Top 5 overseas Test victories for India in recent times

#1. India vs Australia, Perth 2008

Anil Kumble lead India to one of its most memorable victories in Perth

India came to Australia with a poor record in the country winning just 4 Test matches in Australia. India had a poor opening game where they were bundled out for less than 200 in both innings in the 1st Test match at Melbourne. India lost the second Test at Sydney from a winning position due to multiple umpiring errors.

The 2nd Test at Sydney was filled with controversies leading to several on field and off field altercations between the players as well as between the cricket boards of the two countries. Harbhajan Singh was accused of racism in the infamous monkey-gate incident at Sydney, and captain Kumble had publicly accused Australia of not playing the series with the true spirit of the game.

With the poor form of important players, grave umpiring errors against the team and charges of racism against one of their premium spinners almost everything that could have gone wrong for India had gone wrong. With this backdrop, India came into play the 3rd Test match at Perth.

India batted well in the first innings and posted a par total. In response, Australian batsmen were outsmarted by the Indian bowlers restricting them to a below par total giving India a huge lead in the first innings. The Indian batsmen consolidated in the second innings setting Australia a target of 412.

The Indian bowlers restricted Australia to 340 runs in the 2nd Innings to give India a monumental victory against the World Champions. Captain Kumble deserves a large part of the credit for this stellar performance for the way he carried the team in extremely tough conditions