Test Match Special - A Sleeping captain, Bella the Elephant and an historic win

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Jonathan Agnew looks back on India’s first Test victory over England at the Oval 50 years ago. We hear from Sunil Gavaskar and Farokh Engineer who played in the game and Deep Dasgupta and Prakash Wakankar put the victory into historical context.

Published on Friday, 3rd September 2021.

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