List of India One Day International cricket records

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.
Note: Tied matches considered as half win.
W/L ratio and win % excluded the matches which ended in No result.
In a bilateral series winning all matches is referred to as whitewash. The first such event occurred when West Indies toured England in 1976. India have recorded 17 such series victories.
India have also suffered such whitewash five times.
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.
India have won an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on 10 occasions.
India has achieved victory by 1 run four times.
India have lost an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on 6 occasions.
The narrowest loss of India in terms of runs is by 1 run suffered four times.
India has suffered defeat by 6 times.
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 44 ties in ODIs history with India involved in 10 such games.
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.
The fourth ODI of the Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2014 saw Rohit Sharma score the highest Individual score.
A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.
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.
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 51, followed by Sachin Tendulkar with 49 centuries.
Tendulkar holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1894 runs scored in 1998.
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.
A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.
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.
Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.
A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.
A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.
A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.
A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A total of 64 players have achieved the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in their ODI career.
A total of 50 players on 103 occasions have achieved the double of 250 runs and 5 wickets in a series.
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.
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.
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.