Sri Lanka bounced back from a 192-run deficit in the first innings to win in Galle. We take a look at six Tests when teams came back from a bigger deficit
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<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63580.html">Australia v Sri Lanka, Colombo (SSC), 1992</a> <b>First-innings deficit</b>: 291<br><b>Match summary</b>: <i>Australia</i> 256 and 471 beat <i>Sri Lanka</i> 547 and 164 by 16 runs<br><b>Men of the Turnaround</b>: Shane Warne sealed what Allan Border called the "greatest heist since the Great Train Robbery" with the final three wickets Getty Images
<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63920.html">India v Australia, Kolkata, 2001</a> <b>First-innings deficit</b>: 274<br><b>Match summary</b>: <i>India</i> 171 and 657 for 7 dec beat <i>Australia</i> 445 and 212 by 171 runs<br><b>Men of the Turnaround</b>: VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid put on 376 in one of the most famous partnerships in Test cricket AFP
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<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62437.html">England v Australia, 1894, Sydney</a> <b>First-innings deficit</b>: 261<br><b>Match summary</b>: <i>England</i> 325 and 437 beat <i>Australia</i> 586 and 166 by ten runs<br><b>Men of the Turnaround</b>: England's players reportedly went drinking the evening before the final day - Australia were 113 for 2 chasing 177 - but overnight rain on an uncovered pitch helped Bobby Peel rip through Australia Getty Images
<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62706.html">Australia v South Africa, 1950, Durban</a> <b>First-innings deficit</b>: 236<br><b>Match summary</b>: <i>Australia</i> 75 and 336 for 5 beat <i>South Africa</i> 311 and 99 by five wickets<br><b>Men of the Turnaround</b>: Australia, in their first series after Don Bradman's retirement, pulled off the second-highest chase at the time, with Neil Harvey scoring 151 not out Getty Images
<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63291.html">England v Australia, 1981, Leeds</a> <b>First-innings deficit</b>: 227<br><b>Match summary</b>: <i>England</i> 174 and 356 beat <i>Australia</i> 401 and 111 by 18 runs<br><b>Men of the Turnaround</b>: England were still 122 behind when Ian Botham came in to bat in the second innings, and his brutal 149 not out was the inspiration for a 500-1 odds win Adrian Murrell / Getty Images
<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/406200.html">Australia v Pakistan, 2010, Sydney</a> <b>First-innings deficit</b>: 206<br><b>Match summary</b>: <i>Australia</i> 127 and 381 beat <i>Pakistan</i> 333 and 139 by 36 runs<br><b>Men of the Turnaround</b>: A defeat looked imminent with Australia 51 ahead and eight down in their second innings, but Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle put on 123 runs, aided by a bunch of Kamran Akmal missed chances Getty Images
The two Tests not considered in this list are the infamous Centurion Test of 2000, when England and South Africa forfeited an innings each, and the 2006 Oval Test between England and Pakistan, the first and only forfeit in Test cricket till date.
