What significant statistical milestone did India achieve with the Dharamsala Test win over England? | Cricket News

Having endured quite a few crests and troughs and outgrowing the underdog tag all through their cricketing historical past, India’s innings-and-64-run win towards the Bazballers was their 178th win of their 579th Check look.

Whereas ‘178’ as a quantity might not essentially stand out in itself, the triumph pulled India’s wins stage with the variety of losses for the primary time of their Check historical past –- the win-loss ratio now stands at 1 after 314 cricketers have spent 2,673 days on the sector for the nation.

Laggards to contenders

Registering their first Check victory took India 25 Checks and 20 years. After taking part in England, Australia and West Indies – for 12 losses and as many attracts – India notched up an innings and six-run victory over England in Madras beneath the management of the legendary Vijay Hazare on February 10, 1952.

By their tenth Check win, India had performed 94 Checks. The W/L ratio remained lopsided for a fledgling Indian staff after 100 Checks – reeling at 0.25 with 10 wins, 40 losses, and 50 attracts.A maiden abroad win got here in Dunedin towards New Zealand in 1968 as spin stalwarts Erapalli Prasanna and Bishan Singh Bedi additionally propelled India to their first abroad collection win by a 3-1 margin.

Nevertheless, such situations remained uncommon for a creating Indian aspect that confirmed the power to punch above their weight solely in patches. India remained a middling staff, ranked sixth-best on the planet within the twentieth century. Pakistan and South Africa, who performed significantly fewer video games than India throughout this era, recorded extra wins. As of December 31, 2000 – India had performed 336 Checks for 63 wins with a W/L share of 0.58.

India had been additionally not recognized to be the dominant staff at residence that they’re now. It took 150 Checks (36-35) at residence for India’s wins to outnumber their losses. The W/L ratio finally stood at 1.166 (in 179 residence Checks) on the finish of the twentieth century – with Pakistan (2.529), West Indies (2.444) and Australia (2.140) main the charts in that regard.

For a 25-Check cut-off, India had been additionally the poorest touring staff, having gained simply 14 out of the 157 Checks performed, a pitiful W/L ratio of 0.20.

Most profitable Check groups

Period of domination

Nevertheless, the twenty first century led to a exceptional uptick in India’s Check fortunes. In these 23 years, India have gained 115 of 243 Checks and stands second amongst all groups, solely behind Australia.

The dramatic turnaround has largely been fuelled by their dominant run in residence situations, the place they boast an astounding win share of 62.7 in 110 matches, with solely Australia forward of them. India have additionally gained 46 matches in 131 outings abroad since 2001, solely bettered by Australia once more.

Whereas progress was made within the 2000-09 decade, India surged to the highest spot over Australia from the beginning of 2010, each at residence and away – with 77 wins from 142 matches – amassing a W/L ratio of 1.833.

Win-Loss ratio in Checks in final 10 years

A pivotal part in India’s resurgence got here when MS Dhoni handed the reins of the Check aspect to Virat Kohli. Between 2014 and 2020, Kohli led India to 40 wins in 68 Checks with a 58.82 win share. Since taking on captaincy in 2022, Rohit has additionally had a optimistic file, with 10 wins in 16 matches.

The win in Dharamsala might solely be a transient quantity on India’s Check profile in the long run. Nevertheless, the results of the fifth Check will likely be remembered for the success of a largely younger staff and a major intersection of memorable wins and defeats as India enter an period the place they are going to undoubtedly be considered a long-format superpower.

India’s milestone victories

• 1st win: v England, February 1952 – Chennai
• fiftieth win: v Sri Lanka, January 1994 – Lucknow
• one hundredth win: v Sri Lanka, November 2009 – Kanpur
• a hundred and fiftieth win: v Australia, December 2020 – Melbourne
• 178th win: v England, March 2023 – Dharamsala

India’s outcome development

• After 25 Checks –  Gained: 1, Loss: 12, Draw: 12
• After 100 Checks – Gained: 10, Loss: 40, Draw: 50
• After 200 Checks – Gained: 35, Loss: 72, Draw: 93, Tied: 1
• After 300 Checks – Gained: 56, Loss: 98, Draw: 145, Tied: 1
• After 400 Checks – Gained: 88, Loss: 129, Draw: 182, Tied: 1
• After 500 Checks – Gained: 130, Loss: 157, Draw: 212, Tied: 1

After 579 Checks – Gained: 178, Loss: 178, Draw: 222, Tied: 1

• Residence (289 matches) – Gained: 118, Loss: 55, Draw: 115, Tied: 1
• Away (290 matches) – Gained: 60, Loss: 123, Draw: 107

Gamers a part of most Check wins

Most runs in gained Checks

• 5946 – Sachin Tendulkar
• 5131 – Rahul Dravid
• 4542 – Virat Kohli

Most wickets in gained Checks