The

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toured

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from 30 October 2012 to 27 January 2013. The tour consisted of four

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, five

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s and two

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matches. A three-day training camp was held from 26 to 28 October at the International Cricket Council Global Cricket Academy in

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, 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

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said that the series victory was bigger than the 2010–11 Ashes series victory in Australia. He said of

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that "he has led England to probably their biggest achievement in many, many years". This was the last time India lost a test series at home until

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. On 23 December 2012,

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announced his retirement from

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Squads

;Notes * ¹ Stuart Meaker was brought into the England squad as cover for the injured

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. * ²

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replaced the injured

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in the Indian squad for the 3rd Test. * ³

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was called up to the England test squad as cover for

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and

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. * ⁴

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and

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replaced

Zaheer Khan Zaheer Khan (born 8 October 1978) (''Zaheer's official records say he was born in Shrirampur, Maharashtra on October 7. But as it turns out, his actual birth date is October 8, 1978'') is an Indian former professional cricketer who played all f ...

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and

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in the India Test squad for the 4th Test. * ⁵

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replaced Manoj Tiwary

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 2012/13
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