Since playing the first test against West Indies in 1948, India has played 33 tests at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi. 14 matches ended in draw, 5 were lost and 14 tests have been won by India. Except a draw in 2008 game played here against Australia, India has won the remaining last 10 games.
Indian Test Venues Record: Kolkata, Mohali, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai
Test Matches at Delhi
1. India vs West Indies draw Nov 1948
- Scorecard: WI 631, Ind 454 & 220/6
Bowling: 5/107 Rangachari (Ind)
Centuries: WI -Walcott (152), G Gomez (101), Weekes (128), Chrisdtiani (107), Ind – Adhikari (114*)
100-plus: 267 4th Walcott & Gomez, 101 6th Goddard & Weekes, 118 7th Weekes & Christiani, 106 9th Christiani & Atkinson
121 2nd Ibrahim & Modi (Ind)
2. India vs England draw Nov, 1951
- Captains: Vijay Hazare (Ind), N Howard (Eng)
Scorecard: Eng 203 & 368/6, Ind 418/6
Bowling: 6/91 S Shinde (Ind)
Centuries: Vijay Merchant (154), Vijay Hazare (164*), Watkins (137*)
100-plus: 211 3rd Merchant & Hazare, 158 4th Watkins & Carr
3. India def Pakistan by inns & 70 runs Oct, 1952
- Captains: Lala Amarnath (Ind), A Kardar (Pak)
Scorecard: Ind 372, Pak 150 & 152
Bowling: 13/131 M Mankad (8/52, 5/79)
100-plus: 109 10th Adhikari & Ghulam Ahmed
4. India vs New Zealand draw Dec, 1955
- Captains: Umnrigar (Ind), H Cave (NZ)
Scorecard: NZ 4502 & 112/1, Ind 531/7
Centuries: Sutcliffe (230*), J Reid (119*), Vijay Manjrekae (177)
100-plus: 130 2n Sutcliffe & J Guy, 222* 3rd Sutcliffe & Reid, 127 5th Manjrekar & Ramchand, 123 6th Manjrelar & Nadkarni, 101 1st Leggat & McGregor
5. India vs West Indies draw Feb, 1959
- Captains: Adhikari (Ind), F Alexander (WI)
Scorecard: Ind 415 & 275, WI 644/8
Bowling: 5/90 O Smith (WI)
Centuries: Holt (123), O Smith (100), Solomon (100*)
100-plus: 137 2nd Contractor & Umrigar, 134 6th Borde & Adhikari, 159 1st Hunte & Holt, 108 4th Borde & Adhikari
6. India lost to Australia by inns & 127 runs Dec, 1959
- Captains: Ramchand (Ind), Benaud (Aus)
Scorecard: Ind 135 & 206, Aus 468
Bowling: 5/76 Benaud (Aus)
Centuries: R Harvey (114)
100-plus: 132 4th Harvey & K McKay, 121 1st P Roy & Contractor
7. India vs Pakistan draw Feb, 1961
- Captains: Contractor (Ind), Fazal Mahmood (Pak)
Scorecard: Ind 463 & 16/0, Pak 286 & 250
Bowling: 5/64 VV Kumar (7 wkts on Debut)
Centuries: Umrigar (112), Mushtaq Mohammad (101)
100-plus: 107 2nd Contractore & Surti, 107 4th Umrigar & Borde, 136 5th Burki & Mushtaq Mohammad
8. India vs England draw Dec, 1961
- Captains: Contractor (Ind), Dexter (Eng)
Scorecard: Ind 466, Eng 256/3
Centuries: Jaisimha (127), Vijay Manjrekar (189), Barrington (113*)
100-plus: 121 1st Jaisimha & Contractor, 132 5th Manjrekar & Borde, 164 2nd Pullar & Barrington
9. India vs England draw Feb, 1964
- Captains: Nawab of Pataudi jnr (Ind), Mike Smith (Eng)
Scorecard: Ind 344 & 463, Eng 451
Centuries: Hanumant Singh (105), Cowdrey (151), Kunderan (100), Nawab of Pataudi jnr (203*)
100-plus: 101 1st Bolus & Edrich, 115 5th Parfitt & Cowdrey, 125 3rd Kunderan & Nawab of Pataudi jnr, 5th 190* Nawab of Pataudi jnr & Borde
10. India def New Zealand by 7 wickets Mar, 1965
- Captains: Nawab of Pataudi jnr (Ind), John Reid (NZ)
Scorecard: NZ 262 & 272, Ind 465 & 73/3
Bowling: 12/152 Venkataraghavan (8/72, 4/80)
Centuries: Sardesai (106), Nawab of Pataudi jnr (113)
100-plus: 123 2nd Sardesai & Hanumant Singh, 148 4th Sardesai & Borde, 104 4th Jarvis & Reid
11. India def Australia by 7 wickets Dec, 1969
- Captains: Nawab of Pataudi jnr (Ind), Lawry (Aus)
Scorecard: Aus 296 & 107, Ind 223 & 181/3
Bowling: 6/64 Mallett, 5/37 Bedi, 5/42 Prasanna
Centuries: Ian Chappell (138),
100-plus: 118 6th Chappell & Taber, 120* 4th Wadekar & Viswanath
12. India lost to England by 6 wickets Dec, 1972
- Captains: Wadekar (Ind), Tony Lewis (Eng)
Scorecard: Ind 173 & 233, Eng 200 & 208/4
Bowling: 6/45 Arnold, 8/79 Chandrasekhar
100-plus: 101* 5th Tony Lewis & Tony Greig
13. India lost to West Indies by inns & 17 runs Dec, 1974
- Captains: Venkataraghavan (Ind), Clive Lloyd (WI)
Scorecard: Ind 220 & 256, WI 493
Bowling: 6/76 Lance Gibbs
Centuries: Vivian Richards (192*)
100-plus: 120 5th Richards & Lloyd, 124 8th Richards & Boyce, 101 4th Viswanath & Parthasarthi Sharma
14. India lost to England by inns & 25 runs Dec , 1976
- Captains: Bedi (Ind), Tony Greig (Eng)
Scorecard: Eng 381, Ind 122 & 234
Bowling: 10/70 John Lever (7/46, 3/24)
Centuries: Denniss Amiss (179)
100-plus: 101 6th Amiss & Knott
15. India vs West Indies draw Jan, 1979
- Captains: Gavaskar (Ind), Kallicharran (WI)
Scorecard: Ind 566, WI 172 & 179/3
Centuries: Gavaskar (120), Vengasarkar (109), Kapil (126*)
100-plus: 119 1st Gavaskar & Chetan Chauhan, 151 2nd Gavaskar & Vengasarkar
16. India vs Australia draw Oct , 1979
- Captains: Gavaskar (Ind), Kim Hughes (Aus)
Scorecard: Ind 510, Aus 298 & 413
Bowling: 5/82 Kapil Dev
Centuries: Gavaskar (115), Viswanath (131), Yashpal Sharma (100*)
100-plus: 159 3rd Gavaskar & Viswanath, 127 2nd Hilditch & Allan Border
17. India vs Pakistan draw Dec, 1979
- Captains: Gavaskar (Ind), Asif Iqbal (Pak)
Scorecard: Pak 273 & 242, Ind 126 & 364/6
Bowling: 11/190 Sikandar Bakht (Pak) (8/69, 3/121), 5/58 Kapil Dev
Centuries: Vengasarkar (146*)
100-plus: 130 5th Wasim Raja & Asif Iqbal, 122 4th Vengasarkar & Yashpal Sharma
18. India vs England draw Dec , 1981
- Captains: Gavaskar (Ind), Keith Fletcher (Eng)
Scorecard: Eng 476 & 68/0, Ind 487
Bowling: 5/85 Madan Lal
Centuries: Boycott (105), Tavare (149), Viswanath (107)
100-plus: 132 1st Gooch & Boycott, 116 2nd Boycott & Tavare, 120 Tavare & Fletcher, 128 8th Shastri & Kirmani
19. India vs West Indies draw Oct-Nov, 1983
- Captains: Kapil Dev (Ind), Clive Lloyd
MOM: Vengasarkar
Scorecard: Ind 464 & 233, WI 384 & 120/2
Bowling: 6/77 Kapil Dev
Centuries: Gavaskar (121), Vengasarkar (159), Lloyd (103),
100-plus: 178 2nd Gavaskar & Vengasarkar, 145 4th Vengasarkar & Shastri, 131 6th Richards & Lloyd
20. India lost to England by 8 wickets Dec, 1984
- Captains: Gavaskar (Ind), Gower (Eng)
Scorecard: Ind 307 & 235, Eng 418 & 127/2
Bowling: 6/99 Sivaramakrishnan
Centuries: Robinson (160)
100-plus: 110 3rd Robinson & Allan Lamb, 106 6th Robinson & Downton, 121 3rd Gavaskar & Mohinder Amarnath
21. India vs Australia drawn Sep, 1986
- Captains: Kapil Dev (Ind), Allan Border (Aus)
Scorecard: Aus 207/3, Ind 107/3
22. India lost to West Indies by 5 wickets Nov, 1987
- Captains: Vengasarkar (Ind), Viv Richards (WI)
Scorecard: Ind 75 & 327, WI 127 & 276/5
Bowling: 5/24 Patterson, 5/55 Chetan Sharma, 5/54 Walsh,
Centuries: Vengasarkar (102), Richards (109*)
23. India def Zimbabwe by inns & 13 runs Mar, 1993
- Captains: Azharuddin (Ind), Houghton (Zim)
MOM: Kambli for his double century
Scorecard: Ind 536/7, Zim 322 & 201
Bowling: 5/70 Kumble
Centuries: Kambli (227), Andy Flower (115)
100-plus: 107 2nd Sidhu & Kambli, 137 3rd Kambli & Tendulkar, 107 4th Kambli & Azharuddin, 192 4th Andy Flower & Grant Flower
24. India def Australia by 7 wickets Oct, 1996
- Captains: Tendulkar (Ind), Mark Taylor (Aus)
MOM: Nayan Mongia
Scorecard: Aus 182 & 234, Ind 361 & 58/3
Bowling: 5/67 Kumble
Centuries: Nayan Mongia (152),
100-plus: 131 2nd Nayan Mongia & Ganguly
25. India def Pakistan by 212 runs Feb, 1999
- Captains: Azharuddin (Ind), Wasim Akram (Pak)
MOM: Kumble
Scorecard: 252 & 339, Pak 172 & 207
Bowling: 14/149 Kumble (4/75, 10/74), 10/216 Saqlain (Pak) (5/94, 5/122)
100-plus: 100 8th Ganguly & Srinath, 101 1st Saeed Anwar & Afridi
26. India def Zimbabwe by 7 wickets Nov, 2000
- Captains: Ganguly (Ind), Heath Streak (Zim)
MOM: Srinath for 9/141
Scorecard: Zim 422/9d & 225, Ind 458/4d & 190/3
Bowling: 5/60 Srinath
Centuries: Andy Flower (183*), Dravid (200*), Tendulkar (122)
100-plus: 119 3rd Andy Flower & Carlisle, 107 2nd S Das & Dravid, 203 3rd Dravid & Tendulkar, 110* 4th Dravid & Ganguly
27. India def Zimbabwe by 4 wickets Mar, 2002
- Captains: Ganguly (Ind), Carlisle (Zim)
Scorecard: Zim 329 & 146, Ind 354 & 126/6
Bowling: 6/64 Harbhajan
Centuries: Ganguly (136)
100-plus: 116 4th Andy Flower & Ebrahim, 120 5th Ganguly & Sehwag
28. India def Sri Lanka by 188 runs Dec, 2005
- Captains: Dravid (Ind), Atapattu (SL)
MOM: Kumble
Scorecard: Ind 290 & 375/6, SL 230 & 247
Bowling: 7/100 Muralitharan, 10/157 Kumble (6/72, 4/85)
Centuries: Tendulkar (109)
100-plus: 121 4th Tendulkar & Ganguly, 113 3rd Atapattu & Mahela Jayawardene, 104* 7th Yuvraj & Dhoni
29. India def Pakistan by 6 wickets Nov, 2007
- Captains: Kumble (Ind), Shoaib Malik (Pak)
MOM: Kumble for 7/116 & 24 runs
Scorecard: Pak 231 & 247, Ind 276 & 203/4
100-plus: 115 6th Laxman & Dhoni,
30. India vs Australia draw Oct-Nov, 2008
- Captains: Kumble (Ind), Ponting (Aus)
MOM: Laxman for 200* & 59*
Scorecard: Ind 613/7 & 208/5d, Aus 577 & 31/0
Bowling: 5/104 Sehwag
Centuries: 206 Gambhir, 200* Laxman, 112 Clarke
100-plus: 130 3rd Gambhir & Tendulkar, 288 4th Gambhir & Laxman, 123 1st Hayden & Katich, 106 7th Clarke & Cameron White
31. India def West Indies by 5 wickets Nov, 2011
- Captains: Dhoni (Ind), Sammy (WI)
MOM: Ashwin took 6/47 (9/128) in debut match, although made a duck while batting in first inning.
Scorecard: WI: 304 & 180, Ind 209 & 276/5
Bowling: 6/47 Ashwin, 6/72 Pragyan Ojha
Centuries: 118 by Chanderpaul
100-plus: 108 4th Brathwaite & Chanderpaul
32. India def Australia by 6 wickets March, 2013
- Captains: Dhoni (Ind), Shane Watson (Aus)
MOM: Ravindra Jadeja
33. India def South Africa by 337 runs, Dec, 2015
- Captains: Kohli (Ind), Hashim Amla (SA)
MOM: Ajinkya Rahane
Scorecard: Ind 334 & 267/5d, SA 121 & 143
Bowling: 5/40 Kyle Abbot, 5/30 Jadeja, 5/61 Ashwin
Centuries: 127 and 100* Rahane
100-plus: 154 2nd Kohli, Rahane
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