India won 3 Tests at Oval (Photo: PTI/Getty)
In the history of 93 years of its Test cricket, India has played at 20 Tests so far. But he has won in only 3 Tests. India won the first Test victory in the year 1971 on the Oval ground. The second win in 2021 and now on August 4, 2025, India wrote the script of their third Test victory at the Oval. India has a similarity between the first Test victory in 1971 and the third Test win in 2025 after 54 years. Both these winning wires are connected to Hyderabad. Ali dominated in 1971 and 54 years later in 2025 Mohammed.
Ali won the victorious run in the first Test win over Oval
India won the first Test on the Oval ground in 1971 under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. That Test match was won by India by 4 wickets. England had set a target of 173 runs in the 1971 Tests in front of India, which India had achieved by losing 6 wickets.
Abid Ali’s name was engulfed in that 1971 victory under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. Not because he became the Player of the Match. Rather, because his bat had a victorious run for India itself.
After 54 years, Mohammad did wonders at the oval
After 54 years, when India won its latest and third Test on the Oval Test, Mohammad Siraj did the same thing with the ball, which was done by Abid Ali in 1971 with the bat. Siraj stamped India’s victory by dropping the last wicket of the England team chasing the target of 374 runs with the ball.
Then Ali, now Mohammed… Wire of victory related to Hyderabad
There is also a common thing between Abid Ali, the hero of India’s first victory at the Oval and Mohammad Siraj, the hero of the third victory after 54 years. Both these players, who approved India’s victory, are from Hyderabad. Meaning, two of the 3 Tests that India have won on the Oval are connected to Hyderabad.
