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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

India
v England⁠

Result

England won by 7 wickets

India
316 & 247
England
523 & 41/3
Date
Wednesday 5 December 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Eden Gardens
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

India v England Test scorecard

India won the toss and chose to bat

India · 1st innings 316 all out (105 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
G Gambhir c IJL Trott b MS Panesar 60 124 12 0 48.4
V Sehwag run out (ST Finn/MJ Prior) 23 26 3 0 88.5
CA Pujara b MS Panesar 16 48 2 0 33.3
SR Tendulkar c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 76 155 13 0 49.0
V Kohli c GP Swann b JM Anderson 6 24 1 0 25.0
Yuvraj Singh c AN Cook b GP Swann 32 54 4 1 59.3
MS Dhoni c GP Swann b ST Finn 52 114 5 2 45.6
R Ashwin b JM Anderson 21 43 2 0 48.8
Z Khan lbw b MS Panesar 6 21 1 0 28.6
I Sharma b MS Panesar 0 3 0 0 0.0
PP Ojha not out 0* 19 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 5, lb 13, w 5, nb 1) 24
Total 105 overs 316

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (V Sehwag, 10.1 ov), 2-88 (CA Pujara, 25.4 ov), 3-117 (G Gambhir, 41.1 ov), 4-136 (V Kohli, 48.4 ov), 5-215 (Yuvraj Singh, 68.3 ov), 6-230 (SR Tendulkar, 74.1 ov), 7-268 (R Ashwin, 88.3 ov), 8-292 (Z Khan, 93.6 ov), 9-296 (I Sharma, 95.3 ov), 10-316 (MS Dhoni, 104.6 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 28 7 89 3 3.18 1 0
Steven Finn 21 2 73 1 3.48 0 1
Monty Panesar 40 13 90 4 2.25 0 0
Graeme Swann 16 3 46 1 2.88 0 0

England · 1st innings 523 all out (167.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook run out (V Kohli) 190 377 23 2 50.4
NRD Compton lbw b PP Ojha 57 137 6 1 41.6
Jonathan Trott c MS Dhoni b PP Ojha 87 223 10 0 39.0
Kevin Pietersen lbw b R Ashwin 54 85 9 1 63.5
Ian Bell c MS Dhoni b I Sharma 5 23 0 0 21.7
Samit Patel c V Sehwag b PP Ojha 33 47 5 0 70.2
Matt Prior c MS Dhoni b Z Khan 41 49 6 1 83.7
Graeme Swann c V Sehwag b PP Ojha 21 46 3 0 45.7
Steven Finn not out 4* 13 1 0 30.8
James Anderson c V Sehwag b R Ashwin 9 9 1 0 100.0
Monty Panesar lbw b R Ashwin 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 13, lb 4, w 0, nb 5) 22
Total 167.3 overs 523

Fall of wickets: 1-165 (NRD Compton, 52.6 ov), 2-338 (IJL Trott, 119.2 ov), 3-359 (AN Cook, 126.5 ov), 4-395 (IR Bell, 136.5 ov), 5-420 (KP Pietersen, 143.2 ov), 6-453 (SR Patel, 149.6 ov), 7-510 (GP Swann, 163.2 ov), 8-510 (MJ Prior, 164.2 ov), 9-523 (JM Anderson, 167.2 ov), 10-523 (MS Panesar, 167.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Z Khan 31 6 94 1 3.03 0 0
I Sharma 29 8 78 1 2.69 0 5
R Ashwin 52.3 9 183 3 3.49 0 0
PP Ojha 52 10 142 4 2.73 0 0
Yuvraj Singh 3 1 9 0 3.00 0 0

India · 2nd innings 247 all out (84.4 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
G Gambhir c MJ Prior b ST Finn 40 104 4 1 38.5
V Sehwag b GP Swann 49 57 7 0 86.0
CA Pujara run out (IR Bell) 8 22 2 0 36.4
SR Tendulkar c IJL Trott b GP Swann 5 6 1 0 83.3
V Kohli c MJ Prior b ST Finn 20 60 3 0 33.3
Yuvraj Singh b JM Anderson 11 17 2 0 64.7
MS Dhoni c AN Cook b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
R Ashwin not out 91* 157 15 0 58.0
Z Khan lbw b ST Finn 0 4 0 0 0.0
I Sharma b MS Panesar 10 53 2 0 18.9
PP Ojha b JM Anderson 3 25 0 0 12.0
Extras (b 8, lb 2, w 0, nb 0) 10
Total 84.4 overs 247

Fall of wickets: 1-86 (V Sehwag, 21.1 ov), 2-98 (CA Pujara, 28.6 ov), 3-103 (G Gambhir, 30.4 ov), 4-107 (SR Tendulkar, 31.5 ov), 5-122 (Yuvraj Singh, 36.4 ov), 6-122 (MS Dhoni, 38.1 ov), 7-155 (V Kohli, 52.5 ov), 8-159 (Z Khan, 54.3 ov), 9-197 (I Sharma, 72.3 ov), 10-247 (PP Ojha, 84.4 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 15.4 4 38 3 2.43 0 0
Steven Finn 18 6 45 3 2.50 0 0
Monty Panesar 22 1 75 1 3.41 0 0
Graeme Swann 28 9 70 2 2.50 0 0
Samit Patel 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 41/3 (12.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook st MS Dhoni b R Ashwin 1 4 0 0 25.0
NRD Compton not out 9* 30 1 0 30.0
Jonathan Trott lbw b PP Ojha 3 6 0 0 50.0
Kevin Pietersen c MS Dhoni b R Ashwin 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ian Bell not out 28* 28 4 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) 0
Total 12.1 overs 41/3

Did not bat: SR Patel, MJ Prior, GP Swann, ST Finn, JM Anderson, MS Panesar

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (AN Cook, 0.5 ov), 2-7 (IJL Trott, 3.2 ov), 3-8 (KP Pietersen, 4.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
R Ashwin 6.1 1 31 2 5.03 0 0
PP Ojha 6 3 10 1 1.67 0 0

Player of the match: Alastair Cook · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: VA Kulkarni · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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