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Stats: India's biggest wins in Tests

November 24, 2010 10:05 IST

India crushed New Zealand by an innings and 198 runs, with more than a day and a half to spare to win the three-match series 1-0, at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, on Tuesday.

This was India's third biggest victory in Tests in terms of an innings margin, with their best coming against minnows Bangladesh, whom they crushed by an innings and 239 runs in Mirpur, in 2007.

A look at the India's biggest wins in Tests (by innings margin):

Margin

Vs

Venue

Season

Inns & 239 runs

Ban

Mirpur

2007

Inns & 219 runs

Aus

Kolkata

1997-98

Inns & 198 runs

NZ

Nagpur

2010-11

Inns & 144 runs

SL 

Kanpur

2009-10

Inns & 140 runs

Ban

Dhaka

2004-05

Inns & 131 runs

Pak

Rawalpindi 

2003-04