Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	27 runs	239	49.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	31 Aug 2005	ODI # 2276
New Zealand	51 runs	216	37.2	v India	Bulawayo	26 Aug 2005	ODI # 2273
India	161 runs	227	24.3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Aug 2005	ODI # 2274
New Zealand	192 runs	398	43.0	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	24 Aug 2005	ODI # 2272

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	4 wickets	251	48.1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Sep 2005	ODI # 2280
India	6 wickets	279	47.3	v New Zealand	Harare	2 Sep 2005	ODI # 2278
New Zealand	6 wickets	277	48.1	v India	Harare	6 Sep 2005	ODI # 2281

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	4 wickets	11	251	48.1	50.0	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Sep 2005	ODI # 2280
New Zealand	6 wickets	11	277	48.1	50.0	v India	Harare	6 Sep 2005	ODI # 2281
India	6 wickets	15	279	47.3	50.0	v New Zealand	Harare	2 Sep 2005	ODI # 2278

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]

New Zealand vs India at Indore, New Zealand in India 3rd ODI, Jan 18, 2026 [ODI # 4939]

India vs New Zealand at Rajkot, New Zealand in India 2nd ODI, Jan 14, 2026 [ODI # 4938]