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title: "Which was the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international match?"  
description: "Which was the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international match?"  
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published: 2017-11-18  
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# Which was the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international match?

Which was the 1st non [Test](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/301081/pregnancy-test-kits-what-you-need-to-know) playing [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15) to beat [India](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336618/top-10-electric-bicycles-in-india-in-2024-to-improve-your-health) in an [international](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2891/lenovo-must-pay-interdigital-138-7-million-for-patents) [match](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2282/the-business-anticipates-a-flat-increase-in-paying-users-for-tinder-of-7)?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**Sri Lanka** was the 1st **non Test playing country** to beat India in an international match. Sri Lanka beat India in the World Cups in 1979. Sri Lanka was a non-test playing country in the year 1979 as Sri Lanka got the **status of test playing nation in 1981.**![Which was the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international match?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/64809eac-3bd9-412f-86bd-3a63fd5747b1/images/8d3d6046-8e07-45da-93d8-1d06a2b23a31.png)

Sri Lanka **beat India by 47 runs** in 1979 world cup. Sri Lankan team was **led by Anura Tennekoon** in 1979 world cup.

Sri Lanka played his **first test against England** in the year 1982 \


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