Team Smallest Margins - India

Smallest victories in 1970s in Tests - India

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	28 runs	192	91.0	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
India	85 runs	310	84.2	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
India	100 runs	255	67.0	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
India	131 runs	322	51.4	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
India	140 runs	318	57.3	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
India	153 runs	279	60.2	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
India	162 runs	304	80.2	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
India	216 runs	360	67.0	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
India	222 runs	387	51.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	3 wickets	125	46.2	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
India	4 wickets	173	101.0	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
India	4 wickets	86	33.5	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
India	6 wickets	403	147.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	7 Apr 1976	Test # 775
India	7 wickets	124	49.4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6 Mar 1971	Test # 683
India	8 wickets	68	14.2x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India vs Pakistan at Kanpur, Pakistan tour of India 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India vs Pakistan at Wankhede, Pakistan tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]