India in Sri Lanka – India losing the first test of the series
India lost the test match at Galle against Sri Lanka by ten wickets providing the 46th occasion of India losing the first test of the series. All series – Six tests, five tests, four tests, three tests, two tests and one off tests are taken into account while compiling this statistics. All the 46 occasions are listed below
| No | Team | Result | Margin | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | India | lost | 158 runs | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1932 |
| 2 | India | lost | 009 wkts | Eng | Mumbai | Dec 1933 |
| 3 | India | lost | 009 wkts | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1936 |
| 4 | India | lost | 009 wkts | Eng | The Oval | Aug 1936 |
| 5 | India | lost | 010 wkts | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1946 |
| 6 | India | lost | inns & 226 runs | Aus | Brisbane | Nov 1947 |
| 7 | India | lost | 007 wkts | Eng | Leeds | Jun 1952 |
| 8 | India | lost | inns & 005 runs | Aus | Chennai | Oct 1956 |
| 9 | India | lost | inns & 059 runs | Eng | Nottingham | Jun 1959 |
| 10 | India | lost | 008 wkts | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1959 |
| 11 | India | lost | inns & 127 runs | Aus | Delhi | Dec 1959 |
| 12 | India | lost | 010 wkts | Win | Port of Spain | Feb 1962 |
| 13 | India | lost | 139 runs | Aus | Chennai | Oct 1964 |
| 14 | India | lost | 006 wkts | Win | Mumbai (BS) | Dec 1966 |
| 15 | India | lost | 006 wkts | Eng | Leeds | Jun 1967 |
| 16 | India | lost | 008 wkts | Aus | Mumbai (BS) | Nov 1969 |
| 17 | India | lost | 113 runs | Eng | Manchester | Jun 1974 |
| 18 | India | lost | 267 runs | Win | Bangalore | Nov 1974 |
| 19 | India | lost | inns & 025 runs | Eng | Delhi | Dec 1976 |
| 20 | India | lost | 016 runs | Aus | Brisbane | Dec 1977 |
| 21 | India | lost | inns & 083 runs | Eng | Birmingham | Jul 1979 |
| 22 | India | lost | 010 wkts | Eng | Mumbai | Feb 1980 |
| 23 | India | lost | 062 runs | NZl | Wellington | Feb 1981 |
| 24 | India | lost | 007 wkts | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1982 |
| 25 | India | lost | 004 wkts | Win | Kingston | Feb 1983 |
| 26 | India | lost | inns & 083 runs | Win | Kanpur | Oct 1983 |
| 27 | India | lost | 010 wkts | NZl | Christchurch | Feb 1990 |
| 28 | India | lost | 247 runs | Eng | Lord’s | Jul 1990 |
| 29 | India | lost | 010 wkts | Aus | Brisbane | Nov 1991 |
| 30 | India | lost | 009 wkts | SAF | Port Elizabeth | Dec 1992 |
| 31 | India | lost | 008 wkts | Eng | Birmingham | Jun 1996 |
| 32 | India | lost | 004 wkts | NZl | Wellington | Dec 1998 |
| 33 | India | lost | 012 runs | Pak | Chennai | Jan 1999 |
| 34 | India | lost | 285 runs | Aus | Adelaide | Dec 1999 |
| 35 | India | lost | 010 wkts | Aus | Mumbai | Feb 2001 |
| 36 | India | lost | 010 wkts | Srl | Galle | Aug 2001 |
| 37 | India | lost | 009 wkts | SAF | Bloemfontein | Nov 2001 |
| 38 | India | lost | 170 runs | Eng | Lord’s | Jul 2002 |
| 39 | India | lost | 010 wkts | NZl | Wellington | Dec 2002 |
| 40 | India | lost | 217 runs | Aus | Bangalore | Oct 2004 |
| 41 | India | lost | 337 runs | Aus | Melbourne | Dec 2007 |
| 42 | India | lost | 122 runs | Aus | Sydney | Jan 2008 |
| 43 | India | lost | inns & 090 runs | SAF | Ahmedabad | Apr 2008 |
| 44 | India | lost | inns & 239 runs | Srl | Col-SSC | Jul 2008 |
| 45 | India | lost | inns & 006 runs | SAF | Nagpur | Feb 2010 |
| 46 | India | lost | 010 wkts | Srl | Galle | Jul 2010 |