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India break South Africa jinx
Rajneesh Gupta |
December 18, 2006 22:50 IST
India finally registered a Test victory on South African soil on Monday by winning the second Test in Johannesburg by a comprehensive margin of 123 runs. India's maiden win in South Africa came after 14 years and in their tenth Test. With this India has now completed the set of victories in all the Test playing countries. The following table gives details of India's maiden victories in each Test playing country compiled in order of longest wait for the win: | Country | Date of 1st Test | 1st Test win achieved | Test No. | Year | Days | | Pakistan | 1-Jan-1955 | Multan,1-4-2004 | 21st | 49 | 92 | | England | 25-Jun-1932 | The Oval, 24-8-1971 | 22nd | 39 | 61 | | Australia | 28-Nov-1947 | Melbourne, 4-1-1978 | 12th | 30 | 38 | | West Indies | 21-Jan-1953 | Port-of-Spain, 10-3-1971 | 12th | 18 | 49 | | South Africa | 13-Nov-1992 | Johannesburg,18-12-2006 | 10th | 14 | 35 | | Zimbabwe | 18-Oct-1992 | Bulawayo,10-6-2001 | 3rd | 8 | 236 | | Sri Lanka | 30-Aug-1985 | Colombo,1-8-1993 | 5th | 7 | 337 | | New Zealand | 15-Feb-1968 | Dunedin, 20-2-1968 | 1st | 0 | 6 | | Bangladesh | 10-Nov-2000 | Dhaka, 13-11-2000 | 1st | 0 | 4 |
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Sub: mistake
Its not the second test... India won the first test... rediff ought to proof read their articles before publishing... it reflects the poor quality of ...

Posted by Rahul

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Sub: MKJ speaks.....
it was must needed victory for India .... now suddenly India looks promising for the world cup 2007 ,,, India could have broken the jinx ...

Posted by Mudit Kumar Jain

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Sub: A big mistake
You have mentiond here as 2nd test match, but it was the first one.

Posted by senthil

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Sub: error again
redif does not proof read their stuff... ".. comprehensive win in the second test match.. " Its the first test match man!! Horrible!!! Sucks aaya... ...

Posted by rahul

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Sub: India - SA Test
Contratulations India. Keep it up and make it a habit to win. It is an eye opener to under performers in the side. 'Do it ...

Posted by T.P. Viswanathan

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