England cricket team in India in 2008-09
| English cricket team in India in 2008–09 | |||
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| England | India | ||
| Dates | 9 November – 23 December 2008 | ||
| Captains | Kevin Pietersen | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Andrew Strauss (252) | Gautam Gambhir (361) | |
| Most wickets | Graeme Swann (8) |
Zaheer Khan (8) Harbhajan Singh (8) |
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| Player of the series | Zaheer Khan | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
| Most runs | Owais Shah (236) | Yuvraj Singh (325) | |
| Most wickets | Stuart Broad (7) | Zaheer Khan (8) | |
| Player of the series | Yuvraj Singh | ||
The England cricket team toured India from 9 November 2008 to 23 December 2008 and played 2 Test matches and 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs).
Following the attacks in Mumbai on 26 November, the final 2 ODIs against India were cancelled, India taking the series 5-0.
As a result of the Mumbai Attacks the Test matches were moved from Ahmedabad and Mumbai to Chennai and Mohali. England flew home initially and then attended a training camp in Abu Dhabi. On 7 December the England team decided to participate in the 2 match Test series and arrived in Chennai the next day.
India won the series 5–0. The last 2 scheduled ODIs were cancelled, following the attacks in Mumbai. The player of the series was Yuvraj Singh, who hit 2 centuries, on his way to 325 runs at an average of 65.00. India secured large winning margins in the first 3 matches, and the last. The fourth and closest match included a controversial application of the Duckworth-Lewis method, prompting the England camp to suggest a rethink of its methodologies.
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