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With losing the third test of the ongoing test series vs Australia, India faces a chance of an embarrassing 0-4 ‘whitewash’. India will go into the fourth test at Adelaide on 24th January with the hope of avoiding the unenviable prospect of being whitewashed by the Aussies. Whitewash (a defeat in a sporting contest in which the loser is beaten in every match, game, etc. in a series) is not very common in the international cricket. You may ask, how many times in the past a test series has been whitewashed. Well, the answer is 45. If Australia wins the next test, this series will be the 46th series to be whitewashed in cricket’s history. The last test series whitewash happened last year when England beat India in a 4 match home series.
The first ever test series whitewash in cricketing history also belongs to the England team. In 1886, the English team had won the 3 match Ashes with a margin of 3-0 at home. However, it is Team Australia which holds the record of whitewashing most number of series. Out of the total 45, Australia has whitewashed its opponent 18 times. England is at number two with 13 whitewashed series in its bag. India has whitewashed only two series; one in 1992-93 beating England at home 3-0 and the other against Sri Lanka with the same margin in 1993-94. On the other hand, India has faced test series whitewash 7 times of which the first one dates back to 1959; England defeated India 5-0 in that series.
Among other teams, Pakistan has 4 whitewashes while Sri Lanka and West Indies have 3 each. South Africa has been on the victorious side in a whitewashed series twice.
Here’s the complete list of the 45 test series in which the loser couldn’t win a single match.
| Team | Match | Opposition | Series |
| England | 3 | Australia | The Ashes (Australia in England), 1886 |
| England | 3 | South Africa | England in South Africa Test Series, 1895/96 |
| England | 3 | South Africa | South Africa in England Test Series, 1912 |
| Australia | 5 | England | The Ashes (England in Australia), 1920/21 |
| England | 3 | West Indies | West Indies in England Test Series, 1928 |
| Australia | 5 | South Africa | South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1931/32 |
| England | 5 | India | India in England Test Series, 1959 |
| West Indies | 5 | India | India in West Indies Test Series, 1961/62 |
| England | 3 | New Zealand | England in New Zealand Test Series, 1962/63 |
| England | 3 | New Zealand | New Zealand in England Test Series, 1965 |
| England | 3 | India | India in England Test Series, 1967 |
| Australia | 4 | India | India in Australia Test Series, 1967/68 |
| South Africa | 4 | Australia | Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1969/70 |
| Australia | 3 | Pakistan | Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1972/73 |
| England | 3 | India | India in England Test Series, 1974 |
| England | 3 | New Zealand | New Zealand in England Test Series, 1978 |
| Australia | 3 | England | England in Australia Test Series, 1979/80 |
| Pakistan | 3 | Australia | Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1982/83 |
| West Indies | 5 | England | The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1984 |
| West Indies | 5 | England | The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1985/86 |
| Pakistan | 3 | New Zealand | New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1990/91 |
| India | 3 | England | England in India Test Series, 1992/93 |
| India | 3 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 1993/94 |
| Australia | 3 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 1995/96 |
| Pakistan | 3 | West Indies | West Indies in Pakistan Test Series, 1997/98 |
| South Africa | 5 | West Indies | West Indies in South Africa Test Series, 1998/99 |
| Australia | 3 | Pakistan | Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1999/00 |
| Australia | 3 | India | Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia), 1999/00 |
| Australia | 3 | New Zealand | Trans-Tasman Trophy (Australia in New Zealand), 1999/00 |
| Australia | 5 | West Indies | The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 2000/01 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | West Indies | West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 |
| Australia | 3 | South Africa | South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2001/02 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 |
| Australia | 3 | Pakistan | Australia v Pakistan Test Series (in Sri Lanka/United Arab Emirates), 2002/03 |
| Pakistan | 3 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh in Pakistan Test Series, 2003 |
| Australia | 3 | Sri Lanka | Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 |
| England | 3 | New Zealand | New Zealand in England Test Series, 2004 |
| England | 4 | West Indies | The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2004 |
| Australia | 3 | Pakistan | Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2004/05 |
| Australia | 3 | West Indies | The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 2005/06 |
| Australia | 3 | South Africa | Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2005/06 |
| Australia | 5 | England | The Ashes (England in Australia), 2006/07 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007 |
| Australia | 3 | Pakistan | Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 2009/10 |
| England | 4 | India | Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011 |
Stats Source: cricinfo.com
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