India and England are preparing for the fourth Test of the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar series. The game is scheduled to commence on July 23 at Old Trafford in Manchester. It is a very crucial match for the Indian team, which is captained by Shubman Gill, as the series is still open. England are currently leading the series with a 2-1 advantage. They won the first Test at Headingley by five wickets and the third Test at Lord's by 22 runs. India won the second Test convincingly by a margin of 336 runs at Edgbaston. England now only require one win more to close the series, and they will be completely concentrated on attaining that victory in the fourth Test. England have included one change in their squad for the next match. Spinner Shoaib Bashir is unavailable due to a finger injury for the series. England have included spinner Liam Dawson in their team in his place. India's Test Record at Old Trafford, Manchester Now discussing India's record at Manchester's Old Trafford - not so good. India played nine Test matches against England at this venue since their inaugural game there in 1936. The last was in 2014. India have never triumphed in a Test match at Old Trafford. Of the nine games played, England have won four, and the remaining five have been drawn. England won three of those games when they batted first and one after bowling first. Match-Wise Record of India at Old Trafford, Manchester in Tests Team 1 Team 2 Result Margin Venue Date England India England inns & 54 runs Manchester Aug 7-9, 2014 England India Drawn - Manchester Aug 9-14, 1990 England India Drawn - Manchester Jun 24-28, 1982 England India England 113 runs Manchester Jun 6-11, 1974 England India Drawn - Manchester Aug 5-10, 1971 England India England 171 runs Manchester Jul 23-28, 1959 England India England inns & 207 runs Manchester Jul 17-19, 1952 England India Drawn - Manchester Jul 20-23, 1946 England India Drawn - Manchester Jul 25-28, 1936 Also Read | England Penalized, Slip to 3rd in WTC After Slow Over Rate Most Runs by Indian batters at Old Trafford India's former captain is the leading runs scorer of India at Manchester in this format. He has scored 242 runs at an average of 48.40 and with the help of one century and two fifties. Player Name Innings Runs Average 100s 50s Sunil Gavaskar 5 242 48.40 1 2 Vijay Merchant 4 225 56.25 1 1 Mohammad Azharuddin 2 190 95.00 1 0 Sachin Tendulkar 2 187 187.00 1 1 Syed Mushtaq Ali 4 172 43.00 1 0 Best Batting Performance Mohammad Azharuddin's 179 in 1990, is still one of the greatest innings by an Indian batters at this ground. Player Name HS Mohammad Azharuddin 179 Sandeep Patil 129* Sachin Tendulkar 119* Polly Umrigar 118 Vijay Merchant 114 Also Read | Bumrah, Pant Out! India’s Probable Playing XI for Manchester Test Most wickets by Indian bowlers at Lord's The late Indian left-arm orthodox spinner Vinoo Mankad has picked up 9 wickets at this venue in Tests and he is followed by Syed Abid Ali and Lala Amarnath with 8 wickets each. Player Name Innings Wickets BBI BBM 5w Vinoo Mankad 3 9 5/101 7/146 1 Syed Abid Ali 4 8 4/64 4/110 0 Lala Amarnath 2 8 5/96 8/167 1 Dilip Doshi 1 6 6/102 6/102 1 Subhash Gupte 2 6 4/76 6/174 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 Dilip Doshi 6/102 Lala Amarnath 5/96 Vinoo Mankad 5/101 Surendra Nath 5/115 Syed Abid Ali 4/64 Also Read | 'Not Here for Holiday' - Gavaskar Targets Bumrah's Test Break India's Highest Innings Total at Old Trafford 432 against England in 1990, which came with the help of a brilliant 179 by Mohammad Azharuddin, and half-centuries from Sanjay Manjrekar (93) and Sachin Tendulkar (68), is the highest total for India at Old Trafford. In the same, India registered their fifth highest total at this venue by scoring 343 runs at the loss of six wickets. Team Score Overs Innings Result Match Date India 432 119.2 2 Draw 9 Aug 1990 India 390/5 115.0 3 Draw 25 Jul 1936 India 379/8 104.0 2 Draw 24 Jun 1982 India 376 145.1 4 Lost 23 Jul 1959 India 343/6 90.0 4 Draw 9 Aug 1990 India's Lowest Innings Total at Old Trafford 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 58 21.4 2 Lost 17 Jul 1952 India 82 36.3 3 Lost 17 Jul 1952 India 152 46.4 1 Lost 7 Aug 2014 India 161 43.0 3 Lost 7 Aug 2014 India 170 82.0 2 Draw 20 Jul 1946 As England is set to host India in the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy on July 23, 2025, cricket enthusiasts will be hoping for a historic performance from India to register their first ever victory at this venue in this format.