India’s five biggest victories away from home (by runs)

#1 304 runs, vs Sri Lanka, Galle (2017)

Virat Kohli led the side to a crushing 304 run win over Sri Lanka in 2017

In Ravi Shastri’s maiden assignment as Team India’s head coach, Virat Kohli’s side inflicted a crushing defeat on the hosts, their first 300+ run victory outside home. Riding on comeback man Shikhar Dhawan’s career-best 190, India stacked up 600 in the first innings. The Sri Lankan side, hampered further by illness and injury, could manage only 291 in the first innings, crumbling in the face of a sustained Indian attack.

In the second innings, Virat Kohli shook off a minor rut in his Test form by compiling his 17^th Test century, also becoming the fastest Indian captain to score 1000 runs away from home. Helped along by under-fire Abhinav Mukund’s half century, the Indian team assembled a target that was out of reach of the hosts. In the end, despite Dimuth Karunaratne’s valiant efforts, the side could not manage even 300, tumbling to their biggest Test defeat.