5 longest Test knocks against India 

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Alastair Cook India England Cricket
Alastair Cook made his Test debut against India and has an impressive record against the Men in Blue

#4 Geoffrey Boycott - 555 balls

1st Test, India tour of England at Leeds, Jun 8-13, 1967

GeoffreyBoycott India England Test Cricket
Boycott's knock of 246 against India at Headingley was his highest in Test cricket

Another English batsman features with Geoffrey Boycott's unbeaten knock of 246 off 555 balls during the first innings of the 1st Test of India's tour of England in 1967 making it at the number four spot in terms of longest innings played by opposition batsmen against India in Tests.

The hosts won the toss and elected to bat first and Boycott made the most of the opportunity as an Indian attack that had the spin triumvirate of Bishen Singh Bedi, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, and Erapalli Prasanna was unable to dismiss the English opener who spent 573 minutes out in the middle.

India were dismissed for a paltry total of 164 in their first innings but put up a good fight in the second innings with skipper Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi scoring a valiant 148 to help his side put up 510 runs on the board.

Boycott did not come out to bat in the second innings but England were able to chase down the target of 126 runs easily with six wickets in hand.

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