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10 most memorable Test wins by Indian cricket team in last 20 years

India over the last 2 decades have won several memorable Test matches, both home and away. Several heroes have emerged and helped India script many memorable wins in the last 20 years.Here’s a list of India’s most memorable Test wins in the last two decades:

#10 India vs England: Nottingham, 2007

India had managed to draw the first Test at Lord’s thanks to the rain and were lucky to head into the second Test at Trent Bridge, still 0-0.

Opting to bowl first, after a delayed start, the Indian bowlers were on the money straightaway with Zaheer Khan leading the way. He and Anil Kumble never let any of the English batsmen to settle down and bundled them out for 198 in their first innings.

India, thanks to contributions from Jaffer, Karthik, Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman, registered a score of 483 all out on the board, thereby gaining a lead of 283 runs.

Spurred by the jelly-bean incident, India came out firing in the second innings with Zaheer Khan putting up yet another brilliant performance, and despite captain Vaughan’s century, India had to chase only 73 runs. Zaheer picked up a total of 9 wickets in the match.

Despite a stutter, India managed to cross the line with 7 wickets remaining and went on to win the test match and the series 1-0.

 

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