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More galling than Galle

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

Shane Warne of Australia traps Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka LBW during day five of the Third Test between Australia and Sri Lanka played at the Singhalese Sports Club on March 28, 2004 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Australia v Sri Lanka, Colombo (SSC), 1992 First-innings deficit: 291
Match summary: Australia 256 and 471 beat Sri Lanka 547 and 164 by 16 runs
Men of the Turnaround: Shane Warne sealed what Allan Border called the "greatest heist since the Great Train Robbery" with the final three wickets  •  Hamish Blair/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.