Delhi: The fourth match of the five matches of five matches between India and England will be played at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester. Currently, the Indian team is trailing 2–1 in the series. In such a situation, the team led by Shubman Gill will win this match and go down with the intention of equaling in the series. However, the Manchester ground has not proved special for Indian batsmen yet.

Indian batsmen faded record in Manchester

So far, only 8 batsmen have been able to score a century on this ground. These include Mohammad Azharuddin, Abbas Ali, Sunil Gavaskar, Vijay Merchant, Syed Mushtaq Ali, Sandeep Patil, Sachin Tendulkar and Poly Umrigar.

Indian century has not scored for 35 years

The last century from India was seen in Manchester in 1990. Then Mohammad Azharuddin scored 179 runs in the first innings and Sachin Tendulkar scored 119 not out in the second innings. Since then, no Indian batsman has been able to score a century on this ground.

Sunil Gavaskar has the highest run

No Indian batsman has scored 300 runs on Old Trafford so far. Sunil Gavaskar is the highest run -scorer on this ground, who has scored a total of 242 runs in 3 matches. After him comes the number of Vijay Merchant, whose names are 225 runs in two matches. Only these two Indian batsmen have been able to score more than 200 runs in Manchester.

Indian batsmen performance in current series

Even though the Indian record in Manchester has been weak, the performance of Indian batsmen in the current series has been excellent. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul have scored centuries in this series. In the Leeds Test, Jaiswal scored 101 runs in the first innings, while Pant played the best innings of 134 and 118 runs respectively in the first and second innings.

Shubman Gill scored 147 runs in the first innings of the first Test. After this, two spectacular innings of 269 and 161 runs were played in Birmingham. At the same time, KL Rahul scored a century in Leeds and Lords. However, these four batsmen have no experience of Manchester ground.

Will 30 -year drought break in Manchester?

Now that the fourth Test will be played in Old Trefferd, it will be interesting to see if the Indian batsmen will be able to leave their old records behind this ground. For Team India, this match is a golden opportunity to match the series.