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England and India have a long-standing history in Test cricket. Led by CK Nayudu, India made their debut as a Test-playing nation in England in 1932. The Britishers returned the favour next year when India hosted their first-ever Test series; England won both the series.

India recorded their first Test victory, in their 24th match, against England at Madras (now Chennai) in 1952; 10 years later, they won their first Test series against England at home.

Several players on both sides have graced the game for long against each other. Sachin Tendulkar remains the highest run-scorer in India-England Tests, followed by Sunil Gavaskar, and Alastair Cook; the baton has been passed to Virat Kohli and Joe Root.

We look at the top 5 England batsman to hit most Test centuries against India:

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Graham Gooch
Graham Gooch [photo: Twitter]
Graham Gooch’s England captaincy tenure may have been an unsuccessful one, but there have been few more prolific-run scorers than the Essex man. He particularly liked playing against India; he scored five Test tons against India, his join-most as against West Indies.

Gooch made his highest Test score of 333 versus India while batting for 628 minutes at Lord’s in 1990. In the same Test, the opener made another hundred in the second innings. Overall, against the subcontinent giants, Gooch scored 1725 runs at an average of 55.64, with the help of 5 centuries and 8 fifties in 19 Tests.

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