Individual Most Matches Career

Cricket Records for India (Host) in Test matches

Most matches

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2013	109	8377	217	51.70	27	20	3/10	64.50	-	57	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	97	7795	224	56.89	26	172	5/21	30.94	2	128	-
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	81	3221	122*	33.55	4	-	-	0.00	-	319	9
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	81	6222	222	47.86	16	-	-	0.00	-	107	-
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	79	6076	253*	48.60	20	-	-	0.00	-	66	-
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	75	5418	217*	47.11	14	-	-	0.00	-	168	3
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2008	75	1528	88	19.10	-	395	10/74	25.69	26	36	-
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	69	3012	163	37.18	6	227	9/83	26.88	11	41	-
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	68	4417	200	40.89	10	2	1/25	189.00	-	97	-
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	67	2029	124	25.04	3	374	7/59	21.99	28	23	-
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-2011	67	4333	281	49.80	8	1	1/2	38.00	-	70	-
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1972-1987	65	5067	236*	50.16	16	-	-	0.00	-	51	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	63	1996	111	28.11	1	248	6/30	21.41	9	35	-
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	61	4374	206*	47.54	11	-	-	0.00	-	40	-
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2013	60	5038	319	49.88	14	17	5/104	52.64	1	52	-
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2013	59	1140	115	18.09	2	283	8/84	29.10	19	27	-
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2024	59	5035	254*	57.87	16	-	-	0.00	-	58	-
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	58	3686	239	41.88	8	14	3/28	45.71	-	44	-
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	58	391	26	9.53	-	267	6/59	24.29	12	15	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	58	801	58	15.40	-	287	7/51	21.59	18	17	-
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2004	57	3855	275	43.31	10	1	1/0	64.00	-	54	-
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2024	55	3848	199	44.74	10	12	4/22	41.75	-	62	-
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1977-1990	54	3725	166	55.59	13	-	-	0.00	-	42	-
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-2000	53	3692	199	50.57	14	-	-	0.00	-	61	-
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	51	3214	228	39.67	9	-	-	0.00	-	67	-
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2013	49	2750	224	42.30	5	-	-	0.00	-	121	25
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	49	459	35	9.18	-	176	5/20	26.92	4	21	-
I Sharma (IND)	2007-2021	49	237	31	6.58	-	124	5/22	32.99	2	11	-
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1985	48	1650	102	32.35	2	1	1/9	13.00	-	89	19
GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1982	48	3502	222	47.32	10	1	1/11	39.00	-	33	-
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2021	47	2794	199	38.27	8	-	-	0.00	-	42	-
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2024	46	1832	175*	37.38	3	219	7/42	21.00	12	26	-
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2013	46	506	57*	9.73	-	134	5/72	35.81	3	9	-
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	45	2323	162*	40.05	7	1	1/2	18.00	-	37	-
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	42	429	34	11.28	-	194	7/84	21.15	12	8	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	41	2118	135	33.09	3	31	3/19	24.48	-	18	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1992	41	1788	142	35.05	4	75	5/75	38.88	1	18	-
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	40	2686	168	45.52	8	1	1/32	42.00	-	38	-
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2002	40	620	60	15.50	-	151	8/86	26.23	8	12	-
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	39	995	74	21.63	-	151	6/21	19.88	9	10	-
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2024	39	517	32*	11.00	-	193	7/112	20.23	10	17	-
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2022	38	2046	188	35.89	4	-	-	0.00	-	50	-
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2023	36	1795	172	35.90	2	-	-	0.00	-	20	-
G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2016	36	2564	206	42.03	5	-	-	0.00	-	26	-
PR Umrigar (IND)	1948-1962	36	2082	223	43.37	7	18	4/27	50.55	-	24	-
M Vijay (IND)	2008-2018	36	2535	167	42.25	9	-	-	0.00	-	33	-
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1969	35	2209	177*	43.31	5	42	5/88	42.83	1	24	-
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1965	35	2222	189*	46.29	5	1	1/16	44.00	-	14	-
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	35	2585	212	51.70	10	-	-	0.00	-	34	-
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	34	2083	129*	40.05	4	-	-	0.00	-	142	4
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1961-1975	33	1850	203*	33.63	5	1	1/10	67.00	-	20	-
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2023	33	237	31	11.28	-	103	6/88	26.34	2	13	-
M Amarnath (IND)	1969-1988	32	1370	131	30.44	2	8	2/31	55.25	-	20	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	32	122	20*	5.30	-	142	8/79	27.69	8	14	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1983	32	416	64	12.23	-	94	8/72	30.64	2	28	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	30	373	50*	10.97	-	137	7/98	23.99	8	13	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	29	303	37	12.62	-	111	5/28	22.45	4	8	-
NR Mongia (IND)	1994-2001	29	1045	152	26.12	1	-	-	0.00	-	64	5
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	28	739	84	18.47	-	78	7/32	35.53	5	11	-
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1987	28	247	29*	10.73	-	77	5/76	34.10	2	7	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2005-2024	27	176	29	7.04	-	78	5/40	32.16	2	10	-
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1985	27	1409	201	31.31	2	-	-	0.00	-	11	-
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1980	27	625	86	22.32	-	77	5/33	31.58	3	9	-
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	27	1455	155*	42.79	3	-	-	0.00	-	30	-
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2024	27	1958	152	40.79	6	-	-	0.00	-	23	-
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2000	27	1418	103*	36.35	1	-	-	0.00	-	18	-
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1975	26	1402	121	29.82	2	-	-	0.00	-	31	8
AW Nourse (SA)	1902-1923	26	1445	111	32.84	1	18	4/25	40.11	-	30	-
WP Saha (IND)	2010-2021	26	788	117	29.18	2	-	-	0.00	-	66	5
NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1962	25	1352	108	33.80	1	1	1/9	74.00	-	13	-
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1960-1969	25	1615	129	37.55	2	7	2/54	83.28	-	13	-
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	25	1151	174	38.36	3	40	8/64	37.75	1	22	-
KS More (IND)	1986-1993	25	486	55	20.25	-	-	-	0.00	-	44	16
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1966	25	843	122*	29.06	1	53	6/91	27.86	3	18	-
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2011	25	1599	123	35.53	4	-	-	0.00	-	35	-
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1997	25	963	109	30.09	1	-	-	0.00	-	81	1
P Roy (IND)	1951-1960	25	1553	173	36.97	4	1	1/6	27.00	-	12	-
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	24	810	85	28.92	-	42	5/83	45.45	1	7	-
JP Duminy (SA)	2009-2017	24	1048	155	27.57	2	22	4/73	40.50	-	17	-
AC Hudson (SA)	1992-1998	24	1251	146	30.51	2	-	-	0.00	-	26	-
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	24	1307	113	40.84	3	57	4/65	29.29	-	33	-
KL Rahul (IND)	2016-2024	24	1400	199	36.84	3	-	-	0.00	-	21	-
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1988	24	1219	123	34.82	1	-	-	0.00	-	22	-
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1969-1980	23	1076	84	29.88	-	1	1/11	24.00	-	24	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1970	23	1374	112	32.71	1	63	6/53	27.33	1	29	-
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	23	229	38	7.89	-	61	6/127	38.36	2	14	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1948-1959	23	1128	231	33.17	2	103	8/52	26.53	4	20	-
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2024	23	1975	218	47.02	4	20	5/8	43.90	1	29	-
NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1998	23	1726	131	53.93	5	-	-	0.00	-	6	-
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	22	192	35	9.60	-	71	6/55	30.91	1	17	-
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	22	1514	140	42.05	4	2	1/9	83.50	-	7	-
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1977	22	321	37	10.03	-	95	6/74	26.94	5	10	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2024	22	1476	258	36.00	3	36	5/73	30.47	1	29	-
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1931	22	2001	176	48.80	6	5	3/15	25.00	-	11	-
JHB Waite (SA)	1953-1965	22	1008	134	29.64	3	-	-	0.00	-	71	13
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2014	21	1500	161*	40.54	5	12	6/9	29.33	1	28	-
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2016	21	1706	190	43.74	6	-	-	0.00	-	13	-
HH Dippenaar (SA)	1999-2007	21	874	110	25.70	2	-	-	0.00	-	13	-
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1983	21	81	20	5.06	-	77	6/103	25.38	4	4	-
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1973	21	919	90	26.25	-	55	6/73	34.47	3	8	-

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]