5 wickets of 2 bowlers from Sachin Tendulkar’s first century to innings, Team India’s special connection with Manchester
India’s Test Record Against England in Manchester: The fourth Test match of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester from 23 July. Currently, the hosts are ahead 2–1 in the England series and will intend to make a winning lead in this match. There itself Indian team The series will land with the target to equalize it. Let’s know how India’s Test record has been at the Old Trafford Stadium.
India’s Test record in Manchester against England
India’s team has not won a single Test match here in 89 years. The Indian team played their first match at the Old Trafford Stadium in the year 1936. Here India has played a total of 9 Test matches against England, in which four have lost and lost five. For the first time after 2014, the Indian team will play a Test match here.
There is a special connection with Team India
India played the first Test match here in the year 1936. Draw, India’s opening pair Vijay Merchant (114 runs) and Mushtaq Ali (112 runs) scored a brilliant century in the second innings of this draw. This was the first time two India batsmen scored centuries in an innings of Tests.
In 1946, India played their second Test here, with a brilliant performance, Lala Amarnath (5-96) and Veenu Mankad (5–101) took 5-5 wickets in the first innings. This was the first time to take 5 wickets in two bowlers in an innings for India. So far, this has happened only 5 times in India’s Test history.
Sachin Tendulkar, who scored the highest 51 centuries in Test cricket history, was the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester’s first Test century. He did this in the ninth Test match of his career. In the first innings of this match, Tendulkar scored 68 runs and scored an unbeaten 119 in 189 balls in the second innings. This was also the first century of his international career.
