Indian cricket team records

Overall

†Only applies to Tests.
‡Only applies to ODIs and T20Is.
¤Tie matches were considered as half win and half loss.

Highest match aggregate runs

1549 runs v Australia at Sydney on 2 January 2004.
1st innings
India – 705/7 decl
Australia – 474
2nd innings
India – 211/2 decl
Australia – 157/6
Result: Match drawn

Lowest match aggregate runs

482 runs v England at Lord's, London on 27 June 1936.
1st innings
India – 147
England – 134
2nd innings
India – 93
England – 108/1
Result: England won by 9 wickets

Largest Victories

By Innings
by an innings and 239 runs v Bangladesh at Dhaka on 25 May 2007.
By Runs
by 337 runs v South Africa at Delhi on 7 December 2015.

Smallest Victories

By Runs
by 13 runs v Australia at Mumbai on 3 November 2004.

Most extras conceded in an innings

64 extras (12b, 25lb, 0w, 27nb) v West Indies at Kolkata on 26 December 1987.

Most Runs in an inning (Test)

Virender Sehwag – 319, 309

Karun Nair - 303*

Most matches as captain

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 60

Most Matches

Sachin Tendulkar- 200 (World Record)

Most career runs

Sachin Tendulkar – 15921 runs (World Record)

Most balls faced in test cricket

Rahul Dravid - 31,258 (World Record)

Highest score

Virender Sehwag – 319 runs v South Africa at Chennai on March 2008

Best debut score

Shikhar Dhawan – 187 runs v Australia at Mohali on 15 March 2013.

Highest partnerships by runs

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.

Most wickets

Anil Kumble – 619 wickets

Best bowling figures in an innings

Anil Kumble – 10/74 v Pakistan at Delhi on 4 February 1999.

Best bowling figures in a match

Narendra Hirwani – 16/136 v West Indies at Chennai on 11 January 1988.

Best career economy rate

Bapu Nadkarni – 1.63

Best career strike rate

Ravichandran Ashwin – 51.3

Best economy rate in an innings

Bapu Nadkarni – 0.15 (32 overs, 27 maidens, 5 runs, 0wickets) v England at Chennai on 10 January 1964. (World Record)

Best strike rate in an innings

Harbhajan Singh – 8.4 v West Indies at Kingston on 30 June 2006.

Most runs conceded in an innings

Rajesh Chauhan – 276 runs (78 overs, 8 maidens, 1 wicket) v Sri Lanka at Colombo on 2 August 1997.

Most catches

Rahul Dravid – 210 catches (World Record)

Most catches in an innings

5
Yajurvindra Singh v England at Bangalore on 28 January 1977.
Mohammad Azharuddin v Pakistan at Karachi on 15 November 1989.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth v Australia at Perth on 1 February 1992.
Ajinkya Rahane v Sri Lanka at Galle on 15 August 2015.

Most catches in a match

Ajinkya Rahane - 8 catches v Sri Lanka at Galle on 15 August 2015. (World Record)
Yajurvindra Singh – 7 catches v England at Bangalore on 28 January 1977.

Most dismissals

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 294 (256 catches, 38 stumpings)

Most dismissals in an innings

Syed Kirmani – 6 (5 catches, 1 stumping) vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 5 February 1976.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 6 (6 catches) vs New Zealand at Wellington on 3 April 2009.
Wriddhiman Saha - 6 (5 catches, 1 stumping) vs West Indies at Antigua on 21 July 2016.

Most dismissals in a match

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 9 (9 catches) vs Australia at Melbourne on 26 December 2014.
Nayan Mongia – 8 (8 catches) vs Pakistan at Kolkata on 16 February 1999.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 8 (7 catches, 1 stumping) vs Australia at Perth on 16 January 2008.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 8 (6 catches, 2 stumping) vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 24 January 2010
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 8 (6 catches, 2 stumping) vs West Indies at Mumbai on 22 November 2011