India's first win in the last 22 Tests against Pakistan (8 February 1999)

8 February 1999

India's first win in the last 22 Tests against Pakistan

Atul Kahate

India's epic win against the recently concluded Test at Delhi will be rememberd for Anil Kumble's historic feat. But among many other records, a very important fact seems to have missed the attention it deserves. India have beaten Pakistan for the first time in 19 years in a Test (although a decade of that was without any Tests between them) and after a gap of 22 Tests. Pakistan had won 5 of these and the remaining 17 were drawn.

The last time India beat Pakistan was in fact at the same ground where they lost the first Test of the current series, Chepauk, in early 1980. Since then the two teams have played 5 series before the present one.

The following table lists the results of the Tests between the teams, since and including India's last win against Pakistan 19 years ago.

Madras 15/01/1980 India won by 10 wickets Calcutta 29/01/1980 Match drawn Lahore 10/12/1982 Match drawn Karachi 23/12/1982 Pakistan won by an innings and 86 runs Faisalabad 03/01/1983 Pakistan won by 10 wickets Hyderabad 14/01/1983 Pakistan won by an innings and 119 runs Lahore 23/01/1983 Match drawn Karachi 30/01/1983 Match drawn Bangalore 14/09/1983 Match drawn Jullundur 24/09/1983 Match drawn Nagpur 05/10/1983 Match drawn Lahore 17/10/1984 Match drawn Faisalabad 24/10/1984 Match drawn Madras 03/02/1987 Match drawn Calcutta 11/02/1987 Match drawn Jaipur 21/02/1987 Match drawn Ahmedabad 04/03/1987 Match drawn Bangalore 13/03/1987 Pakistan won by 16 runs Karachi 15/11/1989 Match drawn Faisalabad 23/11/1989 Match drawn Lahore 01/12/1989 Match drawn Sialkot 09/12/1989 Match drawn Madras/ 28/01/1999 Pakistan won by 12 runs Chennai Delhi 04/02/1999 India won by 212 runs

Source :: Atul Kahate