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Rare series win away form home

September 22, 2005 21:35 IST

The victory in Harare Test gave India [ Images ] their ninth series win overseas and only the fifth outside the sub-continent. The last series win for India outside the sub-continent had come in 1986 in England [ Images ].

The details:

Season Country Tests Result Captain
1967-68 New Zealand [ Images ] 4 India  3-1 Nawab of Pataudi, Jr
1970-71 West Indies [ Images ] 5 India  1-0 Ajit Wadekar
1971 England  3 India  1-0 Ajit Wadekar
1986 England  3 India  2-0 Kapil Dev [ Images ]
1993-94 Sri Lanka [ Images ] 3 India  1-0 Mohammad Azharuddin [ Images ]
2000-01 Bangladesh  1 India  1-0 Sourav Ganguly [ Images ]
2003-04 Pakistan 3 India  2-1 Rahul Dravid [ Images ] (2)/ Sourav Ganguly (1)
2004-05 Bangladesh  2 India  2-0 Sourav Ganguly
2005-06 Zimbabwe 2 India  2-0 Sourav Ganguly
Rajneesh Gupta