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Best Indian victories
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England at Chennai on February 6-10, 1952 -
Won by an innings and 8 runs. |
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| Playing in their 25th Test match and
after waiting for almost twenty years, India registered a most emphatic first
Test win. In response to England's total of 266, India managed a
total of 457 for 9 wickets declared. Facing a deficit of 191 runs, the
English innings collapsed in the second innings (183), losing by an innings and
8 runs. Vinoo Mankad's first innings figures of 8 for 55 and match figurs
of 12 for 108 runs were the best in any Test at Chennai at that time and remain
the records for India against England. |
| vs.
Pakistan at Delhi on October 16-18, 1952 -
Won by an innings and 70 runs. |
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Pakistan's first official Test match
established Hanif Mohammed, at 17 years 300 days, as the world's youngest Test
wicket-keeper. All except Abdul Hafeez and Amir Elahi, who had previously
appeared for India, played for Pakistan. Thanks to Hemu Adhikari
and Ghulam Ahmed's 109-run partnership in 80 minutes for the tenth wicket,
India's first ever three figure stand for the last wicket, a total of 372 could
be achieved.
Pakistan could manage 150 & 152 and Vinoo Mankad's innings (8 for 52) and
match (13 for 131) were then the bowling records for India in all Tests |
| vs.
Pakistan at Mumbai on November 13-16, 1952 -
Won by 10 wickets |
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Vinoo Mankad (41 and 35 not out and 3
for 52 and 5 for 72), playing in his 23rd Test, completed the Test 'double' of
1,000 runs and 100 wickets in this Test. He accomplished the fastest Test
double until 1979 when England's Ian Botham performed this feat in 21 Tests.
India (387 for 4 wickets declared and 45 for no loss) won the Mumbai Test
comfortably by ten wickets. Pakistan, who had outplayed India in the
previous Test at Lucknow, could manage 186 and 242. In India's first
innings, Vijay Hazare (146 not out) and Polly Umrigar (102) batted brilliantly,
putting on 183 runs for the fourth wicket. Hanif Mohammed demonstrated
his powers of concentration by batting for six hours in the second innings to
score 96. |
| vs.
New Zealand at Mumbai on December 27, 1955 -
won by an innings and 27 runs |
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India's total of 421 for 8 wickets
declared could be possible with a double century (223) from Vinoo Mankad,
emulating Polly Umrigar's record set in the previous Test at Fateh Maidan,
Hyderabad. India gained the first victory against New Zealand (258 &
136) after 55 minutes of play on the fifth day. John Reid (bruised ankle)
batted with a runner in each innings.
After conceding 83 runs, claiming three wickets off 51 overs in the first
innings, Subhash Gupte bagged five for 45 off 32.4 overs in the second outing. |
| vs.New
Zealand at Chennai on January 6-11,1956 -
won by an innings and 109 runs |
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The first ever Test at the
Corporation Stadium, Chennai, produced the world record opening partnership for
Test cricket - 413 in 472 minutes between Vinoo Mankad (231) and Pankaj Roy
(173). The said partnership outstripped the stand of 359 by Len Hutton
and Cyril Washbrook against South Africa at Johannesburg in December 1948 and
until 1977-78, was the highest first-wicket stand in Indian first-class
cricket.
Mankad and Roy were the third pair of batsmen - the first for India - to bat
throughout a complete day's play in a Test. Mankad's outstanding innings
of 231, his second double century of the series, was then the highest score in
a Chennai Test and the record individual score for India. India beat New
Zealand (209 & 219) by a convincing margin. |
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| vs.Australia at Kanpur on December 19-24,1959 - won by 119 runs |
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Despite posting 152 in the first innings, India registered a convincing victory by 119 runs. Indian off-spinner, Jasu Patel exploited a newly laid turf pitch to return India's best analysis (9 for 69) in Test cricket at that time, bettering Subhash Gupte's 9 for 102 against West Indies on the same ground the previous season.
Patel, with another five wickets in Australia's second innings (105), became the first Indian bowler to claim 14 wickets in a Test match. Alan Davidson's match analysis (12 for 124 - 5/31 + 7/93) are the best for Australia against India |
| vs. England at Kolkata on December 30,1961-January 4, 1962 - won by 187 runs |
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| India (380 & 252) registered their second win against the visiting Englishmen in 28 Tests and ended a sequence of nine drawn Tests in India when England (233) failed to make 421 runs in 490 minutes. |
| vs. England at Chennai on January 10-15, 1962 - won by 128 runs |
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| With this second win in successive matches, India recorded their first series win against England (281 & 209) and only their third against any country. Thanks to Nawab of Pataudi's beautiful innings of 103, his first Test hundred in 155 minutes, and useful knocks from Nari Contractor (86), Nadkarni (63) and Engineer (65), India could post a total of 428. Salim Durani recorded his best match figures (6/105 + 4/72) in 29 Tests. |
| vs. Australia at Mumbai on October 10-15, 1964 - won by two wickets |
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| A last day crowd of 42,000 saw India (341 & 256/8) gain only their second triumph in 15 Tests against Australia (320 & 274). They achieved this with just two wickets and half an hour to spare. The result might well have been reversed if Norm O'Neill had not succumbed to an indigenous internal malady on the first morning. |
| vs. New Zealand at Dunedin on February 15-20, 1968- won by two wickets |
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India's first Test in New Zealand, under Nawab of Pataudi's captaincy, resulted in their first win outside the sub-continent. Winning the toss, New Zealand (350) opted to bat first. Graham Dowling (143) posted New Zealand's highest score in a home Test until he himself surpassed it in the next Test. Dowling and Congdon (58) put on 155, which was New Zealand's highest for the second wicket against all countries until 1978-79.
All the Indian batsmen reached double figures in the first innings (359) - the seventh such instance and the second for India in Test Cricket. In the second outing, New Zealand could manage just 208 and India reached the target comfortably thanks mainly to Ajit Wadekar (71) and Rusi Surti (44). |
| vs. New Zealand at Wellington on February 29-March 4, 1968 - won by eight wickets. |
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New Zealand, after posting 502 in the previous Test at Christchurch, could manage only 186 and 199, thanks mainly to the top-class performance by the Indian spinners - Nadkarni (1/22 and 6/43) and Prasanna (5/32 & 3/56).
Ajit Wadekar's only Test century (143) was India's highest innings in New Zealand until 1989-90. |
| vs. New Zealand at Auckland on March 7-12, 1968 - won by 272 runs. |
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Eight hours and 20 minutes of playing time were lost on the first two days but India still managed to win the Test by 272 runs. New Zealand, set 374 runs in 290 minutes, were dismissed 15 minutes after tea for 101. India recorded three Test wins for the first time in a Test rubber.
Rusi Surti was destined to emulate Norman Yardley (England), John Beck (New Zealand) and Maqsood Ahmed (Pakistan) by retiring from Test cricket with a highest score of 99. |
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| vs.Australia at Delhi on November 28-December 2, 1969 - won by seven wickets |
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India (223 & 181/3) gained their third victory against Australia (296 & 107) and with more than a day to spare. Australia's second innings total was the lowest in any Test at Delhi until 1987-88.
In the second innings, Bill Lawry (49 not out), who batted for 195 minutes, became the sixth Australian to carry his bat through a completed innings and the second batsman after Pakistan's Nazar Mohammad to do so against India. Erapalli Prasanna captured his 100th Test wicket when he dismissed Paul Sheahan in the second innings. |
| vs.West Indies at Port of Spain on March 6-10, 1971 - won by seven wickets. |
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Sunil Gavaskar (65 and 67 not out) made his debut in the Test, making the occasion memorable by posting the winning boundary. West Indies, winning the toss and batting first, registered 214, their lowest total against India until 1987-88. Roy Fredericks was bowled by the first ball of the match from Abid Ai. Prasanna (4/54) was the most successful Indian bowler while Bedi claimed 3 for 46 and Abid Ali 2 for 54.
Thanks to an excellent century by Dilip Sardesai (112) and useful knocks from Gavaskar (65), Ashok Mankad (44) and Eknath Solkar (55), India could post 352. Noreiga, a 34-year-old off-spinner, playing in his second Test match, became the first bowler to capture nine wickets in an innings for West Indies and in the Caribbean. West Indies managed 261 in their second innings. India (125/3) gained their first win against West Indies at their 25th attempt and with over a day to spare. |
| vs.England at The Oval on August 19-24, 1971 - won by four wickets |
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England, thanks to Allan Knott (90), John Jameson (82) and Richard Hutton (81) posted 355 after batting first. The 103-run stand in 66 minutes between Knott and Hutton was England's highest for the seventh wicket against India until 1982.
India (284) conceded 71 runs with Illingworth claiming five for 70. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar bowled splendidly in England's second innings, claiming six for 38. England's 101 is still their lowest against India. India (174/6) reached the winning target - their first win in 22 Tests in England dating back to 1932. It ended England's record run by any country of 26 official matches without defeat and was their first reversal in 20 Tests under Ray Illingworth's captaincy. |
| vs. New Zealand at Auckland on January 24-28, 1976 - won by eight wickets. |
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Bhagwat Chandrasekhar's figures of six for 94 and Erapalli Prasanna's 3 for 64, restricted New Zealand to 266. Sunil Gavaskar (116) and Surinder Amarnath (124) posted hundreds in India's total of 414. Surinder became the fourth to register a century in his first Test innings for India and the first to accomplish the feat in New Zealand. He also became the first batsman to emulate his father by posting a century in his first Test. His father, Lala Amarnath had made 118 in the second innings of India's first home Test in 1933-34.
Gavaskar's partnership of 204 with Surinder is the highest for the second wicket by eiher side in India-New Zealand Tests. Prasanna's second innings analysis of eight for 76 off 23 overs in New Zealand's innings of 215 is the best in any Auckland Test. Gavaskar led India in Bishan Singh Bedi's absence (leg injury). |
| vs.Australia at Mumbai on November 3-7, 1979 - won by an innings and 100 runs |
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Sunil Gavaskar's 22nd Test century (123) in India's innings of 458 for eight wickets declared placed him level with England's Wally Hammond and Colin Cowdrey and only Sir Donald Bradman (A) - 29 and Sir Garfield Sobers (WI) - 26 had recorded more hundreds.
Gavaskar's partnership of 192 in 247 minutes with Chetan Chauhan (73) remains India's highest for the first wicket against Australia. Syed Kirmani (101 not out) became the third night-watchman to post a century, joining Nasim-ul-Ghani (Pakistan) and Tony Mann (Australia).
India won their first rubber (2-0) against Australia (160 and 198) by inflicting their heaviest defeat against Australia at that time. Dilip Doshi was the most successful bowler in the first innings with 5 for 43 while Kapil bowled splendidly to claim four for 39 ably supported by Dilip Doshi (3 for 60). |
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| vs.Pakistan at Mumbai on December 16-20, 1979 - won by 131 runs. |
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India's 131-run win is their first against Pakistan since November 1952. The Test match was contested on the pitch used six weeks earlier for the final Test against Australia - both matches ended in Indian triumphs on the fourth day.
Kapil Dev, with an outstanding innings of 69 off 79 balls, was the top scorer for India in the first innings (334). Pakistan (173 and 190) failed to put on 200 in either innings. Iqbal Qasim (4 for 135 and 6 for 40) became the second Pakistan bowler after Sikander Bakht in the previous match to claim ten or more wickets in a Test in India.
Wasim Bari became the first wicketkeeper from Pakistan to accomplish a double of 1,000 runs and 100 dismissals when he had made 19 in the first innings. |
| vs.England at Mumbai on November 28-December 3, 1984 - won by eight wickets |
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ndia's triumph ended a barren sequence of 31 Tests. England's eighth defeat of 1984 equalled the unprecdented fate of India in 1959.
Ravi Shastri (142) and Syed Kirmani (102) were associated in a partnership of 235, which is an Indian record for the 7th wicket against all countries. India managed to put on 465 for 8 wickets declared in response to England's 195. Sivaramakrishnan (6/64 + 6/117) returned the second-best match analysis for India against England after Vinoo Mankad's 12 for 108 at Chennai in 1951-52. Chris Cowdrey's dismissal of Kapil Dev in the first innings with his fourth ball caused his astonished father, Colin Cowdrey, listening in London to the radio commentary, to drive in the wrong direction along a one-way street. |
| vs. West Indies at Chennai on January 11-15, 1988 - won by 255 runs |
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Ravi Shastri, captain in the absence of Dilip Vengsarkar, won an important toss and electedto bat. Kapil Dev playd an outstanding innings of 109, reaching his sixth Test century off 105 balls. Narendra Hirwani's first innings bowling analysis of 8 for 61 in West Indies' 184 is the third best by any bowler in his first Test. Raman (83) consoidated India's lead by putting on the second highest score of the match.
Hirwani, with another eight wickets for 75 runs in West Indies' second innings (160), completed a match analysis of 16 for 136 and became only the second bowler to claim 16 wickets in a Test match on debut after Australia's Bob Massie, who had accomplished the feat but at a cost of one run more. Only England's Jim Laker (19) and Australia's Sydney Barnes (17) have bagged more wickets in a Test match. Kiran More, with five stumpings in an innings and six in the match, also established a world record.
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| vs.England at Chennai on February 11-15, 1993 - won by an innings and 22 runs |
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With two successive wins - by eight wickets at Kolkata in the first Test and by an innings and 22 runs at Chennai in the second Test, India won the series comfortably.
When Graham Gooch withdrew through illness on the morning of the match, Alec Stewart captained England for the first time. Sachin Tendulkar completed his first Test century in India - 165 off 296 balls and became the first to post five Test centuries before his 20th birthday. Navjot Singh Sidhu (106) registered his first century in four years and Kapil Dev (66 not out) during India's innings of560 for six wickets, declared became the fourth all-rounder to amass 5000 runs for India and his outstanding double of 5000 runs and 400 wickets remains unique.
England (286 & 252) followed on in successive Tests against India for the first time after conceding their highest total in India. Kumble bowled splendidly in the second innings, recording figures of 6 for 64. |
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| vs.West Indies at Mumbai on November 18-22, 1994 - won by 96 runs |
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India (272 and 233) registered a win in the first Test of a rubber aainst West Indies (243 and 266) for the first time and recorded their tenth consecutive wins at home. Mohammad Azharuddin became the first to lead India in 10 victories - nine in India.
Venkatapathy Raju claimed five for 60 in the first innings while Srinath 4 for 48 in the second innings. Dhanraj was the first specialist leg-break bowler to appear for West Indies since Holford in 1976-77 - an interlude of 127 matches. |
| vs.Australia at Delhi on October 10-13, 1996 - won by seven wickets. |
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Batting first on winning the toss, Australia totalled 182 without anyone posting a fifty. Michael Slater top scored 44 as an opener. Nayan Mongia, promoted to open the batting in Navjot Singh Sidhu's absence (serving a 50-day ban for deserting the tour of England) batted 497 minutes to set an unassailable lead with a maiden century in his 19th Test innings.
Anil Kumble, who captured 4 for 63 in the first innings, claimed another five wickets for 67 runs in Australia's innings of 234. Steve Waugh posted an unbeaten 67, delaying India's first win against Australia since 1980-81. |
| vs.South Africa at Kanpur on December 8-12, 1996 - won by 280 runs |
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India's triumph by 280 runs was their biggest victory by a runs margin and having won the first Test of the series at Ahmedabad, inflicted upon South Africa (177 & 180) their first series defeat since being readmitted to the ICC in 1991.
Sachin (61) top scored in India's first innings of 237 while Mohammad Azharuddin (163 not out) posted his 16th Test hundred, his third at Kanpur, in India's second innings of 400 for 7 wickets declared. |
| vs.Australia at Calcutta on March 18-21, 1998 - won by an innings and 219 runs. |
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After defeating Australia by 179 runs in the first Test of the series at Chepauk, Chennai, India (633/5 wickets declared) registered the highest ever Test total at Eden Gardens at that time, their highest against Australia at that time. The hosts thus ended Australia's sequence of nine series triumphs by inflicting their heaviest defeat since 1938.
Anil Kumble claimed 3 for 44 in Australia's first innings of 233 and 5 for 62 in their second innings (181). |
| vs.Pakistan at Delhi on February 4-7, 1999 - won by 212 runs |
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The Test became famous for Anil Kumble's extraordinary bowling display in the second innings, claiming all ten wickets for 74 runs in Pakistan's innings of 207. He captured all his ten wickets from the Pavilion End in a sequence of 18.2-9-37-10 on the fourth afternoon.
Kumble thus became only the second bowler after England's Jim Laker to bag all ten wickets in a Test innings as India beat Pakistan for the first time since 1979-80. His match figures of 14 for 149 were the third-best for India, the best by any bowler againt Pakistan and a record at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. The Indian opener, S. Ramesh, who had made 60 in India's first innings of 252, recorded 96, the highest by any batsman in India's second innings (339). For Pakistan, Saqlain Mushtaq captured ten wickets - 5 for 94 followed by 5 for 122. |
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| vs. Pakistan at Multan on March 28-April 1, 2004 - won by an innings and 52 runs. |
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India (675-5 wickets declared) registered their highest ever total in Pakistan. Virender Sehwag recorded India's first and only triple century in Test cricket, laying the foundation of a historic triumph - India's first in Pakistan in 21 Tests spread over 49 years. Sehwag completed his hundred with a six from 99 to 105 with a glided six over third man off Shoaib Akhtar and from 295 to 301 with a six over long-on off Saqlain Mushtaq
Shane Warne stunned observers by declaring the Indian innings on Yuvraj's dismissal at 59, Sachin Tendulkar being 194 not out at that time. Sachin, at the press conference, later in the evening, showed his disappointment and surprise. Pakistan (407 and 216) lost the match by an innings and 52 runs. Kumble bowled brilliantly to claim six for 72 in the second innings. |
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| vs. South Africa at Johannesburg on December 15-18, 2006 - won by an innings and 123 runs. |
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Batting first, India made 249, thanks mainly to Sourav Ganguly (51 not out) and Sachin Tendulkar (44). The South Africans were bundled out for 84 against accurate bowling of Sreesanth (5/40), Zaheer (2/32) and Kumble (2/2). In India's second innings (236), V.V.S.Laxman batted quite well to post 73 - Ntini, Pollock and Nel capturing three wickets each.
The Indian bowlers - Sreesanth, Zaheer Khan and Kumble - bowled quite well to restrict the South Africans to 278, winning the match by 123 runs - their first win in South Africa. |
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| vs. India at Trent Bridge on July 27-31, 2007 - won by 7 wickets |
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| The Indian bowlers bowled quite well to restrict England to 198 - no one made even a fifty. India, in reply, put up 481, with fifties from Dinesh Karthik (77), Wasim Jaffer(62), Sachin Tendulkar (91), Sourav Ganguly (79) and V.V.S.Laxman (54). Monty Panesar claimed four for 101. Zaheer Khan, who had claimed 4 for 59 in the first innings, captured five for 75 in England's second innings (355). Captain Michael Vaughan batted brilliantly to post a hundred - 124 off 193 balls. Zaheer deservingly got the Man of the Match award. |
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| vs. Australia at Perth on January 16-19, 2008 - won by 72 runs. |
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ndia's 72-run win is their 30th win abroad and the fourth overseas win in which no player scored 100 or took five wickets in an innings. This is Ricky Ponting's first Test defeat as skipper in Australia. It's also the first time since 1999 that the Aussies (212 and 340) have lost a Test within 4 days.
India (330 and 294) became the first team from the subcontinent to record a win in 10 Tests at WACA. Pakistan had lost all the five they hve played here and Sri Lanka two at this venue, known to the fastest in the world. |
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