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Home series defeats for India

Rajneesh Gupta | October 29, 2004 19:31 IST

Australia, by winning the third Test at Nagpur on Friday, also won the four-match series 2-0 with one match to go.

Australia had last won a Test series in India way back in December 1969 when Bill Lawry's team beat Nawab Pataudi's Indian team 3-1.

Overall it was only the 14th instance of a visiting side winning a series (comprising atleast two Tests) on Indian soil.  West Indies have done so most often -- 5 times, followed by Australia (4), England (3), Pakistan (1) and South Africa (1).

Details of India's series-losses at home soil:
SeriesOpponentTestsSeries Result
1933-34England3England 2-0
1948-49West Indies5West Indies 1-0
1956-57Australia3Australia 2-0
1958-59West Indies5West Indies 3-0
1959-60Australia5Australia 2-1
1966-67West Indies3West Indies 2-0
1969-70Australia5Australia 3-1
1974-75West Indies5West Indies 3-2
1976-77England5England 3-1
1983-84West Indies6West Indies 3-0
1984-85England5England 2-1
1986-87Pakistan5Pakistan 1-0
1999-00South Africa2South Africa 2-0
2004-05Australia4Australia 2-0 #

(# - one Test to be played)

Note: England (in 1979-80) and Pakistan (in 1998-99) registered win in the only Test scheduled. The former was played on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the formation of the BCCI, while the latter was contested as a part of the Asian Test Championship.



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