With first three Tests ending in draw, the victory in the fourth and final Test also gave India a series win -- only the sixth away from the sub-continent.
India's Test wins away from the sub-continent:
| Season | Opp | Venue | Victory Margin | Scores | |||||||
| 1967-68 | NZ | Dunedin | 5 wickets | NZ | 350 | Ind | 359 | NZ | 208 | Ind | 200-5 |
| 1967-68 | NZ | Wellington | 8 wickets | NZ | 186 | Ind | 327 | NZ | 199 | Ind | 59-2 |
| 1967-68 | NZ | Auckland | 272 runs | Ind | 252 | NZ | 140 | Ind | 261-5d | NZ | 101 |
| 1970-71 | WI | Port-of-Spain | 7 wickets | WI | 214 | Ind | 352 | WI | 261 | Ind | 125-3 |
| 1971 | Eng | The Oval | 4 wickets | Eng | 355 | Ind | 284 | Eng | 101 | Ind | 174-6 |
| 1975-76 | NZ | Auckland | 8 wickets | NZ | 266 | Ind | 414 | NZ | 215 | Ind | 71-2 |
| 1975-76 | WI | Port-of-Spain | 6 wickets | WI | 359 | Ind | 228 | WI | 271-6d | Ind | 406-4 |
| 1977-78 | Aus | Melbourne | 222 runs | Ind | 256 | Aus | 213 | Ind | 343 | Aus | 164 |
| 1977-78 | Aus | Sydney | Inns & 2 runs | Aus | 131 | Ind | 396-8d | Aus | 263 | ||
| 1980-81 | Aus | Melbourne | 59 runs | Ind | 237 | Aus | 419 | Ind | 324-9d | Aus | 83 |
| 1986 | Eng | Lord's | 5 wickets | Eng | 294 | Ind | 341 | Eng | 180 | Ind | 136-5 |
| 1986 | Eng | Headingley | 279 runs | Ind | 272 | Eng | 102 | Ind | 237 | Eng | 128 |
| 2001 | Zim | Bulawayo | 8 wickets | Zim | 173 | Ind | 318 | Zim | 328 | Ind | 184-2 |
| 2001-02 | WI | Port-of-Spain | 37 runs | Ind | 339 | WI | 245 | Ind | 218 | WI | 275 |
| 2002 | Eng | Headingley | Inns & 46 runs | Ind | 628-8d | Eng | 273 | Eng | 309 | ||
| 2003-04 | Aus | Adelaide | 4 wickets | Aus | 556 | Ind | 523 | Aus | 196 | Ind | 233-6 |
| 2005-06 | Zim | Bulawayo | Inns & 90 runs | Zim | 279 | Ind | 554 | Zim | 185 | ||
| 2005-06 | Zim | Harare | 10 wickets | Zim | 161 | Ind | 366 | Zim | 223 | Ind | 19-0 |
| 2006 | WI | Kingston | 49 runs | Ind | 200 | WI | 103 | Ind | 171 | WI | 219 |
India's series wins away from the sub-continent:
| Season | Opponent | Mts | Won | Lost | Drawn | Captain |
| 1967-68 | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Nawab |
| 1970-71 | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | AL Wadekar |
| 1971 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | AL Wadekar |
| 1986 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Kapil Dev |
| 2005-06 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | SC Ganguly |
| 2006 | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | R Dravid |