India’s unique innings win in tests
India won the Kolkata test against West Indies in November 2011 by an innings and 15 runs providing the first occasion of a team winning a test by an innings in the annals of the test when the losing team has scored 400 plus runs in the third innings after batting second losing the toss
India batted first after winning the toss and posted 631 for seven before declaring its innings closed. West indies was dismissed for 153 and was asked to follow on. Again it was dismissed for 463 in its second innings – third innings of the test – leaving India victorious by an innings and 15 runs.
The following table lists the seven occasions of a team posting an innings win as on date when a team has posted 400 plus runs in the third innings of the test. Out of these seven occasions. the first six occasions show that the losing team has batted first, while the seventh one shows that the losing team has batted second
| No | Team | R | Margin | T | Bat | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | SAF | L | i + 153 runs | W | 1st | Srl | Col-SSC | 27.07.06 |
| 2 | Eng | L | i + 092 runs | L | 1st | SAF | Lord’s | 31.07.03 |
| 3 | Ind | L | i + 068 runs | W | 1st | Aus | Sydney | 03.01.12 |
| 4 | Ban | L | i + 052 runs | L | 1st | NZl | Hamilton | 22.02.19 |
| 5 | Ind | L | i + 025 runs | L | 1st | SAF | Centurion | 16.12.10 |
| 6 | Aus | L | i + 020 runs | W | 1st | SAF | Cape Town | 19.03.09 |
| 7 | Win | L | i + 015 runs | L | 2nd | Ind | Kolkata | 14.11.11 |