Top five highest scores by India in Tests vs Bangladesh

#4 India 540/10 in 148.2 overs – Chittagong, 2004

The duo of Dravid and Gambhir set up series victory for India

After an innings victory in the first Test, India made sure they completed a series whitewash with ease. Opener Gautam Gambhir and ‘The Wall’ Rahul Dravid put 259 runs for the second wicket as both of them ended up with centuries. The former scored his first Test hundred and the latter got out after scoring a boundary-filled 160 runs. India ended their innings at a mammoth score of 540 after captain Ganguly ran out of partners in his knock of 88.

In reply, Bangladesh kept losing wickets at regular intervals, with only Mohammed Ashraful posing a challenge to the Indian bowlers, scoring an unbeaten 158 runs in Bangladesh’s quest to avoid the follow-on. Eventually, they fell 7 runs short of the margin and Ganguly was quick to enforce the follow-on.

Following-on, Bangladesh succumbed to Irfan Pathan who snatched his third five-fer of the series. Their score of 124 is registered as the third lowest score in Test matches against India. The visitors emerged as the winners of the series without any trouble.