Team Smallest Margins

Cricket Records in 1990s 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	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
Pakistan	46 runs	279	79.1	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
Zimbabwe	61 runs	235	56.4	v India	Harare	7 Oct 1998	Test # 1425
Australia	180 runs	376	89.3	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
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
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
Australia	300 runs	442	55.1	v India	Perth	1 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
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

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	4 wickets	213	60.3	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
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
South Africa	9 wickets	153	51.1	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
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

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]