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).