They played a total of eighteen matches, including three Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against England.

This tour saw Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad make their Test debuts.

Ganguly and Dravid made their debuts in the 2nd Test at Lord's, scoring 131 and 95 respectively; both would go on to become mainstays of the Indian batting as well as national captains.

The team also included established players such as Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Sanjay Manjrekar and Nayan Mongia.

[2] Following the tour, Azharuddin, who was also facing personal problems at the time, was sacked as captain.