[1][2][3] The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the dates of the tour in July 2016.

[5] This was the first time since 2008 that there was a bilateral series involving India with all the components of the review system in place, including "Ultra Edge".

[12] Prior to the naming of the squads for the ODI and T20I matches, MS Dhoni announced that he was standing down as India's limited-overs captain.

[28] England's Haseeb Hameed injured his hand in the third Test and went home to undergo surgery on it.

[33] Shardul Thakur was added to India's squad as cover for Mohammed Shami who had a sore knee.

[33] Alex Hales was ruled out of the remaining limited-overs fixtures after he fractured his hand during the second ODI.

[35] Ahead of the T20I series, India rested Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, replacing them with Amit Mishra and Parvez Rasool.