The final blow was indeed the cruelest. India coach John Wright ended his tenure in the dumps as India lost the sixth and final ODI against Pakistan at Delhi by an embarrassing margin of 159 runs.
It was India's fifth heaviest defeat and the worst thrashing ever on home soil. Incidentally, it was Pakistan who had inflicted India's previous heaviest defeat on home soil during the Pepsi Triangular Series in 1998-99.
A statistical look at India's heaviest defeats:
| Heaviest defeats for India at home soil | |||||
| Margin | Total | Opponent | Total | Venue | Date |
| 159 runs | 144 | Pak | 303-8 | Delhi | 17-4-2005 |
| 143 runs | 135 | Pak | 278-9 | Jaipur | 24-3-1999 |
| 135 runs | 180 | WI | 315-6 | Vijayawada | 24-11-2002 |
| 123 runs | 168 | Pak | 291-8 | Bangalore | 4-4-1999 |
| 117 runs | 78 | SL | 195-8 | Kanpur | 24-12-1986 |
| 106 runs | 213 | Pak | 319-9 | Jamshedpur | 9-4-2005 |
| 104 runs | 229-5 | WI | 333-8 | Jamshedpur | 7-12-1983 |
| Heaviest defeats for India | |||||
| Margin | Total | Opponent | Total | Venue | Date |
| 245 runs | 54 | SL | 299-5 | Sharjah | 29-10-2000 |
| 208 runs | 151 | Aus | 359-5 | Sydney | 08-02-2004 |
| 202 runs | 132-3 | Eng | 334-4 | Lord's | 07-06-1975 |
| 162 runs | 158 | Aus | 320-9 | Nottingham | 13-06-1983 |
| 159 runs | 144 | Pak | 303-8 | Delhi | 17-04-2005 |
| 152 runs | 177 | Aus | 329-5 | Adelaide | 26-01-2000 |
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