IND vs AUS head-to-head record in Tests: India vs Australia most runs, wickets, highest scores, overall stats since 1947

IND vs AUS Head-to-Head: Here are all the stats, records, numbers ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 between India and Australia.

06 February, 2023 17:38 IST

Rishabh Pant and Navdeep Saini of India celebrate victory on day five of the fourth Test against Australia at The Gabba in Brisbane. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES

India and Australia will face off in a four-Test series, starting from February 9 in Nagpur. The second, third and fourth Tests will be held in Delhi, Dharamsala and Ahmedabad, respectively.

While the series will be part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which has been held since 1996, India and Australia have been playing Tests against each other since 1947.

Here is a look at the overall head-to-head numbers in Tests between India and Australia.

IND VS AUS HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD IN TESTS

Matches played: 102

India won: 30

Australia won: 43

Tied: 1

Drawn: 28

Last result: India won by three wickets (Brisbane; January 2021)

Last five results: IND won - 2; AUS won - 1, Draw - 2

IND VS AUS HIGHEST AND LOWEST SCORES IN TESTS

IND (highest score) vs AUS: 705/7d (187.3) - Match drawn (Sydney; January 2004)

IND (lowest score) vs AUS: 36 (21.2) - Australia won by eight wickets (Adelaide; December 2020)

AUS (highest score) vs IND: 674 (151.3) - Australia won by an inn. & 16 runs (Adelaide; January 1948)

AUS (lowest score) vs IND: 83 (48.4) - India won by 59 runs (Melbourne; February 1981)

IND (highest individual score) vs AUS: VVS Laxman 281 (452) (Eden Gardens; March 2001)

IND (BBI) vs AUS: Jasubhai Patel 9/69 (35.5) (Kanpur; December 1959)

IND (BBM) vs AUS: Harbhajan Singh 15/217 (80.1) (Chennai; March 2001)

AUS (highest individual score) vs IND: Michael Clarke 329* (468) (Sydney; January 2012)

AUS (BBI) vs IND: Nathan Lyon 8/50 (22.2) (Bengaluru; March 2017)

AUS (BBM) vs IND: Steve O’ Keefe 12/70 (28.1) (Pune; February 2017)

MOST RUNS IN IND VS AUS TESTS

Batter	Matches	Runs	Average	Highest Score	50s/100s
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	39	3630	55.00	241*	16/11
Ricky Ponting (AUS)	29	2555	54.36	257	12/8
VVS Laxman (IND)	29	2434	49.67	281	12/6
Rahul Dravid (IND)	32	2143	39.68	233	13/2
Michael Clarke (AUS)	22	2049	53.92	329*	6/7

MOST WICKETS IN IND VS AUS TESTS

Bowler	Matches	Wickets	Average	BBI	Strike Rate
Anil Kumble (IND)	20	111	30.32	8/141	58.7
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	18	95	29.95	8/84	61.1
Nathan Lyon (AUS)	22	94	34.75	8/50	66.3
R. Ashwin (IND)	18	89	31.48	7/103	69.2
Kapil Dev (IND)	20	79	25.35	8/106	60.0