India followed on against Sri Lanka in the first test at Galle in the ongoing test series providing the 23^rd occasion of India following on in a test match. Of these 23 occasions, India has lost by an innings on 16 occasions and by runs on seven occasions. India lost the Galle test by ten wickets providing the second occasion India has lost two tests against Sri Lanka after being asked to follow on – the two occasions being – at Col-SSC in Jul 2008 when it lost by an innings and 239 runs and at Galle in Jul 2010 when it lost by ten wickets

of losing a test match by ten wickets margin, the first such occasion was against New Zealand at Christchurch in Feb 1990.

No	Team	Result	Margin	Ground	Mon/Year
1	England	won	009 wkts	The Oval	Aug 1936
2	Australia	won	inns & 226 runs	Brisbane	Nov 1947
3	Australia	won	inns & 016 runs	Adelaide	Jan 1948
4	Australia	won	inns & 177 runs	Melbourne	Feb 1948
5	West Indies	won	inns & 193 runs	Chennai	Jan 1949
6	England	won	inns & 207 runs	Manchester	Jul 1952
7	West Indies	won	inns & 336 runs	Kolkata	Dec 1958
8	England	won	inns & 059 runs	Nottingham	Jun 1959
9	Australia	won	inns & 055 runs	Chennai	Jan 1960
10	West Indies	won	007 wkts	Trinidad	Apr 1962
11	West Indies	won	inns & 045 runs	Kolkata	Dec 1966
12	England	won	006 wkts	Leeds	Jun 1967
13	New Zealand	won	006 wkts	Christchurch	Feb 1968
14	England	won	inns & 285 runs	Lord’s	Jun 1974
15	England	won	inns & 025 runs	Delhi	Dec 1976
16	England	won	inns & 083 runs	Birmingham	Jul 1979
17	England	won	007 wkts	Lord’s	Jun 1982
18	Pakistan	won	inns & 119 runs	Hyd-PaK	Jan 1983
19	West Indies	won	inns & 083 runs	Kanpur	Oct 1983
20	New Zealand	won	010 wkts	Christchurch	Feb 1990
21	Sri Lanka	won	inns & 239 runs	Col-SSC	Jul 2008
22	South Africa	won	inns & 006 runs	Nagpur	Feb 2010
23	Sri Lanka	Won	010 wkts	Galle	Jul 2010