A win worth a 35-year wait

The 49-run win over West Indies in the Kingston Test is India's 19th Test win away from the sub-continent.

With first three Tests ending in draw, the victory in the fourth and final Test also gave India a series win -- only the sixth away from the sub-continent.

India's Test wins away from the sub-continent:

Season	Opp	Venue	Victory Margin	Scores
1967-68	NZ	Dunedin	5 wickets	NZ	350	Ind	359	NZ	208	Ind	200-5
1967-68	NZ	Wellington	8 wickets	NZ	186	Ind	327	NZ	199	Ind	59-2
1967-68	NZ	Auckland	272 runs	Ind	252	NZ	140	Ind	261-5d	NZ	101
1970-71	WI	Port-of-Spain	7 wickets	WI	214	Ind	352	WI	261	Ind	125-3
1971	Eng	The Oval	4 wickets	Eng	355	Ind	284	Eng	101	Ind	174-6
1975-76	NZ	Auckland	8 wickets	NZ	266	Ind	414	NZ	215	Ind	71-2
1975-76	WI	Port-of-Spain	6 wickets	WI	359	Ind	228	WI	271-6d	Ind	406-4
1977-78	Aus	Melbourne	222 runs	Ind	256	Aus	213	Ind	343	Aus	164
1977-78	Aus	Sydney	Inns & 2 runs	Aus	131	Ind	396-8d	Aus	263
1980-81	Aus	Melbourne	59 runs	Ind	237	Aus	419	Ind	324-9d	Aus	83
1986	Eng	Lord's	5 wickets	Eng	294	Ind	341	Eng	180	Ind	136-5
1986	Eng	Headingley	279 runs	Ind	272	Eng	102	Ind	237	Eng	128
2001	Zim	Bulawayo	8 wickets	Zim	173	Ind	318	Zim	328	Ind	184-2
2001-02	WI	Port-of-Spain	37 runs	Ind	339	WI	245	Ind	218	WI	275
2002	Eng	Headingley	Inns & 46 runs	Ind	628-8d	Eng	273	Eng	309
2003-04	Aus	Adelaide	4 wickets	Aus	556	Ind	523	Aus	196	Ind	233-6
2005-06	Zim	Bulawayo	Inns & 90 runs	Zim	279	Ind	554	Zim	185
2005-06	Zim	Harare	10 wickets	Zim	161	Ind	366	Zim	223	Ind	19-0
2006	WI	Kingston	49 runs	Ind	200	WI	103	Ind	171	WI	219

India's series wins away from the sub-continent:

Season	Opponent	Mts	Won	Lost	Drawn	Captain
1967-68	New Zealand	4	3	1	0	Nawab of Pataudi jr.
1970-71	West Indies	5	1	0	4	AL Wadekar
1971	England	3	1	0	2	AL Wadekar
1986	England	3	2	0	1	Kapil Dev
2005-06	Zimbabwe	2	2	0	0	SC Ganguly
2006	West Indies	4	1	0	3	R Dravid