English cricket team in India in 2005–06
| English cricket team in India in 2005-06 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| India | England | ||
| Dates | 18 February – 15 April 2006 | ||
| Captains | Rahul Dravid | Andrew Flintoff | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Rahul Dravid (309) | Paul Collingwood (272) | |
| Most wickets | Anil Kumble (16) | Matthew Hoggard (13) | |
| Player of the series | Andrew Flintoff | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 7-match series 5–1 | ||
| Most runs | Suresh Raina (242) | Kevin Pietersen (291) | |
| Most wickets | Harbhajan Singh (12) | James Anderson (9) | |
| Player of the series | Yuvraj Singh | ||
The English cricket team toured India during February, March and April 2006. The English cricket team was aspiring to maintain the form that took them to second place in the ICC Test Championship and helped them to win the 2005 Ashes series at home to Australia. This goal was substantially hindered by an injury to the captain Michael Vaughan; the swing bowler Simon Jones and the absence of Ashley Giles who missed the tour for an operation. As well as this, stand-in captain Marcus Trescothick flew home for "personal reasons", not wishing to divulge further, leaving Andrew Flintoff, who missed the birth of his son, to take on the title of skipper for the first time having to captain two maiden international cricketers on the English side: Alastair Cook and Monty Panesar. Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla and Munaf Patel made their debuts for the home team.
Three Test matches and seven One Day Internationals were planned. One ODI (in Guwahati) was washed out because of rain. The Test series was drawn 1-1 while India won the ODI series 5–1.