India vs other countries FC Team Records - Smallest Margins
By runs
Winner | Margin | Balls Rem | Target | Overs | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 6 runs | - | 191 | 68.1x8 | v Indians | W.A.C.A | 20 Feb 1948 | First-class | |
| 12 runs | - | 271 | 95.2 | v India | Chennai | 28 Jan 1999 | Test # 1442 | |
| 16 runs | - | 284 | 88.2 | v Indians | Worcester | 4 May 1946 | First-class | |
| 16 runs | - | 341 | 84.7x8 | v India | Brisbane | 2 Dec 1977 | Test # 809 | |
| 16 runs | - | 221 | 93.5 | v India | Bengaluru | 13 Mar 1987 | Test # 1073 | |
| 22 runs | - | 193 | 74.5 | v India | Lord's | 10 Jul 2025 | Test # 2594 | |
| 24 runs | - | 242 | 41.4x8 | v Indians | Brisbane | 21 Nov 1947 | First-class | |
| 25 runs | - | 147 | 29.1 | v India | Wankhede | 1 Nov 2024 | Test # 2560 | |
| 28 runs | - | 231 | 69.2 | v India | Hyderabad | 25 Jan 2024 | Test # 2525 | |
| 30 runs | - | 124 | 35.0 | v India | Eden Gardens | 14 Nov 2025 | Test # 2606 | |
| 31 runs | - | 194 | 54.2 | v India | Birmingham | 1 Aug 2018 | Test # 2314 | |
| 38 runs | - | 372 | 100.1 | v India | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1992 | Test # 1184 | |
| 38 runs | - | 120 | 35.5 | v India | Bridgetown | 27 Mar 1997 | Test # 1363 | |
| 39 runs | - | 395 | 109.6x8 | v India | Brisbane | 19 Jan 1968 | Test # 626 | |
| 40 runs | - | 407 | 96.3 | v India | Auckland | 6 Feb 2014 | Test # 2118 | |
| 43 runs | - | 122 | 29.5 | v Indians | Adelaide | 29 Nov 1980 | First-class | |
| 46 runs | - | 279 | 79.1 | v India | Eden Gardens | 16 Feb 1999 | Test # 1444 | |
| 47 runs | - | 493 | 141.4x8 | v India | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1978 | Test # 816 | |
| 48 runs | - | 364 | 87.1 | v India | Adelaide | 9 Dec 2014 | Test # 2148 | |
| 51 runs | - | 294 | 88.4 | v Indians | Cardiff | 16 May 1959 | First-class | |
| 60 runs | - | 245 | 69.4 | v India | Southampton | 30 Aug 2018 | Test # 2317 | |
| 61 runs | - | 235 | 56.4 | v India | Harare | 7 Oct 1998 | Test # 1425 | |
| 62 runs | - | 253 | 75.3 | v India | Wellington | 21 Feb 1981 | Test # 897 | |
| 63 runs | - | 176 | 49.5 | v India | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 | Test # 2176 | |
| 72 runs | - | 208 | 42.4 | v India | Cape Town | 5 Jan 2018 | Test # 2292 | |
| 76 runs | - | 219 | 54.4 | v Indians | Canterbury | 10 May 1967 | First-class | |
| 77 runs | - | 249 | 85.2 | v India | Chennai | 24 Dec 1969 | Test # 669 | |
| 94 runs | - | 231 | 69.2 | v India | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 113 runs | - | 296 | 85.1 | v India | Manchester | 6 Jun 1974 | Test # 739 | |
| 113 runs | - | 359 | 60.2 | v India | Pune | 24 Oct 2024 | Test # 2557 | |
| 118 runs | - | 464 | 94.3 | v India | The Oval | 7 Sep 2018 | Test # 2318 | |
| 122 runs | - | 333 | 70.5 | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 2008 | Test # 1857 | |
| 122 runs | - | 292 | 47.5 | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2011 | Test # 2025 | |
| 123 runs | - | 359 | 104.5 | v India | Kingston | 13 Apr 1962 | Test # 529 | |
| 132 runs | - | 410 | 112.4 | v India | Birmingham | 13 Jul 1967 | Test # 620 | |
| 135 runs | - | 287 | 50.2 | v India | Centurion | 13 Jan 2018 | Test # 2293 | |
| 136 runs | - | 282 | 49.4 | v India | Wankhede | 24 Nov 1988 | Test # 1109 | |
| 138 runs | - | 242 | 47.1 | v India | Ahmedabad | 12 Nov 1983 | Test # 967 | |
| 139 runs | - | 333 | 80.0 | v India | Chennai | 2 Oct 1964 | Test # 566 | |
| 141 runs | - | 250 | 51.1 | v Indians | The Oval | 7 May 1952 | First-class | |
| 142 runs | - | 272 | 79.5 | v India | Bridgetown | 7 Feb 1953 | Test # 366 | |
| 144 runs | - | 342 | 73.6x8 | v India | Sydney | 26 Jan 1968 | Test # 628 | |
| 146 runs | - | 398 | 60.2x8 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Dec 1967 | Test # 624 | |
| 146 runs | - | 287 | 56.0 | v India | Perth | 14 Dec 2018 | Test # 2334 | |
| 147 runs | - | 284 | 53.2 | v Indians | Lord's | 23 May 1959 | First-class | |
| 149 runs | - | 348 | 66.2 | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 6 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 155 runs | - | 408 | 88.3 | v India | Kingston | 18 May 2002 | Test # 1604 | |
| 158 runs | - | 346 | 59.3 | v India | Lord's | 25 Jun 1932 | Test # 219 | |
| 167 runs | - | 277 | 55.5 | v India | Nagpur | 3 Oct 1969 | Test # 660 | |
| 168 runs | - | 383 | 90.0 | v India | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 | Test # 1743 | |
| 170 runs | - | 568 | 109.4 | v India | Lord's | 25 Jul 2002 | Test # 1610 | |
| 171 runs | - | 548 | 145.1 | v India | Manchester | 23 Jul 1959 | Test # 477 | |
| 174 runs | - | 354 | 55.1 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2006 | Test # 1825 | |
| 180 runs | - | 376 | 89.3 | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1479 | |
| 184 runs | - | 340 | 79.1 | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2024 | Test # 2571 | |
| 192 runs | - | 326 | 60.0 | v Indians | Cheltenham | 15 Aug 1959 | First-class | |
| 196 runs | - | 458 | 96.3 | v India | Lord's | 21 Jul 2011 | Test # 2000 | |
| 200 runs | - | 284 | 38.5 | v India | Chennai | 14 Jan 1977 | Test # 793 | |
| 201 runs | - | 404 | 77.1 | v India | Wankhede | 23 Jan 1975 | Test # 753 | |
| 202 runs | - | 452 | 69.2 | v India | Chennai | 10 Feb 1934 | Test # 232 | |
| 203 runs | - | 444 | 101.1 | v India | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 | Test # 461 | |
| 209 runs | - | 444 | 63.3 | v India | The Oval | 7 Jun 2023 | Test # 2505 | |
| 212 runs | - | 313 | 48.2 | v India | Wankhede | 18 Mar 2006 | Test # 1791 | |
| 217 runs | - | 431 | 81.5 | v India | Port of Spain | 15 Apr 1989 | Test # 1119 | |
| 217 runs | - | 457 | 87.4 | v India | Bengaluru | 6 Oct 2004 | Test # 1713 | |
| 227 runs | - | 420 | 58.1 | v India | Chennai | 5 Feb 2021 | Test # 2409 | |
| 233 runs | - | 359 | 25.7x8 | v India | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1948 | Test # 292 | |
| 243 runs | - | 358 | 35.2 | v India | Mohali | 10 Dec 1994 | Test # 1278 | |
| 247 runs | - | 472 | 62.0 | v India | Lord's | 26 Jul 1990 | Test # 1148 | |
| 266 runs | - | 445 | 66.4 | v India | Southampton | 27 Jul 2014 | Test # 2132 | |
| 267 runs | - | 386 | 42.5 | v India | Bengaluru | 22 Nov 1974 | Test # 745 | |
| 282 runs | - | 427 | 66.2 | v India | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1997 | Test # 1349 | |
| 285 runs | - | 396 | 38.1 | v India | Adelaide | 10 Dec 1999 | Test # 1476 | |
| 295 runs | - | 447 | 70.0 | v India | Chennai | 21 Jan 1959 | Test # 465 | |
| 298 runs | - | 500 | 69.4 | v India | Adelaide | 24 Jan 2012 | Test # 2031 | |
| 300 runs | - | 442 | 55.1 | v India | W.A.C.A | 1 Feb 1992 | Test # 1186 | |
| 319 runs | - | 478 | 47.4 | v India | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2011 | Test # 2001 | |
| 328 runs | - | 395 | 34.1 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 1996 | Test # 1347 | |
| 329 runs | - | 467 | 53.3 | v India | Eden Gardens | 27 Nov 1996 | Test # 1341 | |
| 333 runs | - | 441 | 33.5 | v India | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 | Test # 2250 | |
| 337 runs | - | 499 | 74.0 | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2007 | Test # 1855 | |
| 341 runs | - | 607 | 58.4 | v India | Karachi | 29 Jan 2006 | Test # 1783 | |
| 342 runs | - | 543 | 53.3 | v India | Nagpur | 26 Oct 2004 | Test # 1718 | |
| 408 runs | - | 549 | 63.5 | v India | Guwahati | 22 Nov 2025 | Test # 2609 |
By wickets
Winner | Margin | Balls Rem | Target | Overs | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 2 wickets | - | 339 | 87.2x8 | v India | W.A.C.A | 16 Dec 1977 | Test # 811 | |
| 4 wickets | - | 172 | 25.2 | v India | Kingston | 23 Feb 1983 | Test # 949 | |
| 4 wickets | - | 213 | 60.3 | v India | Wellington | 26 Dec 1998 | Test # 1435 | |
| 4 wickets | - | 163 | 63.0 | v India | Wankhede | 24 Feb 2000 | Test # 1484 | |
| 4 wickets | - | 157 | 54.0 | v India | Harare | 15 Jun 2001 | Test # 1549 | |
| 4 wickets | - | 160 | 56.2 | v India | Hamilton | 19 Dec 2002 | Test # 1633 | |
| 4 wickets | - | 128 | 23.1 | v India | Brisbane | 17 Dec 2014 | Test # 2149 | |
| 5 wickets | - | 235 | 45.3 | v Indians | Scarborough | 9 Sep 1959 | First-class | |
| 5 wickets | - | 276 | 85.3 | v India | Delhi | 25 Nov 1987 | Test # 1080 | |
| 5 wickets | - | 211 | 64.1 | v India | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2007 | Test # 1827 | |
| 5 wickets | - | 371 | 82.0 | v India | Leeds | 20 Jun 2025 | Test # 2587 | |
| 6 wickets | - | 177 | 71.1 | v Indians | Hove | 20 Aug 1952 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 334 | 71.0 | v Indians | Stoke-on-Trent | 10 Jun 1959 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 192 | 64.1 | v India | Brabourne | 13 Dec 1966 | Test # 610 | |
| 6 wickets | - | 125 | 47.3 | v India | Leeds | 8 Jun 1967 | Test # 618 | |
| 6 wickets | - | 88 | 40.4 | v India | Christchurch | 22 Feb 1968 | Test # 631 | |
| 6 wickets | - | 68 | 17.1 | v Indians | Colchester | 26 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 6 wickets | - | 207 | 88.5 | v India | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 | Test # 703 | |
| 6 wickets | - | 162 | 27.0 | v India | Sydney | 3 Jan 2025 | Test # 2575 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 125 | 55.0 | v India | Leeds | 5 Jun 1952 | Test # 351 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 176 | 101.0 | v India | Port of Spain | 4 Apr 1962 | Test # 528 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 100 | 39.2 | v Indians | Leicester | 8 Jul 1967 | First-class | |
| 7 wickets | - | 65 | 19.0 | v India | Lord's | 10 Jun 1982 | Test # 928 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 58 | 18.4 | v India | Kingston | 28 Apr 1989 | Test # 1120 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 305 | 61.0 | v Indians | Southampton | 4 Jul 1990 | First-class | |
| 7 wickets | - | 41 | 12.1 | v India | Eden Gardens | 5 Dec 2012 | Test # 2065 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 132 | 36.0 | v India | Christchurch | 29 Feb 2020 | Test # 2387 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 240 | 67.4 | v India | Johannesburg | 3 Jan 2022 | Test # 2445 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 212 | 63.3 | v India | Cape Town | 11 Jan 2022 | Test # 2448 | |
| 7 wickets | - | 378 | 76.4 | v India | Birmingham | 1 Jul 2022 | Test # 2470 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 76 | 19.2 | v India | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 77 | 49.2 | v India | Lord's | 19 Jun 1952 | Test # 352 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 108 | 27.2 | v India | Lord's | 18 Jun 1959 | Test # 475 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 144 | 56.5 | v Indians | Nottingham | 8 Aug 1959 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 74 | 19.0 | v Indians | The Oval | 31 May 1967 | First-class | |
| 8 wickets | - | 64 | 26.5 | v India | Brabourne | 4 Nov 1969 | Test # 664 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 126 | 20.4 | v India | Lahore | 27 Oct 1978 | Test # 832 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 164 | 24.5 | v India | Karachi | 14 Nov 1978 | Test # 833 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 125 | 23.4 | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1984 | Test # 1004 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 196 | 48.0 | v India | Bridgetown | 7 Apr 1989 | Test # 1118 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 128 | 40.0 | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1991 | Test # 1180 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 121 | 33.5 | v India | Birmingham | 6 Jun 1996 | Test # 1327 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 194 | 58.0 | v India | Bengaluru | 25 Mar 1998 | Test # 1413 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 122 | 33.1 | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 8 Aug 2008 | Test # 1886 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 90 | 21.0 | v India | Adelaide | 17 Dec 2020 | Test # 2396 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 139 | 45.5 | v India | Southampton | 18 Jun 2021 | Test # 2425 | |
| 8 wickets | - | 107 | 27.4 | v India | Bengaluru | 16 Oct 2024 | Test # 2555 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 40 | 7.2 | v India | Mumbai | 15 Dec 1933 | Test # 230 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 107 | 39.3 | v India | Lord's | 27 Jun 1936 | Test # 252 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 64 | 13.0 | v India | The Oval | 15 Aug 1936 | Test # 254 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 11 | 2.0 | v India | Delhi | 11 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 9 wickets | - | 33 | 8.0 | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 | Test # 1008 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 153 | 51.1 | v India | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 1992 | Test # 1206 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 54 | 14.4 | v India | Bloemfontein | 3 Nov 2001 | Test # 1564 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 95 | 22.2 | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2003 | Test # 1678 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 40 | 7.0 | v India | Lahore | 5 Apr 2004 | Test # 1695 | |
| 9 wickets | - | 76 | 18.5 | v India | Indore | 1 Mar 2023 | Test # 2496 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 48 | 16.5 | v India | Lord's | 22 Jun 1946 | Test # 276 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 13 | 1.4 | v India | Port of Spain | 16 Feb 1962 | Test # 525 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 39 | 5.0 | v India | Eden Gardens | 12 Dec 1969 | Test # 668 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 13 | 1.5 | v India | Kingston | 21 Apr 1976 | Test # 776 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 16 | 3.4 | v India | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1977 | Test # 791 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 96 | 29.3 | v India | Wankhede | 15 Feb 1980 | Test # 874 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 7 | 2.1 | v India | Faisalabad | 3 Jan 1983 | Test # 945 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 1 | 0.1 | v India | Bridgetown | 15 Apr 1983 | Test # 954 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 2 | 0.5 | v India | Christchurch | 2 Feb 1990 | Test # 1136 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 56 | 24.5 | v India | Brisbane | 29 Nov 1991 | Test # 1177 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 13 | 3.5 | v Indians | Derby | 13 Jun 1996 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 81 | 20.5 | v Indians | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1999 | First-class | |
| 10 wickets | - | 47 | 7.0 | v India | Wankhede | 27 Feb 2001 | Test # 1531 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 6 | 1.5 | v India | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 | Test # 1555 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 5 | 1.2 | v India | Bridgetown | 2 May 2002 | Test # 1601 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 36 | 9.3 | v India | Wellington | 12 Dec 2002 | Test # 1631 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 95 | 14.1 | v India | Galle | 18 Jul 2010 | Test # 1964 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 57 | 9.4 | v India | Wankhede | 23 Nov 2012 | Test # 2062 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 58 | 11.4 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2013 | Test # 2111 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 9 | 1.4 | v India | Wellington | 21 Feb 2020 | Test # 2385 | |
| 10 wickets | - | 19 | 3.2 | v India | Adelaide | 6 Dec 2024 | Test # 2568 |
By balls remaining in the second innings
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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