Sunil Gavaskar smashed 221 and India fell just nine runs short in a world-record chaseof 438.
The Indian cricket team started a new life in the series against New Zealand as the likes of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman retired from international cricket.
Cheteshwar Pujara helped India win a Test series in Sri Lanka after a gap of 22 years.
Shakib Al Hasan took 10 wickets and scored a fifty as Bangladesh beat Australia for the first time in Test history.
Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were convicted for spot-fixing in the Lord's Test and were banned for five years.
MS Dhoni failed to get India over the line during the world record chase of 246 between West Indies and India in Florida.
Unmukt Chand was in prime form with the bat as he scored a century to give India the 2012 Under-19 World Cup triumph against Australia.
Ben Stokes played an incredible knock of 135 in the Leeds Test to give England a one-wicket win against Australia.
The Indian cricket team achieved success in 1971 by winning a series in England for the first time.
The England vs Pakistan Oval Test in 2006 saw allegations of ball-tampering which saw Pakistan forfeit the Test.