English cricket team in India in 2023–24
The England cricket team toured India from January to March 2024 to play five Test matches. The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. The teams competed for the Anthony de Mello Trophy. The series overlapped with the first-class series between India A and England Lions, which took place in January and February 2024.
| English cricket team in India in 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| India | England | ||
| Dates | 25 January – 11 March 2024 | ||
| Captains | Rohit Sharma | Ben Stokes | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Yashasvi Jaiswal (712) | Zak Crawley (407) | |
| Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (26) | Tom Hartley (22) | |
| Player of the series | Yashasvi Jaiswal (Ind) | ||
In the first Test, England recovered from a first innings deficit of 190 to win by 28 runs. Ollie Pope scored 196 in England's second innings, and then debutant Tom Hartley took 7/62 to seal the win.
In the second Test, India posted 396 in their first innings. However, a strong counter from England reduced the deficit to 143. Aided by a century from Shubman Gill, India posted a 399 run lead. England saw initial success in their second innings, but a combined bowling attack by Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin saw India win by 106 runs, and level the series at 1-1. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 209, a career-best performance, in India's first innings.
In the third Test, India posted 445 in their first innings. A good spell from Ben Duckett helped England reduce the deficit to 126. In excellent form, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 214* (another career best performance) to help India post a 557 run lead. England were all out for 122, majorly due to a 5 wicket haul by Ravindra Jadeja. India won by 434 runs (the biggest ever Indian win in terms of runs), and took a lead in the series at 2-1.
The fourth Test saw a century from Joe Root in the first innings, but England were halted at 353 with Ravindra Jadeja taking 4 wickets. India could not close the lead set by England despite Dhruv Jurel scoring 90 runs and were halted by Shoaib Bashir's maiden 5 wicket haul. England set a 192 run lead in their second innings after being curtailed by Ravichandran Ashwin's 5 wicket haul. A 72 run partnership by Dhruv Jurel and Shubman Gill helped India secure the series win.
In the final record breaking test, India bowled out England early before Rohit and Gill both scored centuries, setting a target of 477. The 100th test of both Ashwin and Bairstow, this match saw for the first time ever, a test series having more than 100 sixes hit. India eventually bowled England out again to clinch an innings win.