Top 10 most runs conceded by India in a Test innings listed

The fourth Test match at Old Trafford, Manchester, turned out to be a nightmare for the visiting Indian cricket team, as they conceded more than 650 runs in the first innings.

Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley with a brilliant partnership. While both openers narrowly missed out on centuries and then Olli Pope was dismissed for 71 runs, Ben Stokes and Joe Root played brilliant knocks to ensure that England posted a mammoth first innings total.

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First Root surpassed three legends, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting, to become the second highest run scorer in Test history. Root was dismissed for 150 runs but Stokes made sure that the total went past 600 runs as the captain played a brilliant knock of 141 runs. 

With the lead now more than 300 runs, India have an uphill task to save the Test match and keep their hopes alive to at least draw the away series.

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The top 10 most runs conceded by India in a Test innings are listed

The highest run that India conceded was 952, which Sri Lanka posted in Colombo back in 1997. The second spot also belongs to the Lankans, who scored 760 runs in 2009 at Ahmedabad.

Only thrice in history has India conceded more than 700 runs in a Test innings. England's 669 runs at Manchester became the highest runs that Indian conceded in an innings. 

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