India's men's cricket team won its first-ever Test match on foreign soil against:

India won its first Test match outside India in February 1968, against New Zealand at Carisbrook, Dunedin. India won by 5 wickets under the captaincy of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (the Nawab of Pataudi).

The 1967-68 tour of New Zealand:

India went on to win the four-match Test series 3-1. This was India's first Test series win abroad.

Off-spinner Erapalli Prasanna was the leading wicket-taker of the series.

India's early Test milestones:

First Test: 25 June 1932 at Lord's, London, against England, under C. K. Nayudu.

First Test win: February 1952 against England at Madras (Chennai), under Vijay Hazare.

First series win: 1952-53 against Pakistan at home.

First Test win abroad: 1968 against New Zealand at Dunedin, under Pataudi.

First series wins in the West Indies and England: 1971, both under Ajit Wadekar. The win in England at The Oval was helped by B. S. Chandrasekhar's 6 for 38.

First Test series win in Australia: 2018-19 under Virat Kohli, followed by another series win in 2020-21 under Ajinkya Rahane, famous for the victory at the Gabba in Brisbane.

About Pataudi:

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (1941-2011), nicknamed "Tiger", became India's youngest Test captain in 1962, at the age of 21, despite having lost the sight of one eye in a car accident. He is credited with building team spirit and making the spin attack India's main weapon. The Pataudi Trophy (now replaced by the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy since 2025) was named after him and his father, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi.

Why not the other options?

• ✗England: India first won a Test in England in 1971 at The Oval.
• ✗Australia: India's first Test win in Australia came in 1977-78 at Melbourne.
• ✗West Indies: India's first Test win in the West Indies came in 1971 at Port of Spain.