Virat Kohli leads India for record breaking win

Indians led by Virat Kohli had a brilliant showcase at Pune. They sealed the three-match Test series against South Africa by 2-0 with the final match yet to be played in Ranchi. With the series triumph, the Indian team rewrote cricket history by creating a new record.

The record by Team India

The fourth day of the Pune Test saw Virat Kohli asking for the visitors to follow on with 326 lead from first innings. Then, the Indian bowling attack responded to the captain’s call with perfection. They ran South African line-up to wrap up the match pretty quickly. Indians won the match by an innings and 137 runs. This means they also claimed the ongoing three-match series by 2-0.

This series win helped India create a world record in Test cricket for most consecutive series victories at home. This is India’s 11th consecutive successive series win at home. It helped Indians past Australia. Australia’s previous best of 10 wins which they recorded twice. The winning streaks back then came to an end in 2000 and 2008 respectively. No other Test-playing nation has recorded more than eight wins so far.

Outstanding Indians

During this 11-series winning streak, India won 25 Tests, ended five matches in draw, and lost just one match. The only loss was registered against Australia at Pune in 2017. Steve Smith with the bat and Steve O’Keefe’s brilliance with the ball did an unthinkable for Australia.
In 2012-13 India lost a Test series at home against England. Alastair Cook led the tourists to a 2-1 series win in a five-match series. India won the first match comfortably at Ahmedabad but England came back strongly and took revenge. Thanks to the master class batting by Cook and the splendid English spinners, Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann, England won the next two Tests. The final match was drawn in Nagpur and series was sealed with 2-1 in favour of England.

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Indians led by Virat Kohli had a brilliant showcase at Pune. They sealed the three-match Test series against South Africa by 2-0 with the final match yet to be played in Ranchi. With the series triumph, the Indian team rewrote cricket history by creating a new record.

The record by Team India

The fourth day of the Pune Test saw Virat Kohli asking for the visitors to follow on with 326 lead from first innings. Then, the Indian bowling attack responded to the captain’s call with perfection. They ran South African line-up to wrap up the match pretty quickly. Indians won the match by an innings and 137 runs. This means they also claimed the ongoing three-match series by 2-0. This series win helped India create a world record in Test cricket for most consecutive series victories at home. This is India’s 11th consecutive successive series win at home. It helped Indians past Australia. Australia’s previous best of 10 wins which they recorded twice. The winning streaks back then came to an end in 2000 and 2008 respectively. No other Test-playing nation has recorded more than eight wins so far.

Outstanding Indians

During this 11-series winning streak, India won 25 Tests, ended five matches in draw, and lost just one match. The only loss was registered against Australia at Pune in 2017. Steve Smith with the bat and Steve O’Keefe’s brilliance with the ball did an unthinkable for Australia. In 2012-13 India lost a Test series at home against England. Alastair Cook led the tourists to a 2-1 series win in a five-match series. India won the first match comfortably at Ahmedabad but England came back strongly and took revenge. Thanks to the master class batting by Cook and the splendid English spinners, Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann, England won the next two Tests. The final match was drawn in Nagpur and series was sealed with 2-1 in favour of England. Stay updated with all the cricketing action, follow Cricadium on FacebookTwitterand Instagram