The England cricket team toured India from 11 November 1981 to 4 February 1982 and played 6 Test matches.

India won the Test series 1–0.

Test matches

1st Test

27 Nov-1 Dec 1981
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179 (57 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 55
Graham Dilley 4/47 (13 overs)
166 (100.1 overs)
Geoff Boycott 60
Dilip Doshi 5/39 (29.1 overs)
227 (77.3 overs)
Kapil Dev 46
Ian Botham 5/61 (22.3 overs)
102 (26.2 overs)
Ian Botham 29
Madan Lal 5/23 (12 overs)
India won by 138 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: S Kishen, KB Ramaswami
Player of the match: Kapil Dev
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

9–14 December 1981
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400 (158 overs)
David Gower 82
Ravi Shastri 4/83 (43 overs)
428 (150 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 172
John Lever 5/100 (36 overs)
174/3 d. (69 overs)
Geoff Boycott 50
Ravi Shastri 1/31 (20 overs)
Match drawn
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: MV Gothoskar, PR Punjabi
Player of the match: Sunil Gavaskar
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

23–28 December 1981
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476/9 d. (156.4 overs)
Chris Tavaré 149
Madan Lal 5/85 (32 overs)
487 (160.1 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 107
Graham Gooch 2/12 (8.1 overs)
68/0 d. (19 overs)
Geoff Boycott 34
Madan Lal 0/4 (3 overs)
Match drawn
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: SN Hanumantha Rao, S Kishen
Player of the match: Chris Tavaré
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

4th Test

1–6 January 1982
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248 (108.2 overs)
Keith Fletcher 69
Kapil Dev 6/91 (31 overs)
208 (100 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 70
Derek Underwood 3/45 (29 overs)
265/5 d. (90 overs)
David Gower 74
Dilip Doshi 2/63 (27 overs)
170/3 (83 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 83
John Emburey 2/62 (30 overs)
Match drawn
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: MV Gothoskar, S Kishen
Player of the match: Keith Fletcher
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

5th Test

13–18 January 1982
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481/4 d. (152.1 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 222
Bob Willis 2/79 (28.1 overs)
328 (155.5 overs)
Graham Gooch 127
Dilip Doshi 4/69 (57 overs)
160/3 d. (50 overs)
Pranab Roy 60
Bob Willis 1/15 (7 overs)
  • England won the toss and decided to field

6th Test

30 Jan-4 Feb 1982
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378/9 d. (115.2 overs)
Ian Botham 142
Dilip Doshi 4/81 (34.2 overs)
377/7 d. (122 overs)
Kapil Dev 116
Bob Willis 3/75 (23 overs)
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

India won the Wills Series 2–1.

1st ODI

25 November 1981
Scorecard
India 
156/7 (46 overs)
v
 England
160/5 (43.5 overs)
DB Vengsarkar 46 (85)
DL Underwood 2/18 (10 overs)
MW Gatting 47* (68)
RMH Binny 3/35 (7.5 overs)
England won by 5 wickets
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: MV Gothoskar and SN Hanumantha Rao
Player of the match: MW Gatting (ENG)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced from 50 overs to 46 overs per side.
  • G Cook and CJ Richards (both ENG), and Randhir Singh, RJ Shastri and K Srikkanth (all IND) made their ODI debuts.
  • This was the first one-day international played in India.

2nd ODI

20 December 1981
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England 
161/7 (36 overs)
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 India
164/4 (35.3 overs)
MW Gatting 71* (58)
Kapil Dev 2/26 (8 overs)
DB Vengsarkar 88* (107)
GA Gooch 2/25 (7 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar
Umpires: JD Ghosh and S Kishen
Player of the match: DB Vengsarkar (IND)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced before play started from 50 overs to 36 overs per side.
  • SV Nayak (IND) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

27 January 1982
Scorecard
England 
230/6 (46 overs)
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 India
231/5 (42 overs)
KWR Fletcher 69 (52)
SM Patil 2/53 (10 overs)
SM Gavaskar 71 (87)
DL Underwood 3/48 (10 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: PR Punjabi and KB Ramaswami
Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced from 50 overs to 46 overs per side.
  • J Arun Lal and AO Malhotra (both IND) made their ODI debuts.

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_India_in_1981%E2%80%9382
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