Team Smallest Margins

Smallest victories by India in Tests

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	6 runs	374	85.1	v England	The Oval	31 Jul 2025	Test # 2598
India	13 runs	107	30.5	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
India	28 runs	192	91.0	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
India	31 runs	323	119.5	v Australia	Adelaide	6 Dec 2018	Test # 2333
India	37 runs	313	115.1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
India	49 runs	269	69.4	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
India	59 runs	143	48.4	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
India	60 runs	188	69.5	v New Zealand	Brabourne	25 Sep 1969	Test # 659
India	63 runs	326	68.2	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Jun 2011	Test # 1997
India	63 runs	241	73.3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
India	64 runs	170	38.5	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
India	72 runs	413	86.5	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
India	75 runs	188	35.4	v Australia	Bengaluru	4 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
India	85 runs	310	84.2	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
India	87 runs	303	72.3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
India	95 runs	319	88.2	v England	Lord's	17 Jul 2014	Test # 2130
India	96 runs	363	81.4	v West Indies	Wankhede	18 Nov 1994	Test # 1274
India	100 runs	255	67.0	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
India	106 runs	399	69.2	v England	Visakhapatnam	2 Feb 2024	Test # 2526
India	108 runs	218	39.5	v South Africa	Mohali	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
India	113 runs	415	75.2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Jan 2010	Test # 1949
India	113 runs	305	68.0	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
India	117 runs	386	85.0	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
India	119 runs	225	57.4	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
India	123 runs	402	86.5	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
India	124 runs	310	89.5	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
India	128 runs	338	92.3	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
India	131 runs	322	51.4	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
India	137 runs	399	89.3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
India	138 runs	241	26.2	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
India	140 runs	318	57.3	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
India	151 runs	272	51.5	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2429
India	153 runs	279	60.2	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
India	157 runs	368	92.2	v England	The Oval	2 Sep 2021	Test # 2433
India	162 runs	304	80.2	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
India	170 runs	307	47.3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
India	171 runs	384	68.3	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
India	172 runs	337	78.4	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
India	172 runs	382	50.2	v Australia	Nagpur	6 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
India	178 runs	376	81.1	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	30 Sep 2016	Test # 2222
India	179 runs	348	67.5	v Australia	Chennai	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1405
India	187 runs	421	116.2	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
India	188 runs	436	91.2	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
India	188 runs	513	113.2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	14 Dec 2022	Test # 2481
India	195 runs	422	91.3	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
India	197 runs	434	87.3	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016	Test # 2221
India	203 runs	521	104.5	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
India	203 runs	395	63.5	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
India	208 runs	459	100.3	v Bangladesh	Hyderabad	9 Feb 2017	Test # 2249
India	212 runs	420	60.3	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Feb 1999	Test # 1443
India	216 runs	360	67.0	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
India	222 runs	387	51.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
India	235 runs	472	121.1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
India	237 runs	346	47.3	v West Indies	Gros Islet	9 Aug 2016	Test # 2215
India	238 runs	447	59.3	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
India	246 runs	405	97.3	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2235
India	255 runs	416	41.2	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
India	257 runs	468	59.5	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019	Test # 2359
India	259 runs	509	92.3	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
India	272 runs	374	61.4	v New Zealand	Auckland	7 Mar 1968	Test # 634
India	278 runs	413	43.4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
India	279 runs	408	63.3	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
India	280 runs	461	96.1	v South Africa	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
India	280 runs	515	62.1	v Bangladesh	Chennai	19 Sep 2024	Test # 2550
India	295 runs	534	58.4	v Australia	Perth	22 Nov 2024	Test # 2561
India	304 runs	550	76.5	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
India	317 runs	482	54.2	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021	Test # 2411
India	318 runs	419	26.5	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2358
India	320 runs	516	64.4	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1889
India	321 runs	475	44.5	v New Zealand	Indore	8 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
India	336 runs	608	68.1	v England	Birmingham	2 Jul 2025	Test # 2591
India	337 runs	481	143.1	v South Africa	Delhi	3 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
India	372 runs	540	56.3	v New Zealand	Wankhede	3 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
India	434 runs	557	39.4	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024	Test # 2530

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
India	1 wicket	216	58.4	v Australia	Mohali	1 Oct 2010	Test # 1972
India	2 wickets	254	128.4	v Australia	Brabourne	10 Oct 1964	Test # 567
India	2 wickets	155	41.1	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
India	3 wickets	125	46.2	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
India	3 wickets	328	97.0	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
India	3 wickets	145	47.0	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Dec 2022	Test # 2484
India	4 wickets	173	101.0	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
India	4 wickets	86	33.5	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
India	4 wickets	122	45.5	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
India	4 wickets	230	72.4	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
India	5 wickets	200	74.4	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
India	5 wickets	134	42.0	v England	Lord's	5 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
India	5 wickets	257	68.3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Aug 2010	Test # 1968
India	5 wickets	276	80.4	v West Indies	Delhi	6 Nov 2011	Test # 2015
India	5 wickets	261	63.2	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012	Test # 2055
India	5 wickets	192	61.0	v England	Ranchi	23 Feb 2024	Test # 2531
India	6 wickets	403	147.0	v West Indies	Port of Spain	7 Apr 1976	Test # 775
India	6 wickets	203	61.1	v Pakistan	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
India	6 wickets	387	98.3	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008	Test # 1898
India	6 wickets	133	33.3	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2081
India	6 wickets	155	31.2	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
India	6 wickets	115	26.4	v Australia	Delhi	17 Feb 2023	Test # 2493
India	7 wickets	70	9.1	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
India	7 wickets	181	80.4	v Australia	Delhi	28 Nov 1969	Test # 667
India	7 wickets	124	49.4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6 Mar 1971	Test # 683
India	7 wickets	56	13.2	v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
India	7 wickets	190	37.3	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
India	7 wickets	264	78.4	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
India	7 wickets	73	24.1	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
India	7 wickets	207	45.0	v Australia	Bengaluru	9 Oct 2010	Test # 1973
India	7 wickets	79	12.0	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
India	7 wickets	95	17.2	v Bangladesh	Kanpur	27 Sep 2024	Test # 2552
India	8 wickets	59	13.3	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
India	8 wickets	68	14.2x8	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
India	8 wickets	48	15.1	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
India	8 wickets	79	29.2	v England	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1993	Test # 1211
India	8 wickets	151	40.5	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995	Test # 1308
India	8 wickets	82	18.2	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
India	8 wickets	184	53.4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	7 Jun 2001	Test # 1548
India	8 wickets	81	21.1	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
India	8 wickets	117	39.4	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
India	8 wickets	62	13.1	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
India	8 wickets	50	11.3	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2074
India	8 wickets	103	20.2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016	Test # 2238
India	8 wickets	106	23.5	v Australia	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017	Test # 2258
India	8 wickets	70	15.5	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
India	9 wickets	63	15.0	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
India	9 wickets	144	33.0	v England	Mohali	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
India	9 wickets	77	15.3	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012	Test # 2058
India	10 wickets	42	15.2	v Pakistan	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
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
India	10 wickets	5	0.2	v England	Mohali	3 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
India	10 wickets	19	2.2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
India	10 wickets	39	5.2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Mar 2009	Test # 1915
India	10 wickets	2	0.2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	24 Jan 2010	Test # 1950
India	10 wickets	72	16.1	v West Indies	Hyderabad	12 Oct 2018	Test # 2321
India	10 wickets	49	7.4	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412

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West Indies vs India at Ahmedabad, West Indies in India 1st Test, Oct 2-6, 2025 [Test # 2600 - Live]
>> 448/5 (128.0 ov, Washington Sundar 9*, RA Jadeja 104*, JA Warrican 1/102) - Stumps

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]