South Africa clean swept India in the two-match Test series. In the first Test played in Kolkata, the visiting team had won by 30 runs, but in the second Test played in Guwahati, South Africa defeated the Indian team by a record margin of 408 runs. This is India’s biggest defeat in terms of runs in Test cricket. Here we are going to tell you about India’s 5 biggest defeats in Test cricket.

Before the defeat in Guwahati, India’s biggest defeat in terms of difference of runs in a Test was in the year 2004. Then Australia defeated Team India by 342 runs in Nagpur. After 21 years, South Africa has defeated Team India by 408 runs in Guwahati.

India’s biggest defeat in Test cricket (by margin of runs)

408 runs vs South Africa, Guwahati, 2025
342 runs vs Australia, Nagpur, 2004
341 runs vs Pakistan, Karachi, 2006
337 runs vs Australia, Melbourne, 2007
333 runs vs Australia, Pune, 2017
329 runs vs South Africa, Kolkata, 1996

India got a clean sweep at home for the third time

0-2 vs South Africa, 2000
0-3 vs New Zealand, 2024
0-2 vs South Africa, 2025

Guwahati Test Account

In the Guwahati Test, South Africa had scored 489 runs after playing first. After this, Team India could score only 201 runs. The visiting team had a huge lead of 288 runs in the first innings. After this, South Africa declared the second innings at 260 runs and set a mountain-like target of 549 runs for India, in response to which the Indian team was all out for 140 runs on the fifth day. In this way South Africa won the second test by 408 runs. Earlier, the first test played in Kolkata was won by the visiting team by 30 runs. In this way, South Africa defeated India in the two-match Test series. After 25 years, the South African team has won the Test series in India.