List of India Test cricket records

This is a list of Indian Cricket team's Test Cricket records. It is based on the List of Test cricket records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Indian Test cricket team.

India was granted Test status in 1932 to be the sixth nation to play test cricket.

Contents 1 Listing criteria 2 Listing notation 3 Team records 3.1 Team wins, losses, ties, and draws 3.1.1 Matches played (total) 3.1.2 Matches played (by country) 3.1.3 Highest scores (Innings) 3.1.4 Lowest scores (Innings) 3.1.5 Greatest win margins (by innings) 3.1.6 Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets) 3.1.7 Greatest win margins (by runs) 3.1.8 Narrowest win margins (by wickets) 3.1.9 Narrowest win margins (by runs) 3.1.10 Greatest loss margins (by innings) 3.1.11 Greatest loss margins (by 10 wickets) 3.1.12 Greatest loss margins (by runs) 3.1.13 Narrowest loss margins (by wickets) 3.1.14 Narrowest loss margins (by runs) 4 Individual records 4.1 Individual records (appearances) 4.1.1 Most career matches 4.2 Individual records (batting) 4.2.1 Highest individual score 4.2.2 Most career runs 4.2.3 Most career 50+ scores 4.2.4 Most career 100s 4.2.5 Most career 200+ scores 4.3 Individual records (bowling) 4.3.1 Most career wickets 4.3.2 Best Bowling In An Innings 4.3.3 Most career 5-wickets-in-an-innings 4.3.4 Most career 10-wickets-in-a-match 4.4 Individual records (fielding) 4.4.1 Most dismissals in Test career (wicketkeeper) 4.4.2 Most catches in Test career (non-wicketkeeper) 5 Partnership records 5.1 Highest wicket partnerships 5.2 Highest partnerships by runs

Listing criteria

In general the top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Listing notation

Team Notation

• (300-3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained.
• (300-3 d) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets, and declared its innings closed.
• (300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more batsmen unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets.

Batting Notation

• (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out.
• (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.

Bowling Notation

• (5-100) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while giving away 100 runs.

Currently playing

• Record holders who are currently playing Test cricket (i.e. their record details listed could change) are shown in bold

Team records

Team wins, losses, ties, and draws

Matches played (total)

Team	1st Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
India	June 1932	455	110	143	201	1	24.17
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 22 August 2011.

Matches played (by country)

Team	Opponent	1st Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
India	Australia	1947	78	20	34	23	1	25.64
	Bangladesh	2000	7	6	0	1	0	85.71
	England	1932	103	19	38	46	0	18.44
	New Zealand	1955	50	16	9	25	0	32.00
	Pakistan	1952	59	9	12	38	0	15.25
	South Africa	1992	27	7	12	8	0	25.92
	Sri Lanka	1982	35	14	6	15	0	40.00
	West Indies	1948	85	12	30	43	0	14.11
	Zimbabwe	1992	11	7	2	2	0	63.63
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 22 August 2011.

Highest scores (Innings)

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	726-9d	Sri Lanka	Mumbai	2009
2	707	Sri Lanka	Colombo	2010
3	705-7d	Australia	Sydney	2004
4	676-7	Sri Lanka	Kanpur	1986
5	675-5d	Pakistan	Multan	2004
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 6 January 2011.

Lowest scores (Innings)

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	42	England	Lord's	1974
2	58	Australia	Brisbane	1947
	58	England	Manchester	1952
4	66	South Africa	Durban	1996
5	67	New Zealand	Melbourne	1948
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 3 February 2011.

Greatest win margins (by innings)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Year
1	Innings and 239 runs	India (610-3d) beat  Bangladesh (118 & 253)	Mirpur	2007
2	Innings and 219 runs	India (633) beat  Australia (233 & 181)	Kolkata	1998
3	Innings and 198 runs	India (566-8d) beat  New Zealand (193 & 175)	Nagpur	2010
4	Innings and 144 runs	India (642) beat  Sri Lanka (229 & 269)	Kanpur	2009
5	Innings and 140 runs	India (526) beat  Bangladesh (184 & 202)	Dhaka	2004
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 23 November 2010.

Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets)

Rank	Opponent	No. wins	Recent venue	Year
1	Pakistan	2	Chennai	1980
	New Zealand		Halton	2009
3	England	1	Mohali	2001
	Zimbabwe		Harare	2005
	Bangladesh		Mirpur	2010
Note: Australia has won a Test match by 10 wickets on 28 occasions. Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 3 February 2011.

Greatest win margins (by runs)

1	320 runs	India (469 & 314-3d) beat  Australia (268 & 195)	Mohali	2008
2	280 runs	India (237 & 400-7d) beat  South Africa (177 & 180)	Kanpur	1996
3	279 runs	India (272 & 237) beat  England (102 & 128)	Leeds	1986
4	272 runs	India (252 & 261-5d) beat  New Zealand (140 & 101)	Auckland	1968
5	259 runs	India (398 & 316-9d) beat  Sri Lanka (206 & 249)	Ahmedabad	2005
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 19 August 2009.

Narrowest win margins (by wickets)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Year
1	1 wicket	India (405 & 216-9) beat  Australia (428 & 192)	Mohali	2010
2	2 wickets	India (341 & 256-8) beat  Australia (320 & 274)	Mumbai	1964
		India (501 & 155-8) beat  Australia (391 & 264)	Chennai	2001
4	3 wickets	India (255 & 125-7) beat  West Indies (228 & 151)	Chennai	1979
5	4 wickets	India (284 & 174-6) beat  England (355 & 101)	The Oval	1971
		India (316 & 86-6) beat  England (242 & 159)	Chennai	1973
		India (354 & 126-6) beat  Zimbabwe (329 & 146)	Delhi	2002
		India (523 & 233-6) beat  Australia (556 & 196)	Adelaide	2003
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 19 August 2009.

Narrowest win margins (by runs)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Year
1	13 runs	India (104 & 205) beat  Australia (203 & 93)	Mumbai	2004
2	28 runs	India (210 & 155) beat  England (174 & 263)	Kolkata	1972
3	37 runs	India (339 & 218) beat  West Indies (245 & 275)	Port of Spain	2002
4	49 runs	India (200 & 171) beat  West Indies (103 & 219)	Kingston	2006
5	59 runs	India (237 & 324) beat  Australia (419 & 83)	Melbourne	1981
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 24 June 2011.

Greatest loss margins (by innings)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Year
1	Innings and 336 runs	India (124 & 154) lost to  West Indies (614-5d)	Kolkata	1958
2	Innings and 285 runs	India (302 & 42)) lost to  England (629	Lord's	1974
3	Innings and 242 runs	India (224 & 244) lost to  England (710-7d)	Birmingham	2011
4	Innings and 239 runs	India (223 & 138) lost to  Sri Lanka (600)	Colombo	2008
5	Innings and 226 runs	India (58 & 98) lost to  Australia (382-8d)	Brisbane	1947
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 13 August 2011.

Greatest loss margins (by 10 wickets)

Rank	Opponent	No. loss	Recent venue	Year
1	West Indies	4	Bridgetown	2002
2	England	3	Mumbai	1980
	Australia		Mumbai	2001
4	New Zealand	2	Wellington	2002
	Sri Lanka		Galle	2010
5	Pakistan	1	Faisalabad	1983
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 22 July 2010.

Greatest loss margins (by runs)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Year
1	342 runs	India (185 & 200) lost to  Australia (398 & 329-5d)	Nagpur	2004
2	341 runs	India (238 & 265) lost to  Pakistan (245 & 599-7d)	Karachi	2006
3	337 runs	India (196 & 161) lost to  Australia (343 & 351-7d)	Melbourne	2007
4	329 runs	India (329 & 137) lost to  South Africa (428 & 367-7d)	Kolkata	1996
5	328 runs	India (100 & 66) lost to  South Africa (235 & 259)	Durban	1996
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 19 August 2009.

Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Year
1	2 wickets	India (402 & 330) lost to  Australia (394 & 342-8)	Perth	1977
5	4 wickets	India (251 & 174) lost to  West Indies (254 & 173-6)	Kingston	1983
		India (208 & 356) lost to  New Zealand (352 & 215-6)	Wellington	1998
		India (225 & 113) lost to  South Africa (176 & 164-6)	Mumbai	2000
		India (237 & 234) lost to  Zimbabwe (315 & 157-6)	Harare	2001
		India (99 & 154) lost to  New Zealand (94 & 160-6)	Hamilton	2002
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 19 August 2009.

Narrowest loss margins (by runs)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Year
1	12 runs	India (254 & 258) lost to  Pakistan (238 & 286)	Chennai	1999
2	16 runs	India (153 & 324) lost to  Australia (166 & 327)	Brisbane	1977
		India (145 & 204) lost to  Pakistan (116 & 249)	Bangalore	1987
4	38 runs	India (225 & 333) lost to  Australia (145 & 451)	Adelaide	1992
		India (319 & 81) lost to  West Indies (298 & 140)	Bridgetown	1997
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 19 August 2009.

Individual records

Individual records (appearances)

Most career matches

Rank	Appearances	Player	Span
1	186	Sachin Tendulkar	1989-
2	161	Rahul Dravid	1996-
3	132	VVS Laxman	1996–
4	132	Anil Kumble	1990–2008
5	131	Kapil Dev	1978–1994
6	125	Sunil Gavaskar	1971–1987
7	116	Dilip Vengsarkar	1976–1992
8	113	Sourav Ganguly	1996–2008
9	99	Mohammad Azharuddin	1984–2000
10	98	Harbhajan Singh	1998–
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 3 January 2012.

Individual records (batting)

Highest individual score

Rank	Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	319	Virender Sehwag	South Africa	Chennai	2008
2	309	Virender Sehwag	Pakistan	Multan	2004
3	293	Virender Sehwag	Sri Lanka	Mumbai	2009
4	281	VVS Laxman	Australia	Kolkata	2001
5	270	Rahul Dravid	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	2004
6	254	Virender Sehwag	Pakistan	Lahore	2006
7	248*	Sachin Tendulkar	Bangladesh	Dhaka	2004
8	241*	Sachin Tendulkar	Australia	Sydney	2004
9	239	Sourav Ganguly	Pakistan	Bangalore	2007
10	236*	Sunil Gavaskar	West Indies	Chennai	1983
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 26 July 2011.

Most career runs

Rank	Runs	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Average
1	15256	Sachin Tendulkar	185	304	32	56.08
2	13139	Rahul Dravid	160	277	33	53.84
3	10122	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	16	51.12
4	8626	VVS Laxman	131	217	34	47.13
5	7964	Virender Sehwag	92	158	6	52.39
6	7212	Sourav Ganguly	113	188	17	42.17
7	6868	Dilip Vengsarkar	116	185	22	42.13
8	6215	Mohammad Azharuddin	99	147	9	45.03
9	6080	Gundappa Viswanath	91	155	10	41.93
10	5248	Kapil Dev	131	184	15	31.05
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 27 December 2011.

Most career 50+ scores

Rank	50+s	Player	Matches	Innings	Average
1	115	Sachin Tendulkar	185	304	56.08
2	99	Rahul Dravid	160	277	53.84
3	79	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	51.12
4	72	VVS Laxman	131	217	47.13
5	52	Virender Sehwag	92	158	52.39
6	52	Dilip Vengsarkar	116	185	42.13
7	51	Sourav Ganguly	113	185	42.17
8	49	Gundappa Viswanath	91	155	41.93
9	43	Mohammad Azharuddin	99	147	45.03
10	35	Mohinder Amarnath	69	113	42.50
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 27 December 2011.

Most career 100s

Rank	100s	Player	Matches	Innings	Average
1	51	Sachin Tendulkar	184	303	56.02
2	36	Rahul Dravid	160	278	53.22
3	34	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	51.12
4	22	Mohammed Azharuddin	99	147	45.03
	22	Virender Sehwag	92	159	52.15
6	17	Dilip Vengsarkar	116	185	42.13
7	16	Sourav Ganguly	113	188	42.17
	16	VVS Laxman	127	212	46.26
9	14	Gundappa Viswanath	91	155	41.93
10	12	Polly Umrigar	59	94	42.22
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 22 August 2011.

Most career 200+ scores

Rank	200+s	Player	Matches	Innings	Average
1	6	Virender Sehwag	86	148	53.59
	6	Sachin Tendulkar	178	292	56.68
3	5	Rahul Dravid	153	265	53.11
4	4	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	51.12
5	2	Vinod Kambli	17	21	54.20
	2	Dilip Sardesai	30	55	39.23
	2	Wasim Jaffer	31	58	34.10
	2	Vinoo Mankad	44	72	31.47
	2	VVS Laxman	124	206	47.19
10	1	Sanjay Manjrekar	37	61	37.14
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 26 July 2011.

Individual records (bowling)

Most career wickets

Rank	Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
1	619	Anil Kumble	132	29.65
2	434	Kapil Dev	131	29.64
3	406	Harbhajan Singh	98	32.22
4	283	Zaheer Khan	81	31.20
5	266	Bishen Singh Bedi	67	28.71
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 3 January 2012.

Best Bowling In An Innings

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	10/74	Anil Kumble	Pakistan	Delhi	1999
2	9/69	Jasu Patel	Australia	Kanpur	1959
3	9/83	Kapil Dev	West Indies	Ahmedabad	1983
4	9/102	Subhash Gupte	West Indies	Kanpur	1958
5	8/52	Vinoo Mankad	Pakistan	Delhi	1952
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 6 January 2011.

Most career 5-wickets-in-an-innings

Rank	5s	Player	Matches	Wickets	BBI	Average
1	35	Anil Kumble	132	619	10/74	29.65
2	25	Harbhajan Singh	93	393	8/84	31.85
3	23	Kapil Dev	131	434	9/83	29.64
4	16	Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	58	242	8/79	29.74
5	14	Bishen Singh Bedi	67	266	7/98	28.71
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 6 January 2011.

Most career 10-wickets-in-a-match

Rank	10s	Player	Matches	Wickets	BBM	Average
1	8	Anil Kumble	132	619	14/149	29.65
2	5	Harbhajan Singh	93	393	15/217	31.85
3	2	Irfan Pathan	29	100	12/126	32.26
		Maninder Singh	35	88	14/90	37.36
		Erapalli Prasanna	49	189	11/140	30.38
		Vinoo Mankad	44	162	13/131	32.32
		BS Chandrasekhar	58	242	12/104	29.74
		Kapil Dev	131	434	11/146	29.64
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 6 January 2011.

Individual records (fielding)

Most dismissals in Test career (wicketkeeper)

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Caught	Stumped	Matches	Innings
1	218	MS Dhoni	190	28	65	121
2	198	Syed Kirmani	160	38	88	151
3	130	Kiran More	110	20	49	90
4	107	Nayan Mongia	99	8	44	77
5	82	Farokh Engineer	66	16	46	83
6	51	Naren Tamhane	35	16	21	35
7	50	Dinesh Karthik	45	5	23	30
8	49	Parthiv Patel	41	8	20	37
9	31	Khokhan Sen	20	11	14	21
10	28	Budhi Kunderan	21	7	18	26
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 31 December 2011.

Most catches in Test career (non-wicketkeeper)

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches
1	209	Rahul Dravid	161
2	133	VVS Laxman	132
3	111	Sachin Tendulkar	186
4	108	Sunil Gavaskar	125
5	105	Mohammed Azharuddin	99
6	78	Dilip Vengsarkar	116
7	72	Virender Sehwag	93
8	71	Sourav Ganguly	113
9	64	Kapil Dev	131
10	63	Gundappa Viswanath	91
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 3 January 2012.

Partnership records

Highest wicket partnerships

Partnership	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1st wicket	413	Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy	New Zealand	Chennai	1956
2nd wicket	344*	Sunil Gavaskar & Dilip Vengsarkar	West Indies	Kolkata	1978
3rd wicket	336	Virender Sehwag & Sachin Tendulkar	Pakistan	Multan	2004
4th wicket	353	Sachin Tendulkar & VVS Laxman	Australia	Sydney	2004
5th wicket	376	VVS Laxman & Rahul Dravid	Australia	Kolkata	2001
6th wicket	298*	Dilip Vengsarkar & Ravi Shastri	Australia	Mumbai	1986
7th wicket	259*	VVS Laxman & Mahendra Singh Dhoni	South Africa	Kolkatta	2010
8th wicket	161	Mohammed Azharuddin & Anil Kumble	South Africa	Kolkatta	1996
9th wicket	149	Nana Joshi & Ramakant Desai	Pakistan	Mumbai	1960
10th wicket	133	Sachin Tendulkar & Zaheer Khan	Bangladesh	Dhaka	2004
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 16 November 2010.

Highest partnerships by runs

Rank	Partnership	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Year
1	1st wicket	413	Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy	New Zealand	Chennai	1956
2	1st wicket	410	Virender Sehwag & Rahul Dravid	Pakistan	Lahore	2006
3	5th wicket	376	VVS Laxman & Rahul Dravid	Australia	Kolkata	2001
4	4th wicket	353	Sachin Tendulkar & VVS Laxman	Australia	Sydney	2004
5	2nd wicket	344*	Sunil Gavaskar & Dilip Vengsarkar	West Indies	Kolkata	1978
6	3rd wicket	336	Virender Sehwag & Sachin Tendulkar	Pakistan	Multan	2004
7	3rd wicket	316	Gundappa Viswanath & Yashpal Sharma	England	Chennai	1982
8	2nd wicket	314	Gautam Gambhir & Rahul Dravid	England	Mohali	2008
9	3rd wicket	308	Murali Vijay & Sachin Tendulkar	Australia	Bangalore	2010
10	5th wicket	303	Rahul Dravid & VVS Laxman	Australia	Adelaide	2003
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 13 October 2010.