5 biggest Test wins for India in terms of runs

#2 321 runs vs New Zealand (Indore - 2016)

Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane starred with the bat in the first innings

The 2016 series against New Zealand kicked off a grand home season for Indian cricket, where they were to host 13 consecutive home Test matches against four different opponents.

India started off with a bang. They won the first two Tests and were on the verge of whitewashing a strong New Zealand team with a victory in the third Test. This game was played in Indore and it was the first-ever Test match in the city. India won the toss for the third consecutive time and opted to bat first.

Virat Kohli, who had had a dull series until that point, scored a majestic 211 in the first innings. Ajinkya Rahane also came to the party with a brilliant 188. These knocks helped India get to 557 before they decided to declare the innings.

In reply, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham and James Neesham struck fifties but yet, the Kiwis fell well short of India’s first innings score. They could manage just 299 runs. Ashwin took 6 wickets to derail the middle-order of the hosts.

However, India chose not to enforce the follow-on. Pujara’s superb 101 in the second innings helped India set a target of 475 for New Zealand.

Ashwin once again ran through the New Zealand batting line-up as he took 7 wickets in the second innings to finish with 13 wickets in the game. India effectively white-washed New Zealand 3-0 in the series.

Brief Scores: India 577 for 5 dec (Kohli 211, Rahane 188, Boult 2/113) and 216 for 3 dec (Pujara 101*, Gambhir 50, Jeetan Patel 2/56) beat New Zealand 299 (Guptill 72, Neesham 71, Latham 53, Ashwin 6-81, Jadeja 2/80) and 153 (Taylor 32, Ashwin 7-59, Jadeja 2/45)