Team Smallest Margins IN India

Smallest victories in 1980s in FC+LA+T20s IN India

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	1 run	0	241	46.0	v India	Cuttack	27 Dec 1984	ODI # 281
Australia	1 run	0	271	49.5	v India	Chennai	9 Oct 1987	ODI # 453
West Indies	2 runs	0	197	50.0	v India	Ahmedabad	7 Jan 1988	ODI # 489
New Zealand	3 runs	0	243	49.4	v Zimbabwe	Hyderabad (Deccan)	10 Oct 1987	ODI # 454
Australia	3 runs	0	200	30.0	v New Zealand	Indore	18 Oct 1987	ODI # 462
India	6 runs	0	228	49.4	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	22 Oct 1989	ODI # 580
Pakistan	6 runs	0	220	49.2	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	27 Oct 1989	ODI # 588
England	7 runs	0	122	15.0	v India	Chandigarh	27 Jan 1985	ODI # 298
Australia	7 runs	0	254	50.0	v England	Eden Gardens	8 Nov 1987	ODI # 477
India	10 runs	0	300	40.0	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	17 Jan 1987	ODI # 419
West Indies	10 runs	0	204	44.4	v India	Nagpur	8 Dec 1987	ODI # 481
Pakistan	16 runs	0	221	93.5	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
India	16 runs	0	253	50.0	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	14 Oct 1987	ODI # 458
Australia	17 runs	0	252	48.4	v New Zealand	Chandigarh	27 Oct 1987	ODI # 470
West Indies	20 runs	0	197	41.4	v India	Delhi	23 Oct 1989	ODI # 582
West Indies	25 runs	0	237	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	21 Oct 1987	ODI # 464
West Indies	26 runs	0	266	50.0	v England	Gwalior	27 Oct 1989	ODI # 586
West Indies	28 runs	0	81	22.4	v India	Srinagar	13 Oct 1983	ODI # 226
Australia	28 runs	0	223	47.1	v Sri Lanka	Margao	25 Oct 1989	ODI # 585
England	34 runs	0	270	48.1	v West Indies	Jaipur	26 Oct 1987	ODI # 468
England	35 runs	0	255	45.3	v India	Wankhede	5 Nov 1987	ODI # 476
Pakistan	41 runs	0	287	44.0	v India	Nagpur	24 Mar 1987	ODI # 439
Australia	48 runs	0	221	40.5	v India	New Delhi	28 Sep 1984	ODI # 267
India	52 runs	0	194	43.3	v Australia	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 1986	ODI # 394
West Indies	52 runs	0	188	41.3	v India	Guwahati	23 Dec 1987	ODI # 482
India	53 runs	0	223	45.0	v New Zealand	Indore	15 Dec 1988	ODI # 541
India	56 runs	0	290	49.0	v Australia	Delhi	22 Oct 1987	ODI # 465
India	56 runs	0	223	41.5	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	2 Jan 1988	ODI # 483
Pakistan	66 runs	0	206	43.2	v Australia	Brabourne	23 Oct 1989	ODI # 581
Australia	70 runs	0	267	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Cuttack	30 Oct 1987	ODI # 471
South Zone	73 runs	0	285	52.5	v North Zone	Delhi	9 Feb 1985	First-class
West Indies	73 runs	0	279	41.0	v India	Gwalior	22 Jan 1988	ODI # 500
East Zone	75 runs	0	218	70.5	v South Zone	Cuttack	30 Oct 1981	First-class
Pakistan	77 runs	0	280	42.3	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Oct 1989	ODI # 589
India	78 runs	0	270	46.0	v Sri Lanka	Amritsar	12 Sep 1982	ODI # 156
India	94 runs	0	236	36.3	v Sri Lanka	Vadodara	15 Jan 1987	ODI # 417
Australia	96 runs	0	236	42.4	v Zimbabwe	Chennai	13 Oct 1987	ODI # 456
Australia	99 runs	0	242	40.3	v West Indies	Chennai	21 Oct 1989	ODI # 578
North Zone	104 runs	0	240	35.5	v West Zone	Wankhede	20 Jan 1980	First-class
West Indies	104 runs	0	334	45.0	v India	Jamshedpur	7 Dec 1983	ODI # 229
Sri Lanka	117 runs	0	196	24.1	v India	Kanpur	24 Dec 1986	ODI # 407
New Zealand	136 runs	0	282	49.4	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
India	138 runs	0	241	26.2	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
West Indies	138 runs	0	242	47.1	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
North Zone	149 runs	0	441	83.0	v South Zone	Kanpur	15 Oct 1987	First-class
India	172 runs	0	337	78.4	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
North Zone	183 runs	0	302	28.2	v Central Zone	Nagpur	25 Jan 1989	List A
India	255 runs	0	416	41.2	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Delhi	309 runs	0	555	64.0	v Rest of Ind	Wankhede	3 Nov 1989	First-class

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	2 wickets	3	239	39.3	v India	Eden Gardens	18 Feb 1987	ODI # 434
India	2 wickets	17	279	47.1	v New Zealand	Vadodara	17 Dec 1988	ODI # 543
England	3 wickets	6	206	45.0	v India	Bengaluru	20 Jan 1985	ODI # 293
India	3 wickets	14	241	47.4	v England	Nagpur	23 Jan 1985	ODI # 295
Australia	3 wickets	6	223	46.0	v India	Srinagar	9 Sep 1986	ODI # 391
India	3 wickets	9	239	43.3	v Australia	Delhi	2 Oct 1986	ODI # 393
Pakistan	3 wickets	6	197	44.0	v India	Indore	27 Jan 1987	ODI # 426
Tamil Nadu	3 wickets	0	340	79.3	v Rest of Ind	Chennai	1 Oct 1988	First-class
India	3 wickets	17	248	47.1	v Australia	Bengaluru	27 Oct 1989	ODI # 587
India	4 wickets	18	152	43.0	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Deccan)	10 Sep 1983	ODI # 224
India	4 wickets	32	167	40.4	v Pakistan	Jaipur	2 Oct 1983	ODI # 225
West Indies	4 wickets	7	215	47.5	v India	Vadodara	9 Nov 1983	ODI # 227
Rest of Ind	4 wickets	0	107	30.5	v Bombay	Delhi	7 Sep 1984	First-class
England	4 wickets	10	215	43.2	v India	Pune	5 Dec 1984	ODI # 279
New Zealand	4 wickets	14	228	47.4	v Zimbabwe	Eden Gardens	23 Oct 1987	ODI # 466
West Indies	4 wickets	5	231	49.1	v India	Faridabad	19 Jan 1988	ODI # 497
India	4 wickets	22	197	46.2	v New Zealand	Visakhapatnam	10 Dec 1988	ODI # 536
North Zone	4 wickets	6	240	45.0	v South Zone	Kanpur	28 Jan 1989	List A
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	17	177	47.1	v West Indies	Rajkot	19 Oct 1989	ODI # 576
England	4 wickets	40	149	43.2	v Pakistan	Cuttack	22 Oct 1989	ODI # 579
Pakistan	4 wickets	1	274	49.5	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	1 Nov 1989	ODI # 592
England XI	5 wickets	0	136	38.1	v Ind Pres XI	Nagpur	17 Nov 1981	First-class
England	5 wickets	13	157	43.5	v India	Ahmedabad	25 Nov 1981	ODI # 125
India	5 wickets	24	231	42.0	v England	Cuttack	27 Jan 1982	ODI # 143
Rest of Ind	5 wickets	0	421	83.2	v Delhi	Delhi	21 Oct 1982	First-class
Australians	5 wickets	44	191	39.4	v Bombay	Wankhede	8 Oct 1984	List A
South Zone	5 wickets	0	273	74.4	v North Zone	Wankhede	25 Oct 1986	First-class
Pakistan	5 wickets	4	266	43.2	v India	Jamshedpur	26 Mar 1987	ODI # 440
West Indies	5 wickets	0	276	85.3	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
India	5 wickets	21	161	41.3	v New Zealand	Cuttack	12 Dec 1988	ODI # 538
England	5 wickets	8	194	48.4	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	15 Oct 1989	ODI # 571
England XI	6 wickets	0	301	47.0	v India U22	Pune	13 Nov 1981	First-class
India	6 wickets	3	162	35.3	v England	Jalandhar	20 Dec 1981	ODI # 131
India	6 wickets	55	278	40.5	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	15 Sep 1982	ODI # 157
India	6 wickets	64	234	39.2	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	26 Sep 1982	ODI # 159
West Indies	6 wickets	14	179	41.4	v India	Guwahati	17 Dec 1983	ODI # 230
Australia	6 wickets	23	236	40.1	v India	Indore	6 Oct 1984	ODI # 271
India	6 wickets	15	209	41.3	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	13 Jan 1987	ODI # 416
Pakistan	6 wickets	28	121	37.2	v India	Pune	22 Mar 1987	ODI # 438
West Indies	6 wickets	17	222	40.1	v India	Rajkot	5 Jan 1988	ODI # 487
South Zone	6 wickets	24	225	46.0	v West Zone	Kanpur	25 Jan 1989	List A
India	6 wickets	11	256	48.1	v England	Kanpur	25 Oct 1989	ODI # 583
West Indies	6 wickets	9	224	48.3	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	25 Oct 1989	ODI # 584
Pakistan	6 wickets	9	195	28.3	v England	Nagpur	30 Oct 1989	ODI # 590
Australia	7 wickets	13	207	43.5	v India	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 1984	ODI # 270
India	7 wickets	36	251	41.0	v Australia	Jaipur	7 Sep 1986	ODI # 390
Australia	7 wickets	9	261	46.3	v India	Rajkot	7 Oct 1986	ODI # 395
India	7 wickets	48	192	42.0	v Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	26 Oct 1987	ODI # 469
England	7 wickets	15	243	47.3	v Australia	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Oct 1989	ODI # 575
North Zone	8 wickets	0	170	65.0	v West Zone	Wankhede	14 Oct 1982	First-class
West Indies	8 wickets	10	241	45.2	v India	Indore	1 Dec 1983	ODI # 228
India	8 wickets	0	48	15.1	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
England	8 wickets	0	125	23.4	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
India	8 wickets	111	146	27.3	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	11 Jan 1987	ODI # 415
India	8 wickets	133	136	27.5	v Zimbabwe	Wankhede	17 Oct 1987	ODI # 461
England	8 wickets	52	219	41.2	v Sri Lanka	Pune	30 Oct 1987	ODI # 472
Central Zone	8 wickets	29	205	45.1	v East Zone	Indore	22 Jan 1989	List A
West Indies	8 wickets	47	166	42.1	v India	Wankhede	30 Oct 1989	ODI # 591
Central Zone	9 wickets	0	57	17.0	v East Zone	Brabourne	20 Oct 1984	First-class
England	9 wickets	0	33	8.0	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
West Zone	9 wickets	0	89	25.0	v South Zone	Bengaluru	17 Oct 1985	First-class
India	9 wickets	107	222	32.1	v New Zealand	Nagpur	31 Oct 1987	ODI # 474
West Indies	9 wickets	13	240	42.5	v India	Thiruvananthapuram	25 Jan 1988	ODI # 502
India	10 wickets	0	76	18.0	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
England	10 wickets	0	96	29.3	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
North Zone	10 wickets	0	24	10.0	v East Zone	Cuttack	12 Jan 1984	First-class
North Zone	10 wickets	0	20	3.5	v Central Zone	Pune	27 Oct 1984	First-class
India	10 wickets	0	21	2.1	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	10 wickets	0	76	18.0	0.0	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
England	10 wickets	0	96	29.3	0.0	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
England XI	6 wickets	0	301	47.0	0.0	v India U22	Pune	13 Nov 1981	First-class
England XI	5 wickets	0	136	38.1	0.0	v Ind Pres XI	Nagpur	17 Nov 1981	First-class
North Zone	8 wickets	0	170	65.0	0.0	v West Zone	Wankhede	14 Oct 1982	First-class
Rest of Ind	5 wickets	0	421	83.2	0.0	v Delhi	Delhi	21 Oct 1982	First-class
North Zone	10 wickets	0	24	10.0	0.0	v East Zone	Cuttack	12 Jan 1984	First-class
Rest of Ind	4 wickets	0	107	30.5	0.0	v Bombay	Delhi	7 Sep 1984	First-class
Central Zone	9 wickets	0	57	17.0	0.0	v East Zone	Brabourne	20 Oct 1984	First-class
North Zone	10 wickets	0	20	3.5	0.0	v Central Zone	Pune	27 Oct 1984	First-class
India	8 wickets	0	48	15.1	0.0	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
England	8 wickets	0	125	23.4	0.0	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
England	9 wickets	0	33	8.0	0.0	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
West Zone	9 wickets	0	89	25.0	0.0	v South Zone	Bengaluru	17 Oct 1985	First-class
South Zone	5 wickets	0	273	74.4	0.0	v North Zone	Wankhede	25 Oct 1986	First-class
West Indies	5 wickets	0	276	85.3	0.0	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
Tamil Nadu	3 wickets	0	340	79.3	0.0	v Rest of Ind	Chennai	1 Oct 1988	First-class
India	10 wickets	0	21	2.1	0.0	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
Pakistan	4 wickets	1	274	49.5	50.0	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	1 Nov 1989	ODI # 592
India	6 wickets	3	162	35.3	36.0	v England	Jalandhar	20 Dec 1981	ODI # 131
Pakistan	2 wickets	3	239	39.3	40.0	v India	Eden Gardens	18 Feb 1987	ODI # 434
Pakistan	5 wickets	4	266	43.2	44.0	v India	Jamshedpur	26 Mar 1987	ODI # 440
West Indies	4 wickets	5	231	49.1	50.0	v India	Faridabad	19 Jan 1988	ODI # 497
England	3 wickets	6	206	45.0	46.0	v India	Bengaluru	20 Jan 1985	ODI # 293
Australia	3 wickets	6	223	46.0	47.0	v India	Srinagar	9 Sep 1986	ODI # 391
Pakistan	3 wickets	6	197	44.0	45.0	v India	Indore	27 Jan 1987	ODI # 426
North Zone	4 wickets	6	240	45.0	46.0	v South Zone	Kanpur	28 Jan 1989	List A
West Indies	4 wickets	7	215	47.5	49.0	v India	Vadodara	9 Nov 1983	ODI # 227
England	5 wickets	8	194	48.4	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	15 Oct 1989	ODI # 571
India	3 wickets	9	239	43.3	45.0	v Australia	Delhi	2 Oct 1986	ODI # 393
Australia	7 wickets	9	261	46.3	48.0	v India	Rajkot	7 Oct 1986	ODI # 395
West Indies	6 wickets	9	224	48.3	50.0	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	25 Oct 1989	ODI # 584
Pakistan	6 wickets	9	195	28.3	30.0	v England	Nagpur	30 Oct 1989	ODI # 590
West Indies	8 wickets	10	241	45.2	47.0	v India	Indore	1 Dec 1983	ODI # 228
England	4 wickets	10	215	43.2	45.0	v India	Pune	5 Dec 1984	ODI # 279
India	6 wickets	11	256	48.1	50.0	v England	Kanpur	25 Oct 1989	ODI # 583
England	5 wickets	13	157	43.5	46.0	v India	Ahmedabad	25 Nov 1981	ODI # 125
Australia	7 wickets	13	207	43.5	46.0	v India	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 1984	ODI # 270
West Indies	9 wickets	13	240	42.5	45.0	v India	Thiruvananthapuram	25 Jan 1988	ODI # 502
West Indies	6 wickets	14	179	41.4	44.0	v India	Guwahati	17 Dec 1983	ODI # 230
India	3 wickets	14	241	47.4	50.0	v England	Nagpur	23 Jan 1985	ODI # 295
New Zealand	4 wickets	14	228	47.4	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Eden Gardens	23 Oct 1987	ODI # 466
India	6 wickets	15	209	41.3	44.0	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	13 Jan 1987	ODI # 416
England	7 wickets	15	243	47.3	50.0	v Australia	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Oct 1989	ODI # 575
West Indies	6 wickets	17	222	40.1	43.0	v India	Rajkot	5 Jan 1988	ODI # 487
India	2 wickets	17	279	47.1	50.0	v New Zealand	Vadodara	17 Dec 1988	ODI # 543
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	17	177	47.1	50.0	v West Indies	Rajkot	19 Oct 1989	ODI # 576
India	3 wickets	17	248	47.1	50.0	v Australia	Bengaluru	27 Oct 1989	ODI # 587
India	4 wickets	18	152	43.0	46.0	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Deccan)	10 Sep 1983	ODI # 224
India	5 wickets	21	161	41.3	45.0	v New Zealand	Cuttack	12 Dec 1988	ODI # 538
India	4 wickets	22	197	46.2	50.0	v New Zealand	Visakhapatnam	10 Dec 1988	ODI # 536
Australia	6 wickets	23	236	40.1	44.0	v India	Indore	6 Oct 1984	ODI # 271
India	5 wickets	24	231	42.0	46.0	v England	Cuttack	27 Jan 1982	ODI # 143
South Zone	6 wickets	24	225	46.0	50.0	v West Zone	Kanpur	25 Jan 1989	List A
Pakistan	6 wickets	28	121	37.2	42.0	v India	Pune	22 Mar 1987	ODI # 438
Central Zone	8 wickets	29	205	45.1	50.0	v East Zone	Indore	22 Jan 1989	List A
India	4 wickets	32	167	40.4	46.0	v Pakistan	Jaipur	2 Oct 1983	ODI # 225
India	7 wickets	36	251	41.0	47.0	v Australia	Jaipur	7 Sep 1986	ODI # 390
England	4 wickets	40	149	43.2	50.0	v Pakistan	Cuttack	22 Oct 1989	ODI # 579
Australians	5 wickets	44	191	39.4	47.0	v Bombay	Wankhede	8 Oct 1984	List A
West Indies	8 wickets	47	166	42.1	50.0	v India	Wankhede	30 Oct 1989	ODI # 591
India	7 wickets	48	192	42.0	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	26 Oct 1987	ODI # 469
England	8 wickets	52	219	41.2	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Pune	30 Oct 1987	ODI # 472
India	6 wickets	55	278	40.5	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	15 Sep 1982	ODI # 157
India	6 wickets	64	234	39.2	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	26 Sep 1982	ODI # 159
India	9 wickets	107	222	32.1	50.0	v New Zealand	Nagpur	31 Oct 1987	ODI # 474
India	8 wickets	111	146	27.3	46.0	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	11 Jan 1987	ODI # 415
India	8 wickets	133	136	27.5	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Wankhede	17 Oct 1987	ODI # 461

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	Australia	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052

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