Most Runs By An Indian In A Test Series In England

Team India will be playing a five-match Test series in England after their loss in the World Test Championship final earlier this month. India lost a Test series in England 1-4 with Virat Kohli scoring a mountain of runs for India in that series. India took revenge when they hosted England back in India earlier this year. They won 3-1 in a four-match Test series which helped them get to the WTC final.

Ahead of an important tour of England coming up, we roll back the clock and look at the batsmen who scored the most runs against England in a Test series.

Most Runs By An Indian In A Test Series In England

Rahul Dravid 602, in 2002

Dravid scored 602 runs in four matches in 2002 when India toured the British country. He scored those runs at an average of 100.33 and s strike rate of 45.06.

India managed to draw the Test series against 1-1 by winning at Headingley, Leeds after losing the first Test at Lords. The likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly scored important runs as well but it was Dravid’s heroics with the bat that helped India draw a Test series against the 2019 World Champions.

Virat Kohli 593, in 2018

Virat Kohli had a memorable tour to England in 2018. After a forgetful tour of 2014, Kohli made up for it scoring close to 600 runs. Kohli top-scored in that series with two centuries and three fifties. However, despite Kohli’s best efforts with the bat, India lost the series 4-1 after their opponents played some good cricket throughout the series.

In the upcoming series, Kohli is yet again India’s biggest hope. One understands the result of this Test series has a lot of bearing on his future as India’s Test skipper, especially after the WTC final loss.

Sunil Gavaskar 542, in 1971

Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar made the 1979 trip to England his own. He top-scored in the series with 542 runs in 4 matches at an average of 77.43 and a strike rate of 45.20. He scored one hundred and four fifties to accumulate those runs.

Despite his batting skills, India lost the series 1-0. The Britishers won the first Test at Edgbaston as the other three Tests ended in a draw.

Rahul Dravid 461, in 2011

It was Rahul Dravid again who top-scored for India in 2011. He scored 461 runs in four matches at an average of 76.83 and a strike rate of 47.77. He top-scored for India in the series and was the third-highest run-getter in the series overall.

India yet again lost another Test series in England despite The Wall batting his best. This time, they were whitewashed in the four-match series, their worst result in an England tour.

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