21-Oct-2008 83
India recorded their biggest-ever Test victory by runs as they thrashed australia by 320 runs with more than two sessions to spare in the second cricket Test and take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series at Mohali today.
With Zaheer breathing fire by claiming three quick wickets, India took just one-and-half hours and 18.4 overs overs to complete the formality against the Australians who were thoroughly outplayed in all departments of the game.
Australia needed well nigh a miracle to chase down the monumental 516-run target for an improbable win and with the top order blown away cheaply, their pursuit looked doomed right at the outset.
It was too much to expect the lower middle order batsmen and tail-enders to do what their front-line willow-wielders could not and Australia eventually folded for 195.
This was India`s biggest win against the Aussies, eclipsing the 222-run victory that came in Melbourne in 1977.
Michael Clarke (69) was the only face of Australian resistance in the face of some inspiring Indian bowling but his knock didn`t go beyond boosting his personal tally.
