Team Smallest Margins - India

Smallest victories in 1980s in Tests - India

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	59 runs	143	48.4	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
India	138 runs	241	26.2	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
India	172 runs	337	78.4	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
India	255 runs	416	41.2	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
India	279 runs	408	63.3	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	5 wickets	134	42.0	v England	Lord's	5 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
India	8 wickets	48	15.1	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
India	10 wickets	76	18.0	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
India	10 wickets	21	2.1	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111

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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:

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