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India one up against England
CALCUTTA. Feb 2 India's drought of Test victories ended today when they defeated England convin-
cingly by eight wickets in the first Test at the Eden Gardens here today, reports AFP.
Resuming at the overnight score of 36 for no loss, the Indians raced to the 79 run victory target 65 minutes after the start of the fifth and final day s play to take a vital 1-0 lead in the three-Test series
Openers Navjot Sidhu and Manoj Prabhakar put on 51 for the first wicket before off spinner Graeme Hick broke through by bowling Prabhakar for 13.
Hick also had Sidhu stumped for 37 when 17 more were needed, but childhood friends Vinoc Kambli (18 not out) and Sachin Tendulkar (nine not out) scored the remaining runs easily.
The win ended a wretched streak for the Indians, who had only one victory to show in their last 25 Tests — against Shri Lanka on a spiteful track tn Chandigarh in November 1990
On either side of that in nmgs win was a dismal record of four drawn Tests in Pakistan in 1989. series losses in New Zealand and England tn 1990, a 4-0 rout tn Australia last year and defeats in both the Test and one-day series in South Africa earlier this season
Some 30.000 jubilant home fans were at hand to see the last rites being performed, letting off firecrackers as India inched towards the victory target.
They had a special cheer for skipper Mohammad Azharuddin. who broke free from a lean patch to hit a brilliant 182 in India's first innings after struggling to compile just 120 runs in six Test innings in South Africa.
The victory was a stunning answer to critics who questioned the 29-year-old Hyderabad batsman's leadership qualities after India lost seven and won just one of his previous 17 Tests as captain Azharuddin. who was initially named captain for only the -first Test and the opening two one-day Internationals, was retained skipper for the remaining two Tests and four internationals.
"1 was never really con cerned whether 1 was captain or not. Azharuddin told AFP as Sidhu and Prabhakar raced to victory.
Playing for the country is Itse lf a great honour." "But now that we have got over the lean trot, we should continue the wining ways In the remaining two Tests."
Azharuddln's hour of glory sourced counterpart Graham Gooch's 100th Test match and left England the awesome task of winning both the back-to-back , Tests In Madras (February 11-15) and Bombay (February 19-23) to clinch the series.
India's heroes, besides their captain, were the three spin-, ners Anil Kumble, Venka-tapathy Raju and debutant Rajesh Chauhan, who took 17 of the 20 English widkets on a wicket that assisted turn.
The match also proved a good advertisement for Test cricket as some 300.000 al tended the game on the five days. India » win is expected to draw huge crowds in the remaining two Tests also