Individual Most Matches Career

Most matches in Tests held in India

Most matches

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2013	94	7216	217	52.67	22	16	3/10	68.75	0	47	0
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	70	5598	222	51.35	15	0	-	-	0	98	0
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	65	1989	124	26.17	4	383	7/59	21.57	29	23	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1972-1987	65	5067	236*	50.16	16	0	-	-	0	51	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	65	2810	163	36.97	5	219	9/83	26.49	11	40	0
A Kumble (IND)	1993-2008	63	1340	88	21.61	0	350	10/74	24.88	25	34	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-2011	57	3767	281	51.60	8	1	1/2	38.00	0	61	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2013	55	1047	115	18.36	2	265	8/84	28.76	18	25	0
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2024	55	4336	254*	55.58	14	0	-	-	0	54	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1977-1990	54	3725	166	55.59	13	0	-	-	0	42	0
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2025	53	2232	175*	38.48	4	256	7/42	20.95	13	31	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2013	52	4656	319	54.13	13	15	5/104	55.13	1	41	0
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	51	3839	206*	52.58	10	0	-	-	0	29	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	50	3180	239	42.97	8	11	3/28	45.00	0	41	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1985	48	1650	102	32.35	2	1	1/9	13.00	0	89	19
GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1982	48	3502	222	47.32	10	1	1/11	39.00	0	33	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-2000	46	3412	199	55.93	13	0	-	-	0	52	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2013	42	2380	224	45.76	5	0	-	-	0	102	25
I Sharma (IND)	2007-2021	42	189	31	7.26	0	104	5/22	31.64	2	11	0
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2012	38	353	57*	9.28	0	104	5/72	35.87	3	7	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1990	38	1729	142	37.58	4	73	5/75	38.93	1	18	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1948-1962	36	2082	223	43.37	7	18	4/27	50.55	0	24	0
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1969	35	2209	177*	43.31	5	42	5/88	42.83	1	24	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1965	35	2222	189*	46.29	5	1	1/16	44.00	0	14	0
G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2016	34	2322	206	40.73	5	0	-	-	0	25	0
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	34	2535	212	51.73	10	0	-	-	0	34	0
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1961-1975	33	1850	203*	33.63	5	1	1/10	67.00	0	20	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1969-1988	32	1370	131	30.44	2	8	2/31	55.25	0	20	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	32	122	20*	5.30	0	142	8/79	27.69	8	14	0
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2021	32	1644	188	35.73	4	0	-	-	0	46	0
J Srinath (IND)	1994-2002	32	534	60	16.68	0	108	8/86	26.61	5	9	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1983	32	416	64	12.23	0	94	8/72	30.64	2	28	0
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2023	32	233	31	11.65	0	101	6/88	25.88	2	13	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	30	373	50*	10.97	0	137	7/98	23.99	8	13	0
M Vijay (IND)	2008-2018	30	2257	167	47.02	9	0	-	-	0	25	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1987	28	247	29*	10.73	0	77	5/76	34.10	2	7	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1985	27	1409	201	31.31	2	0	-	-	0	11	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1980	27	625	86	22.32	0	77	5/33	31.58	3	9	0
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1975	26	1402	121	29.82	2	0	-	-	0	31	8
NR Mongia (IND)	1994-2001	26	959	152	28.20	1	0	-	-	0	50	5
NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1962	25	1352	108	33.80	1	1	1/9	74.00	0	13	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1960-1969	25	1615	129	37.55	2	7	2/54	83.28	0	13	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1966	25	843	122*	29.06	1	53	6/91	27.86	3	18	0
P Roy (IND)	1951-1960	25	1553	173	36.97	4	1	1/6	27.00	0	12	0
WP Saha (IND)	2010-2021	25	780	117	31.20	2	0	-	-	0	56	5
KL Rahul (IND)	2016-2025	24	1413	199	40.37	2	0	-	-	0	20	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1988	24	1219	123	34.82	1	0	-	-	0	22	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1969-1980	23	1076	84	29.88	0	1	1/11	24.00	0	24	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1948-1959	23	1128	231	33.17	2	103	8/52	26.53	4	20	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1998	23	1726	131	53.93	5	0	-	-	0	6	0
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1977	22	321	37	10.03	0	95	6/74	26.94	5	10	0
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1983	21	81	20	5.06	0	77	6/103	25.38	4	4	0
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1973	21	919	90	26.25	0	55	6/73	34.47	3	8	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1961	21	61	15	5.08	0	84	9/102	30.34	6	9	0
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	21	200	37	20.00	0	76	5/35	22.10	2	7	0
KS More (IND)	1986-1993	21	384	49	20.21	0	0	-	-	0	33	16
PP Ojha (IND)	2009-2013	20	53	11	6.62	0	101	6/47	27.51	7	10	0
Shubman Gill (IND)	2021-2025	20	1373	129*	45.76	5	0	-	-	0	15	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1983	20	990	140	39.60	2	0	-	-	0	8	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1960	19	716	109	27.53	2	19	3/20	52.31	0	12	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2003-2012	19	1052	169	38.96	1	6	2/9	49.33	0	10	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1987	18	639	83*	26.62	0	29	6/56	33.93	1	5	0
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1965	18	282	85	14.84	0	57	6/56	32.63	1	4	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1983	18	488	74	25.68	0	28	5/23	38.17	2	7	0
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1993	18	41	15	3.72	0	62	7/27	30.61	3	5	0
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2021-2025	18	48	16*	4.36	0	35	4/40	28.77	0	8	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2024	17	111	19	5.84	0	44	4/40	30.27	0	5	0
L Amarnath (IND)	1933-1952	16	669	118	31.85	1	19	4/40	41.31	0	13	0
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2021-2025	16	89	26	6.84	0	62	6/45	17.70	3	7	0
RK Chauhan (IND)	1993-1998	16	46	15	3.83	0	37	4/48	33.67	0	8	0
DG Phadkar (IND)	1948-1959	16	600	115	35.29	1	34	7/159	39.61	2	9	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1995	16	561	120	28.05	1	23	4/82	31.43	0	10	0
SLV Raju (IND)	1990-2001	16	72	16	6.54	0	71	6/12	24.00	5	2	0
DN Sardesai (IND)	1961-1972	16	1057	200*	39.14	2	0	-	-	0	3	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1972-1982	16	129	23	9.21	0	54	5/84	26.51	1	9	0
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	15	1110	109	48.26	2	0	-	-	0	27	12
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	15	593	114*	26.95	1	1	1/28	83.00	0	9	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1988	15	954	192*	45.42	3	3	1/28	40.33	0	18	0
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2024	15	1272	218	45.42	3	16	5/8	38.18	1	18	0
ED Solkar (IND)	1969-1977	15	565	102	21.73	1	5	2/43	81.40	0	32	0
AL Wadekar (IND)	1966-1973	15	894	91*	31.92	0	0	-	-	0	15	0
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1972-1982	14	655	113	36.38	1	1	1/6	20.00	0	15	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1959	14	156	50	11.14	0	44	7/49	30.59	2	8	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1987	14	1042	194	45.30	3	0	-	-	0	11	0
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2025	14	1393	214*	55.72	3	0	-	-	0	13	0
BK Kunderan (IND)	1960-1967	14	868	192	37.73	2	0	-	-	0	17	7
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1983	14	1359	242*	75.50	4	2	2/23	45.00	0	12	0
IK Pathan (IND)	2004-2008	14	698	102	36.73	1	27	3/34	50.33	0	3	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2010	14	662	123	26.48	1	0	-	-	0	20	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	2016-2024	14	747	128	27.66	1	14	5/73	37.64	1	14	0
NS Tamhane (IND)	1955-1961	14	75	20	5.00	0	0	-	-	0	18	8
HR Adhikari (IND)	1948-1959	13	673	114*	48.07	1	3	3/68	26.00	0	6	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2024	13	627	89	27.26	0	0	-	-	0	17	2
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2013	13	972	151	40.50	3	9	6/9	35.66	1	17	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2016	13	1235	190	51.45	5	0	-	-	0	7	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1981-1993	13	862	207	50.70	2	0	-	-	0	5	0
VS Hazare (IND)	1948-1952	13	1113	164*	69.56	5	5	1/13	83.60	0	5	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1979-1987	13	948	99	49.89	0	0	-	-	0	12	0
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1995	13	807	227	53.80	2	0	-	-	0	5	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1955-1964	13	381	100*	29.30	1	10	3/43	56.50	0	4	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

India vs West Indies at Delhi, West Indies in India 2nd Test, Oct 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2601]