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Business News/ Photos / Five landmark moments in India’s Test match history

Five landmark moments in India’s Test match history

India plays its 500th Test match in Kanpur on Thursday. A look back at the milestones crossed, including the first-ever Test.

India v England at the Lord’s in 1932: C.K. Nayudu led India in the first Test match the country played. England won by 158 runs. The standout performer was fast bowler Mohammad Nissar who claimed five wickets. Nissar would later leave India for the newly-formed Pakistan, and set up the Pakistan Cricket Board. Getty Images

1/5India v England at the Lord’s in 1932: C.K. Nayudu led India in the first Test match the country played. England won by 158 runs. The standout performer was fast bowler Mohammad Nissar who claimed five wickets. Nissar would later leave India for the newly-formed Pakistan, and set up the Pakistan Cricket Board. Getty Images

India v Australia at Madras in 1956: Polly Umrigar won the toss and elected to bat. Australia won by an innings and 5 runs. Richie Benaud’s leg-break troubled the Indian batsmen in the first innings and later it was Ray Lindwall’s fiery spell of fast bowling that destroyed them in the second. Wikipedia Commons

2/5India v Australia at Madras in 1956: Polly Umrigar won the toss and elected to bat. Australia won by an innings and 5 runs. Richie Benaud’s leg-break troubled the Indian batsmen in the first innings and later it was Ray Lindwall’s fiery spell of fast bowling that destroyed them in the second. Wikipedia Commons

India v Australia at Kolkata in 2001: Till this match, the Australian team led by Steve Waugh, had won 16 Tests in a row, a Test cricket record including the previous Test at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai by 10 wickets. India won this match by 171 runs after being enforced to follow on. The series is remembered for a valiant 281 not out by V.V.S. Laxman. AFP

3/5India v Australia at Kolkata in 2001: Till this match, the Australian team led by Steve Waugh, had won 16 Tests in a row, a Test cricket record including the previous Test at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai by 10 wickets. India won this match by 171 runs after being enforced to follow on. The series is remembered for a valiant 281 not out by V.V.S. Laxman. AFP

India v West Indies at Kingston in 2006: Three things stood out in the match. The wall that Rahul Dravid was and the spin bowling by Harbhajan Singh in the first innings and Anil Kumble in the second. India won the Test match by 49 runs, the last in the four-match series, and the series 1-0. It was India’s first series win in the Caribbean since 1971. AFP

4/5India v West Indies at Kingston in 2006: Three things stood out in the match. The wall that Rahul Dravid was and the spin bowling by Harbhajan Singh in the first innings and Anil Kumble in the second. India won the Test match by 49 runs, the last in the four-match series, and the series 1-0. It was India’s first series win in the Caribbean since 1971. AFP

India v West Indies at Bridgetown in 2011: The second of the three-match series, the game is Barbados lost more than 120 overs to rains. Highlight of the match was Ishant Sharma’s fiery spell in which he took six wickets in the first innings. The match was drawn, but India eventually took the series 2-1. AFP

5/5India v West Indies at Bridgetown in 2011: The second of the three-match series, the game is Barbados lost more than 120 overs to rains. Highlight of the match was Ishant Sharma’s fiery spell in which he took six wickets in the first innings. The match was drawn, but India eventually took the series 2-1. AFP

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