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India break South Africa jinx

By 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

Rajneesh Gupta

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