The India national cricket team represents India in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. They first competed in international cricket in 1932, when they played against England in a three-day Test match; England won the match by 158 runs. India's first Test series as an independent country was against Australia. They secured their first Test win against England in 1952 at Madras Cricket Club Ground.Madras Cricket Club Ground was later renamed M. A. Chidambaram Stadium. , India have played 601 Test matches; they have won 187 matches, lost 188 matches, and 225 matches were drawn with one being tied. India played their first ODI match against England in 1974, but registered their first win against East Africa in 1975. , India have played 1084 ODI matches, winning 577 matches and losing 453; 10 matches were tied and 44 matches had no result. They also won the 1983 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, along with the 2002, 2013 and the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. India played their first Twenty20 International (T20I) against South Africa in 2006, winning the match by six wickets, and won the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 along with the ICC World Twenty20 in 2024. , they have played 294 T20I matches and won 197 of them; 81 were lost, with 6 super-over/bowl-out wins (after being tied), one tied (without a super over) and 9 having no result.
India have faced ten teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being England, against whom they have played 141 matches. India have registered more wins against England than against any other team, with 37. In ODI matches, India have played against 20 teams. They have played against Sri Lanka more frequently in ODI matches, with a winning percentage of 57.89 in 99 out of 171 matches. India have defeated Sri Lanka on 99 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs. The team have played 20 countries in T20Is, and have played 37 matches with Australia. They also have recorded the most victories against Australia and Sri Lanka, defeating each team in twenty-two matches.
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+Key for the tables Symbol Meaning Matches Number of matches played Won Number of matches won Lost Number of matches lost Tied Number of matches tied Draw Number of matches ended in a draw No Result Number of matches ended with no result Tie+Win Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over Tie+Loss Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over %Won Percentage of games won to those playedGames that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win. W/L Ratio Ratio of matches won to matches lost First Year of the first match played by India against the country Last Year of the last match played by India against the country
Test Cricket
One Day International
Twenty20 International
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