Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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.

Key The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties and the partnership 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 by India only. + Key Symbol Meaning Player or umpire is currently active in Test cricket * Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken ♠ Test cricket record d Innings was declared (e.g. 8/758d) Date Starting date of the Test match Innings Number of innings played Matches Number of matches played Opposition The team India was playing against Period The time period when the player was active in Test cricket Player The player involved in the record Venue Test cricket ground where the match was played

Team records Overall Record MatchesWonLostDrawnTiedWin %601 187 188 225 1 31.11Last Updated: 29 August 2026

Team wins, losses, draws and ties

, India played 601 Test matches resulting in 187 victories, 188 defeats, 225 draws, and 1 tie for an overall winning percentage of 31.11

First Test series wins Opponent Year of first Home win Year of first Away win 2018 YTP 1979 2018 2017 2000 1961 1971 YTP 1955 1968 1952 2004 1996 - 1986 1993 1978 1971 1993 2005 Last updated: 15 January 2022

First Test match wins

Opponent Home Away Venue Year Venue Year Bangalore 2018 YTP Kanpur 1959 Melbourne 1978 Hyderabad 2017 Dhaka 2000 Madras 1952 The Oval 1971 YTP Bombay 1955 Dunedin 1968 Delhi 1952 Multan 2004 Ahmedabad 1996 Johannesburg 2006 Nagpur 1986 Colombo (SSC) 1993 Calcutta 1974 Port of Spain 1971 Delhi 1993 Bulawayo 2001 Last updated: 20 June 2018

Team scoring records

Most runs in an innings The highest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the series between Sri Lanka and India in August 1997. Playing in the first Test at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the hosts posted a first innings total of 6/952d. This broke the longstanding record of 7/903d which England set against Australia in the final Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval. The fifth and last Test of the 2016–17 series against England saw India set their highest innings total of 759/7d. Rank Score Opposition Venue Date 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 2 Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India 3 Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 5 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, India Last updated: 20 June 2020

Highest successful run chases 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.

Rank Score Target Opposition Venue Date 1 403 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2 387 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 3 328 The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia 4 276 Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India 5 264 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka Last updated: 19 January 2021

Fewest runs in an innings The lowest score in Test history for India is 36 scored in their second innings against Australia in the first Test of the 2020 Australian tour.

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date 1 36 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 2 42 Lord's, London, England 3 46 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India 4 58 The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England Last updated: 17 October 2024

Most runs conceded in an innings The highest innings total scored against India is by Sri Lanka when they scored 952/6d in the first Test of the Indian's tour of Sri Lanka in 1997 at R. Premadasa Stadium.

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date 1 ♠ R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India 3 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England 4 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 5 Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand Last updated: 23 August 2020

Fewest runs conceded in an innings The lowest innings total scored against India is 55 in the second test of India's tour of South Africa in 2023-24

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date 1 55 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa 2 62 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 3 79 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India 4 81 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India 5 82 Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, India Last updated: 25 February 2021

Result records A Test match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their two innings. 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 by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.

Greatest win margins (by innings) The fifth Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval saw England win by an innings and 579 runs, the largest victory by an innings in Test cricket history.

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date1Innings and 300 runsMaharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh, India6 June 2026 2 Innings and 272 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India 3 Innings and 262 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India 4 Innings and 239 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India Last updated: 8 June 2026

Greatest win margins (by runs) The largest victory recorded by India, the 8th largest overall, is the third Test of England's 2024 tour of India by 434 runs.

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 434 runs Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot, India 2 372 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 3 337 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, India 4 336 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham, England 5 321 runs Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, India Last updated: 25 February 2021

Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets) India have won a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 9 occasions.

Rank Number of Victories Opposition Most Recent Venue Date 1 2 M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India 4 1 Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, India Last updated: 25 February 2021

Narrowest win margins (by runs) India's narrowest win by runs was against England in the fifth Test of the 2025 Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at The 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 Australia in 1993 and New Zealand over England in 2023.

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date1 The Oval, London, England 2 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 3 Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India 4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Last updated: 4 August 2025

Narrowest win margins (by wickets)

India's narrowest win by wickets came in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in October 2010. Played at the PCA Stadium, the hosts won the match by a margin of one wicket, one of only fourteen one-wicket victories in Test cricket.

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 1 wicket Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India 2 2 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 4 3 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Last updated: 22 December 2022

Greatest loss margins (by innings) The Oval in London played host the greatest defeat by an innings in Test cricket. The final Test of the 1938 Ashes saw England defeat the tourists by an innings and 579 runs, to the draw the series at one match all. India's biggest defeat came at home during the West Indies tour in 1958 when they lost by an innings and 336 runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 Innings and 336 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India 2 Innings and 285 runs Lord's, London, England 3 Innings and 244 runs The Oval, London, England 4 Innings and 242 runs Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England 5 Innings and 239 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Last updated: 20 June 2020

Greatest loss margins (by runs) The first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series saw Australia defeated by England by 675 runs, the greatest losing margin by runs in Test cricket. India's biggest defeat by runs was against South Africa in the second Test of the South African cricket team in India in 2025–26 at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium.

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 408 runs Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati, India 2 342 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India 3 341 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 4 337 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 5 333 runs Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India Last updated: 26 November 2025

Greatest loss margins (by 10 wickets) India have lost a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 18 occasions with most recent being during the 2nd test of the India's tour of New Zealand in 2020.

Rank Defeats Opposition Most recent venue Date 1 4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, West Indies Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 4 3 Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand 5 2 Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka 6 1 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Last updated: 20 June 2020

Narrowest loss margins (by runs) The narrowest loss of India in terms of runs is by 12 runs against Pakistan in the first test of the Pakistan's tour of India in 1999.

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 12 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 2 16 runs The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India 4 22 runs Lord's, London, England 5 25 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India Last updated: 30 July 2025

Narrowest loss margins (by wickets) The narrowest loss of India in terms of wickets is by 2 wickets against Australia in the second test of India's tour of Australia in 1978-79.

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 2 wicket WACA Ground, Perth, Australia 2 4 wickets Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia Last updated: 20 June 2020

Tied matches