Exactly 34 years ago today was Tuesday, the day of June 10, 1986, when the then Indian captain was led by the captain Kapil Dev with his batting to give a historic victory to the Indian team, staring in front of the target of 136 runs at Lord's ground. It had won its first Test victory over Lord's only on June 10. In this match, Dilip Vengsarkar completed the hat-trick of centuries at Lord's by scoring an unbeaten 126 in the first innings. He became the first batsman in the world to score three consecutive centuries on this historic ground. Prior to this, he played 103 innings in 1979, and 157 runs in 1982 at this ground.
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On this achievement, the unbeaten 23-run innings played by Kapil Dev's ten balls was dominated. India's score was 78 for four at one time, which became 110 for five after Mohammad Azharuddin was run out. Kapil stepped to the crease at such a time and in addition to four fours, hit the winning six over left-arm spinner Phil Simmonds. Eventually, Kapil was also chosen as the man of the match. He also took four wickets in England's second innings.
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In this match, Kapil won the toss and invited England to bat first which scored 294 runs in the first innings despite innings of Graham Gooch (114) and Derek Pringle (63). Chetan Sharma took five wickets for India and Roger Binny took three wickets. The Indian team took a lead of 471 with 341 runs with the help of Vengsarkar's century and Mohinder Amarnath (69). England was bowled out for 180 runs in the second innings and in this way, India got a target of 134 runs on the fifth and final day. India had won by scoring 136 runs for five wickets. The Kapil Dev-led team then won the second Test in Lords by a huge margin of 279 runs to win the series for the first time in England. The third and final Test match played in Birmingham was drawn.
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As far as the Indian record at Lord's is concerned, he has played 18 Test matches at this ground so far, out of which he has won only two matches and has lost 14 matches. India registered its second win at Lord's in July 2014 when they defeated England by 95 runs under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
