Team India: 100 and counting...

India crushed Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in the second Test in Kanpur on Friday to register their 100th Test triumph.

The margin of victory was India's greatest over Sri Lanka, surpassing the previous best of an innings and 119 runs in Lucknow in 1994 to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Here are some statistics related with the achievement:

Chronology of 100 wins:
First Test win: vs England, Madras, 1951-52 (won by an innings and eight runs)
50th Test win: vs Sri Lanka, Lucknow, 1993-94 (won by an innings and 119 runs)
100th Test win: vs Sri Lanka, Kanpur, 2009-10 (won by an innings and 144 runs)

India's win-loss record against each opponent:

	Mts	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	W/L
Australia	76	18	34	23	1	0.53
Bangladesh	5	4	0	1	0	-
England	99	19	34	46	0	0.56
New Zealand	47	15	9	23	0	1.67
Pakistan	59	9	12	38	0	0.75
South Africa	22	5	10	7	0	0.50
Sri Lanka	31	12	5	14	0	2.40
West Indies	82	11	30	41	0	0.37
Zimbabwe	11	7	2	2	0	3.50
TOTAL	432	100	136	195	1	0.74

At home and away:

	Mts	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	W/L
Home	221	68	48	104	1	1.42
Away	211	32	88	91	0	0.36

India's record in various spans:

	Mts	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	W/L
1932-1949	20	0	11	9	0	0.00
1950-1969	96	15	38	43	0	0.39
1970-1989	145	28	40	76	1	0.70
1990-1999	69	18	20	31	0	0.90
2000 onwards	102	39	27	36	0	1.44

Highlights:
The most wins under a captain are 21 -- under Sourav Ganguly
The most wins on a ground are 12 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
The most wins in a calendar year are 6 in 2002, 2004 and 2008.
The most wins in a country outside India are 5 in New Zealand (out of 21), in Australia (out of 36) and England (out of 48).

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