London's Lord's Cricket Ground, the "Home of Cricket," has a special place in Indian cricket history. It is where India started playing its maiden Test match in England in the year 1932 under the captaincy of CK Nayudu. But it took 54 years for India to record its first-ever Test victory at this legendary ground. That victory came in 1986, with Kapil Dev as captain. It was a match to be remembered, with Chetan Sharma having a five-wicket haul and Dilip Vengsarkar playing a magnificent century, and India winning the match in great style. India's Test Match Record at Lord's India have played 19 Tests at Lord's, winning 3, losing 13, and drawing 3. Although the overall record is not flattering, in recent years things have improved. India, in their last five Tests at Lord's, have won two, drawn one, and lost two—indicating the team has become stronger in English conditions. Some of the notable Test performances at Lord's are: Match-Wise Record of India at Lord's in Tests Vs Start Date Result 1st Inns 2nd Inns England 25 Jun 1932 Lost 189 187 England 27 Jun 1936 Lost 147 93 England 22 Jun 1946 Lost 200 275 England 19 Jun 1952 Lost 235 378 England 18 Jun 1959 Lost 168 165 England 22 Jun 1967 Lost 152 110 England 22 Jul 1971 Draw 313 145/8 England 20 Jun 1974 Lost 302 42 England 2 Aug 1979 Draw 96 318/4 England 10 Jun 1982 Lost 128 369 England 5 Jun 1986 Won 341 136/5 England 26 Jul 1990 Lost 454 224 England 20 Jun 1996 Draw 429 – England 25 Jul 2002 Lost 221 397 England 19 Jul 2007 Draw 201 282/9 England 21 Jul 2011 Lost 286 261 England 17 Jul 2014 Won 295 342 England 9 Aug 2018 Lost 107 130 England 12 Aug 2021 Won 364 298/8d Also Read | Watch: Jadeja Declines Gill’s Field Change Request on Day 5 of 2nd Test Most Runs by Indian batters at Lord's Dileep Vengsarkar is the leading runs scorer of India at Lord's in this format. He has scored as many as 508 runs at a staggering average of 72.57 and with the help of three centuries and one fifty. Player Name Innings Runs Average 100s 50s Dilip Vengsarkar 8 508 72.57 3 1 Rahul Dravid 7 354 59.00 1 2 Sunil Gavaskar 10 340 34.00 0 2 Vinoo Mankad 4 333 83.25 1 2 Gundappa Viswanath 8 272 34.00 1 2 Best Batting Performance Vinoo Mankad's 184 in 1952, still one of the greatest innings by an Indian batters at this ground. Player Name HS Vinoo Mankad 184 Dilip Vengsarkar 157 Sourav Ganguly 131 KL Rahul 129 Mohammed Azharuddin 121 Also Read | Will Jasprit Bumrah Return for the Lord’s Test? Gill Breaks Silence Most wickets by Indian bowlers at Lord's The late Indian spinner Bishan Bedi has picked up 17 wickets at this venue in Tests. Kapil Dev and Ishant Sharma have also picked up 17 each, but they did it in 7 innings while, Bishan Bedi took 17 in 5 innings. Player Name Innings Wickets BBI BBM 5w Bishan Singh Bedi 5 17 6/226 6/111 1 Kapil Dev 7 17 5/125 8/168 1 Ishant Sharma 7 17 7/74 7/135 1 Anil Kumble 6 12 3/84 6/212 0 Zaheer Khan 5 11 4/79 6/141 0 Best Bowling Performance Ishant Sharma's 7/74 in 2014, which led India to victory over England after 28 years at Lord's. Player Name HS Ishant Sharma 7/74 Lala Amar Singh 6/35 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6/82 Bishan Singh Bedi 6/226 RP Singh 5/59 Also Read | Mulder Breaks Records with Historic 367 Not Out in 2nd Test vs ZIM Highest Innings Total 458/8 declared against England in 2002, a dominant batting performance headed by Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly. Team Score Overs Innings Result Match Date India 454 114.1 2 Lost 26 Jul 1990 India 429 169.3 2 Draw 20 Jun 1996 India 397 109.4 4 Lost 25 Jul 2002 India 378 122.0 3 Lost 19 Jun 1952 Lowest Team Total 42 all out against England in 1974, one of India's lowest batting slides in Test cricket history. Team Score Overs Innings Result Match Date India 42 17.0 3 Lost 20 Jun 1974 India 93 46.0 3 Lost 27 Jun 1936 India 96 55.5 1 Draw 2 Aug 1979 India 107 35.2 1 Lost 9 Aug 2018 Recently, even in 2021, KL Rahul's hundred had won India again at Lord's, proving that the present crop of players is able to deliver on the biggest stage. As England is set to host India in the third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy on July 10, 2025, cricket enthusiasts will be hoping for yet another historic performance at this legendary ground.