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A celebration of the great feats and path-breaking events witnessed in the history of the game.

The first Test match in India

December 18, 2020

15 Dec 1933. The first Test match started in India

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In England v India Tags Lala Amarnath, CK Nayudu, Douglas Jardine
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Kapil Dev slams four sixes in a row to save follow-on

July 29, 2020

30 July 1990. India required 24 runs to save the follow-on, with 9 wickets down and Narendra Hirwani fumbling his rather inept bat at the other end. Kapil Dev took control of the situation in his inimitable style by clubbing Eddie Hemmings for four consecutive sixes to avoid the follow-on! Arunabha Sengupta recalls the calculated carnage.

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In England v India Tags Kapil Dev, Arunabha Sengupta
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The road to Lord's 1932

June 24, 2020

India played their inaugural Test on 25 June 1932

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In England v India Tags CK Nayudu, Vizzy, Maharaja of Patiala, Abhishek Mukherjee
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Dilip Vengsarkar's third hundred at Lord's

June 9, 2020

June 10, 1986. On their 11th attempt, India finally won a Test at Lord’s, thanks to a spectacular century by Dilip Vengsarkar — his third on the hallowed ground. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the match that ended in a change at the helm for England in rather unsavoury circumstances.

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In England v India Tags Dilip Vengsarkar, Arunabha Sengupta
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0 for 4: The day of destruction at Headingley

June 7, 2020

7 June 1952. The day the scoreboard showed 0 for 4.

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In England v India Tags Fred Trueman, Arunabha Sengupta
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