Australia beat India by 217 runs in the first Test at Bangalore on the fifth and final day despite a stiff resistance from the lower order. The defeat is India's biggest against Australia and fifth biggest against all opponents at home soil.

In all India have now suffered 15 losses by 200 or more runs - surprisingly 8 of them have come in India.

The accompanying table has the details:

Margin	Winner	Test	Venue	Series
329 runs	South Africa	2nd	Calcutta	1996-97
328 runs	South Africa	1st	Durban	1996-97
300 runs	Australia	5th	Perth	1991-92
295 runs	West Indies	4th	Madras (Corp.)	1958-59
285 runs	Australia	1st	Adelaide	1999-00
282 runs	South Africa	2nd	Cape Town	1996-97
267 runs	West Indies	1st	Bangalore	1974-75
247 runs	England	1st	Lord's	1990
243 runs	West Indies	3rd	Mohali	1994-95
233 runs	Australia	3rd	Melbourne	1947-48
217 runs	West Indies	3rd	Port-of-Spain	1988-89
217 runs	Australia	1st	Bangalore	2004-05
203 runs	West Indies	2nd	Kanpur	1958-59
202 runs	England	3rd	Madras (MAC)	1933-34
201 runs	West Indies	5th	Bombay WS	1974-75

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