Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	16 runs	221	93.5	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
New Zealand	62 runs	253	75.3	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
New Zealand	136 runs	282	49.4	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
West Indies	138 runs	242	47.1	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
Sri Lanka	149 runs	348	66.2	v India	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
West Indies	217 runs	431	81.5	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	4 wickets	172	25.2	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
West Indies	5 wickets	276	85.3	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
England	7 wickets	65	19.0	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
West Indies	7 wickets	58	18.4	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
England	8 wickets	125	23.4	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
West Indies	8 wickets	196	48.0	v India	Bridgetown	7 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
England	9 wickets	33	8.0	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
England	10 wickets	96	29.3	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Pakistan	10 wickets	7	2.1	v India	Faisalabad	3 Jan 1983	Test # 945
West Indies	10 wickets	1	0.1	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954

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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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]