5 biggest Test wins for India in terms of runs

#3 320 runs vs Australia (Mohali - 2008)

On debut, Amit Mishra took 7 wickets in the match

Indian and Australian cricket had developed quite a bit of rivalry in the 2000s. After the famous 2001 Test series, India drew 1-1 in Australia in 2003/04 before the Aussies won their first series in India after 35 years, back in 2004.

In 2007/08, when India toured Australia, they played excellent cricket and should have won the series but some poor umpiring saw them lose the 2nd Test, which led to a 2-1 loss for the visitors in the series. The Monkeygate saga (Harbhajan-Symonds argument) made the headlines of every sports publication of that time.

In 2008, Australia returned to India for a 4-match Test series. After a draw in the first Test, India went into the second Test without their regular skipper, Anil Kumble. MS Dhoni, who led the team in his absence, elected to bat first after winning the toss.

Tendulkar’s 88, Sourav Ganguly’s 102 MS Dhoni’s 92 helped India get to 469 in their first innings. In reply, Australia were dismantled for just 268, as debutant Amit Mishra took 5 wickets for 71 runs to spin a dangerous web around the Aussie batsmen. Shane Watson and Michael Hussey scored fifties in the innings.

In the second innings, Gautam Gambhir scored a ton while Virender Sehwag and Dhoni struck fifties to help India set Australia a target of 516. The visitors lasted for only 65 overs as all the four bowlers scalped the Kangaroo wickets. India won the second Test by 320 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the 4-match series.

Brief Scores: India 469 (Ganguly 102, Dhoni 92, Tendulkar 88, Johnson 3/88) and 314/3 dec (Gautam Gambhir 104, Virender Sehwag 90, MS Dhoni 68*) beat Australia 268 (Watson 78, Hussey 54, Mishra 5/71, Harbhajan 2/60) and 195 (Clarke 69, Harbhajan 3/36, Zaheer 3/71)