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Mankad and Roy's 413 — World Record Opening Stand, Madras 1956

India vs New Zealand

1956-01-09

On 6-7 January 1956, Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy added 413 for India's first wicket against New Zealand at Madras — a world-record opening partnership that would stand for 52 years. Mankad made 231 (then India's highest individual Test score) and Roy 173. The stand allowed India to declare at 537 for 3 and win the match by an innings and 109 runs.

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India's First Test Victory — Madras, February 1952

India vs England

1952-02-10

On 10 February 1952, in their 25th Test match, India recorded their first Test victory by beating England by an innings and 8 runs at Madras. Vinoo Mankad took 12 for 108 in the match — including 8 for 55 in the first innings — and Pankaj Roy and Polly Umrigar made centuries. The win came twenty years after India had been admitted to Test cricket and signalled the start of India's gradual climb into the top tier of the international game.

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