This is a list ofIndian Cricket team'sTest Cricket records. It is based on theList 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.
The top five records are listed for each category, except for theteam wins, losses, draws and ties and thepartnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played byIndia only.[citation needed]
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Player remainednot out or partnership remained unbroken
As of 22 November 2025[update], India played 597 Test matchesresulting in 185 victories and 187 defeats , 224 draws and 1 tie for an overall winning percentage of 30.98[7]
The highest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the series betweenSri Lanka andIndia inAugust 1997. Playing in the first Test atR. Premadasa Stadium inColombo, the hosts posted a first innings total of 6/952d. This broke the longstanding record of 7/903d whichEngland set against Australia in the final Test of the1938 Ashes series atThe Oval. The fifth and last Test of the2016–17 series againstEngland saw India set their highest innings total of 759/7d.[11][12]
India's highest fourth-innings total is 445 all out in an unsuccessful run chase against Australia at Adelaide in January 1978. Australia had set a target of 493. India's second-highest fourth-innings total of 429/8 came against England at The Oval in 1979. Having been set a target of 438 runs, India required 9 runs to win with 2 wickets in hand when the fifth day's play ended resulting in a draw. India's highest successful run chase occurred against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 1976 and is also their third-highest fourth-innings total. West Indies had set India a target of 403.[14]
A Test match iswon when one side has scored moreruns than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their twoinnings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If one side scores more runs in a single innings than the total runs scored by the other side in both their innings, it is known as a win by innings and runs. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win bywickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.[20]
The fifth Test of the1938 Ashes series atThe Oval saw England win by an innings and 579 runs, the largest victory by an innings in Test cricket history. The largest victory for India, which is the 12th largest, is their win against West Indies in the first Test of the2018–19 tour at theSaurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, where the hosts won by an innings and 272 runs.[21]
India's narrowest win by runs was against England in the fifth Test of the2025 Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy atThe Oval. Set 374 runs for victory in the final innings, England were bowled all out for 367 to give victory to India by six runs. This was the equal eight-narrowest win in Test cricket, with the narrowest being the West Indies' one-run win over Australiain 1993 and New Zealand over Englandin 2023.[26]
VVS Laxman played a leading role in India's narrowest victory by wickets against Australia in October 2010.[28]
India's narrowest win by wickets came in the first Test of theBorder-Gavaskar Trophy in October 2010. Played at thePCA Stadium, the hosts won the match by a margin of one wicket, one of only fourteen one-wicket victories in Test cricket.[29]
The Oval in London played host the greatest defeat by an innings in Test cricket.[21] The final Test of the1938 Ashes saw England defeat the tourists by an innings and 579 runs, to the draw the series at one match all.[30] India's biggest defeat came at home during theWest Indies tour in 1958 when they lost by an innings and 336 runs atEden Gardens,Kolkata.[31]
The first Test of the1928–29 Ashes series saw Australia defeated by England by 675 runs, the greatest losing margin by runs in Test cricket.[25] India's biggest defeat by runs was against Australia in the third Test of the2004 Border-Gavaskar Trophy atVCA Stadium after which not only did India lose the match, they lost the series as well, making it Australia's first series win on Indian soil since their1969-70 tour.
India have lost a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 18 occasions with most recent being during the 2nd test of theIndia's tour of New Zealand in 2020.
Atie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.[20] Only two matches haveended in a tie in Test cricket history, both of which involved Australia.[7]
Arun is the basic means ofscoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits theball with hisbat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of thepitch. Alternatively, a player can score multiple runs by hitting the aforementioned ball out of the boundary rope for 4 or 6 runs.[33]India'sSachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Test cricket with 15,921. Second isRicky Ponting of Australia with 13,378 ahead ofJacques Kallis from South Africa in third with 13,289.Rahul Dravid andSunil Gavaskar are the only other Indian batsmen who have scored more than10,000 runs in Test cricket.[34]
A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.
Acentury is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.
Tendulkar has also scored the most centuries in Test cricket with 51. South Africa'sJacques Kallis is next on 45 and Ricky Ponting with 41 hundreds is in third.[98]
Adouble century is a score of 200 or more runs in a single innings.
For the most double centuries, Don Bradman holds the Test record scored with twelve, one ahead of Sri Lanka'sKumar Sangakkara who finished his career with eleven. In third isBrian Lara of the West Indies with nine. India'sVirat Kohli is one of three cricketers who reached the mark on seven occasions.[99]
Shane Warne held the record for the most Test wickets with 708 until December 2007 whenSri Lankan bowlerMuttiah Muralitharan passed Warne's milestone.[112] Muralitharan, who continued to play until 2010, finished with 800 wickets to his name.James Anderson of England is third on the list taking 700 wickets holds the record for most wickets by afast bowler in Test cricket.[113][114]India'sAnil Kumble is fourth on the list and the highest ranked Indian bowler taking 619 wickets.
A bowler's bowling figures in a match is the sum of the wickets taken and the runs conceded over both innings.
No bowler in the history of Test cricket has taken all 20 wickets in a match. The closest to do so was Englishspin bowlerJim Laker. During the fourth Test of the1956 Ashes series, Laker took 9/37 in the first innings and 10/53 in the second to finish with match figures of 19/90.Narendra Hirwani's figures of 16/136, taken in his debut test, during the fourth match of theWest Indies tour of India in 1987, is the third-best in Test cricket history.[149]
A bowler'sbowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken. 19th-century English medium pacerGeorge Lohmann holds the record for the best career average in Test cricket with 10.75.[151]
A bowler'seconomy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number ofovers they have bowled.[107]English bowlerWilliam Attewell, who played 10 matches for England between 1884 and 1892, holds the Test record for the best career economy rate with 1.31. India'sBapu Nadkarni, with a rate of 1.67 runs per over conceded over his 41-match Test career, is fourth on the list.[153]
A bowler'sstrike rate is the total number ofballs they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[107]As with the career average above, the top bowler with the best Test career strike rate isGeorge Lohmann with strike rate of 34.1 balls per wicket. India'sKuldeep Yadav is the highest-ranked Indian bowler on this list.[155]
Aten-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match over two innings.As with the five-wicket hauls above,Anil Kumble is not only behind Muralitharan, Warne and Hadlee, he is also behindRangana Herath of Sri Lanka in taking the most ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket.[159]
The worst figures in a single innings in Test cricket came in thethird Test between the West Indies at home to Pakistan in 1958. Pakistan'sKhan Mohammad returned figures of 0/259 from his 54 overs in the second innings of the match.[160][161] The worst figures by an Indian is 0/187 that came off the bowling ofE. A. S. Prasanna in thefirst test of the India's tour of England in 1967.[162]
The worst figures in a match in Test cricket were taken by South Africa'sImran Tahir in the second Test against Australia at theAdelaide Oval inNovember 2012. He returned figures of 0/180 from his 23 overs in the first innings and 0/80 off 14 in the third innings for a total of 0/260 from 37 overs.[164] He claimed the record in his final over when two runs came from it – enough for him to pass the previous record of 0/259, set 54 years prior.[165]
Incricket, ahat-trick occurs when a bowlertakes three wickets with consecutivedeliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by anover bowled by another bowler from the other end of thepitch or the other team'sinnings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Onlywickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count.
Thewicket-keeper is a specialistfielder who stands behind thestumps being guarded by the batsman onstrike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.[172]
A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways,caught orstumped. A fair catch is taken when theball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker'sbat or glove holding the bat,[173][174] while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of hisground and not attempting a run.[175]India'sMS Dhoni is fifth in taking most dismissals in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper.[176]
Bert Oldfield, Australia's fifth-most capped wicket-keeper, holds the record for the moststumpings in Test cricket with 52. Indian glovemenSyed Kirmani andMS Dhoni are both equal third on 38.[180]
Four wicket-keepers have taken seven dismissals in a single innings in a Test match—Wasim Bari of Pakistan in 1979, EnglishmanBob Taylor in 1980, New Zealand'sIan Smith in 1991 and most recently West Indian glovemanRidley Jacobs against Australia in 2000.[182]
The feat of taking 6 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 24 wicket-keepers on 32 occasions including 4 Indians.[183]
Three wicket-keepers have made 11 dismissals in a Test match, EnglishmanJack Russell in 1995, South AfricanAB de Villiers in 2013 and most recently India'sRishabh Pant against Australia in 2018.[185]
The feat of making 10 dismissals in a match has been achieved by 4 wicket-keepers on 4 occasions with Wriddhiman Saha being the only Indian.[186]
Rahul Dravid holds the world record most catches by a fielder in Test cricket.[190]
Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can bedismissed in cricket.[c] The majority of catches are caught in theslips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on theoff side of the field. Most slip fielders aretop order batsmen.[192][193]
England'sJoe Root holds the record for the most catches in Test cricket by a non-wicket-keeper with 213, followed by Rahul Dravid of India at 209 andMahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka on 205.Jacques Kallis is the highest ranked South African in fourth, securing 200 catches in his Test career.[190]
Tendulkar has played theMost Test Matches (200) Highest by any player.
India'sSachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most Test matches played with 200, withJames Anderson at second with 188 matches and former captainsRicky Ponting andSteve Waugh being joint-third with each having represented Australia on 168 occasions.[203]
FormerEnglish captainAlastair Cook holds the record for the most consecutive Test matches played with 159. He brokeAllan Border's long standing record of 153 matches inJune 2018.[205]Sunil Gavaskar, the Indianopener played 106 consecutive Test matches, is fourth. The recently retired New Zealand wicket-keeper-batsmanBrendon McCullum, who is fifth on the list with 101 matches, is the highest ranked cricketer who never missed a Test match during his playing career.Rahul Dravid, in ninth on 93, is the highest ranked Indian player to achieve the feat.[206]
Graeme Smith, who led the South African cricket team from 2003 to 2014, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in Test cricket with 109.Virat Kohli who led the side for seven years from 2014 to 2022 is sixth on the list with 68 matches.[207]
The youngest player to play in a Test match is claimed to beHasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 227 days. Making his debut for Pakistanagainst Zimbabwe on 24 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.[212] The youngest Indian to play Test cricket wasSachin Tendulkar who at the age of 16 years and 205 days debuted in thefirst Test of the series against Pakistan in November 1989.[213]
England all-rounderWilfred Rhodes is the oldest player to appear in a Test match. Playing in thefourth Test against the West Indies in 1930 atSabina Park, inKingston, Jamaica, he was aged 52 years and 165 days on the final day's play. The oldest Indian Test player isVinoo Mankad who was aged 41years and 300 days when he represented India for the final time in the fifth Test of the1959 tour by West Indies at theArun Jaitley Stadium, then known as Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium.[217]
In cricket, two batsmen are always present at thecrease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them isdismissed,retires or the innings comes to a close.
A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between thenot out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 21 July 2023[222]
Anumpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to theLaws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst athird umpire has access to video replays, and afourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.
Aleem Dar of Pakistan holds the record for the most Test matches umpired with 130. The current active Dar set the record inDecember 2019 overtakingSteve Bucknor from the West Indies mark of 128 matches.[223] They are followed by South Africa'sRudi Koertzen who officiated in 108. The most experienced Indian isSrinivas Venkataraghavan who is tenth on the list with 73 Test matches umpired.[224]
^"Law 5 – The Bat". Marylebone Cricket Club.Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved29 December 2018. Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat.
^"Law 39 – Stumped". Marylebone Cricket Club.Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved29 December 2018.
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