List of India Test cricket records

As of January 2021, India played 546 Test matches resulting in 159 victories, 168 defeats 218 draws and 1 tie for an overall winning percentage of 29.12.[7]

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	% Won	% Lost	% Drew
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	0	100.00	0.00	0.00
Australia	102	30	43	1	28	29.41	42.15	27.45
Bangladesh	11	9	0	0	2	81.81	0.00	18.18
England	122	26	47	0	49	21.31	38.52	40.16
New Zealand	59	21	12	0	26	35.59	20.33	44.06
Pakistan	59	9	12	0	38	15.25	20.33	64.40
South Africa	39	14	15	0	10	35.89	38.46	25.64
Sri Lanka	44	20	7	0	17	45.45	15.90	38.63
West Indies	98	22	30	0	46	22.44	30.61	46.93
Zimbabwe	11	7	2	0	2	63.63	18.18	18.18
Total	546	159	168	1	218	29.12	30.76	39.32
Statistics are correct as of  India v  Australia at The Gabba,Brisbane 4th Test, 15-19 January 2021.[8]

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.[11][12]

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	759/7d	England	M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	16 December 2016
2	729/6d	Sri Lanka	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India	2 December 2009
3	707	Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka	26 July 2010
4	705/7d	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2 January 2004
5	687/6d	Bangladesh	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, India	9 February 2017
Last updated: 20 June 2020[13]

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.[14]

Rank	Score	Target	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	406/4	403	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	7 April 1976
2	387/4	387	England	M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	11 December 2008
3	329/7	328	Australia	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	15 January 2021
4	276/5	276	West Indies	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India	11 November 2011
5	264/3	264	Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka	22 August 2001
Last updated: 19 January 2021[15]

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.[16]

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	36	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	17 December 2020
2	42	England	Lord's, London, England	20 June 1974
3	58	Australia	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	28 November 1947
		England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	17 July 1952
5	66	South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa	26 December 1996
Last updated: 19 December 2020[16]

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.[12]

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	952/6d ♠	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	2 August 1997
2	760/7d		Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India	16 November 2009
3	710/7d	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	10 August 2011
4	699/5	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan	1 December 1989
5	680/8d	New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	14 February 2014
Last updated: 23 August 2020[17]

The lowest innings total scored against India is 79 in the third test of South Africa's tour of India in 2015[18]

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	79	South Africa	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	25 November 2015
2	82	Sri Lanka	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, India	23 November 1990
3	83	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	7 February 1981
4	84	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	15 December 2006
5	91	Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	10 November 2000
Last updated: 3 December 2017[19]

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.[20]

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.[21]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Innings and 272 runs	West Indies	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India	4 October 2018
2	Innings and 262 runs	Afghanistan	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	14 June 2018
3	Innings and 239 runs	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh	25 May 2007
		Sri Lanka	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	24 November 2017
5	Innings and 219 runs	Australia	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	18 March 1998
Last updated: 20 June 2020[22]

In 2018, Virat Kohli has led India to their greatest winning margin by an innings as well as greatest winning margin by runs.[22][23][24]

The greatest winning margin by runs in Test cricket was England's victory over Australia by 675 runs in the first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series. The largest victory recorded by India, which is the joint-35th largest victory, is the final Test of the Freedom Trophy 2015 by 337 runs.[25]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	337 runs	South Africa	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, India	3 December 2015
2	321 runs	New Zealand	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, India	8 October 2016
3	320 runs	Australia	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India	17 October 2008
4	318 runs	West Indies	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua	22 August 2019
5	304 runs	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka	26 July 2017
Last updated: 3 December 2017[22]

India have won a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 8 occasions.[22]

Rank	Number of Victories	Opposition	Most Recent Venue	Date
1	2	Pakistan	M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	15 January 1980
		New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand	18 March 2009
3	1	England	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India	3 December 2001
		Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe	20 September 2005
		Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh	24 January 2010
		West Indies	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, India	12 October 2018
Last updated: 3 December 2017[22]

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.[26]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	13 runs	Australia	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	3 November 2004
2	28 runs	England	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	30 December 1972
3	31 runs	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	6 December 2018
4	37 runs	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	19 April 2002
5	49 runs		Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	30 June 2006
Last updated: 20 June 2020[27]

VVS Laxman played a leading role in India's narrowest victory by wickets against Australia in October 2010.[28]

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.[29]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	1 wicket	Australia	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India	1 October 2010
2	2 wickets		Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India	10 October 1964
			M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	18 March 2001
4	3 wickets	West Indies	M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	12 January 1979
		Australia	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	15 January 2021
Last updated: 19 January 2021[27]

The Oval in London played host the greatest defeat by an innings in Test cricket.[21] 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.[30] 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.[31]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Innings and 336 runs	West Indies	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	31 December 1958
2	Innings and 285 runs	England	Lord's, London, England	20 June 1974
3	Innings and 244 runs		The Oval, London, England	15 August 2014
4	Innings and 242 runs		Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	10 August 2011
5	Innings and 239 runs	Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka	23 July 2008
Last updated: 20 June 2020[31]

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.[25] 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.

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	342 runs	Australia	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	26 October 2004
2	341 runs	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	29 June 2006
3	337 runs	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 December 2007
4	333 runs		Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India	23 February 2017
5	329 runs	South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	27 November 1996
Last updated: 20 June 2020[31]

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.

Rank	Defeats	Opposition	Most recent venue	Date
1	4	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, West Indies	2 May 2002
		England	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	23 November 2012
3	3	Australia	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	27 February 2001
		New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	21 February 2020
5	2	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka	18 July 2010
6	1	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan	3 January 1983
		South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa	26 December 2013
Last updated: 20 June 2020[31]

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.[32]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	12 runs	Pakistan	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	28 January 1999
2	16 runs	Australia	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	2 December 1977
		Pakistan	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India	13 March 1987
4	31 runs	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England	1 August 2018
5	38 runs	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	25 January 1992
		West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	27 March 1997
Last updated: 20 June 2020[32]

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.[32]

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	2 wicket	Australia	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	16 December 1977
2	4 wickets	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	23 February 1983
		New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington, India	26 December 1998
		South Africa	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	24 February 2000
		Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe	15 June 2001
		New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand	19 December 2002
		Australia	The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia	17 December 2014
Last updated: 20 June 2020[32]

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.[20] Only two matches have ended in a tie in Test cricket history, both of which involved Australia.[7]

Opposition	Venue	Date
Australia ♠	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	18 September 1986
Last updated: 3 December 2017[32]

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 22 yards (20 m) 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.[33] 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.[34]

Sachin Tendulkar holds the world record for most Test runs (15,921) and the most centuries (51).[35][36]

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.[62]

Virender Sehwag holds the top two highest individual score for India.[62]

Rank	Runs	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	319	Virender Sehwag	South Africa	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	26 March 2008
2	309		Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan	28 March 2004
3	303*	Karun Nair	England	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	16 December 2016
4	293	Virender Sehwag	Sri Lanka	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India	2 December 2009
5	281	V. V. S. Laxman	Australia	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	11 March 2001
Last updated: 20 June 2020[62]

A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.[63]

Rank	Average	Player	Innings	Runs	Not out	Period
1	54.20	Vinod Kambli	21	1,084	1	1993–1995
2	53.78	Sachin Tendulkar	329	15,921	33	1989–2013
3	53.41	Virat Kohli	145	7,318	10	2011–2020
4	52.63	Rahul Dravid	284	13,625	32	1996–2012
5	51.12	Sunil Gavaskar	214	10,122	16	1971–1987
Qualification: 20 innings. Last updated: 19 December 2020[64]

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.[75]

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.[77]

Rank	Centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	51	Sachin Tendulkar	329	15,921	1989–2013
2	36	Rahul Dravid	284	13,625	1996–2012
3	34	Sunil Gavaskar	214	10,122	1971–1987
4	27	Virat Kohli	147	7,318	2011–2020
5	23	Virender Sehwag	178	8,503	2001–2013
Last updated: 19 December 2020[36]

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

Bradman holds the Test record for the most double centuries 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.[78]

Rank	Double centuries	Player	Innings	Runs	Period
1	7	Virat Kohli	147	7,318	2011–2020
2	6	Virender Sehwag	178	8,503	2001–2013
		Sachin Tendulkar	329	15,921	1989–2013
4	5	Rahul Dravid	284	13,265	1996–2012
5	4	Sunil Gavaskar	214	10,122	1971–1987
Last updated: 19 December 2020[79]

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.[80] Karun Nair is the only other Indian who has scored a single Test triple century as of January 2020.

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.[84]

Rank	Runs	Player	Matches	Innings	Series
1	774	Sunil Gavaskar	4	8	Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1970–71
2	732		6	9	West Indies in India in 1978
3	692	Virat Kohli	4	8	Border- Gavaskar Trophy in 2014
4	655		5		Anthony de Mello Trophy in 2016
5	651	Dilip Sardesai			Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1970–71
Last updated: 20 June 2020[85]

A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[86] Ishant Sharma has scored the equal seventh-highest number of ducks in Test cricket.[87]

Rank	Ducks	Player	Matches	Innings	Period
1	31	Ishant Sharma	97	129	2007–2020
2	29	Zaheer Khan	92	127	2000–2014
3	23	B. S. Chandrasekhar	58	80	1964–1979
4	20	Bishen Bedi	67	101	1966–1979
5	19	Harbhajan Singh	103	145	1998–2015
Last updated: 19 December 2020[88]

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.

India's Anil Kumble is third on the list taking 619 wickets. James Anderson of England is fourth on the list with 584 Test wickets to his name as of January 2020 and in September 2018 he passed Australia's Glenn McGrath to become the fast bowler with the most Test wickets.[92][93][94]

Rank	Wickets	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Period
1	619	Anil Kumble	132	236	18,355	1990–2008
2	434	Kapil Dev	131	227	12,867	1978–1994
3	417	Harbhajan Singh	103	190	13,537	1998–2015
4	377	Ravichandran Ashwin	74	138	9,628	2011–2021
5	311	Zaheer Khan	92	165	10,247	2000–2014
Last updated: 11 January 2021[89]

Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[106] There have been two 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 and India's Anil Kumble in 1999 returned figures of 10/74 against Pakistan. Subhash Gupte, Jasu Patel and Kapil Dev are one of 15 bowlers who have taken nine wickets in a Test match innings.[107]

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	10/74	Anil Kumble	Pakistan	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India	4 February 1999
2	9/69	Jasu Patel	Australia	Green Park, Kanpur, India	19 December 1959
3	9/83	Kapil Dev	Australia	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India	12 November 1983
4	9/102	Subhash Gupte	West Indies	Green Park, Kanpur, India	12 December 1958
5	8/52	Vinoo Mankad	Pakistan	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India	16 October 1952
Last updated: 20 June 2020[108]

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.[109]

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	16/136	Narendra Hirwani	West Indies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	11 January 1988
2	15/217	Harbhajan Singh	Australia		18 March 2001
3	14/124	Jasu Patel		Green Park, Kanpur, India	19 December 1959
4	14/149	Anil Kumble	Pakistan	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India	4 February 1999
5	13/131	Vinoo Mankad			16 October 1952
Last updated: 20 June 2020[110]

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,[111] is second behind Lohmann with an overall career average of 12.70 runs per wicket.[112]

Rank	Average	Player	Wickets	Runs	Balls	Period
1	21.59	Jasprit Bumrah	79	1,706	3,787	2018–2021
2	24.32	Ravindra Jadeja	220	5,351	13,137	2012–2021
3	25.53	Ravichandran Ashwin	377	9,628	20,391	2011–2021
4	26.09	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	63	1,644	3,348	2013–2018
5	27.58	Mohammed Shami	180	4,966	8,999	2013–2020
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 11 January 2021[113]

A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[86] 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.[114]

A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[86] 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 Jasprit Bumrah is at 14th position in this list.[116]

Rank	Strike rate	Player	Wickets	Runs	Balls	Period
1	47.9	Jasprit Bumrah	79	1,706	3,787	2018–2021
2	49.9	Mohammed Shami	180	4,966	8,999	2013–2020
3	51.4	Umesh Yadav	148	4,521	7,621	2011–2020
4	53.1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	63	1,644	3,348	2013–2018
5	54.0	Ravichandran Ashwin	377	9,628	20,391	2011–2021
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 11 January 2021[117]

A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.[118] Anil Kumble 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.[119]

Rank	Five-wicket hauls	Player	Innings	Balls	Wickets	Period
1	35	Anil Kumble	236	40,850	619	1990–2008
2	27	Ravichandran Ashwin	138	20,391	377	2011–2021
3	25	Harbhajan Singh	190	28,580	417	1998–2015
4	23	Kapil Dev	227	27,740	434	1978–1994
5	16	B. S. Chandrasekhar	97	15,963	242	1964–1979
Last updated: 11 January 2021[90]

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.[120]

Rank	Ten-wicket hauls	Player	Matches	Balls	Wickets	Period
1	8	Anil Kumble	132	40,850	619	1990–2008
2	7	Ravichandran Ashwin	74	20,391	377	2011–2021
3	5	Harbhajan Singh	103	28,580	417	1998–2015
4	2	Vinoo Mankad	44	14,686	162	1946–1959
		E. A. S. Prasanna	49	14,353	189	1962–1978
		B. S. Chandrasekhar	58	15,963	242	1964–1979
		Kapil Dev	131	27,740	434	1978–1994
		Maninder Singh	35	8,218	88	1982–1993
		Irfan Pathan	29	5,884	100	2003–2008
Last updated: 11 January 2021[91]

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.[121][122] 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.[123]

Rank	Figures	Player	Overs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	0/187	E. A. S. Prasanna	59	England	Headingley, Leeds, England	8 June 1967
2	0/182	Arshad Ayub	49	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan	1 December 1989
3	0/176	Harbhajan Singh	34			6 October 2006
4	0/173	Dattu Phadkar	43	West Indies	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	31 December 1958
5	0/170	Amit Mishra	38	England	The Oval, London, England	18 August 2011
Last updated: 20 June 2020[124]

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.[125] 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.[126]

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.[123]

Rank	Figures	Player	Overs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	0/187	E. A. S. Prasanna	59	England	Headingley, Leeds, England	8 June 1967
2	0/182	Arshad Ayub	49	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan	1 December 1989
3	0/180		60	West Indies	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	26 December 1987
4	0/179	Harbhajan Singh	47	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan	21 January 2006
		Pankaj Singh		England	Rose Bowl, Southampton, England	27 July 2014
Last updated:20 June 2020[127]

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.[128]

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. In Test cricket history there have been just 44 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Fred Spofforth for Australia against England in 1879. In 1912, Australian Jimmy Matthews achieved the feat twice in one game against South Africa. The only other players to achieve two hat-tricks are Australia's Hugh Trumble, against England in 1902 and 1904, Pakistan's Wasim Akram, in separate games against Sri Lanka in 1999, and England's Stuart Broad.

No.	Bowler	For	Against	Inn.	Test	Dismissals	Venue	Date	Ref.
1	Harbhajan Singh	India	Australia	1	2/3	Ricky Ponting (lbw) Adam Gilchrist (lbw) Shane Warne (c Sadagoppan Ramesh)	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	11 March 2001	[130]
2	Irfan Pathan	India	Pakistan	1	3/3	Salman Butt (c Rahul Dravid) Younis Khan (lbw) Mohammad Yousuf (b)	National Stadium, Karachi	29 January 2006	[131]
3	Jasprit Bumrah	India	West Indies	1	2/2	Darren Bravo (c K. L. Rahul) Shamarh Brooks (lbw) Roston Chase (lbw)	Sabina Park, Kingston	31 August 2019	[132]

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.[133]

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,[134][135] 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.[136] India's MS Dhoni is fifth in taking most dismissals in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper.[137]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Matches	Period
1	294	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	90	2005–2014
2	198	Syed Kirmani	88	1976–1986
3	130	Kiran More	49	1986–1993
4	107	Nayan Mongia	44	1994–2001
5	103	Wriddhiman Saha	38	2008–2019
Last updated: 19 December 2020[138]

Mahendra Singh Dhoni holds the Indian record for most dismissals among wicket keepers.[138][139]

Dhoni is seventh in taking most catches in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper.[140]

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches	Period
1	256	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	90	2005–2014
2	160	Syed Kirmani	88	1976–1986
3	110	Kiran More	49	1986–1993
4	99	Nayan Mongia	44	1994–2001
5	92	Wriddhiman Saha	38	2008–2019
Last updated: 19 December 2020[139]

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.[141]

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.[143]

The feat of taking 6 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 24 wicket-keepers on 32 occasions including 4 Indians.[144]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	6	Syed Kirmani	New Zealand	AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand	5 February 1976
		Mahendra Singh Dhoni		Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand	3 April 2009
		Wriddhiman Saha	West Indies	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua	21 July 2016
		Rishabh Pant	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	6 December 2018
Last updated: 20 June 2020[145]

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.[146]

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.[147]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	11 ♠	Rishabh Pant	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	6 December 2018
2	10	Wriddhiman Saha	South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa	5 January 2018
3	9	MS Dhoni	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	26 December 2014
4	8	Nayan Mongia	South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa	26 December 1996
			Pakistan	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	16 February 1999
		MS Dhoni	Australia	WACA Ground, Perth, Australia	16 January 2008
			Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh	24 January 2010
			West Indies	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	22 November 2011
Last updated: 23 August 2020[148]

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 dimissials during the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia in 2018.[149]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Matches	Innings	Series
1	20	Rishabh Pant	4	8	Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia in 2018
2	19	Naren Tamhane	5	9	Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954-55
		Syed Kirmani	6	11	Pakistani cricket team in India in 1979–80
4	17	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	5	7	Pataudi Trophy in 2014
			4	8	Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 2006
Last updated: 20 June 2020[150]

Rahul Dravid holds the world record most catches by a fielder in Test cricket.[151]

Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.[lower-alpha 3] 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.[153][154]

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.[151]

The 1920–21 Ashes series, in which Australia whitewashed England 5–0 for the first time,[156] 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.[157] Greg Chappell, a fellow Australian all-rounder, and India's K. L. 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.[158]

Rank	Catches	Player	Matches	Innings	Series
1	14	K. L. Rahul	5	9	Patuadi Trophy in 2018
2	13	Rahul Dravid	4	8	Australian cricket team in India in 2004-05
3	12	Eknath Solkar	5	9	English cricket team in India in 1972-73
4	10	Ajit Wadekar	4	8	Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967–68
		Eknath Solkar			Australian cricket team in India in 1969–70
		Mohammad Azharuddin	3	6	Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1993-94
		Rahul Dravid	4	7	Indian cricket team in England in 2002
		Ajinkya Rahane	3	6	Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015
			4	7	South African cricket team in India in 2015-16
Last updated: 20 June 2020[159]

A total of 71 players have achieved the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in their Test career.[160]

A total of 18 players on 24 occasions have achieved the double of 250 runs and 20 wickets in a series.[162]

India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most Test matches played with 200, with former captains Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh being joint second with each having represented Australia on 168 occasions.[164]

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.[166] 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.[167]

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.Mahendra Singh Dhoni who led the side for six years from 2008 to 2014 is sixth on the list with 60 matches.[168]

Rank	Matches	Player	Period
1	60	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2008–2014
2	56	Virat Kohli	2014–2020
3	49	Sourav Ganguly	2000–2005
4	47	Sunil Gavaskar	1976-1985
		Mohammad Azharuddin	1990-1999
Last updated: 19 December 2020[169]

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.[170] 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.[171]

Rank	Age	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	16 years and 205 days	Sachin Tendulkar	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	15 November 1989
2	17 years and 75 days	Piyush Chawla	England	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India	9 March 2006
3	17 years and 118 days	Laxman Sivaramakrishnan	West Indies	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua	28 April 1983
4	17 years and 152 days	Parthiv Patel		Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	8 August 2002
5	17 years and 193 days	Maninder Singh	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	23 December 1982
Last updated: 3 December 2017[171][172]

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.[173]

Rank	Age	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	41 years and 27 days	Rustomji Jamshedji	England	Bombay Gymkhana, Mumbai, India	15 December 1933
2	40 years and 39 days	Cotah Ramaswami		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	25 July 1936
3	39 years and 102 days	Amir Elahi	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	12 December 1947
4	37 years and 329 days	Keki Tarapore	West Indies	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India	10 November 1948
5	37 years and 124 days	Shute Banerjee		Bombay Gymkhana, Mumbai, India	4 February 1949
Last updated: 20 June 2020[173][174]

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.[175]

Rank	Age	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	41 years and 300 days	Vinoo Mankad	West Indies	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India	6 February 1959
2	41 years and 92 days	Lala Amarnath	Pakistan	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	12 December 1952
3	41 years and 27 days	Rustomji Jamshedji	England	Bombay Gymkhana, Mumbai, India	15 December 1933
4	40 years and 289 days	CK Nayudu		The Oval, London, England	15 August 1936
5	40 years and 204 days	Sachin Tendulkar	West Indies	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	14 November 2013
Last updated: 28 January 2021[175][176]

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.

Wicket	Runs	First batsman	Second batsman	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
1st wicket	413	Vinoo Mankad	Pankaj Roy	New Zealand	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India	6 January 1956	Scorecard
2nd wicket	370	Murali Vijay	Cheteshwar Pujara	Australia	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, India	2 March 2013	Scorecard
3rd wicket	336	Virender Sehwag	Sachin Tendulkar	Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan	28 March 2004	Scorecard
4th wicket	365	Virat Kohli	Ajinkya Rahane	New Zealand	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, India	8 October 2016	Scorecard
5th wicket	376	V. V. S. Laxman	Rahul Dravid	Australia	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	11 March 2001	Scorecard
6th wicket	298*	Dilip Vengsarkar	Ravi Shastri		Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	15 October 1986	Scorecard
7th wicket	280	Rohit Sharma	Ravichandran Ashwin	West Indies	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	6 November 2013	Scorecard
8th wicket	241	Virat Kohli	Jayant Yadav	England	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	8 December 2016	Scorecard
9th wicket	149	Nana Joshi	Ramakant Desai	Pakistan	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India	2 December 1960	Scorecard
10th wicket	133	Sachin Tendulkar	Zaheer Khan	Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	10 December 2004	Scorecard
Last updated: 20 June 2020[177]

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.[178]

Wicket	Runs	First batsman	Second batsman	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
1st wicket	413	Vinoo Mankad	Pankaj Roy	New Zealand	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India	6 January 1956	Scorecard
	410	Virender Sehwag	Rahul Dravid	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan	13 January 2006	Scorecard
5th wicket	376	V. V. S. Laxman		Australia	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	11 March 2001	Scorecard
2nd wicket	370	Murali Vijay	Cheteshwar Pujara		Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, India	2 March 2013	Scorecard
4th wicket	365	Virat Kohli	Ajinkya Rahane	New Zealand	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, India	8 October 2016	Scorecard
Last updated: 20 June 2020[179]

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.[180] 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.[181]