One Day International (ODI) cricket is played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the top eight Associate members. Unlike Test matches, ODIs consist of one inning per team, having a limit in the number of overs, currently 50 overs per innings – although in the past this has been 55 or 60 overs. ODI cricket is List-A cricket, so statistics and records set in ODI matches also count in List-A cricket records. The earliest match recognised as an ODI was played between England and Australia in January 1971; since when there have been over 4,000 ODIs played by 28 teams. This is a list of Indian Cricket team's One Day International records. It is based on the List of One Day International cricket records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Indian cricket team. India played its first ever ODI in 1974.

Key

Team records

Overall Record

Note: Tied matches considered as half win.

W/L ratio and win % excluded the matches which ended in No result.

Head-to-head records

First bilateral ODI series wins

First ODI match wins

Winning every match in a series

In a bilateral series winning all matches is referred to as whitewash. First such event occurred when West Indies toured England in 1976. India have recorded 12 such series victories.

Losing every match in a series

India have also suffered such whitewash five times.

Team scoring records

Most runs in an innings

Fewest runs in an innings

Most runs conceded an innings

Fewest runs conceded in an innings

Most runs aggregate in a match

Fewest runs aggregate in a match

Result records

An ODI match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.

Greatest win margins (by runs)

Greatest win margins (by balls remaining)

Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets)

India have won an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on 6 occasions.

Highest successful run chases

Narrowest win margins (by runs)

India has achieved victory by 1 run four times.

Narrowest win margins (by balls remaining)

Narrowest win margins (by wickets)

Greatest loss margins (by runs)

Greatest loss margins (by balls remaining)

Greatest loss margins (by wickets)

India have lost an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on 6 occasions.

Narrowest loss margins (by runs)

The narrowest loss of India in terms of runs is by 1 run suffered four times.

Narrowest loss margins (by balls remaining)

Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)

India has suffered defeat by 1 wicket 5 times with most recent being against Pakistan during the 2014 Asia Cup.

Tied matches

A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings. There have been 37 ties in ODIs history with India involved in 9 such games.

Batting records

Most career runs

A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch. India's Sachin Tendulkar with 18,246 runs is the leading run scorer in ODIs.

Fastest runs getter

Most runs in each batting position

Most runs against each team

Highest individual score

The fourth ODI of the Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2014 saw Rohit Sharma score the highest Individual score.

Highest individual score – progression of record

Highest individual score in each batting position

Highest score against each opponent

Highest career average

A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.

Highest Average in each batting position

Most half-centuries

A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.

Sachin Tendulkar of India has scored the most half-centuries in ODIs with 96.

Most centuries

A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.

India's Virat Kohli has also scored the most centuries in ODIs with 50, followed by Sachin Tendulkar with 49 centuries.

Most Sixes

Most Fours

Highest strike rates

Highest strike rates in an inning

Most runs in a calendar year

Tendulkar holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1894 runs scored in 1998.

Most runs in a series

India's Virat Kohli holds the record for most runs scored in a series with 765 runs in the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.

Most ducks

A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.

Bowling records

Most career wickets

A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit.

Fastest wicket taker

Most career wickets against each team

Best figures in an innings

Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.

Best figures in an innings – progression of record

Best Bowling Figure against each opponent

Best career average

A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.

Best career economy rate

A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.

Best career strike rate

A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.

Most four-wickets (& over) hauls in an innings

Most five-wicket hauls in a match

A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.

Best economy rates in an inning

Best strike rates in an inning

Most runs conceded in a match

Most wickets in a calendar year

Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq holds the record for most wickets taken in a year when he took 69 wickets in 1997 in 36 ODIs. India's Anil Kumble is joint-fifth on the list having taken 61 wickets in 1996.

Most wickets in a series

Hat-trick

In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count. In ODIs history there have been just 49 hat-tricks.

Wicket-keeping records

The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.

Most career dismissals

A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat, Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.

Most career catches

Most career stumpings

Most dismissals in an innings

Most dismissals in a series

Fielding records

Most career catches

Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket. The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.

Most catches in an innings

Most catches in a series

All-round Records

1000 runs and 100 wickets

A total of 64 players have achieved the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in their ODI career.

250 runs and 5 wickets in a series

A total of 50 players on 103 occasions have achieved the double of 250 runs and 5 wickets in a series.

Other records

Most career matches

Most consecutive career matches

Most matches as captain

Most matches won as a captain

Most man of the match awards

Most man of the series awards

Youngest players on Debut

Oldest players on Debut

Oldest players

Partnership records

In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.

Highest partnerships by wicket

A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.

Highest partnerships by runs

Highest overall partnership runs by a pair

Umpiring records

Most matches umpired

An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.

See also

• List of One Day International cricket records
• List of India Test cricket records
• List of India Twenty20 International records
• India at the Cricket World Cup
• Republic of India

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