in their second innings though thanks to Bell's 159 and half-centuries by Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Prior and Tim Bresnan as India was set a tough target of 478; but were rolled over for a paltry 158.

India in England - 3rd Test at Edgbaston
This was as good as comprehensive wins come - England's victory margin in this match was a massive innings and 242 runs. Alastair Cook made more runs on his own than India managed in both their innings. Stuart Broad and Bresnan took four wickets each as India was bundled out for 224; Cook (294) was the architect of England's first innings total of 710-7 declared. The England pacers then bundled India out for 244 with only Dhoni and Praveen Kumar putting up a fight.

India in England - 4th Test at Kennington Oval
A whitewash for India as the tourists also lost their No. 1 Test ranking status as they went down by an innings and 8 runs in the final match of the series. Bell (235) and Pietersen (175) starred as England declared their first innings at 591 for 6. Dravid's 146* wasn't enough for India to avoid the follow-on; and then Graeme Swann took six wickets in India's second innings as England became the new No. 1 ranked team in Tests.

India in Australia - 1st Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Australian tail added valuable runs in both the innings; while Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey also made valuable contributions. Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav were the pick of India's bowlers, but they were both outshone by the young and impressive James Pattinson as well as Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle as Australia coasted to an easy 122-run win.

India in Australia - 2nd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground
Australia's pace trio bundled India out for a paltry 191 in the first innings before home skipper Michael Clarke dominated the rest of the match with a brilliant unbeaten triple hundred. Clarke's 329* not only broke the record for the highest individual score at the SCG, but his mammoth partnerships with Ponting (134) and Hussey (150*) pummelled India into submission. The visitors put up a better batting performance in the second innings, but despite scoring 400, India lost the match by an innings and 68 runs with Hilfenhaus picking up a five-wicket haul.

India in Australia - 3rd Test at the WACA Ground
Hilfenhaus took nine wickets in the match, but was beaten to the Man of the Match award by David Warner who smashed his way to 180 off 159 deliveries and shared a 214-run partnership with Ed Cowan for the first wicket. Warner's magnificent knock helped Australia score 369 in their first innings after India was bundled out for 161. Virat Kohli made a defiant 75, but his knock couldn't prevent another innings defeat for India as the match finished 20 minutes into the post-lunch session on the third day.