| Series Name: | Indian cricket team in England in 1996 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of India.svg |
| Team1 Name: | India |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of England.svg |
| Team2 Name: | England |
| From Date: | 5 May |
| To Date: | 9 July 1996 |
| Team1 Captain: | Mohammad Azharuddin |
| Team2 Captain: | Michael Atherton |
| No Of Tests: | 3 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Sachin Tendulkar (428) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Nasser Hussain (318) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Venkatesh Prasad (16) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Chris Lewis (15) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Sourav Ganguly (Ind) and Nasser Hussain (Eng) |
| No Of Odis: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Mohammad Azharuddin (128) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Ali Brown (155) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Venkatesh Prasad (5) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Dominic Cork (5) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) and Chris Lewis (Eng) |
The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1996 cricket season. They played a total of eighteen matches, including three Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against England.[1] In the Tests and ODIs, India were captained by Mohammad Azharuddin, while Michael Atherton captained England.
This tour saw Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad make their Test debuts. Prasad made his debut in the 1st Test at Edgbaston, taking six wickets in this match and ultimately finishing as the leading wicket-taker in the Test series with 16. Ganguly and Dravid made their debuts in the 2nd Test at Lord's, scoring 131 and 95 respectively; both would go on to become mainstays of the Indian batting as well as national captains. The team also included established players such as Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Sanjay Manjrekar and Nayan Mongia.
Nonetheless, the tour was a disaster for India. The team lost the Test series 1–0 (with the last two matches drawn), and the ODI series 2–0 (with no result in the first match due to rain). The rest of the tour saw victories in a single-innings match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI and limited-overs matches against an England National Cricket Association XI and Middlesex, but also defeats in a limited-overs match against Northamptonshire and a first-class match against Derbyshire.[1] The tour was also marred by a spat between Azharuddin and opener Navjot Singh Sidhu, which resulted in the latter walking out of the tour after the 2nd ODI.[2] Following the tour, Azharuddin, who was also facing personal problems at the time, was sacked as captain.[3]