Trent Bridge is the venue for the third Test with India knowing defeat against England is no option if they want to get anything from the five-match series.

So far, Joe Root’s England side have been far superior in all departments winning the Edgbaston Test by 31 runs before thrashing the tourists by an innings and 159 runs at Lord’s in the second Test.

The last time Virat Kohli’s side played in Nottingham, they came out comprehensive eight-wicket winners in the first ODI. The Indians will be hoping for another positive when the game starts on Saturday although they don’t exactly have the best of records at the ground.

Ahead of the Trent Bridge Test, we look back at how India fared in the longer format.

JUNE 1959 – LOST BY AN INNINGS AND 59 RUNS

It was a ruthless welcome for the Indian as England let the batting do the talking. The hosts only needed one attempt with Peter May’s 106 proving crucial in their score of 422. It was a big total and ultimately it was too much for the Indians. Pankaj Roy hit a fifty in India’s reply as they posted 206. But after being forced to follow-on, India had no answer to England’s bowling with Brian Statham’s five-wicket haul seeing them reach 157 all out.

JULY 1996 – DRAW

Remarkably, the ground did not stage another Test involving India until almost 40 years later. Needing a victory to draw the three-match series, a certain Sachin Tendulkar (177) and Sourav Ganguly (136) knocked up centuries as India posted an imposing total of 521. However, England did even better with the bat as Mike Atherton (160) and Nasser Hussain (107) hit tons to amass 564. Tendulkar sent out another reminder of his potential with 74 as India made 211 with no time for England to get out for their second innings.

AUGUST 2002 – DRAW

Virender Sehwag was the nemesis after smashing 106 while Ganguly’s 68 and a late knock from tail-ender Harbhajan Singh (54) saw India reach 357. That looked a decent total but England ensured they were more than capable of surpassing that. Michael Vaughan fell three runs short of a double century while knocks from Alec Stewart (87) and Craig White (94) saw England score a mammoth 617. Rahul Dravid (115), Tendulkar (92) and Ganguly (99) were among the big scorers for the tourists as they declared on 424-8. India would go on to win the next Test in Headingley to salvage a 1-1 draw.

Centurion: Virender Sehwag

JULY 2007 – WON BY SEVEN WICKETS

Zaheer Khan was one of the stars of the show as the pacer took four wickets to reduce England to 198. India more than doubled that with Dinesh Karthik (77), Wasim Jaffer (62), Tendulkar (91), Sourav Ganguly (79) and VVS Laxman (54) all hitting half-centuries in their score of 481.

England fared much better on their next outing with 355 with Vaughan top-scoring with 124 but India reached their 73-run target with ease to draw first blood in the series. It later sealed a 1-0 Test series win following their draw at the Oval and remains the last time that India won a series in England.

Lethal with the ball: Zaheer Khan

JULY 2011 – LOST BY 319 RUNS

Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth and Praveen Kumar all took three wickets each as England were all out for 221. India could only build a lead of 67 with Dravid top-scoring with 117 as Stuart Broad did the damage with the ball with six wickets. England then ran riot with the bat, Ian Bell helping himself to a century with 159 runs as England amassed 544. That left India with much to do, needing 478 but fell way short of their target as Tim Bresnan took 5-48.

Tim Bresnan

JULY 2014 – DRAW

The first match of the five-game series and India started off the tour on a strong note. Murali Vijay (146) and MS Dhoni (82) were among the big run-scorers as India posted 457. Unfortunately for the Indian bowlers, they found Joe Root in exceptional form with the batsman smashing an unbeaten 154 while Gary Ballance (71) and Jimmy Anderson (81) saw England put 496 on the board.

Vijay (52), Cheteshwar Pujara (55), Stuart Binny (78) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (63) all hit fifties as India declared on 391-9 as the game ended in a draw. India went on to win the Lord’s Test but that was as good as it got as England won 3-1.

Letting the bat do the talking: Murali Vijay