Indian cricket team records

This page details Indian cricket team records

Records - Tests

Team records

  • Highest team total: 705-7 decl v Australia at Sydney (2003/04)
  • Lowest team total: 42 v England at Lord's (1974)

Individual records

  • Most matches: 144 by Sachin Tendulkar
  • Most Consecutive Man of the Match Award(World Record): 4 by Sourav Ganguly
  • Most Successful Captain: Sourav Ganguly ; Won 21 Tests out of 49.

Batting

  • Most runs: 11520 by Sachin Tendulkar
  • Best average: 55.65 by Sachin Tendulkar
  • Highest individual score: 309 by Virender Sehwag v Pakistan at Multan (2003/04)
  • Record partnership: 413 P Roy and MH Mankad v New Zealand at Chennai 1955/56 (1st wicket)
  • Most centuries: 38 by Sachin Tendulkar
  • Best Debut Performance : 131 by Sourav Ganguly v England at Lord's (1995/96)
  • Batting Average always Over 40 : Sourav Ganguly , Sunil Gavaskar,Mohammad Azharuddin

Bowling

  • Most wickets: 594 by Anil Kumble
  • Best average: 28.23 by S Sreesanth
  • Best innings bowling: 10-74 by Anil Kumble Vs. Pakistan at Delhi (1998/99)
  • Best match bowling: 16-136 by Narendra Hirwani v West Indies at Chennai (1987/88)
  • Best career strike rate: 51.8 by S Sreesanth
  • Best economy rate: 1.67 by Bapu Nadkarni

Fielding

  • Most dismissals: 198 (160 catches, 38 stumpings) by Syed Kirmani
  • Most dismissals in an innings: 6 (5 catches, 1 stummping) by Syed Kirmani v New Zealand at Christchurch (1975/76).

Records - ODIs

Team records

  • Highest team total: 413-5 in 50 overs v Bermuda at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (2007/08)
  • Lowest team total: 54 in 26.3 overs v Sri Lanka at Sharjah (2000/01)

Individual records

  • Most matches: Sachin Tendulkar 407

Batting

  • Most runs: 15962 by Sachin Tendulkar
  • Best average: 45.13 by MS Dhoni
  • Highest individual score: 186* by Sachin Tendulkar vs. New Zealand at Hyderabad (1999/00)
  • Record partnership: 331 by Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar for the 2nd wicket vs. New Zealand at Hyderabad (1999/00)
  • Most centuries: 41 by Sachin Tendulkar
  • Most Half-centuries: 85 by Sachin Tendulkar

Bowling

  • Most wickets: 337 Anil Kumble
  • Best average: 26.40 Irfan Pathan
  • Best innings bowling: 6/12 Anil Kumble v West Indies at Kolkata (1993/94)
  • Best career strike rate: 31.2 Irfan Pathan
  • Best career economy rate: 3.71 Kapil Dev

Fielding

  • Most dismissals: 204 (190 catches, 14 stumpings) by Rahul Dravid
  • Most dismissals in an innings: 6 (5 catches, 1 stumping) by Mahendra Singh Dhoni at Headingley, Leeds, England on 2 September 2007 (vs England).