5 amazing series wins for India after starting on a wrong note

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A still from the series between England and India in 1972 which the hosts India won 2-1

#3 2007, India\'s tour of England, India won 1-0

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India won the four-Test series 1-0

What makes the victory incredible: It was India’s first Test series win in England since 1986.

The Awe factor: India drew the first Test with great difficulty, its last four wickets playing out 49 overs with the last pair of Sreesanth and MS Dhoni (76 not out), a newcomer at the time, holding fort for five overs. That draw helped India win the series in effect.

India weren’t great travellers and away series wins were few and far in between. However, Rahul Dravid continued Sourav Ganguly’s legacy by winning in West Indies and then in England. India drew the first and third Tests, the former being something of a great escape.

In the second Test, Zaheer Khan’s 4-59 bundled England out for 198. India amassed 481 thanks to four of their top five scoring half-centuries with Sachin top-scoring with 91. Michael Vaughan helped England to 355 with a century in the second innings, but Zaheer once again proved the nemesis for the hosts picking a five-wicket haul in a Man of the Match winning performance.

That ensured India had to chase down just 73 in the final innings which they did losing three wickets, their skipper and ex-skipper at the crease when the winning runs were scored.

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