India's 5 biggest defeats in Test cricket

Australia (342 runs) , Nagpur 2004

The Australians finally managed to breach Steve Waugh’s final frontier

Australia finally managed to conquer Steve Waugh’s ‘final frontier’, sending India and their home reputation for a toss with a crushing 342 run victory in the Nagpur Test. A big partnership between Michael Clarke and Damien Martyn first helped them put up a decent first innings score, then Jason Gillespie’s nagging pace accounted for the batsmen in both innings.

There was hardly any fight by the Indians in either of the side, barring fighting knocks from Mohammad Kaif and Virender Sehwag. The second Australian innings, peppered with half centuries from the middle order, handed India a 543 run target. They managed just 200. A consolation win at Mumbai is all they could manage, but the series was lost.