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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

India
v England⁠

Result

India won by 9 wickets

India
338 & 144/1
England
300 & 181
Date
Thursday 9 March 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Mohali
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

India v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 300 all out (103.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MS Dhoni b IK Pathan 18 38 1 0 47.4
Alastair Cook lbw b IK Pathan 17 38 2 0 44.7
Ian Bell b A Kumble 38 68 6 0 55.9
Kevin Pietersen c & b MM Patel 64 108 10 1 59.3
Paul Collingwood b A Kumble 25 77 3 0 32.5
Andrew Flintoff c & b MM Patel 70 123 11 2 56.9
Geraint Jones b A Kumble 52 134 8 0 38.8
Liam Plunkett c MS Dhoni b MM Patel 0 14 0 0 0.0
Matthew Hoggard not out 4* 25 0 0 16.0
Steve Harmison lbw b A Kumble 0 1 0 0 0.0
Monty Panesar c R Dravid b A Kumble 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 1, nb 6) 12
Total 103.4 overs 300

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (AJ Strauss, 10.5 ov), 2-36 (AN Cook, 12.5 ov), 3-117 (IR Bell, 33.6 ov), 4-157 (KP Pietersen, 48.1 ov), 5-180 (PD Collingwood, 59.2 ov), 6-283 (A Flintoff, 91.4 ov), 7-290 (LE Plunkett, 97.1 ov), 8-300 (GO Jones, 103.1 ov), 9-300 (SJ Harmison, 103.2 ov), 10-300 (MS Panesar, 103.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
IK Pathan 28 9 71 2 2.54 1 2
MM Patel 25 6 72 3 2.88 0 3
Harbhajan Singh 12 0 31 0 2.58 0 0
PP Chawla 9 1 45 0 5.00 0 0
A Kumble 29.4 8 76 5 2.56 0 1

India · 1st innings 338 all out (96.2 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
W Jaffer c A Flintoff b MS Panesar 31 104 2 0 29.8
V Sehwag c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 11 13 2 0 84.6
R Dravid b A Flintoff 95 208 10 0 45.7
SR Tendulkar c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff 4 15 0 0 26.7
Yuvraj Singh c IR Bell b MJ Hoggard 15 30 1 0 50.0
MS Dhoni c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 16 22 3 0 72.7
IK Pathan c PD Collingwood b A Flintoff 52 58 5 1 89.7
A Kumble b LE Plunkett 32 75 2 0 42.7
Harbhajan Singh c GO Jones b A Flintoff 36 41 7 0 87.8
PP Chawla c PD Collingwood b MJ Hoggard 1 9 0 0 11.1
MM Patel not out 11* 11 1 1 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 25, w 1, nb 8) 34
Total 96.2 overs 338

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (V Sehwag, 3.5 ov), 2-96 (W Jaffer, 33.6 ov), 3-103 (SR Tendulkar, 38.3 ov), 4-134 (Yuvraj Singh, 48.2 ov), 5-153 (MS Dhoni, 55.4 ov), 6-229 (R Dravid, 72.1 ov), 7-260 (IK Pathan, 76.5 ov), 8-313 (Harbhajan Singh, 88.6 ov), 9-321 (PP Chawla, 92.5 ov), 10-338 (A Kumble, 96.2 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 18 6 55 2 3.06 1 0
Steve Harmison 28 9 60 2 2.14 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 22 3 96 4 4.36 0 8
Liam Plunkett 9.2 1 37 1 3.96 0 0
Monty Panesar 19 3 65 1 3.42 0 0

England · 2nd innings 181 all out (76.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MS Dhoni b A Kumble 13 64 0 0 20.3
Alastair Cook c MS Dhoni b MM Patel 2 20 0 0 10.0
Ian Bell c MS Dhoni b A Kumble 57 137 7 0 41.6
Kevin Pietersen c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 4 13 0 0 30.8
Paul Collingwood c R Dravid b A Kumble 14 36 2 0 38.9
Andrew Flintoff c MM Patel b PP Chawla 51 106 4 0 48.1
Geraint Jones b MM Patel 5 7 1 0 71.4
Liam Plunkett lbw b MM Patel 1 12 0 0 8.3
Matthew Hoggard b MM Patel 4 15 0 0 26.7
Steve Harmison st MS Dhoni b A Kumble 13 49 2 0 26.5
Monty Panesar not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 10, w 1, nb 6) 17
Total 76.1 overs 181

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (AN Cook, 5.6 ov), 2-50 (AJ Strauss, 23.3 ov), 3-55 (KP Pietersen, 26.5 ov), 4-88 (PD Collingwood, 38.5 ov), 5-109 (IR Bell, 48.6 ov), 6-116 (GO Jones, 51.5 ov), 7-124 (LE Plunkett, 55.2 ov), 8-139 (MJ Hoggard, 59.4 ov), 9-181 (SJ Harmison, 75.2 ov), 10-181 (A Flintoff, 76.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
IK Pathan 6 1 16 0 2.67 1 1
MM Patel 13 4 25 4 1.92 0 1
Harbhajan Singh 23 5 52 1 2.26 0 0
A Kumble 29 7 70 4 2.41 0 4
PP Chawla 5.1 2 8 1 1.55 0 0

India · 2nd innings 144/1 (33 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
W Jaffer lbw b MJ Hoggard 17 32 3 0 53.1
V Sehwag not out 76* 89 9 1 85.4
R Dravid not out 42* 77 3 0 54.5
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 0, nb 0) 9
Total 33 overs 144/1

Did not bat: SR Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, IK Pathan, A Kumble, PP Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, MM Patel

Fall of wickets: 1-39 (W Jaffer, 9.5 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 4 1 10 0 2.50 0 0
Matthew Hoggard 8 2 24 1 3.00 0 0
Monty Panesar 11 0 48 0 4.36 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 5 0 11 0 2.20 0 0
Liam Plunkett 2 0 22 0 11.00 0 0
Paul Collingwood 3 1 20 0 6.67 0 0

Player of the match: A Kumble · Umpires: DB Hair, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: AV Jayaprakash · Match referee: RS Madugalle. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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