The final blow was indeed the cruelest. India coach John Wright ended his tenure in the dumps as India lost the sixth and final ODI against Pakistan at Delhi by an embarrassing margin of 159 runs.

It was India's fifth heaviest defeat and the worst thrashing ever on home soil. Incidentally, it was Pakistan who had inflicted India's previous heaviest defeat on home soil during the Pepsi Triangular Series in 1998-99.

A statistical look at India's heaviest defeats:

Heaviest defeats for India at home soil
Margin	Total	Opponent	Total	Venue	Date
159 runs	144	Pak	303-8	Delhi	17-4-2005
143 runs	135	Pak	278-9	Jaipur	24-3-1999
135 runs	180	WI	315-6	Vijayawada	24-11-2002
123 runs	168	Pak	291-8	Bangalore	4-4-1999
117 runs	78	SL	195-8	Kanpur	24-12-1986
106 runs	213	Pak	319-9	Jamshedpur	9-4-2005
104 runs	229-5	WI	333-8	Jamshedpur	7-12-1983

Heaviest defeats for India
Margin	Total	Opponent	Total	Venue	Date
245 runs	54	SL	299-5	Sharjah	29-10-2000
208 runs	151	Aus	359-5	Sydney	08-02-2004
202 runs	132-3	Eng	334-4	Lord's	07-06-1975
162 runs	158	Aus	320-9	Nottingham	13-06-1983
159 runs	144	Pak	303-8	Delhi	17-04-2005
152 runs	177	Aus	329-5	Adelaide	26-01-2000