India has won the second test match at Mohali by crushing Australia by a huge margin of 320 runs on October 21, 2008. With this India has registered its biggest test match victory in terms of runs. The previous best was against South Africa in Kanpur in 1996. In that match, India had defeated the Portreas by a margin of 280 runs. In Mohali test, chasing a victory target of 516, Australia were bowled out for 195 on the final day at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium. The victory in Mohali test match has placed India at the top of the series with 1-0 lead.

 

India made 468 in the first innings and declared their second innings for 314. Australia were bowled out for 268 in their first innings. India's standing captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was declared the man of the match for his excellent captaincy and brilliant knocks in both the innings. The Indian bowlers produced an excellent show to dismiss Australia at 195 in the second innings. All the bowlers played their part. Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan took three wickets each, while Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra bagged a couple of wickets. Both Saurav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar received special awards from Punjab Cricket Association.  Ganguly received the award for his final appearance at Mohali, while Sachin was rewarded for becoming highest run getter in the tests.