5 thrilling draws involving India affected by rain or bad light 

#4 England v India, Lord's, 1971

Mankad bowled during the 1971 series in England

After having beaten the West Indies away, India travelled to England with high hopes of winning their first ever Test series in the country. In the very first Test at Lord's, India gave a great account of themselves and ran England close but eventually escaped with a draw due to rain.

India dismissed England for 304, thanks to Bishan Singh Bedi's 4/70 and BS Chandrasekhar's 3/110, before securing a marginal first innings lead by scoring 313 themselves. A battling 85 from captain Ajit Wadekar and 60 odd from both GR Vishwanath and Eknath Solkar propelled India to that score.

In England's second innings, off-spinner Srinivas Venkataraghavan bowled superbly to pick up 4/52 and the hosts were dismissed for 191, leaving India with a target of 201 to take a lead in the series. With a win well in their sights, India made a mess of it after being 101-4 at one point and eventually found themselves gasping at 142-8 but the rain came to their rescue with the scoreboard reading 145-8.

Having escaped with the draw, India went on to win the three-Test series 1-0.