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India's largest defeats in Tests
Rajneesh Gupta
December 29, 2007

Australia on Saturday handed India its third biggest defeat in Test matches. It was the sixth time India was losing a Test by 300 runs margin.

Interestingly three of India's six biggest defeats have come against Australia. Also, all of these defeats have come after 1990.

OpponentMarginVenueSeasonCaptain
Australia342 runsNagpur2004-05Rahul Dravid [Images]
Pakistan341 runsKarachi2005-06Rahul Dravid
Australia337 runsMelbourne2007-08Anil Kumble [Images]
South Africa329 runsKolkata1996-97Sachin Tendulkar [Images]
South Africa328 runsDurban1996-97Sachin Tendulkar
Australia300 runsPerth1991-92M Azharuddin

Note: India lost to West Indies [Images] at Kolkata in 1958-59 by innings and 336 runs, which remains India's largest ever innings defeat.

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