Former Australian Coach and player Justin Langer once said to "never underestimate the Indians."
The statement is valid in all its senses. The Indian cricket team has had many historic test wins, all of which came when the odds were stacked against them.
The Indian team has registered big Test wins against significant opposition like Australia, England and the all-mighty West Indies both home and abroad.
Major test series wins have come against Australia and England, leaving them high and dry after the series.
But what are the top five?
4. India vs New Zealand, 2009
India's iconic test series win in overseas countries during the 2000s was in New Zealand and England. The series win in New Zealand is famous for Gautam Gambhir's long innings in the second test, where he batted out 436 balls in more than nine hours to safely take India home.
There were a couple of famous occasions in the first test, with Martin Guptill making his debut for New Zealand in Tests after his impressive stint in the 50-over format. The match started with India fielding first, with Jesse Ryder and Daniel Vettori scoring centuries and posting a score of 279 on a greenish pitch in Hamilton. Ishant Sharma went on to scalp four wickets and was economical at the same time.
India retaliated with Sachin Tendulkar playing a pure-class innings of 160 as he hunted down the bowlers, and his innings are still referred to as one of the greatest in the history books. With a lead of 240 runs, Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh ran through the Kiwis' batting order and took six wickets.
Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid chased down the small total, and India registered their first Test win in New Zealand for 33 years.
With India leading the series 1-0, New Zealand was ready to give the visitors more difficult tracks to play on. In the second test, New Zealand punished the Indian bowling line-up.
Jesse Ryder scored his maiden double hundred in Test cricket and the hosts managed a gigantic score of 9 for 619. Indian players were down and out, could not do much in the first innings, and failed to save the follow-on. After the follow-on was enforced, Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir batted for more than nine hours to get India a draw.
The last test at Basin Reserve was the only chance for New Zealand to level the series, but it did not go their way. The Kiwis ultimately failed with the bat, being bundled out for less than 200 in the first innings.
There was no answer for Zaheer Khan's swing bowling, to which the hosts surrendered. Gambhir scored another century and destroyed the New Zealand conditions and bowlers. A target of 617 was established, but a, Ross Taylor century saved the day with a century, but not the series, with the drawn match seeing India claim the series 1-0.
