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Thursday, December 7, 2017

India Under Virat Kohli's Captaincy Emulates England and Australia's Record of 9 Consecutive Test Series Wins



India emulates -

England who won 9 Consecutive Series Wins from 1884 to 1892 and
Australia who won 9 Consecutive Series Wins from2005-06  to 2008



by virtue of the 1-0 Test Series victory over Sri Lanka





3-Match Test Series Results

First Test @ Kolkata Nov 16-20,2017
Scorecard
India 172 and 352/8 Declared
Sri Lanka 294 and 75/7
Match Result - Match Drawn
MOM - Bhuvneshwar Kumar(India)for his 4/88(27 Overs )and  4/08(11 Overs)

Second Test @ Nagpur Nov 24-27,2017
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 205 and 166
India 610/6 Declared
Match Result - India won by An Innings and 239 Runs
MOM - Virat Kohli(India) for his 213(267 Balls 4x17 and 6x2)
Series Result - India lead the 3-Match Test Series 1-0

Third  Test @ Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi Dec 02-06,2017
Scorecard
India            536/7 Declared and246/5 Declared
Sri Lanka    373 and 299/5
Match Result - Match Drawn
MOM -Virat Kohli(India)for his 243 and 50
Player of the Series - Virat Kohli(India)for scoring 610 Runs in 5 Innings(0 ,104*,213,243and 50)
Series Result - India won the 3-MatchTest  Series 1-0


India's  9 Consecutive Test Series Wins

Year        Vs                        Venue          No of Tests           Result

2015        Sri Lanka            Sri Lanka           03                     2-1
2015-16   South Africa       India                   04                     3-1
2016        West Indies         WI                     04                     2-0
2016-17   New Zealand      India                  03                     3-0
2016-17   England              India                  05                     4-0
2016-17   Bangladesh         India                  01                      1-0
2016-17   Australia             India                  04                     2-1
2017         Sri Lanka           Sri Lanka           03                     3-0
2017         Sri Lanka           India                   03                     1-0

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