India lost its seventh test against Sri Lanka when it went down by 63 runs in the just concluded Galle test to provide its seventh loss against Sri Lanka. Coincidentally all these seven losses are on away soil – on Sri Lankan soil. All the seven losses are listed below

 

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	lost	149 runs	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985
2	India	lost	10 wickets	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Aug 2001
3	India	lost	inns & 77 runs	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001
4	India	lost	inns & 239 runs	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008
5	India	lost	8 wickets	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008
6	India	lost	10 wickets	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Jul 2010
7	India	lost	63 runs	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015