1. 2006- India wins by 123 runs, Johannesburg
The Indian team had been traveling to South Africa without much success, but all that changed in the first Test of the 2006-07 Test series under Rahul Dravid’s captaincy. India won their first Test match against Proteas thanks to its pacers as they made the Proteas batters hop and weave and duck.
Rahul Dravid won the toss and despite the history saying bat second, with damp spots on the pitch, he chose to bat first, having played three pacers in Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, and VRV Singh in the XI.
Openers Wasim Jaffer and Virender Sehwag fell for single-digit scores, but a 69-run stand between Sachin Tendulkar (44) and Dravid (32) helped steady the ship. But after their dismissals, India looked in trouble of collapsing for a cheap score, but a returning Sourav Ganguly played a gritty knock of 51, helping India to 249 in 1st innings.
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The Sreesanth swung the ball miles to run through South Africa batting with figures of 5/40, as the Proteas crumbled to 84 all out. Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble took 2 wickets each and VRV Singh scalped one. India got a lead of 165 runs.
In the second do, VVS Laxman top-scored with 73 runs. With help from Sehwag’s 33, Ganguly's 25, and Zaheer's 37, India put up 236 on the board to give South Africa a target of 402 runs.
While the likes of Jacques Kallis (27), Mark Boucher (23), and Shaun Pollock (40) tried their best, and Ashwell Prince top-scored with 97, South Africa could only manage 278 runs.
Zaheer, Sreesanth, and Kumble took 3 wickets each, as India won the match by 123 runs to register their first-ever Test victory on South African soil.
