Results on Indian test grounds which have hosted their first test

Results on Indian test grounds which have hosted their first test

The following table lists the team which won the first ever test hosted on the Indian grounds and also the margin of victory

No Ground Oppn Mon/Year Won by Margin
1 Mum-Gym Eng Dec 1933 Eng 009 wkts
2 Kolkata Eng Jan 1934 Drawn  
3 Chennai Eng Feb 1934 Eng 201 runs
4 Delhi Win Nov 1948 Drawn  
5 Mum-BS Win Dec 1948 Drawn  
6 Kanpur Eng Jan 1952 Eng 008 wkts
7 Lucknow-Uni Pak Oct 1952 Pak Inns+043 runs
8 Hyd-LBS NZl Nov 1955 Drawn  
9 Madras-CS NZl Jan 1956 Ind Inns+109 runs
10 Nagpur-VCA NZl Oct 1969 NZl 167 runs
11 Bangalore Win Nov 1974 Win 267 runs
12 Mum-WS Win Jan 1975 Win 201 runs
13 Jullundar Pak Sep 1983 Drawn  
14 Motera Win Nov 1983 Win 138 runs
15 Cuttack Srl Jan 1987 Ind Inns+067 runs
16 Jaipur Pak Feb 1987 Drawn  
17 Chandigarh-S-16 Srl Nov 1990 Ind Inns+008 runs
18 Lucknow-KDS Srl Jan 1994 Ind Inns+119 runs
19 Mohali Win Dec 1994 Win 243 runs
20 Nagpur-Jamta Aus Nov 2008 Ind 172 runs
21 Hyd-RGS NZl Nov 2010 Drawn  
22 Indore NZl Oct 2016 Ind 321 runs

Seven tests were drawn, England has won three tests, India has won six tests, New Zealand and Pakistan have won one tests each and West Indies has won four tests.

No Ground Oppn Mon/Year Won by Margin
1 Kolkata Eng Jan 1934 Drawn  
2 Delhi Win Nov 1948 Drawn  
3 Mum-BS Win Dec 1948 Drawn  
4 Hyd-LBS NZl Nov 1955 Drawn  
5 Jullundar Pak Sep 1983 Drawn  
6 Jaipur Pak Feb 1987 Drawn  
7 Hyd-RGS NZl Nov 2010 Drawn  
           
1 Mum-Gym Eng Dec 1933 Eng 009 wkts
2 Chennai Eng Feb 1934 Eng 201 runs
3 Kanpur Eng Jan 1952 Eng 008 wkts
           
1 Madras-CS NZl Jan 1956 Ind Inns+109 runs
2 Cuttack Srl Jan 1987 Ind Inns+067 runs
3 Chandigarh-S-16 Srl Nov 1990 Ind Inns+008 runs
4 Lucknow-KDS Srl Jan 1994 Ind Inns+119 runs
5 Nagpur-Jamta Aus Nov 2008 Ind 172 runs
6 Indore NZl Oct 2016 Ind 321 runs
           
1 Nagpur-VCA NZl Oct 1969 NZl 167 runs
           
1 Lucknow-Uni Pak Oct 1952 Pak Inns+043 runs
           
1 Bangalore Win Nov 1974 Win 267 runs
2 Mum-WS Win Jan 1975 Win 201 runs
3 Motera Win Nov 1983 Win 138 runs
4 Mohali Win Dec 1994 Win 243 runs

Seven tests have been drawn, two tests are won by wicket margin.  Eight tests are won by runs margin and five tests are won by innings margin. India’s victory at Indore by 321 runs provide the largest margin of victory by runs margin. It is interesting to note that out of the five innings victories, four have been won by India. West Indies’ won the Bangalore test in Nov 1974 by 267 runs was the previous largest win.

No Ground Oppn Mon/Year Won by Margin
1 Kolkata Eng Jan 1934 Drawn  
2 Delhi Win Nov 1948 Drawn  
3 Mum-BS Win Dec 1948 Drawn  
4 Hyd-LBS NZl Nov 1955 Drawn  
5 Jullundar Pak Sep 1983 Drawn  
6 Jaipur Pak Feb 1987 Drawn  
7 Hyd-RGS NZl Nov 2010 Drawn  
           
1 Mum-Gym Eng Dec 1933 Eng 009 wkts
2 Kanpur Eng Jan 1952 Eng 008 wkts
           
1 Indore NZl Oct 2016 Ind 321 runs
2 Bangalore Win Nov 1974 Win 267 runs
3 Mohali Win Dec 1994 Win 243 runs
4 Chennai Eng Feb 1934 Eng 201 runs
5 Mum-WS Win Jan 1975 Win 201 runs
6 Nagpur-Jamta Aus Nov 2008 Ind 172 runs
7 Nagpur-VCA NZl Oct 1969 NZl 167 runs
8 Motera Win Nov 1983 Win 138 runs
           
1 Lucknow-KDS Srl Jan 1994 Ind Inns+119 runs
2 Madras-CS NZl Jan 1956 Ind Inns+109 runs
3 Cuttack Srl Jan 1987 Ind Inns+067 runs
4 Lucknow-Uni Pak Oct 1952 Pak Inns+043 runs
5 Chandigarh-S-16 Srl Nov 1990 Ind Inns+008 runs
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