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England. Final day. India chasing.

Last summer, Virat Kohli’s India were subjected to four chastening defeats batting last in the five-match series. Those are the expectations these days; India are expected to be excellent tourists as well but that aspect continues to be a work in progress.

Twenty nine years ago, in 1990, India were nowhere close to posing a serious threat away from home on a regular basis. That being said, four years earlier, Dilip Vengsarkar’s magic had set the tone for their first-ever series win in England.

A lot had changed in Indian cricket in those intermittent years. The old guard of Sunil Gavaskar and Mohinder Amarnath had hung up their boots. The likes of Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri were nearing the end of their careers. Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Maninder Singh were dropped.