IND vs ENG 1st Test At Headingley: Head-To-Head Record Revealed
IND vs ENG head to head record in Headingley: India and England are set to clash in a five-Test series under the fourth cycle of the World Test Championship. The series begins on June 20, with the first Test taking place at Headingley, a venue steeped in rich cricketing history.
Interestingly, this will be just the eighth time these two teams meet at this ground.
While Headingley has not hosted India-England Tests regularly—sometimes with gaps of 15 to 20 years—this will be the second meeting in four years, the last being in 2021, when England clinched a convincing win.
However, in the two encounters before that, India had registered back-to-back victories in 1986 and 2002, marking a dominant phase.
IND vs ENG Headingley Head-to-Head:
Total IND vs ENG Tests in Headingley: 7
England Wins: 4
India Wins: 2
Drawn: 1
India’s best performance came in 2002, when they posted a massive 628/8, the second-highest total at this venue after Australia’s 653.
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A History of Intermittent Clashes
The first India-England Test at Headingley was played in 1952, where England won by seven wickets. They followed it up with wins in 1956 and 1967, completing a hat-trick. However, India bounced back strongly:
1979: Match drawn
1986 & 2002: India secured impressive wins
2021: England ended India’s 42-year unbeaten streak at this venue
Individual Records at Headingley:
Stuart Broad holds the record for most wickets (54 in 12 matches) at the ground.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Rahul Dravid are the only Indian batters to score centuries here.
No Indian bowler features among the top wicket-takers,
As the teams prepare for another battle, all eyes will be on whether India can improve their record at Headingley or if England will continue their dominance at home.
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