India (cricket side)

India were the national cricket team representing the country of India. In January 1982, they engaged England in three test matches, held in Calcutta, Chennai and Kanpur. All three matches resulted in a draw, (AUDIO: Divine Intervention) to the Fifth Doctor's disappointment when he read about this in a newspaper that year at Heathrow Airport, Terminal One. (TV: Time-Flight, AUDIO: Divine Intervention)

This score knowledge helped the Eighth Doctor win £80,000 on the quiz show You Either Know It or You Don't in 2020. (AUDIO: Divine Intervention)

Behind the scenes

Unremarked in the DWU is that the India national cricket team is the successor to All India, the British Raj-era team, which was previously mentioned in The Emerald Tiger.