India's 5 biggest defeats under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy

#1 Against Sri Lanka in Sharjah (2000 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy)

India suffered their biggest ever defeat in the 50-over format against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka may be struggling at the moment, but it was in the 1990s that they made their presence truly felt in international cricket, winning the 1996 ODI World Cup under Arjuna Ranatunga's shrewd captaincy.

With players like Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene joining the likes of Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanka had a team of champions and they were a team hard to beat, especially in the subcontinent conditions.

While Ganguly possessed a good record against them as a player, including his highest ODI score of 183, he struggled to get his side over the line as skipper on numerous occasions, most notably in the final of a multi-nation ODI tournament on three separate occasions.

The first of these three losses is by far the most embarrassing one of them all as India were defeated by a then world-record margin of 245 runs after being dismissed for just 54 runs.

Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 299 runs, with Jayasuriya going berserk with his big-hitting, scoring 189 runs.

In reply, the much-hyped Indian batting line-up capitulated in dramatic fashion with only Robin Singh managing to reach double figures.

The 245-run loss still is India's biggest ODI loss in terms of margin of runs and Ganguly would go on to lose the Coca-Cola Cup tri-series final in 2001 as well as the Asia Cup final in 2004 as skipper against the same opposition.