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India faltering after taking lead in a Test series
Rajneesh Gupta
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 India lost the Durban Test by 174 runs. This provided the seventh instance since 2000 when India lost the next Test after gaining a 1-0 lead in the series.

In the following two cases India won the FIRST Test of the series just to lose the SECOND Test:

Opponent
Season
Mts
First Test
Second Test
Series result
Zimbabwe
2001
2
Bulawayo/Ind-8 wkts
Harare/Zim-4 wkts
Drawn 1-1
Pakistan
2003-04
3
Multan/Ind-Inns & 52 runs
Lahore [Images]/Pak-9 wkts
Won 2-1

On the following four occasions the FIRST Test of the series was drawn. India won the SECOND Test but lost the THIRD Test:

OpponentSeasonMtsSecond TestThird TestSeries result
West Indies [Images]2001-025Port-of-Spain/Ind-37 runsBridgetown/WI-10 wktsLost 1-2
Australia2003-044Adelaide/Ind-4 wktsMelbourne/Aus-9 wktsDrawn 1-1
Pakistan2005-063Kolkata / Ind-195 runsBangalore / Pak- 168 runsDrawn 1-1
England [Images]2005-063Mohali / Ind-9 wktsMumbai/ Eng-212 runsDrawn 1-1
 


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