The
England cricket team toured
India from 30 October 2012 to 27 January 2013. The tour consisted of four
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, five
One Day International
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s and two
Twenty20 International matches. A three-day training camp was held from 26 to 28 October at the
International Cricket Council Global Cricket Academy in
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, before the tour. The England team returned to the United Kingdom after the Twenty20 series and returned in the new year for the One Day International series. During the intervening period, India hosted Pakistan for two T20Is and three ODIs. At the conclusion of the tour, the English team
travelled to New Zealand.
England's 2–1 Test series win was their first series victory in India since the
1984–85 tour. The former England captain
Michael Vaughan said that the series victory was bigger than the
2010–11 Ashes series victory in Australia.
He said of
Alastair Cook that "he has led England to probably their biggest achievement in many, many years".
On 23 December 2012,
Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from
ODI cricket
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.
Squads
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1 Stuart Meaker
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was brought into the England squad as cover for the injured
Steven Finn.
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2 Ashok Dinda
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replaced the injured
Umesh Yadav in the Indian squad for the 3rd Test.
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3 James Tredwell was called up to the England test squad as cover for
Graeme Swann and
Monty Panesar.
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4 Parvinder Awana
Parvinder Awana (born 19 July 1986) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Delhi in domestic cricket. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler. He was picked in the national squad for the fourth Test against England and made his T ...
,
Piyush Chawla and
Ravindra Jadeja replaced
Zaheer Khan,
Yuvraj Singh and
Harbhajan Singh in the India Test squad for the 4th Test.
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5 Ambati Rayudu replaced
Manoj Tiwary
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Tour matches
First-class: India A v England XI
Three-day: Mumbai A v England XI
First-class: Haryana v England XI
List A: India A v England XI
List A: Delhi v England XI
Test series
1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
4th Test
Statistics
Individual
Team
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
References
External links
India v England in 2012/13at ESPNcricinfo.com
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2012 in English cricket
2012 in Indian cricket
2013 in English cricket
2013 in Indian cricket
2012-13
Indian cricket seasons from 2000–01
International cricket competitions in 2012–13