5 biggest Test wins for India in terms of runs

#4 304 vs Sri Lanka (Galle - 2017)

Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara hit tons to set up the game for India in the first innings

After Sangakkara’s retirement in 2015, Sri Lankan cricket was in a phase of transition. In the great left-hander's farewell series, India had beaten the hosts 2-1 in the 3-match Test series.

Two years later, India toured the island nation yet again.

At Galle, India won the toss and chose to bat first. Shikhar Dhawan absolutely demolished the Sri Lankan bowling attack to score an authoritative 190 in just 168 balls and give India early advantage in the match. Cheteshwar Pujara also chipped in to score a brilliant 153 and helped India post 600 in the first innings.

Sri Lanka, in reply, were bowled out for just 291. Angelo Mathews scored 83 while Dilruwan Perera made an unbeaten 92, but no other Sri Lankan batsmen could cope with the immense pressure from the Indians. All the Indian bowlers shared the spoils as Jadeja emerged with the best figures amongst them (3 for 67).

Despite having a lead of 309, India batted again. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 103 and his team declared at 240/3 to set the hosts a target of 550. Sri Lanka’s second innings saw no improvement and they were bowled out for a meagre total of 245. Ashwin and Jadeja took 3 wickets apiece in this same.

Brief Scores: India 600 (Dhawan 190, Pujara 153, Pradeep 6-132) and 240 for 3 dec (Kohli 103*, Abhinav 81) beat Sri Lanka 291 (Perera 92*, Mathews 83, Jadeja 3-67) and 245 (Karunaratne 97, Dickwella 67, Ashwin 3-65, Jadeja 3-71)