England vs India 2018: 5 famous ODI wins India achieved against England in England in the 21st century

#1 England vs India (13 July 2002) at Lords

Mohammad Kaif celebrates after leading India to an unlikely victory.

These match is one of the few wins of the Indian Cricket team, which will be etched in the memory of Indian cricket fans forever. The Indian team, led by Sourav Ganguly, took on England in the final of the NatWest Trophy tri-series 2002 at Lords on 13 July 2002, with Sri Lanka already eliminated.

Indian skipper, Ganguly won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, his decision to bowl first backfired as England posted a huge score of 325/5 in their alloted 50 overs, with opener Marcus Trescothick and skipper Nasser Hussain scoring centuries.

During those days, chasing a score of above 300 was always a difficult task but India began well as skipper Ganguly targeted the English bowlers from the word go and added 106 runs for the 1st wicket in just 14.3 with Virender Sehwag, before being dismissed by fast bowler Alex Tudor for a superb knock of 60 runs of just 43 balls.

Ganguly's dismissal saw India lose their next 4 wickets in quick succession and were reduced to 146/5 in 24 overs with their big hope Sachin Tendulkar having been dismissed. An inexperienced pair of youngsters - Yuvraj Singh and Mohammed Kaif were in the middle and India still needed 180 runs to win the match in the remaining 26 overs.

However, Yuvraj and Kaif had other ideas and turned the match around remarkably by adding 121 runs in just 106 balls for the 6th wicket. The partnership was finally broken when Yuvraj was dismissed for 69 runs by Paul Collingwood in the 42nd over.

Even after the dismissal of Yuvraj Singh, Kaif did not give up and with the support of Harbhajan Singh, targeted the hapless England bowlers to lead India to an unlikely come from behind victory and help India lift the NatWest Trophy tri-series.

Brief Scores:

ENG – 325/5 (50) – Naseer Hussain 115(128), Trescothick 109(100), Zaheer Khan 3/62(10)

IND – 326/8 (49.3) – Mohammed Kaif 87*(75), Yuvraj Singh 69(63), Ashley Giles 2/47(10)

Man of the Match – Mohammed Kaif