MiD DAY picks ten best wins from India's century of Test wins which was achieved in Kanpur yesterday
1. Chennai, 1952 India ended their 20-year wait for a Test win here against Donald Carr's Englishmen. 
2. Kanpur, 1959 Aided by off-spinner Jasu Patel's nine for 69 in Australia's first innings, Richie Benaud's tourists were conquered by 119 runs.
3. Mumbai, 1964 A packed house watched a cliff-hanger which India clinched by two wickets.
4. Trinidad, 1971 Sunil Gavaskar led the batting charge with knocks of 65 and 67 on Test debut while Dilip Sardesai scored a memorable hundred.
5. The Oval, 1971 BS Chandrasekhar claimed six to bowl out England for 101 before India achieved their 173-run target with four wickets to spare.
6. Trinidad, 1976 Set to score 403 for victory, India scored 406, losing only four wickets in a record run chase. 
7. Melbourne, 1981 Australia needed to score only 143 to win but crumbled thanks to Kapil Dev (5 for 28). 
8. Kolkata, 2001 Despite being forced to follow-on, India ended up beating Australia. Harbhajan became India's first Test hat-trick man.
9. Adelaide, 2003 India achieved only their fourth Test win Down Under when Rahul Dravid and Ajit Agarkar shared the batting and bowling honours. 
10. Perth, 2008 After the dramatic loss in Sydney where India were done in by poor umpiring, Anil Kumble's Indians re-grouped in style and beat Australia at a venue where they were at their invincible best.

MiD DAY picks ten best wins from India's century of Test wins which was achieved in Kanpur yesterday

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