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{{Infobox cricket series
| series = Indian cricket team in England in 1936
| partof =
| date = 29 April – 15 September 1936
| place = [[England]]
| result = England won the 3-Test series 2–0
| team1 = {{cr|England}}
| team2 = {{cr|British India}}
| captain1 = [[Gubby Allen]]
| captain2 = [[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram]]
| runs1 = [[Wally Hammond]] (389) [[Stan Worthington]] (215) [[Joe Hardstaff Jr]] (96)
| runs2 = [[Vijay Merchant]] (282) [[Mushtaq Ali]] (202) [[Cotah Ramaswami]] (170)
| wickets1 = [[Gubby Allen]] (20) [[Hedley Verity]] (15) [[Walter Robins]] (9)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Nissar]] (12) [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]] (10) [[CK Nayudu]] (4)
| previous = [[English cricket team in India in 1933–34|India 1933–34]]
| next = [[Indian cricket team in England in 1946|England 1946]]
}}

The [[India cricket team]] toured England in the 1936 season and played 28 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] fixtures, winning only four whilst losing 12 and [[Result (cricket)#Draw|drawing]] 12.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brookes|first1=Wilfrid|title=The Indian team in England 1936|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155214.html|publisher=Wisden|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> They played three [[Test cricket|Test matches]] against [[England cricket team|England]] and lost the series 2–0 with one match drawn. England won the First Test by 9 wickets at [[Lord's]]; the Second Test at [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]] was drawn; England won the Third Test at [[The Oval]] by 9 wickets.

The India team was captained by the [[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram]], who was neither the greatest player nor the greatest captain of all time. But the team did include several top-class players such as [[Vijay Merchant]], [[Mushtaq Ali]] and [[C. K. Nayudu]].

==Touring party==
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* [[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[C. K. Nayudu]]
* [[Syed Wazir Ali]]
* [[Mohammad Nissar]]
* [[Vijay Merchant]]
* [[Lala Amarnath]]
* [[Phiroze Palia]]
* [[Baqa Jilani]]
* [[Khershed Meherhomji]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Dattaram Hindlekar]]
* [[L. P. Jai]]
* [[M. J. Gopalan]]
* [[Cotah Ramaswami]]
* [[Mushtaq Ali]]
* [[Amir Elahi]]
* [[Shute Banerjee]]
* [[Mohammad Hussain (Indian cricketer)|Mohammad Hussain]]
* [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]]
* [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|Jahangir Khan]]
* [[Dilawar Hussain]]
{{div col end}}

The India squad for the tour was suggested by the Selection Committee consisting of the Nawab of Bhopal [[Hamidullah Khan]], the Nawab of Pataudi and [[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram]] to the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|Board of Cricket Control]] on 16 February 1936. The Maharajkumar was named the captain. The Yuvraj of Patiala [[Yadavindra Singh]] declined to be a part owing to personal reasons. [[Syed Mohammad Hadi]] was named the [[treasurer]] of the squad for the tour.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Team For England|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1L8-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=XkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5359%2C2316384|access-date=26 August 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=17 February 1936}}</ref>

==Test Series==

===First Test===
{{Test match
| date =27–30 June 1936
| team2 ={{cr|England}}
| team1 ={{cr-rt|British India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =147 (55.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Vijay Merchant]] 35
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Gubby Allen]] 5/35 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =134 (61.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Morris Leyland]] 60
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]] 6/35 (25.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =93 (46 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Dattaram Hindlekar]] 17
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Gubby Allen]] 5/43 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =108/1 (39.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Harold Gimblett]] 67
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Mohammad Nissar]] 1/26 (6 overs)

| result =England won by 9 wickets
| venue =[[Lord's Cricket Ground]], [[London]]
| umpires =[[Arthur Dolphin]] and [[Fanny Walden]]
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/62638.html Scorecard]
| toss =England won the toss and decided to field.
| rain =
| notes = 3-day match; 28 June was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]]
*''[[Harold Gimblett]] (Eng), and [[Dattaram Hindlekar]] and [[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram]] (Ind) made their Test debuts.
}}

===Second Test===
{{Test match
| date =25–28 July 1936
| team2 ={{cr|England}}
| team1 ={{cr-rt|British India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =203 (68.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Syed Wazir Ali]] 42
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Hedley Verity]] 4/41 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =571/8[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (142 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Wally Hammond]] 167
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[CK Nayudu]] 2/84 (22 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =390/5 (115 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Vijay Merchant]] 114
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Walter Robins]] 3/103 (29 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result =Match drawn
| venue =[[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]]
| umpires =[[Frank Chester (umpire)|Frank Chester]] and [[Fanny Walden]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62639.html Scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and decided to bat.
| rain =
| notes = 3-day match; 26 July was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].
*''[[Arthur Fagg]], [[Laurie Fishlock]] and [[Alf Gover]] (Eng), and [[Cotah Ramaswami]] and [[Khershed Meherhomji]] (Ind) made their Test debuts.
*''[[Vijay Merchant]] and [[Syed Mushtaq Ali]] (both Ind) made their first [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] in Tests.<ref name="CA2">{{Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/15/15926|name=England v India, India in British Isles 1936 (2nd Test)}}</ref>
*''[[Gubby Allen]] and [[Walter Robins]] (both Eng) claimed their 50th wicket in Tests.<ref name="CA2"/>
}}

===Third Test===
{{Test match
| date =15–18 August 1936
| team1 ={{cr-rt|England}}
| team2 ={{cr|British India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =471/8[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (129 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Wally Hammond]] 217
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Mohammad Nissar]] 5/120 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 222 (85.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Vijay Merchant]] 52
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Jim Sims]] 5/73 (18.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 312 ([[Follow-on|f/o]]) (93 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[CK Nayudu]] 81
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Gubby Allen]] 7/80 (20 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 64/1 (13 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Charlie Barnett (cricketer)|Charlie Barnett]] 32
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Mohammad Nissar]] 1/36 (7 overs)

| result =England won by 9 wickets
| venue =[[Kennington Oval]], [[Kennington]]
| umpires =[[Frank Chester (umpire)|Frank Chester]] and [[Fanny Walden]]
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62640.html Scorecard]
| toss =England won the toss and decided to bat.
| notes = 3-day match; 16 August was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].
*''[[Baqa Jilani]] (Ind) made his Test debut.
}}

==Controversy==
Another top-class player was [[Lala Amarnath]] but the tour was marred by controversy as recorded in [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/303898.html A Right Royal Indian Mess on CricInfo], with Amarnath being sent home early for spurious "disciplinary" reasons. Ultimately, after a long saga of closed ranks and establishment incompetence, he was completely exonerated.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Annual reviews==
* [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] 1937

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last1=Frindall|first1=Bill|author-link1=Bill Frindall|title=The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877–1978|date=1979|publisher=Wisden}}
* {{cite book|last1=Guha|first1=Ramachandra|author-link1=Ramachandra Guha|title=A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport|date=2003|publisher=Picador|isbn=9780330491174|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Corner_of_a_Foreign_Field.html?id=PxCie1XxHPEC}}
* {{cite book|last1=Amarnath|first1=Rajinder|author-link1=Rajinder Amarnath|title=Lala Amarnath: Life and Times : the Making of a Legend|date=2007|publisher=SportsBooks|isbn=9781899807550|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Lala_Amarnath.html?id=4M7NGAAACAAJ}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/62288.html Tour home] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1936/IND_IN_ENG/ Tour Directory] at ESPNcricinfo archive
* [http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_2630626.html Tour of England 1936] at test-cricket-tours.co.uk
* {{Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Events/0/India_in_British_Isles_1936|name=India in British Isles 1936}}

{{Indian cricket tours of England}}
{{International cricket tours of England}}

[[Category:1936 in English cricket]]
[[Category:1936 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:English cricket seasons from 1919 to 1945]]
[[Category:Indian cricket tours of England|1936]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions from 1918–19 to 1945]]

Indian cricket team in England in 1936 - Revision history

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