The tourists won the first match of the current series by an innings and 52 runs as Pakistan, following on 268 runs behind, were dismissed for 216 in their second knock in the second over on the fifth and final day.

Pakistan added nine runs to their overnight score of 207-9 when Yousuf Youhana (112) was caught at mid-wicket by stand-in captain Rahul Dravid off left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan.

India went into the match without regular captain Sourav Ganguly and two top bowlers Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh who were all injured.

Then left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan suffered a hamstring injury on the fourth day and was unable to bowl in the second innings.

Zaheer, like Ganguly, has been ruled out of the second Test starting at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Monday.

The third and final Test will be played at Rawalpindi from April 13.

The depleted Indian attack was carried bravely by seasoned leg-spinner Anil Kumble and rookie seamer Pathan, playing only his third Test.

Kumble, who once took all 10 Pakistani wickets in a Test match in New Delhi in 1999, returned to haunt the arch-rivals with 6-72 in the second innings which lifted his career tally to 390 from 82 matches.

Pathan, 19, followed a career-best 4-100 in the first innings with 2-26 in the second.

"It is fantastic to lead such a gallant side," said Dravid.

"It was a great team effort. Sehwag and Sachin were outstanding with the bat as we know them to be.

"Our bowling attack is young and inexperienced but they showed great heart and a will to fight on a wicket that was not easy to bowl on. Kumble was simply magnificent."

It was India's second innings victory over Pakistan, following the innings and 70-run win in the inaugural Test between the two countries in New Delhi way back in 1952.

In the ongoing tour, India won the preceding one-day series 3-2.