India's epic win against the recently concluded Test at Delhi will be rememberd for Anil Kumble's historic feat. But among many other records, a very important fact seems to have missed the attention it deserves. India have beaten Pakistan for the first time in 19 years in a Test (although a decade of that was without any Tests between them) and after a gap of 22 Tests. Pakistan had won 5 of these and the remaining 17 were drawn.

The last time India beat Pakistan was in fact at the same ground where they lost the first Test of the current series, Chepauk, in early 1980. Since then the two teams have played 5 series before the present one.

The following table lists the results of the Tests between the teams, since and including India's last win against Pakistan 19 years ago.

Venue      Start Date          Result

Madras     15 Jan 1980         India won by 10 wickets
Calcutta   29 Jan 1980         Match drawn
Lahore     10 Dec 1982         Match drawn
Karachi    23 Dec 1982         Pakistan won by an innings and 86 runs
Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983         Pakistan won by 10 wickets
Hyderabad  14 Jan 1983         Pakistan won by an innings and 119 runs
Lahore     23 Jan 1983         Match drawn
Karachi    30 Jan 1983         Match drawn
Bangalore  14 Sep 1983         Match drawn
Jullundur  24 Sep 1983         Match drawn
Nagpur     05 Oct 1983         Match drawn
Lahore     17 Oct 1984         Match drawn
Faisalabad 24 Oct 1984         Match drawn
Madras     03 Feb 1987         Match drawn
Calcutta   11 Feb 1987         Match drawn
Jaipur     21 Feb 1987         Match drawn
Ahmedabad  04 Mar 1987         Match drawn
Bangalore  13 Mar 1987         Pakistan won by 16 runs
Karachi    15 Nov 1989         Match drawn
Faisalabad 23 Nov 1989         Match drawn
Lahore     01 Dec 1989         Match drawn
Sialkot    09 Dec 1989         Match drawn
Madras/    28 Jan 1999         Pakistan won by 12 runs
Chennai
Delhi      04 Feb 1999         India won by 212 runs

Contributed by : Atul Kahate (AKahate@yahoo.com)