- Second Test, March 6-10, 1971
This was team India’s first ever victory over the West Indies team in this format and the win came at the right place i.e. on West Indies soil. In the year 1971 team India travelled to West Indies to play five matches test match series. After the first match ended in a draw, team India showed great class in the second one and riding on brilliant team effort from the boys, team India went on to win the Test match. Batting first, the West Indies team could just post a total 214 runs on the board. In reply team, India scored 352 runs and owned a lead of 138 runs.
In the third innings of the game the West Indies team tried to fight back but was bundled out on a total of 261 runs which meant that team India had only 124 runs to chase for a victory. Debutant Sunil Gavaskar scored the second half-century of the match and riding on his innings team India went on to win the contest. This victory is still one of the memorable victories in the history as this was the only match of the series that did not end in a draw which meant that team India won the series which was also the first series win for Indian team on foreign soil.