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The Indian cricket team photographed at Lord's, June 4 1986. Back row (left-right): Chetan Sharma, Kiran More, Maninder Singh, Raman Lamba, Manoj Prabhakar. Middle row: Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Roger Binny, Dilip Vengsarkar, VB Prabhudesai (assistant manager), Sandeep Patil, Mohammed Azharuddin, Shivial Yadav, Chandrakant Pandit. Front row: Mohinder Armanath, Kapil Dev (captain) Raj Singh Dungarpur (manager) Ravi Shastri (vice-captain) Sunil Gavaskar. India won the Test series against England 2-0. (Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images)
Today, India beat England at Lord's. India had last won a Test match at Lord's way back in June 1986. We compared that five-wicket win over the 95-run one scored on Monday night. Some stunning parallels emerge.
Here they are.
| INDIA'S TWO TEST WINS AT LORD'S | ||
| WHAT HAD HAPPENED | 1986 | 2014 |
| The World Cup-winning captain is leading India at Lord’s. | Kapil Dev | MS Dhoni |
| A speedster named Sharma takes a fiver. | Chetan Sharma | Ishant Sharma |
| A Binny is in the Indian team. | Roger Binny | Stuart Binny |
| A batsman from Chennai is India’s opener. | K Srikkanth | Murali Vijay |
| A batsman from Mumbai makes a hundred. | Dilip Vengsarkar | Ajinjkya Rahane |
| The England captain, a left-hander who had won his last Test tour of India, is struggling to make runs. | David Gower | Alastair Cook |
| An all-rounder who bowls left-arm spin is playing for India. | Ravi Shastri | Ravindra Jadeja |
| And a bit of non-cricket trivia... | ||
| India’s ruling government had come to power with an absolute majority. | Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress. | Narendra Modi-led BJP. |
| Argentina and Germany would contest the FIFA World Cup final staged in the Western Hemisphere. | Argentina beat West Germany 3-2 in Mexico. | Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in Brazil. |
Can you spot some more? Do share them with us in the comments.
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