This victory means India now have for the primary time extra wins than losses of their 92-year Check historical past. They achieved this grand milestone with 179 wins, which is another than their 178 losses in Check matches.
This positions India among the many few elite groups on the earth who’ve ever completed this feat.
In Check cricket’s 147-year historical past, solely seven groups have ever had extra wins than losses in some unspecified time in the future. At the moment, solely 5 groups have this document.
- India in Checks — Matches: 580 | Gained: 179 | Misplaced: 178 | Draw: 222 | Tied: 1
Other than India, these groups are Australia, England, South Africa, and Pakistan. Australia’s document is especially robust with 414 wins and 232 losses. England observe with a document of 397 wins in opposition to 325 losses. South Africa boast 179 wins in opposition to 161 losses, and Pakistan have 148 wins in comparison with 144 losses.
Regardless of reaching this milestone, India took fairly a very long time to get there. They performed 580 matches to succeed in this distinctive document, making them the slowest among the many seven groups which have achieved it no less than as soon as. In distinction, Australia’s dominant document was established a lot sooner as they achieved it after profitable the first-ever Check match in opposition to England in 1877.
Two groups which had at one level had extra wins than defeats of their Check cricket historical past are Afghanistan and West Indies.
5 Check-playing nations have but to attain a profitable document over losses. These international locations are New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, and Eire. Their journey in Check cricket continues, and so they attempt to hitch the elite membership of groups with extra wins than defeats.
