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 cricket team.

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

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	487	122	156	208	1	25.05
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 27 February 2015.

Matches played (by country)

Team	Opponent	1st Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won	W/L ratio
India	Australia	1947	90	24	40	25	1	26.60	0.60
	Bangladesh	2000	7	6	0	1	0	85.71	--
	England	1932	112	21	43	48	0	18.75	0.48
	New Zealand	1955	54	18	10	26	0	33.33	1.80
	Pakistan	1952	59	9	12	38	0	15.25	0.75
	South Africa	1992	29	7	13	9	0	24.13	0.53
	Sri Lanka	1982	35	14	6	15	0	40.00	2.33
	West Indies	1948	90	16	30	44	0	15.90	0.54
	Zimbabwe	1992	11	7	2	2	0	63.63	3.5
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 27 February 2015.

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: 10 January 2011.

Lowest scores (Innings)

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	42	England	Lord's	1974
2	58	Australia	Brisbane	1947
3	58	England	Manchester	1952
4	66	South Africa	Durban	1996
5	67	Australia	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
6	Innings and 135 runs	India (503) beat  Australia (237-9 d & 131)	Hyderabad	2013
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 5 March 2013.

Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets)

Rank	Opponent	No. wins	Recent venue	Year
1	Pakistan	2	Chennai	1980
	New Zealand		Hamilton	2009
3	England	1	Mohali	2001
	Zimbabwe		Harare	2005
	Bangladesh		Mirpur	2010
Note: Australia has won a Test match by 10 wickets on 99 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
5	Innings and 244 runs	India (148 & 94) lost to  England (486)	London	2014
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
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 13 August 2011.

Greatest loss margins (by 10 wickets)

Rank	Opponent	No. loss	Recent venue	Year
1	England	3	Mumbai	2012
	West Indies		Bridgetown	1984
3	Sri Lanka	2	Galle	2010
	New Zealand		Wellington	2002
5	align"left"| Australia	1	Mumbai	2001
	Pakistan		Faisalabad	1983
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 8 December 2012.

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
5	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

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	200	Sachin Tendulkar	1989-2013
2	163	Rahul Dravid	1996–2012
3	134	VVS Laxman	1996-2012
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	103	Virender Sehwag	2001-2013*
10	101	Harbhajan Singh	1998-2013*
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 11 December 2014.

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: 11 December 2014.

Highest individual score - progression of record

Criteria: 100 runs

Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Season
118	Lala Amarnath	England	Bombay	1933
128	Vijay Merchant	England	London	1946
145	Vijay Hazare	Australia	Adelaide	1948
164*	Vijay Hazare	England	Madras	1951
184	Vinoo Mankad	England	Lord's	1952
223	Polly Umrigar	New Zealand	Hyderabad	1955
231	Vinoo Mankad	New Zealand	Madras	1956
236*	Sunil Gavaskar	West Indies	Chennai	1983
281	VVS Laxman	Australia	Calcutta	2001
309	Virender Sehwag	Pakistan	Multan	2004
319	Virender Sehwag	South Africa	Chennai	2008
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 24 April 2012.

Most career runs

Rank	Runs	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Average
1	15921	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	33	53.78
2	13265	Rahul Dravid	163	284	32	52.63
3	10122	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	16	51.12
4	8781	VVS Laxman	134	225	34	45.97
5	8503	Virender Sehwag	103	178	6	49.43
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: 25 March 2013.

Most career 50+ scores

Rank	50+s	Player	Matches	Innings	Average
1	119	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	53.78
2	99	Rahul Dravid	163	284	52.63
3	79	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	51.12
4	73	VVS Laxman	134	225	45.97
5	54	Virender Sehwag	103	178	49.87
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: 23 February 2013.

Most career 100s

Rank	100s	Player	Matches	Innings	Average
1	51	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	53.78
2	36	Rahul Dravid	163	284	52.63
3	34	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	51.12
4	23	Virender Sehwag	103	178	49.43
5	22	Mohammed Azharuddin	99	147	45.03
6	17	Dilip Vengsarkar	116	185	42.13
	17	VVS Laxman	134	225	45.97
8	16	Sourav Ganguly	113	188	42.17
9	14	Gundappa Viswanath	91	155	41.93
10	12	Polly Umrigar	59	94	42.22
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 25 March 2013.

Most career 200+ scores

Rank	200+s	Player	Matches	Innings	Average
1	6	Virender Sehwag	103	178	49.43
	6	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	53.78
3	5	Rahul Dravid	163	284	52.63
4	4	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	51.12
5	2	Vinod Kambli	17	21	54.20
	2	Cheteshwar Pujara	16	26	67.63
	2	Dilip Sardesai	30	55	39.23
	2	Wasim Jaffer	31	58	34.10
	2	Vinoo Mankad	44	72	31.47
	2	VVS Laxman	134	225	45.97
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 21 December 2013.

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	413	Harbhajan Singh	101	32.37
4	309	Zaheer Khan	92	33.02
5	266	Bishen Singh Bedi	67	28.71
6	242	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	58	29.74
7	236	Javagal Srinath	67	30.49
8	189	Erapalli Prasanna	49	30.38
9	174	Ishant Sharma	55	37.32
10	162	Vinoo Mankad	44	32.32
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 17 February 2014.

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
6	8/55	Vinoo Mankad	England	Chennai	1952
7	8/61	Narendra Hirwani	West Indies	Chennai	1988
8	8/72	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	New Zealand	Delhi	1965
9	8/75	Narendra Hirwani	West Indies	Chennai	1988
10	8/76	Erapalli Prasanna	New Zealand	Auckland	1976
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 17 February 2014.

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	101	413	8/84	32.27
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
6	12	Subhash Gupte	36	149	9/102	29.55
7	11	Zaheer Khan	92	311	7/87	32.94
8	10	Erapalli Prasanna	49	189	8/76	30.38
9	10	Javagal Srinath	67	236	8/86	30.49
10	9	Ravichandran Ashwin	19	104	7/103	28.50
Source: . Last updated: 18 February 2014.

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	101	413	15/217	32.37
3	2	Ravichandran Ashwin	16	92	12/85	28.53
		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
4	1	Jasubhai Patel	7	29	14/124	21.96
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 25 March 2013.

Individual records (fielding)

Most dismissals in Test career (wicketkeeper)

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Caught	Stumped	Matches	Innings
1	294	MS Dhoni	256	38	90	166
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: 17 February 2014.

Most catches in Test career (non-wicketkeeper)

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches
1	209	Rahul Dravid	163
2	135	VVS Laxman	134
3	115	Sachin Tendulkar	200
4	108	Sunil Gavaskar	125
5	105	Mohammed Azharuddin	99
6	90	Virender Sehwag	103
7	78	Dilip Vengsarkar	116
8	71	Sourav Ganguly	113
9	64	Kapil Dev	131
10	63	Gundappa Viswanath	91
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 25 March 2013.

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	2nd wicket	370	Cheteshwar Pujara & Murali Vijay	Australia	Hyderabad	2013
5	4th wicket	353	Sachin Tendulkar & VVS Laxman	Australia	Sydney	2004
6	2nd wicket	344*	Sunil Gavaskar & Dilip Vengsarkar	West Indies	Kolkata	1978
7	3rd wicket	336	Virender Sehwag & Sachin Tendulkar	Pakistan	Multan	2004
8	3rd wicket	316	Gundappa Viswanath & Yashpal Sharma	England	Chennai	1982
9	2nd wicket	314	Gautam Gambhir & Rahul Dravid	England	Mohali	2008
10	3rd wicket	308	Murali Vijay & Sachin Tendulkar	Australia	Bangalore	2010
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 21 November 2012.

Highest partnerships for each wicket

The highest ever partnership for India was the 413 run first-wicket partnership between Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy v New Zealand at Chennai on 6 January 1956.

Wicket	Runs	Batsmen	Opponent	Venue	Match date
1st	413	Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy	New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956
2nd	370	Murali Vijay & Cheteshwar Pujara	Australia	Hyderabad	2 March 2013
3rd	336	Virender Sehwag & Sachin Tendulkar	Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004
4th	353	Sachin Tendulkar & VVS Laxman	Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2004
5th	376	VVS Laxman & Rahul Dravid	Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
6th	298*	Dilip Vengsarkar & Ravi Shastri	Australia	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
7th	282	Rohit Sharma & Ravichandran Ashwin	West Indies	Kolkata	8 Nov 2013
8th	161	Mohammad Azharuddin & Anil Kumble	South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
9th	149	PG Joshi & RB Desai	Pakistan	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	2 Dec 1960
10th	133	Sachin Tendulkar & Zaheer Khan	Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004

See also

• List of India One Day International cricket records
• List of India Twenty20 International records
• List of India Test cricket centurions

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