| Tour of England 2014 Captain: M S Dhoni | |
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| India's seventieth
Test tour (June - August 2014) 17th Test-playing tour of England
by India (previous tour 2011) | The 2014 tour was the first time that India
had played a five-Test series in England since 1959 | Other
Indian tours Previous
tour New Zealand 2013-14 Next
tour to Australia 2014-15 Next
tour of England 2018, not yet confirmed | |
| Members of the Test tour party (18) Opening batsmen: Gautam Gambhir, Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan Middle-order: Virat Kohli, Ajinkhya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit
Sharma, Wicket-keepers:Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Wriddhiman Saha All rounder: Stuart
Binny Spinners: Ravi Ashwin,
Ravindra Jadeja, Fast bowlers: Ishant
Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Varun Aaron, Pankaj Singh, Ishwar
Pandey.
| V
R Aaron | Jk | 24 | RFM | | | R
Ashwin | TN | 27 | RHB OB | ODI T20 | | S T R
Binny | K | 30 | RHB RFM | ODI T20 | | S Dhawan | D | 28 | LHB
opener | ODI T20 | | M S Dhoni | Jk | 33 | RHB WK captain | ODI T20 | | G
Gambhir | D | 29 | LHB opener
vice-captain | | | R A
Jadeja | Sa | 25 | LHB SLA | ODI T20 | | V
Kohli | D | 25 | RHB ODI vice-captain | ODI T20 | | B Kumar | UP | 24 | RFM | ODI T20 | | Mohammad
Shami | Bn | 23 | RFM | ODI T20 | | I C
Pandey | MP | 24 | RM | | | Pankaj
Singh | Rj | 29 | RFM | | | C
Pujara | Sa | 26 | RHB | | | A M
Rahane | Mb | 25 | RHB | ODI T20 | | W P
Saha | Bn | 29 | WK | | | I
Sharma | D | 22 | RFM | | | R G
Sharma | Mb | 27 | RHB (OB) | ODI T20 | | M
Vijay | TN | 30 | RHB opener | | | | Required
for ODI /T20 series: | D S Kulkarni (Mb) RM | ODI T20 | | S K Raina(UP) LHB | ODI T20 | | | | A T Rayudu(Mb)
RHB | ODI T20 | | | | S V
Samson (Kerala) WK/RHB | ODI T20 | | | | K V
Sharma (UP) LB | ODI T20 | | | | Mohit
Sharma(D)
LHB | ODI T20 | | | | U T Yadav
(Vidarbha)
RFM | ODI T20 | | | | | | |
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Zonal representation of teams Central
1, East 4, North 4,
South 3, West 6. Ranji
Trophy teams: Bn - Bengal (2) D - Delhi (4) Jk -
Jharkhand (2) K -
Karnataka (1) MP -
Madhya Pradesh (1) Mb -
Mumbai (2) Rj -
Rajasthan (1) Sa
- Saurashtra (2) TN -
Tamil Nadu (2) UP -
Uttar Pradesh (1) * several
of the players did not appear in the Ranji Trophy matches in 2013-14. Average
age of team at time of first Test
match ( 9 July 2014) : 27 yrs
2 months ODI member of one-day international squad T20 member of the T20 squad | |
| Test Appearances made before the tour | Dhoni 83, I Sharma 55, Gambhir 54,
Kohli 24, Vijay 22, Ashwin 19,
Pujara 18, Jadeja 8, Dhawan 7,
Kumar 6, Shami 6, R Sharma 6,
Rahane 5, Saha 2, Aaron 1,
Binny 0, Pandey 0, Pankaj Singh 0. | | |
| Tour Officials | Sunil Dev | Manager | Duncan Fletcher | Head
coach | Rahul Dravid | Consultant
| Joe Dawes | Bowling
coach | Trevor Penney | Fielding
coach | Evan Speechly | Physiotherapist | Ramji Srinivasan | Fitness
trainer | Ramesh Mane | Masseur | | Computer
analyst | | Media
director |
Sunil Dev was secretary of the Delhi
and Districts Cricket Association, He was previously manager on the 1996-97
tour of South Africa.
On coach Duncan Fletcher’s request, Rahul Dravid was
appointed as a consultant. After the Oval Test match the BCCI changed the coaching
staff. Penney and Dawes were “given a
break”. Ravi
Shastri | Team
Director | Duncan Fletcher | Head
coach | Sanjay Bangar | Assistant
coach | Bharat Arun | Bowling
coach | Ramakrishnan Sridhar | Fielding
coach |
India A coach (and former interim national coach) Lalchand
Rajput expressed disappointment that he was not included in the changes to
the coaching staff | | |
| Selectors |
Sandeep Patil (chairman), Vikram Rathore, Rajinder Hans,
Saba Karim, Roger Binny,
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| Selection | Unavailable : Amit Mishra (treatment for a back injury) Tour Party Announced: 28 May 2014 Omitted : Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan appeared to
have come to the end of their Test careers. In
the window between the end of the 2014 Indian Premier League and the England tour, the team had to play three ODIs
in Bangladesh
agreed in a future tours programme planning meeting in April. Limited-overs party
announced: 4 August
2014. | Time between
selection and departure from India 24 days (28 May - 21 June) | |
| Travel Mumbai Q London | The players returned from a one-day series in Bangladesh only a day before departing for England. A press conference took place before the
Test side’s departure on Saturday 21 June. The players were allowed to wear
casual clothes on the long flight rather than their
traditional blazers. They landed in London
on Sunday 22 June 2014. After the Test series new coaches Bharat Arun and R. Sridhar arrived
on Thursday 22 August and Ravi Shastri
and Sanjay Bangar the next day. | Time spent in England 78 days (22 June - 8 September) | |
| On-tour selection committee | | | |
| Reinforcements | Naman
V Ojha | M P | 30 | WK (RHB) | ODI |
Wriddhiman Saha was withdrawn
from the tour after the second Test with an unspecified injury, and Ojha
replaced him. | | |
| Fixtures/Results | a | ϯ Leicester | Leicestershire (3-day) | Drawn | b | ϯ Derby | Derbyshire (3-day) | Won 5 w | c | TRENT BRIDGE | ENGLAND First Test | DRAWN | d | LORD’S
| ENGLAND Second Test | WON 95
r | e | SOUTHAMPTON | ENGLAND Third Test | LOST 266
r | f | OLD
TRAFFORD | ENGLAND Fourth Test | LOST
inns 54 r | g | KENNINGTON
OVAL | ENGLAND Fifth Test | LOST
inns 244 r | h | ϯ Lord’s | Middlesex
(50 overs) | Won 95 r | i | § Bristol | England (1st ODI) | Abandoned | j | § Cardiff | England (2nd ODI) | Won 133 r | k | § Trent Bridge | England (3rd ODI) | Won 6 w | l | § Edgbaston | England (4th ODI) | Won 9 w | m | § Headingley | England (5th ODI) | Lost 41 r | n | ⊕
Edgbaston | England (T20) | Lost 3 r |
| † not first-class § ODI ⊕ T20 international Time spent in England
before First Test: 17 days (22 June- 9 July 2014) | |
| Test appearances on tour | 5 - Dhoni,
Kohli, Kumar, Pujara,
Rahane, Vijay. 4 - 1 - Binny, Dhawan,
Jadeja, M’d Shami, I Sharma,
0
- R Sharma, Saha , Aaron, Ashwin, Gambhir,
Ojha, Pandey, Pankaj Singh. | | |
| Match appearances T Test match o one-day international x other match ⊕ T/20 international ∙ played for opposition W won L lost D drawn N no result A abandoned u unknown result | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | V R
Aaron | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Ashwin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S T R Binny | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Dhawan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M S Dhoni | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Gambhir | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R A Jadeja | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | V Kohli | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | B
Kumar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mohd Shami | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N V Ohja (w/k) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I C Pandey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pankaj Singh | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Pujara | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A M Rahane | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W P Saha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I Sharma | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R G Sharma | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Vijay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | D S Kulkarni
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S K Raina | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A T Rayudu | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S V Samson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | K V Sharma | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mohit Sharma | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | U T Yadav | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R E S U L T S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Highlights | • On a dead
batting pitch at Trent
Bridge fast-medium
Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 5 for 82. • After
Murali Vijay scored 146, Kumar and Mohammad Shami then shared a last wicket partnership
of 111. • • . | | |
| Tour Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | Other first-class
matches | 0 | - | - | - | - | † Minor matches | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | § One-day internationals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ⊕ 20/20 internationals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | All Matches | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
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| Return to India Mumbai Q London | Test
players Ishant Sharma, Murali Vijay, Pankaj Singh, Varun Aaron, Gautam
Gambhir, Ishwar Pandey and Naman Ojha returned to India as soon as the Oval Test
concluded. The tour
ended with a Twenty20 match at Edgbaston and the limited-overs squad then
returned to London, arriving in India on
Tuesday 9 September. Cheteshwar
Pujara remained in England
to play county matches for Derbyshire | Time away from India 80 days
(21 June-9 September) | |
| Finances | | | |
| Accounts
of the tour | | | |
| Postscript | On
11 October Trevor Penney and Joe Dawes agreed to have their contracts, which
were to run until the end of the 2015 tour of Australia and World Cup, terminated
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