Team Smallest Margins

Cricket in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	12 runs	271	95.2	v India	Chennai	28 Jan 1999	Test # 1442
Australia	16 runs	341	84.7x8	v India	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
Pakistan	16 runs	221	93.5	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
England	28 runs	231	69.2	v India	Hyderabad	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2525
England	31 runs	194	54.2	v India	Birmingham	1 Aug 2018	Test # 2314
Australia	38 runs	372	100.1	v India	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992	Test # 1184
West Indies	38 runs	120	35.5	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
Australia	39 runs	395	109.6x8	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968	Test # 626
New Zealand	40 runs	407	96.3	v India	Auckland	6 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
Pakistan	46 runs	279	79.1	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
Australia	47 runs	493	141.4x8	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
Australia	48 runs	364	87.1	v India	Adelaide	9 Dec 2014	Test # 2148
England	60 runs	245	69.4	v India	Southampton	30 Aug 2018	Test # 2317
Zimbabwe	61 runs	235	56.4	v India	Harare	7 Oct 1998	Test # 1425
New Zealand	62 runs	253	75.3	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
Sri Lanka	63 runs	176	49.5	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
South Africa	72 runs	208	42.4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
Australia	77 runs	249	85.2	v India	Chennai	24 Dec 1969	Test # 669
Australia	94 runs	231	69.2	v India	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
England	113 runs	296	85.1	v India	Manchester	6 Jun 1974	Test # 739
England	118 runs	464	94.3	v India	The Oval	7 Sep 2018	Test # 2318
Australia	122 runs	333	70.5	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
Australia	122 runs	292	47.5	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2025
West Indies	123 runs	359	104.5	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
England	132 runs	410	112.4	v India	Birmingham	13 Jul 1967	Test # 620
South Africa	135 runs	287	50.2	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
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
Australia	139 runs	333	80.0	v India	Chennai	2 Oct 1964	Test # 566
West Indies	142 runs	272	79.5	v India	Bridgetown	7 Feb 1953	Test # 366
Australia	144 runs	342	73.6x8	v India	Sydney	26 Jan 1968	Test # 628
Australia	146 runs	398	60.2x8	v India	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Test # 624
Australia	146 runs	287	56.0	v India	Perth	14 Dec 2018	Test # 2334
Sri Lanka	149 runs	348	66.2	v India	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
West Indies	155 runs	408	88.3	v India	Kingston	18 May 2002	Test # 1604
England	158 runs	346	59.3	v India	Lord's	25 Jun 1932	Test # 219
New Zealand	167 runs	277	55.5	v India	Nagpur	3 Oct 1969	Test # 660
Pakistan	168 runs	383	90.0	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
England	170 runs	568	109.4	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
England	171 runs	548	145.1	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
South Africa	174 runs	354	55.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
Australia	180 runs	376	89.3	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
England	196 runs	458	96.3	v India	Lord's	21 Jul 2011	Test # 2000
England	200 runs	284	38.5	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
West Indies	201 runs	404	77.1	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
England	202 runs	452	69.2	v India	Chennai	10 Feb 1934	Test # 232
West Indies	203 runs	444	101.1	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
Australia	209 runs	444	63.3	v India	The Oval	7 Jun 2023	Test # 2505
England	212 runs	313	48.2	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
West Indies	217 runs	431	81.5	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
Australia	217 runs	457	87.4	v India	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
England	227 runs	420	58.1	v India	Chennai	5 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
Australia	233 runs	359	25.7x8	v India	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948	Test # 292
West Indies	243 runs	358	35.2	v India	Mohali	10 Dec 1994	Test # 1278
England	247 runs	472	62.0	v India	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
England	266 runs	445	66.4	v India	Southampton	27 Jul 2014	Test # 2132
West Indies	267 runs	386	42.5	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
South Africa	282 runs	427	66.2	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
Australia	285 runs	396	38.1	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
West Indies	295 runs	447	70.0	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
Australia	298 runs	500	69.4	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012	Test # 2031
Australia	300 runs	442	55.1	v India	Perth	1 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
England	319 runs	478	47.4	v India	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011	Test # 2001
South Africa	328 runs	395	34.1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
South Africa	329 runs	467	53.3	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
Australia	333 runs	441	33.5	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
Australia	337 runs	499	74.0	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
Pakistan	341 runs	607	58.4	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
Australia	342 runs	543	53.3	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	2 wickets	339	87.2x8	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
West Indies	4 wickets	172	25.2	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
New Zealand	4 wickets	213	60.3	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
South Africa	4 wickets	163	63.0	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
Zimbabwe	4 wickets	157	54.0	v India	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
New Zealand	4 wickets	160	56.2	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
Australia	4 wickets	128	23.1	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2149
West Indies	5 wickets	276	85.3	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
South Africa	5 wickets	211	64.1	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
West Indies	6 wickets	192	64.1	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
England	6 wickets	125	47.3	v India	Leeds	8 Jun 1967	Test # 618
New Zealand	6 wickets	88	40.4	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
England	6 wickets	207	88.5	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
England	7 wickets	125	55.0	v India	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
West Indies	7 wickets	176	101.0	v India	Port of Spain	4 Apr 1962	Test # 528
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	7 wickets	41	12.1	v India	Eden Gardens	5 Dec 2012	Test # 2065
New Zealand	7 wickets	132	36.0	v India	Christchurch	29 Feb 2020	Test # 2387
South Africa	7 wickets	240	67.4	v India	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
South Africa	7 wickets	212	63.3	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
England	7 wickets	378	76.4	v India	Birmingham	1 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
England	8 wickets	76	19.2	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
England	8 wickets	77	49.2	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
England	8 wickets	108	27.2	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
Australia	8 wickets	64	26.5	v India	Brabourne	4 Nov 1969	Test # 664
Pakistan	8 wickets	126	20.4	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
Pakistan	8 wickets	164	24.5	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
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
Australia	8 wickets	128	40.0	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1991	Test # 1180
England	8 wickets	121	33.5	v India	Birmingham	6 Jun 1996	Test # 1327
Australia	8 wickets	194	58.0	v India	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998	Test # 1413
Sri Lanka	8 wickets	122	33.1	v India	Colombo (PSS)	8 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
Australia	8 wickets	90	21.0	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
New Zealand	8 wickets	139	45.5	v India	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
England	9 wickets	40	7.2	v India	Mumbai	15 Dec 1933	Test # 230
England	9 wickets	107	39.3	v India	Lord's	27 Jun 1936	Test # 252
England	9 wickets	64	13.0	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
England	9 wickets	33	8.0	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
South Africa	9 wickets	153	51.1	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
South Africa	9 wickets	54	14.4	v India	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
Australia	9 wickets	95	22.2	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
Pakistan	9 wickets	40	7.0	v India	Lahore	5 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
Australia	9 wickets	76	18.5	v India	Indore	1 Mar 2023	Test # 2496
England	10 wickets	48	16.5	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
West Indies	10 wickets	13	1.4	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
Australia	10 wickets	39	5.0	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1969	Test # 668
West Indies	10 wickets	13	1.5	v India	Kingston	21 Apr 1976	Test # 776
England	10 wickets	16	3.4	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1977	Test # 791
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
New Zealand	10 wickets	2	0.5	v India	Christchurch	2 Feb 1990	Test # 1136
Australia	10 wickets	56	24.5	v India	Brisbane	29 Nov 1991	Test # 1177
Australia	10 wickets	47	7.0	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	6	1.5	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
West Indies	10 wickets	5	1.2	v India	Bridgetown	2 May 2002	Test # 1601
New Zealand	10 wickets	36	9.3	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	95	14.1	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
England	10 wickets	57	9.4	v India	Wankhede	23 Nov 2012	Test # 2062
South Africa	10 wickets	58	11.4	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
New Zealand	10 wickets	9	1.4	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]