Australia beat India by 342 runs to win the third Test on the fourth day at Nagpur on Friday. The win gave the tourists an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

The defeat is India's biggest against all opponents in terms of runs.

In all India have now suffered 16 losses by 200 or more runs and surprisingly 9 of them have come in India.

Overall it is the 17th biggest defeat in Test cricket history. India's previous biggest defeat had also come at home soil by 329 runs against South Africa at Calcutta in 1996-97.

The accompanying table has the details:

Margin	Winner	Test	Venue	Series
342 runs	Australia	3rd	Nagpur	2004-05
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

Biggest defeats in Test cricket:

Margin	Loser	Winner	Test	Venue	Series
675 runs	Aus	Eng	1st	Brisbane (Ex)	1928-29
562 runs	Eng	Aus	5th	The Oval	1934
530 runs	SA	Aus	4th	Melbourne	1910-11
425 runs	Eng	WI	3rd	Old Trafford	1976
409 runs	Eng	Aus	2nd	Lord's	1948
408 runs	Aus	WI	3rd	Adelaide	1979-80
384 runs	Eng	Aus	1st	Brisbane	2002-03
382 runs	Eng	Aus	3rd	Adelaide	1894-95
382 runs	WI	Aus	5th	Sydney	1968-69
377 runs	Eng	Aus	1st	Sydney	1920-21
365 runs	Eng	Aus	3rd	Melbourne	1936-37
356 runs	Eng	SA	1st	Lord's	1994
352 runs	WI	Aus	4th	Melbourne	2000-01
351 runs	WI	SA	5th	Centurion	1998-99
348 runs	Pak	Aus	2nd	Melbourne	1976-77
343 runs	Aus	WI	4th	Bridgetown	1990-91
342 runs	Ind	Aus	3rd	Nagpur	2004-05

Biggest defeat for each country:

Country	Margin	Against	Test	Venue	Series
Australia	675 runs	Eng	1st	Brisbane (Ex)	1928-29
England	562 runs	Aus	5th	The Oval	1934
South Africa	530 runs	Aus	4th	Melbourne	1910-11
West Indies	382 runs	Aus	5th	Sydney	1968-69
New Zealand	299 runs	Pak	1st	Auckland	2000-01
India	342 runs	Aus	3rd	Nagpur	2004-05
Pakistan	348 runs	Aus	2nd	Melbourne	1976-77
Sri Lanka	301 runs	Pak	1st	Colombo (PSS)	1994-95
Zimbabwe	315 runs	SL	3rd	Galle	2001-02
Bangladesh	329 runs	Eng	2nd	Chittagong	2003-04