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Sehwag joins a select band
Rajneesh Gupta |
December 22, 2005 12:18 IST
Virender Sehwag [Images] on Thursday joined the select band of players who registered a win in their first ever Test as India's captain.
Sehwag is sixth Indian player to do so, which includes the names of Polly Umrigar, Sunil Gavaskar [Images], Ravi Shastri, Sachin Tendulkar [Images] and Sourav Ganguly [Images].
Shastri - the previous record-holder for the biggest win by an Indian on captaincy debut - never captained India in a Test again.
The details: | Captain | Test | Opponent | Venue | Season | Margin |
| PR Umrigar | 2nd | New Zealand [Images] | Bombay | 1955-56 | Inns & 27 runs |
| SM Gavaskar | 1st | New Zealand | Auckland | 1975-76 | 8 wkts |
| RJ Shastri | 4th | West Indies [Images] | Chennai | 1987-88 | 255 runs |
| SR Tendulkar | Only | Australia | New Delhi | 1996-97 | 7 wkts |
| SC Ganguly | Only | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 2000-01 | 9 wkts |
| V Sehwag | 3rd | Sri Lanka [Images] | Ahmedabad | 2005-06 | 259 runs |
The 259 runs win is India's biggest against Sri Lanka and fourth biggest of all time as is evident from the following table:
| Margin | Test | Opponent | Venue | Season |
| 280 runs | 3rd | South Africa | Kanpur | 1996-97 |
| 279 runs | 2nd | England [Images] | Leeds | 1986 |
| 272 runs | 4th | New Zealand | Auckland | 1967-68 |
| 259 runs | 3rd | Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 2005-06 |
| 255 runs | 4th | West Indies | Chennai | 1987-88 |
| 235 runs | 2nd | Sri Lanka | Colombo SSC | 1993-94 |
| 222 runs | 3rd | Australia | Melbourne | 1977-78 |
| 216 runs | 3rd | New Zealand | Chennai | 1976-77 |
| 212 runs | 2nd | Pakistan | Delhi | 1998-99 |
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- Best batting recoveries for India
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