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Biggest defeats for India
Rajneesh Gupta |
October 10, 2004 17:40 IST
Australia beat India by 217 runs in the first Test at Bangalore on the fifth and final day despite a stiff resistance from the lower order. The defeat is India's biggest against Australia and fifth biggest against all opponents at home soil. In all India have now suffered 15 losses by 200 or more runs - surprisingly 8 of them have come in India.
The accompanying table has the details:
| Margin | Winner | Test | Venue | Series |
| 329 runs | South Africa | 2nd | Calcutta | 1996-97 |
| 328 runs | South Africa | 1st | Durban | 1996-97 |
| 300 runs | Australia | 5th | Perth | 1991-92 |
| 295 runs | West Indies | 4th | Madras (Corp.) | 1958-59 |
| 285 runs | Australia | 1st | Adelaide | 1999-00 |
| 282 runs | South Africa | 2nd | Cape Town | 1996-97 |
| 267 runs | West Indies | 1st | Bangalore | 1974-75 |
| 247 runs | England | 1st | Lord's | 1990 |
| 243 runs | West Indies | 3rd | Mohali | 1994-95 |
| 233 runs | Australia | 3rd | Melbourne | 1947-48 |
| 217 runs | West Indies | 3rd | Port-of-Spain | 1988-89 |
| 217 runs | Australia | 1st | Bangalore | 2004-05 |
| 203 runs | West Indies | 2nd | Kanpur | 1958-59 |
| 202 runs | England | 3rd | Madras (MAC) | 1933-34 |
| 201 runs | West Indies | 5th | Bombay WS | 1974-75 |
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