What are India’s lowest Test scores at home? | Cricket News
India suffered the ignominy of recording their lowest Test team total during their last tour to Australia during the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
India were bowled out for a lowly 36, their second sub-50 score in all Tests, in Adelaide before the team made a resounding comeback to claim the series 2-1 in Brisbane.
India have had a poor travelling record in the past, with their next-five lowest Test scores all coming in overseas conditions between 1948 and 1996.
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India’s lowest Test total at home, however, came in 1987 when the West Indies shot them out for 75 in Delhi with seamer Patrick Patterson claiming a five-wicket haul. India suffered a similar fate when Dale Steyn (5/23) ripped through a stacked batting order 19 years later in Ahmedabad in 2008, bundling them for 76.
As another Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour is looming, India’s final lap of preparations were off to a rocky start when they were subjected to a quick top-order collapse against New Zealand in the first Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on October 17, 2024.
With rain wiping out Day 1, India opted to bat first on the second day before Rohit Sharma’s side slid down to 34 for six in only 23.5 overs against the Kiwi pacers.
India are at risk of recording their lowest Test total at home and one of the poorest batting performances ever.
Here is a look at India’s lowest Test totals at home
Team
Score
Overs
Inns
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
India
75
30.5
1
v West Indies
Delhi
25 Nov 1987
India
76
20
1
v South Africa
Ahmedabad
3 Apr 2008
India
83
38.5
4
v England
Chennai
14 Jan 1977
India
83
27
1
v New Zealand
Mohali
10 Oct 1999
India
88
33.3
2
v New Zealand
Brabourne
12 Mar 1965
India
89
54.2
2
v New Zealand
Hyderabad (Deccan)
15 Oct 1969
India
90
30
3
v West Indies
Eden Gardens
10 Dec 1983
India
100
48.2
4
v England
Wankhede
18 Mar 2006
