List of India Test cricket records explained

Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level.[1] 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).[2] [3] 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
scope=col Symbolscope=col Meaning
scope=row Player or umpire is currently active in Test cricket
scope=row Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken
scope=row style=background:#cee0f2; ♠Test cricket record
scope=row dInnings was declared (e.g. 8/758d)
scope=row DateStarting date of the Test match
scope=row InningsNumber of innings played
scope=row MatchesNumber of matches played
scope=row OppositionThe team India was playing against
scope=row PeriodThe time period when the player was active in Test cricket
scope=row PlayerThe player involved in the record
scope=row VenueTest cricket ground where the match was played

Team records

Overall Record

MatchesWonLostDrawnTiedWin %
585 181 181 222 1 30.94
Last Updated: 25 November 2024.[4]

Team wins, losses, draws and ties

, India played 585 Test matches resulting in 181 victories and 181 defeats each, 222 draws and 1 tie for an overall winning percentage of 30.94.[4]

OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedDraw% Won% Lost% Drawn
1 1 0 0 0 100.00 0.00 0.00
108 33 45 1 29 30.55 41.66 26.85
15 13 0 0 2 86.66 0.00 13.33
136 35 51 0 50 25.73 37.50 36.76
65 22 16 0 27 33.84 24.61 41.53
59 9 12 0 38 15.25 20.33 64.40
44 16 18 0 10 36.36 40.90 22.72
46 22 7 0 17 47.82 15.21 36.95
100 23 30 0 47 23.00 30.00 47.00
11 7 2 0 2 63.63 18.18 18.18
Total585181181122230.9430.9437.94
Statistics are correct as of v at Perth Stadium, Perth, 1st Test, 25 November 2024.[5]

First Test series wins

Opponent Year of first Home win Year of first Away win
YTP
2018
20172000
1971
YTP
1967
2004
-
1993
19781971
19932005
Last updated: 15 January 2022[6]

First Test match wins

Opponent Home Away
Venue Year Venue Year
YTP
1978
Hyderabad2000
1971
YTP
1968
2004
2006
1993
1971
2001
Last updated: 20 June 2018[7]

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 the England saw India set their highest innings total of 759/7d.[8] [9]

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, India
Last updated: 20 June 2020[10]

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.[11]

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Targetscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 403Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 387M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 328The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 276Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 264Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Last updated: 19 January 2021[12]

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.

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 36Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 42Lord's, London, England
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 46M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India
align=center rowspan=24scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=258The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Last updated: 17 October 2024[13]

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.

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; ♠R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Last updated: 23 August 2020[14]

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[15]

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 55Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 62Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 79Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 81Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 82Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, India
Last updated: 25 February 2021[16]

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.[17]

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. The largest victory for India, which is the 12th largest, is their win against West Indies in the first Test of the 2018–19 tour at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, where the hosts won by an innings and 272 runs.[18]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 272 runsSaurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 262 runsM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India
align=center rowspan=23scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=2Innings and 239 runsSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 222 runsI.S Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India
Colspan=5 Last updated: 6 March 2022[19]

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.[20]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 434 runsNiranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 372 runsWankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 337 runsFeroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, India
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 321 runsHolkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 320 runsPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India
Last updated: 18 February 2024

Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets)

India have won a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 9 occasions.[19]

scope=col Rankscope=col Number of Victoriesscope=col Oppositionscope=col Most Recent Venuescope=col Date
align=center rowspan=3 1align=center rowspan=3 2M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India
align=center rowspan=3 4align=center rowspan=3 1Harare 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 Australia in the fourth Test of the 2004 Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Wankhede Stadium. Set 107 runs for victory in the final innings, Australia were bowled all out for 93 to give victory to India by thirteen runs. This was the equal sixteen-narrowest win in Test cricket, with the narrowest being the West Indies' one-run win over Australia in 1993.[21]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Last updated: 20 June 2020[22]

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.[23]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 11 wicketPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India
align=center rowspan=2 22 wicketsBrabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
align=center rowspan=343 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.[18] 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.[24] 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.[25]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" Innings and 336 runsEden Gardens, Kolkata, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 285 runsLord's, London, England
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 244 runsThe Oval, London, England
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 242 runsEdgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 239 runsSinhalese 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.[20] India's biggest defeat by runs was against Australia in the third Test of the 2004 Border-Gavaskar Trophy at VCA Stadium after which not only did India loose the match, they lost the series as well, making it Australia's first series win on Indian soil since their 1969-70 tour.

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 342 runsVidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 341 runsNational Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 337 runsMelbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 333 runsMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 329 runsEden Gardens, Kolkata, India
Last updated: 20 June 2020

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.

scope=col Rankscope=col Defeatsscope=col Oppositionscope=col Most recent venuescope=col Date
align=center rowspan=21align=center rowspan=24Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, West Indies
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center rowspan=23align=center rowspan=23Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 5align=center 2Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka
align=center rowspan=26align=center rowspan=21Iqbal 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.[26]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 12 runsMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
align=center rowspan=22scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=216 runsThe Gabba, Brisbane, Australia
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 25 runsWankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 28 runsRajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, India
Last updated: 3 November 2024

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.[26]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
1scope=row style=text-align:center 2 wicketWACA Ground, Perth, Australia
2scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=64 wicketsSabina 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

A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.[17] Only two matches have ended in a tie in Test cricket history, both of which involved Australia.[4]

scope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; ♠M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
Last updated: 3 December 2017

Batting records

Most career runs

A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22yards of the pitch. Alternatively, a player can score multiple runs by hitting the aforementioned ball out of the boundary rope for 4 or 6 runs.[27] India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Test cricket with 15,921. Second is Ricky Ponting of Australia with 13,378 ahead of Jacques Kallis from South Africa in third with 13,289. Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar are the only other Indian batsmen who have scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.[28]

scope=col Rankscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Averagescope=col 100scope=col 50scope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 15,921 align=center 200align=center 329align=center 53.78align=center 51align=center 681989–2013
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 13,265align=center 163align=center 284align=center 52.63align=center 36align=center 631996–2012
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 10,122align=center 125align=center 214align=center 51.12align=center 34align=center 451971–1987
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 9,145align=center 119align=center 203align=center 48.13align=center 30align=center 312011–2024
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 8,781align=center 134align=center 225align=center 45.97align=center 17align=center 561996–2012
Last updated: 24 November 2024[29]

Most career runs as captain

scope=col Rankscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Averagescope=col 100scope=col 50scope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center;" 5,864align=center 68align=center 113align=center 54.80align=center 20align=center 182014–2022
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 3,454align=center 60align=center 96align=center 40.63align=center 5align=center 242008–2014
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 3,449align=center 47align=center 74align=center 50.72align=center 11align=center 141976–1985
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 2,856align=center 47align=center 68align=center 43.93align=center 9align=center 91990–1999
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 2,561align=center 49align=center 75align=center 37.66align=center 5align=center 132000–2005
Last updated: 14 January 2022[30]

Fastest runs getter

RunsBatsmanMatchInningsRecord DateReference
1000121418 November 1994[31]
200025402 January 1999[32]
3000345524 March 2005[33]
4000487922 June 2006[34]
5000529519 September 1979[35]
60006511723 January 1981[36]
7000791343 August 2010[37]
80009615418 May 2002[38]
900010417630 June 2006[39]
1000012219516 March 2005[40]
1100013922327 July 2007[41]
1200015224717 October 2008[42]
scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 13000163 ♠266 ♠17 January 2010[43]
scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 14000171 ♠279 ♠9 October 2010[44]
scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 15000182 ♠300 ♠6 November 2011[45]
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Most runs in each batting position

Batting positionBatsmanInningsRunsAverageTest Career SpanRef
Opener203 9,607 50.30 1971–1987 [46]
Number 3219 10,524 52.88 1996–2012[47]
Number 4275 13,492 54.40 1989–2013[48]
Number 594 4,346 48.83 1984–2000[49]
Number 667 2,760 50.18 1996–2012[50]
Number 7103 2,871 30.54 2005–2014[51]
Number 883 1,97726.012011–2024[52]
Number 955 703 14.06 1998–2015[53]
Number 1069 470 9.04 1966–1979[54]
Number 1122 209 16.08 2000–2014[55]
Last updated: 6 February 2024.

Most runs against each team

scope=col Oppositionscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Periodscope=col Ref
style=text-align:left; 107align=center 1align=center 12018[56]
style=text-align:left; 3,630align=center 39align=center 741991–2013[57]
style=text-align:left; 820align=center 7align=center 92000–2010[58]
style=text-align:left; 2,535 align=center 32align=center 531990–2012[59]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6Yet to play
style=text-align:left; 1,659align=center 15align=center 281998–2010[60]
style=text-align:left; 2,089align=center 24align=center 411978–1987[61]
style=text-align:left; 1,741align=center 25align=center 451992–2011[62]
style=text-align:left; 1,995align=center 25align=center 361990–2010[63]
style=text-align:left; 2,749align=center 27align=center 481971–1983[64]
style=text-align:left; 979align=center 9align=center 131998–2005[65]
Last updated: 8 February 2021.

Highest individual score

The first test of the South Africa's tour of India in 2008 saw Virender Sehwag score his second triple century and record India's highest Individual score.[66]

scope=col Rankscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 319M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 309Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 303*M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 293Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 281Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Highest individual score – progression of record

scope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Opponentscope=col Venuescope=col Season
118Bombay Gymkhana, Mumbai, India 1933–34
128Kennington Oval, London, England 1946
145Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 1947–48
164*Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, India 1951–52
184Lord's, London, England 1952
223Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India 1955–56
231Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India
236*MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 1983–84
281Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India 2000–01
309Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan 2003–04
319MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 2007–08
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Highest individual score against each team

scope=col Oppositionscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Venuescope=col Datescope=col Ref
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 107M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India[67]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 281Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India[68]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 248*Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh[69]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 303*M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India[70]
style=text-align:left; style=text-align:center; colspan=5YTP
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 231Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India[71]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 309Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan[72]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 319M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India[73]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 293Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India[74]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 236*M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India[75]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; 227Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India[76]
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Highest career average

A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.[77]

scope=col Rankscope=col Averagescope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Not outscope=col 100scope=col 50scope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 58.07align=center 28align=center 1,568align=center 1align=center 4align=center 82023–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 54.20align=center 21align=center 1,084align=center 1align=center 4align=center 31993–1995
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 53.78align=center 329align=center 15,921align=center 33align=center 51align=center 681996–2012
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 52.63align=center 284align=center 13,265align=center 32align=center 36align=center 631996–2012
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 51.12align=center 214align=center 10,122align=center 16align=center 34align=center 451971–1987
Qualification: 20 innings. Last updated: 24 November 2024[78]

Highest Average in each batting position

Batting positionBatsmanInningsRunsAverageCareer SpanRef
Opener28 1,56858.072023–2024[79]
Number 3217 10,501 53.30 1996–2012[80]
Number 420 1,188 66.00 1996–2008[81]
Number 520 1,112 61.77 2021–2024[82]
Number 625 1,218 55.36 2006–2014[83]
Number 7Rishabh Pant21 727 36.35 2018–2022[84]
Number 832 924 34.222013–2024[85]
Number 922 377 31.41 1975–1981[86]
Number 1022 235 15.66 1990–2008[87]
Number 1121 210 17.50 2000–2014[88]
Last updated: 26 November 2024. Qualification: Min 20 innings batted at position

Most half-centuries

A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.

Sachin Tendulkar of India has scored the most half-centuries in Test cricket with 68. He is followed by the West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 66, India's Rahul Dravid and Allan Border of Australia on 63 and in fifth with 62 fifties to his name, Australia's Ricky Ponting.[89]

scope=col Rankscope=col Half centuriesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=! scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 68 ♠align=center 329align=center 15,9211989–2013
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center;63align=center 284align=center 13,6251996–2012
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center;56align=center 225align=center 8,7811996–2012
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 45align=center 214align=center 10,1221971–1987
535align=center 155align=center 6,0801969–1983
Cheteshwar Pujaraalign=center 176align=center 7,1952010–2023
align=center 185align=center 6,8681976–1992
align=center 188align=center 7,2121996–2008
Last updated: 12 June 2023[90]

Most centuries

A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.

Tendulkar has also scored the most centuries in Test cricket with 51. South Africa's Jacques Kallis is next on 45 and Ricky Ponting with 41 hundreds is in third.[91]

scope=col Rankscope=col Centuriesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=! scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 51 align=center 329align=center 15,9211989–2013
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 36align=center 284align=center 13,2651996–2012
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 34align=center 214align=center 10,1221971–1987
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 30align=center 203align=center 9,1452011–2024
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 23align=center 178align=center 8,5032001–2013
Last updated: 24 November 2024[92]

Most double centuries

A double century is a score of 200 or more runs in a single innings.

For the most double centuries, Don Bradman holds the Test record scored with twelve, one ahead of Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara who finished his career with eleven. In third is Brian Lara of the West Indies with nine. India's Virat Kohli is one of three cricketers who reached the mark on seven occasions.[93]

scope=col Rankscope=col Double centuriesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 7align=center 191align=center 8,8482011–2023
align=center rowspan=22scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=26align=center 178align=center 8,5032001–2013
align=center 329align=center 15,9211989–2013
align=center 4scope=row style="text-align:center;" 5align=center 284align=center 13,2651996–2012
align=center 5scope=row style="text-align:center;" 4align=center 214align=center 10,1221971–1987
Last updated: 12 June 2023[94]

Most triple centuries

A triple century is a score of 300 or more runs in a single innings.

Sehwag holds the equal Test record for the most triple centuries scored with two, along with Australia's Don Bradman and West Indians Chris Gayle and Brian Lara.[95] Karun Nair is the only other Indian who has scored a single Test triple century .

scope=col Rankscope=col Triple centuriesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" align=center 178align=center 8,5032001–2013
align=center 2scope=row style="text-align:center;" 1align=center 7align=center 3742016–2017
Last updated: 20 June 2020[96]

Most Sixes

scope=col Rankscope=col Sixesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 90align=center 1782001–2013
288align=center 1112013–2024
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 78align=center 1442005–2014
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 69align=center 3291989–2013
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 68align=center 1122012-2024
Last updated: 27 October 2024[97]

Most Fours

scope=col Rankscope=col Foursscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 2,058+ ♠align=center 329align=center 15,9211989–2013
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 1,654align=center 284align=center 13,2651996–2012
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 1,219align=center 178align=center 8,5032001–2013
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 1,135align=center 225align=center 8,7811996–2012
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 1,020Virat Kohli†align=center 203align=center 91452011-2024
Last updated: 03 December 2024[98]

Highest batting strike rate

scope=col Rankscope=col Strike Ratescope=col Playerscope=col Runsscope=col Ballsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 82.18align=center 8,503align=center 10,3462001–2013
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 80.91align=center 5,248align=center 5,538+1978–1994
374.74Rishabh Pant2,7313,6542013–2024
474.62Mohammed Shami7501,0052018–2023
567.84Yashasvi Jaiswal1,5682,3112023–2024
Qualification: 1,000 balls. Last updated: 27 October 2024[99]

Most runs in a series

The 1930 Ashes series in England saw Don Bradman set the record for the most runs scored in a single series, falling just 26 short of 1,000 runs. He is followed by Wally Hammond with 905 runs scored in the 1928–29 Ashes series. Sunil Gavaskar with 774 in the 1971 tour of West Indies is the highest Indian on the list.[100]

scope=col Rankscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Series
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 774align=center 4align=center 8
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 732align=center 6align=center rowspan=2 9
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 7125
469248
56555
Last updated: 6 March 2024[101]

Most career ducks

A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[102] Ishant Sharma has scored the joint fifth-highest number of ducks in Test cricket.[103]

scope=col Rankscope=col Ducksscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 34align=center 105align=center 1422007–2021
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 29align=center 92align=center 1272000–2014
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 23align=center 58align=center 801964–1979
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 21Jasprit Bumrahalign=center 41align=center 622018–2024
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 20align=center 67align=center 1011966–1979
Last updated: 27 October 2024[104]

Bowling records

Most career wickets

A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit.

Shane Warne held the record for the most Test wickets with 708 until December 2007 when Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan passed Warne's milestone.[105] Muralitharan, who continued to play until 2010, finished with 800 wickets to his name. James Anderson of England is third on the list taking 700 wickets holds the record for most wickets by a fast bowler in Test cricket.[106] [107] India's Anil Kumble is fourth on the list and the highest ranked Indian bowler taking 619 wickets.

scope=col Rankscope=col Wicketsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Averagescope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 619align=center 132align=center 236align=center 29.651990–2008
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 536align=center 105align=center 199align=center 23.952011–2024
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 434align=center 131align=center 227align=center 29.641978–1994
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 417align=center 103align=center 190align=center 32.461998–2015
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 319align=center 77align=center 146align=center 23.762012–2024
Last updated: 1 November 2024[108]

Most wickets against each team

scope=col Oppositionscope=col Wicketsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Averagescope=col Periodscope=col Ref
style=text-align:left; 6align=center 1align=center 2align=center 5.832018–2018[109]
style=text-align:left; 114Ravichandran Ashwinalign=center 22align=center 42align=center 28.362011–2023[110]
style=text-align:left; 31align=center 7align=center 14align=center 24.252000–2010[111]
style=text-align:left; 114Ravichandran Ashwinalign=center 24align=center 45align=center 27.722012–2024[112]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; colspan=7YTP
style=text-align:left; 75align=center 12align=center 23align=center 18.532012–2024[113]
style=text-align:left; 99align=center 29align=center 45align=center 30.121978–1989[114]
style=text-align:left; 84align=center 21align=center 40align=center 31.791992–2008[115]
style=text-align:left; 74align=center 18align=center 28align=center 31.201993–2008[116]
style=text-align:left; 89align=center 25align=center 41align=center 24.891978–1989[117]
style=text-align:left; 38align=center 7align=center 14align=center 22.601992–2005[118]
Last updated: 6 March 2024

Fastest wicket taker

WicketsBowlerMatchRecord DateReference
50915 November 2012[119]
1001814 November 2013[120]
150295 November 2015[121]
2003722 September 2016[122]
scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;"25045 ♠9 February 2017[123]
scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;"30054 ♠24 November 2017[124]
scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;"35066 ♠2 October 2019[125]
4007724 February 2021[126]
450899 February 2023[127]
5009816 February 2024[128]
60012416 January 2008[129]
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Best figures in an innings

Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[130] There have been three occasions in Test cricket where a bowler has taken all ten wickets in a single innings – Jim Laker of England took 10/53 against Australia in 1956, India's Anil Kumble in 1999 returned figures of 10/74 against Pakistan, New Zealand's Ajaz Patel in 2021 obtained figures of 10/119 against India. Subhash Gupte, Jasu Patel and Kapil Dev are three Indian bowlers of 15 bowlers who have taken nine wickets in a Test match innings.[131]

scope=col Rankscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Green Park, Kanpur, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Green Park, Kanpur, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India
Last updated: 20 June 2020[132]

Best bowling figures against each team

scope=col Oppositionscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Venuescope=col Datescope=col Ref
style=text-align:left; 4/17M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India[133]
style=text-align:left; 9/69Green Park, Kanpur, India[134]
style=text-align:left; 7/87Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh[135]
style=text-align:left; 8/55M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India[136]
style=text-align:left; scope=row style=text-align:center; colspan=5YTP
style=text-align:left; 8/72Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India[137]
style=text-align:left; 10/74[138]
style=text-align:left; 7/61Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa[139]
style=text-align:left; 7/51Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India[140]
style=text-align:left; 9/83Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India[141]
style=text-align:left; 7/59Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe[142]
Last updated: 7 January 2022

Best figures in a match

A bowler's bowling figures in a match is the sum of the wickets taken and the runs conceded over both innings.

No bowler in the history of Test cricket has taken all 20 wickets in a match. The closest to do so was English spin bowler Jim Laker. During the fourth Test of the 1956 Ashes series, Laker took 9/37 in the first innings and 10/53 in the second to finish with match figures of 19/90. Narendra Hirwani's figures of 16/136, taken in his debut test, during the fourth match of the West Indies tour of India in 1987, is the third-best in Test cricket history.[143]

scope=col Rankscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center;
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Green Park, Kanpur, India
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center;
Last updated: 20 June 2020[144]

Best career average

A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.Nineteenth century English medium pacer George Lohmann holds the record for the best career average in Test cricket with 10.75. J. J. Ferris, one of fifteen cricketers to have played Test cricket for more than one team,[145] is second behind Lohmann with an overall career average of 12.70 runs per wicket.[146]

scope=col Rankscope=col Averagescope=col Playerscope=col Wicketsscope=col Runsscope=col Ballsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 19.34Axar Patelalign=center 55align=center 1064align=center 25402021–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 20.06align=center 181align=center 3631align=center 79022018–2024
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 22.16align=center 56align=center 1241align=center 20932017–2024
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 23.76align=center 319align=center 7580align=center 180952012–2024
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 23.95align=center 536align=center 12838align=center 271382011–2024
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 25 November 2024[147]

Best career economy rate

A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[102] English bowler William Attewell, who played 10 matches for England between 1884 and 1892, holds the Test record for the best career economy rate with 1.31. India's Bapu Nadkarni, with a rate of 1.67 runs per over conceded over his 41-match Test career, is fourth on the list.[148]

scope=col Rankscope=col Economy ratescope=col Playerscope=col Wicketsscope=col Runsscope=col Ballsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 1.67align=center 88align=center 2,559align=center 9,1651955–1968
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 1.87align=center 35align=center 1,473align=center 4,7251948–1962
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 2.09align=center 45align=center 1,481align=center 4,2411933–1952
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 2.13align=center 162align=center 5,236align=center 14,6861946–1959
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 2.14align=center 266align=center 7,637align=center 21,3641966–1979
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 20 June 2020[149]

Best career strike rate

A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[102] As with the career average above, the top bowler with the best Test career strike rate is George Lohmann with strike rate of 34.1 balls per wicket. India's Kuldeep Yadav is the highest-ranked Indian bowler on this list.[150]

scope=col Rankscope=col Strike ratescope=col Playerscope=col Wicketsscope=col Runsscope=col Ballsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 37.37align=center 56align=center 1,241align=center 2,0932017–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 43.65align=center 181align=center 3,631align=center 7,9022018–2024
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 46.18Axar Patelalign=center 55align=center 1,064align=center 2,5402021–2024
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 50.28align=center 229align=center 6,346align=center 11,5152013–2023
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 50.63align=center 536align=center 12,838align=center 27,1382011–2024
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 25 November 2024[151]

Most five-wicket hauls in an innings

A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.[152] Ravichandran Ashwin is fourth on the list of most five-wicket hauls behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, Australia's Shane Warne and New Zealand's Richard Hadlee in Test cricket.[153]

scope=col Rankscope=col Five-wicket haulsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchscope=col Inningsscope=col Wicketsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 37align=center 105align=center 199align=center 5362011–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 35align=center 132align=center 236align=center 6191990–2008
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 25align=center 103align=center 190align=center 4171998–2015
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 23align=center 131align=center 227align=center 4341978–1994
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 16align=center 58align=center 97align=center 2421964–1979
Last updated: 22 September 2024[154]

Most ten-wicket hauls in a match

A ten-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match over two innings.As with the five-wicket hauls above, Anil Kumble is not only behind Muralitharan, Warne and Hadlee, he is also behind Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka in taking the most ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket.[155]

scope=col Rankscope=col Ten-wicket haulsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Wicketsscope=col Period
align=center rowspan=21scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=28align=center 105align=center 199align=center 5362011–2024
align=center 132align=center 236align=center 6191990–2008
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 5align=center 103align=center 190align=center 4171998–2015
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 3Ravindra Jadejaalign=center 77align=center 146align=center 3192012–2024
align=center rowspan=65scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=62align=center 29align=center 54align=center 1002003–2008
align=center 35align=center 52align=center 881982–1993
align=center 44align=center 70align=center 1621946–1959
align=center 49align=center 86align=center 1891962–1978
align=center 58align=center 97align=center 2421964–1979
align=center 131align=center 227align=center 4341978–1994
Last updated: 1 November 2024[156]

Worst figures in an innings

The worst figures in a single innings in Test cricket came in the third Test between the West Indies at home to Pakistan in 1958. Pakistan's Khan Mohammad returned figures of 0/259 from his 54 overs in the second innings of the match.[157] [158] The worst figures by an Indian is 0/187 that came off the bowling of E. A. S. Prasanna in the first test of the India's tour of England in 1967.[159]

scope=col Rankscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Oversscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 59Headingley, Leeds, England
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 49Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center;align=center 34
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center;align=center 43Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 38The Oval, London, England
Last updated: 20 June 2020[160]

Worst figures in a match

The worst figures in a match in Test cricket were taken by South Africa's Imran Tahir in the second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in November 2012. He returned figures of 0/180 from his 23 overs in the first innings and 0/80 off 14 in the third innings for a total of 0/260 from 37 overs.[161] He claimed the record in his final over when two runs came from it – enough for him to pass the previous record of 0/259, set 54 years prior.[162]

The worst figures by an Indian is by E. A. S. Prasanna in the first test of the India's tour of England in 1967.

scope=col Rankscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Oversscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
scope=row style=text-align:center; 1scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 59Headingley, Leeds, England
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 49Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 60Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
align=center rowspan=24scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2align=center rowspan=247Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Rose Bowl, Southampton, England
Last updated:20 June 2020[163]

Most wickets in a series

England's seventh Test tour of South Africa in 1913–14 saw the record set for the most wickets taken by a bowler in a Test series. English paceman Sydney Barnes played in four of the five matches and achieved a total of 49 wickets to his name. India's B. S. Chandrasekhar is joint 18th with his 35 wickets taken against England during the 1972–73 tour.[164]

scope=col Rankscope=col Wicketsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Series
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 35align=center rowspan=35
align=center rowspan=22scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=234
align=center rowspan=34scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=332align=center 6
align=center 3
align=center 4
Last updated: 6 March 2021[165]

Hat-trick

In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count.

3 Indians have taken hat-tricks in Test cricket, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, and Jasprit Bumrah.

No.BowlerAgainstInn.TestDismissalsVenueDateRef.
11 2/3 Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India 11 March 2001 [166]
2Irfan Pathan1 3/3 National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 29 January 2006 [167]
31 2/2 Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica 31 August 2019 [168]

Wicket-keeping records

The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.[169]

Most career dismissals

A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,[170] [171] while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.[172] India's MS Dhoni is fifth in taking most dismissals in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper.[173]

scope=col Rankscope=col Dismissalsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Catchesscope=col Stumpingscope=col Dis/Innscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 294align=center 90align=center 166align=center 256align=center 38align=center 1.7712005–2014
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 198align=center 88align=center 151align=center 160align=center 38align=center 1.3111976–1986
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 139align=center 38align=center 75align=center 124align=center 15align=center 1.8532018–2024
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 130align=center 49align=center 90align=center 110align=center 20align=center 1.4441986–1993
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 107align=center 44align=center 77align=center 99align=center 8align=center 1.3891994–2001
Last updated: 27 October 2024[174]

Most career catches

Dhoni is seventh in taking most catches in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper.[175]

scope=col Rankscope=col Catchesscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 256align=center 90align=center 1662005–2014
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 160align=center 88align=center 1511976–1986
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 124align=center 38align=center 752018–2024
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 110align=center 49align=center 901986–1993
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 99align=center 44align=center 771994–2001
Last updated: 22 September 2024[176]

Most career stumpings

Bert Oldfield, Australia's fifth-most capped wicket-keeper, holds the record for the most stumpings in Test cricket with 52. Indian glovemen Syed Kirmani and MS Dhoni are both equal third on 38.[177]

scope=col Rankscope=col Stumpingsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Period
align=center rowspan=21scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=238align=center 88align=center 1511976–1986
align=center 90align=center 1662005–2014
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 20align=center 49align=center 901986–1993
align=center rowspan=24scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=216align=center 21align=center 351955–1961
align=center 46align=center 831961–1975
Last updated: 20 June 2020[178]

Most dismissals in an innings

Four wicket-keepers have taken seven dismissals in a single innings in a Test match—Wasim Bari of Pakistan in 1979, Englishman Bob Taylor in 1980, New Zealand's Ian Smith in 1991 and most recently West Indian gloveman Ridley Jacobs against Australia in 2000.[179]

The feat of taking 6 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 24 wicket-keepers on 32 occasions including 4 Indians.[180]

scope=col Rankscope=col Dismissalsscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center rowspan=4 1scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=4 6AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
Last updated: 20 June 2020[181]

Most dismissals in a match

Three wicket-keepers have made 11 dismissals in a Test match, Englishman Jack Russell in 1995, South African AB de Villiers in 2013 and most recently India's Rishabh Pant against Australia in 2018.[182]

The feat of making 10 dismissals in a match has been achieved by 4 wicket-keepers on 4 occasions with Wriddhiman Saha being the only Indian.[183]

scope=col Rankscope=col Dismissalsscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
1scope=row style=text-align:center; 11 ♠Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
2scope=row style=text-align:center; 10Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa
3scope=row style=text-align:center; 9Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
align=center rowspan=54scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=58Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa
Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
WACA Ground, Perth, Australia
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
Last updated: 23 August 2020[184]

Most dismissals in a series

Brad Haddin holds the Test cricket record for the most dismissals taken by a wicket-keeper in a series. He took 29 catches during the 2013 Ashes series. Indian record is held by Rishabh Pant when he made 20 dismissals during the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia in 2018.[185]

scope=col Rankscope=col Dismissalsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Series
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 20align=center 4align=center 8
align=center rowspan=22scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=219align=center 5align=center 9
align=center 6align=center 11
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 18Rishabh Pantalign=center 5align=center 9
align=center rowspan=25scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=217align=center 5align=center 7
48
Last updated: 10 February 2023[186]

Fielding records

Most career catches

Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket. The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.[187] [188]

India's Rahul Dravid holds the record for the most catches in Test cricket by a non-wicket-keeper with 209, followed by Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka on 205 and South African Jacques Kallis with 200. Ricky Ponting is the highest ranked Australian in fourth, securing 196 catches in his Test career.[189]

scope=col Rankscope=col Catchesscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Ct/Innscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 209 ♠align=center 163align=center 299align=center 0.6981996–2012
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 135align=center 134align=center 248align=center 0.5441996–2012
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 116Virat Kohlialign=center 119align=center 228align=center 0.5082011–2024
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 115align=center 200align=center 366align=center 0.3141989–2013
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 108align=center 125align=center 216align=center 0.5001971–1987
Last updated: 26 November 2024[190]

Most catches in a series

The 1920–21 Ashes series, in which Australia whitewashed England 5–0 for the first time,[191] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a Test series. Australian all-rounder Jack Gregory took 15 catches in the series as well as 23 wickets.[192] Greg Chappell, a fellow Australian all-rounder, and India's KL Rahul are equal second behind Gregory with 14 catches taken during the 1974–75 Ashes series and during the 2018 Indian tour of England respectively. Four players have taken 13 catches in a series on six occasions with both Bob Simpson and Brian Lara having done so twice and Rahul Dravid and Alastair Cook once.[193]

scope=col Rankscope=col Catchesscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Series
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 14align=center 5align=center 9
align=center 2scope=row style="text-align:center;" 13align=center 4align=center 8
align=center 3scope=row style="text-align:center;" 12align=center 5align=center 9
align=center rowspan=64scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=610align=center rowspan=24align=center rowspan=28
align=center 3align=center 6
align=center 4align=center 7
align=center 3align=center 6
align=center 4align=center 7
Last updated: 20 June 2020[194]

All-round Records

1000 runs and 100 wickets

A total of 71 players have achieved the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in their Test career.[195]

scope=col Rankscope=col Playerscope=col Average Differencescope=col Matchesscope=col Runsscope=col Bat Avgscope=col Wicketsscope=col Bowl Avgscope=col Period
align=center 1 scope=row style=text-align:center; 11.65align=center 77 3,235 35.48 318 23.822012–2024
align=center 2 scope=row style=text-align:center; 2.10align=center 105 3,474 26.06 53623.95 2011–2024
align=center 3 scope=row style=text-align:center; 1.40 align=center 131 align=center 5,248 align=center 31.05 align=center 434 align=center 29.64 1978–1994
align=center 4 scope=row style=text-align:center; -0.68 align=center 29 align=center 1,105 align=center 31.57 align=center 100 align=center 32.26 2003–2008
align=center 5 scope=row style=text-align:center; -0.84 align=center 44 align=center 2,109 align=center 31.47 align=center 162 align=center 32.32 1946–1959
align=center 6 scope=row style=text-align:center; -5.16 align=center 80 align=center 3,830 align=center 35.79 align=center 151 align=center 40.96 1981–1992
align=center 7 scope=row style=text-align:center; -11.87 align=center 132 align=center 2,506 align=center 17.77 align=center 619 align=center 29.65 1990–2008
align=center 8 scope=row style=text-align:center; -14.23 align=center 103 align=center 2,224 align=center 18.22 align=center 417 align=center 32.46 1998–2015
align=center 9 scope=row style=text-align:center; -16.28 align=center 67 align=center 1,009 align=center 14.21 align=center 236 align=center 30.49 1991–2002
align=center 10 scope=row style=text-align:center; -20.99 align=center 92 align=center 1,231 align=center 11.95 align=center 311 align=center 32.94 2000–2014
Last updated: 2 October 2024[196]

250 runs and 20 wickets in a series

A total of 18 players on 24 occasions have achieved the double of 250 runs and 20 wickets in a series.[197]

scope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Runsscope=col Wicketsscope=col Series
align=center rowspan=26 align=center 278 align=center 32
align=center 318 align=center 22
align=center 5 align=center 306 align=center 28
Last updated: 22 August 2020[198]

Other records

Most career matches

See also: List of cricketers who have played 100 Tests. India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most Test matches played with 200, with James Anderson at second with 188 matches and former captains Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh being joint-third with each having represented Australia on 168 occasions.[199]

scope=col Rankscope=col Matchesscope=col Playerscope=col Runsscope=col Wktsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 200 ♠align=center 15,921align=center 461989–2013
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 163align=center 13,265align=center 11996–2012
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 134align=center 8,781align=center 21996–2012
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 132align=center 2,506align=center 6191990–2008
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 131align=center 5,248align=center 4341978–1994
Last updated: 20 June 2020[200]

Most consecutive career matches

Former English captain Alastair Cook holds the record for the most consecutive Test matches played with 159. He broke Allan Border's long standing record of 153 matches in June 2018.[201] Sunil Gavaskar, the Indian opener played 106 consecutive Test matches, is fourth. The recently retired New Zealand wicket-keeper-batsman Brendon McCullum, who is fifth on the list with 101 matches, is the highest ranked cricketer who never missed a Test match during his playing career. Rahul Dravid, in ninth on 93, is the highest ranked Indian player to achieve the feat.[202]

scope=col Rankscope=col Matchesscope=col Playerscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 1061975–1987
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 931996–2005
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 871971–1983
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 841989–2001
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 691989–1999
Last updated: 3 June 2018

Most matches as captain

See also: List of India national cricket captains. Graeme Smith, who led the South African cricket team from 2003 to 2014, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in Test cricket with 109. Virat Kohli who led the side for seven years from 2014 to 2022 is sixth on the list with 68 matches.[203]

scope=col Rankscope=col Matchesscope=col Playerscope=col Wonscope=col Lostscope=col Tiedscope=col Drawscope=col %Wonscope=col %Lostscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 68align=center 40align=center 17align=center 0align=center 11align=center 58.82align=center 252014–2022
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 60align=center 27align=center 18align=center 0align=center 15align=center 45align=center 302008–2014
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 49align=center 21align=center 13align=center 0align=center 15align=center 42.85align=center 26.532000–2005
align=center rowspan=24scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=247align=center 14align=center 14align=center 0align=center 19align=center 29.78align=center 29.781990–1999
align=center 9align=center 8align=center 0align=center 30align=center 19.14align=center 17.021976–1985
Last updated: 14 January 2022[204]

Most wins as captain

See also: List of India national cricket captains. Graeme Smith, who led the South African cricket team from 2003 to 2014, holds the record for the most wins as captain in Test cricket with 53.

scope=col Rankscope=col Winsscope=col Matchesscope=col Playerscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 40align=center 682014–2022
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 27align=center 602008–2014
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 21align=center 492000–2005
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 14align=center 471990–1999
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 12align=center 21*Rohit Sharma2022–2024
Last updated: 22 September 2024[205]

Most man of the match awards

scope=col Rankscope=col M.O.M. Awardsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 14align=center 2001989–2013
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 11Rahul Dravidalign=center 1631996–2012
align=center rowspan=43scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=410Ravindra Jadejaalign=center 772012–2024
Ravichandran Ashwinalign=center 1052011—2024
Virat Kohlialign=center 118 2011–2024
Anil Kumblealign=center 1321990–2008
Last updated: 22 September 2024[206]

Most man of the series awards

scope=col Rankscope=col M.O.S. Awardsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 10Ravichandran Ashwinalign=center 1052011–2023
align=center rowspan=22scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=25Virender Sehwagalign=center 1032001–2013
align=center 2001989–2013
align=center rowspan=44scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=44Harbhajan Singhalign=center 1031998–2015
Kapil Devalign=center 1311978–1994
Anil Kumblealign=center 1321990–2008
Rahul Dravidalign=center 1631996–2012
Last updated: 13 March 2023[207]

Youngest players on Debut

The youngest player to play in a Test match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 227 days. Making his debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe on 24 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.[208] The youngest Indian to play Test cricket was Sachin Tendulkar who at the age of 16 years and 205 days debuted in the first Test of the series against Pakistan in November 1989.[209]

scope=col Rankscope=col Agescope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Last updated: 3 December 2017[210]

Oldest players on Debut

England left-arm slow bowler James Southerton is the oldest player to appear in a Test match. Playing in the very first inaugural test against Australia in 1876 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Melbourne, Australia, he was aged 49 years and 119 days. Rustomji Jamshedji is the oldest Indian Test debutant when he played his only game during the first Test of the 1933–34 series at the Bombay Gymkhana.[211]

scope=col Rankscope=col Agescope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Bombay Gymkhana, Mumbai, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Bombay Gymkhana, Mumbai, India
Last updated: 20 June 2020[212]

Oldest players

England all-rounder Wilfred Rhodes is the oldest player to appear in a Test match. Playing in the fourth Test against the West Indies in 1930 at Sabina Park, in Kingston, Jamaica, he was aged 52 years and 165 days on the final day's play. The oldest Indian Test player is Vinoo Mankad who was aged 41years and 300 days when he represented India for the final time in the fifth Test of the 1959 tour by West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, then known as Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium.[213]

scope=col Rankscope=col Agescope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Bombay Gymkhana, Mumbai, India
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; The Oval, London, England
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
Last updated: 28 January 2021[214]

Partnership records

In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.

Highest partnerships by wicket

A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.

scope=col Wicketscope=col Runsscope=col First batsmanscope=col Second batsmanscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Datescope=col Scorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 413Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India Scorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 370Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, IndiaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 336Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan Scorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 365Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, IndiaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 376Eden Gardens, Kolkata, IndiaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 298*Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, IndiaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 280Eden Gardens, Kolkata, IndiaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 241Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, IndiaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 149Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, IndiaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 133Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Scorecard
Last updated: 20 June 2020[215]

Highest partnerships by runs

The highest Test partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the Sri Lankan pairing of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who put together a third wicket partnership of 624 runs during the first Test against South Africa in July 2006. This broke the record of 576 runs set by their compatriots Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama against India in 1997. India's Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy hold the 12th highest Test partnership with 413 made in 1956 against New Zealand.[216]

scope=col Wicketscope=col Runsscope=col First batsmanscope=col Second batsmanscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Datescope=col Scorecard
align=center rowspan=2scope=row style=text-align:center; Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India Scorecard
scope=row style=text-align:center; Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan Scorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; Eden Gardens, Kolkata, IndiaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, IndiaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, IndiaScorecard
Last updated: 20 June 2020[217]

Highest overall partnership runs by a pair

scope=col Rankscope=col Runsscope=col Inningsscope=col Playersscope=col Highestscope=col Averagescope=col 100scope=col 50scope=col Span
scope=row style=text-align:center; 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 6,920scope=row style=text-align:center; 143 & scope=row style=text-align:center; 249 scope=row style=text-align:center; 50.51 scope=row style=text-align:center; 20 scope=row style=text-align:center; 29 scope=row style=text-align:center; 1996–2012
scope=row style=text-align:center; 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 4,412scope=row style=text-align:center; 87 & scope=row style=text-align:center; 233 scope=row style=text-align:center; 52.52 scope=row style=text-align:center; 11 scope=row style=text-align:center; 25 scope=row style=text-align:center; 2004–2012
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 4,173scope=row style=text-align:center; 71 & scope=row style=text-align:center; 281 scope=row style=text-align:center; 61.36 scope=row style=text-align:center; 12 scope=row style=text-align:center; 16 scope=row style=text-align:center; 1996–2008
scope=row style=text-align:center; 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 4,065scope=row style=text-align:center; 86 & scope=row style=text-align:center; 376 scope=row style=text-align:center; 51.45 scope=row style=text-align:center; 12 scope=row style=text-align:center; 14 scope=row style=text-align:center; 1996–2012
scope=row style=text-align:center; 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 3,661scope=row style=text-align:center; 67Virat Kohli & Ajinkya Rahanescope=row style=text-align:center; 365 scope=row style=text-align:center; 56.32scope=row style=text-align:center; 10scope=row style=text-align:center; 17scope=row style=text-align:center; 2013–2023
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 21 July 2023[218]

Umpiring records

Most matches umpired

An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.

Aleem Dar of Pakistan holds the record for the most Test matches umpired with 130. The current active Dar set the record in December 2019 overtaking Steve Bucknor from the West Indies mark of 128 matches.[219] They are followed by South Africa's Rudi Koertzen who officiated in 108. The most experienced Indian is Srinivas Venkataraghavan who is tenth on the list with 73 Test matches umpired.[220]

scope=col Rankscope=col Matchesscope=col Umpirescope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 731993–2004
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 332013–2019
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 272019–2024
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 261985–1999
align=center rowspan=25scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2171961–1979
1978–1984
Last updated: 12 June 2023

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