India and Australia had played 304 men’s internationals against each other across Tests, ODIs and T20Is as of 8 November 2025. Australia held the overall lead with 146 wins to India’s 114, while 44 matches were either drawn or ended without a result. The format split tells a more nuanced story: Australia led in Tests and ODIs, but India had a clear advantage in T20 internationals.
The overall India vs Australia record
The rivalry began in Test cricket in 1947, with Australia winning the first meeting by an innings and 226 runs. India’s first ODI victory over Australia came in their first one-day meeting in 1980, by 66 runs. The first T20I between the sides was played in 2007, and India won by 15 runs. Those beginnings underline how the contest has unfolded differently in each format.
According to the Australia–India rivalry record on Wikipedia, the 304 matches played through 8 November 2025 break down into 112 Tests, 155 ODIs and 37 T20Is. Australia’s long-standing strength in the longer formats and in one-day cricket is visible in the aggregate, while India’s T20I record offers a significant counterweight.
| Format | Matches | India wins | Australia wins | Draw/No result |
| Tests | 112 | 33 | 48 | 31 |
| ODIs | 155 | 59 | 86 | 10 |
| T20Is | 37 | 22 | 12 | 3 |
| Total | 304 | 114 | 146 | 44 |
The table should be read as a historical record through the stated date rather than a guide to any future fixture. Head-to-head totals describe results accumulated over very different eras, conditions and tournament settings. They remain useful, however, because they show where each side has traditionally enjoyed its strongest results against the other.
Test record: Australia’s lead in the longest format
In men’s Tests through 8 November 2025, Australia had won 48 of 112 matches against India, compared with India’s 33 victories. The remaining 31 Tests were drawn. This is the largest format gap between the teams in terms of wins, reflecting Australia’s 15-match advantage over the full history of the Test contest.
The first Test meeting, played from 28 November to 4 December 1947, set an emphatic early benchmark. Australia won by an innings and 226 runs. That remains a notable historic margin because it also marked the beginning of a rivalry that later expanded far beyond bilateral Test series into global tournaments and all three international formats.
The most recent Test listed in the record was played from 3 to 5 January 2025, when Australia won by six wickets. A six-wicket result differs greatly from an innings victory: it indicates that the chasing side had to complete a fourth-innings target, rather than winning through a lead so large that a second innings was unnecessary. Such distinctions matter when comparing scorelines across decades.
ODI record: a long Australian advantage
Australia led the men’s ODI head-to-head 86 wins to 59 after 155 matches, with 10 no-results. The detailed ODI page from myKhel also recorded no tied matches. In venue-based results for this ODI history, India had 33 home wins, 15 away wins and 11 neutral-venue wins, while Australia had 40 home wins, 34 away wins and 12 neutral-venue wins.
The recent ODI sequence listed by myKhel captures how quickly a head-to-head can shift from one match to the next. In October 2025, Australia won the first ODI by seven wickets under the DLS Method and the second by two wickets, before India won the third ODI by nine wickets. Across those three matches, neither side held an uninterrupted advantage.
For readers assessing the context around a scheduled contest, a record is more helpful when it is divided into format, venue and tournament type. Broad phrases sometimes used in match discussion, including today match prediction 100 sure, should not be treated as a substitute for understanding those distinctions. A Test total, an ODI total and a T20I total answer different questions about this rivalry.
T20Is: India’s strongest format against Australia
T20Is are the one format in which India held the overall edge as of 8 November 2025. India had won 22 of the 37 men’s T20Is, while Australia had won 12 and three had no result. India’s 10-win margin in this format stands in contrast to Australia’s leads in Tests and ODIs.
The first T20I between the countries came during the 2007 T20 World Cup, when India defeated Australia by 15 runs in the semi-final. Yuvraj Singh was named player of the match. The result sent India into the final and remains one of the most consequential India–Australia T20I meetings because it came in a knockout match rather than a bilateral series.
The sides had also met six times in ICC Men’s T20 World Cups through the same cut-off, with India winning four and Australia winning two. The 2014 meeting was another substantial India victory: India won by 73 runs, with Ravichandran Ashwin named player of the match. Australia’s wins in this tournament included a 49-run result in 2010 and a nine-wicket result in 2012.
Major ICC events and decisive margins
Australia held a 9–5 advantage over India from 14 Cricket World Cup meetings through 2023. The most substantial listed margin came in the 1983 group stage at Nottingham, where Australia won by 162 runs. India responded later in that tournament with a 118-run win at Chelmsford, showing that even an event-level record can contain sharply contrasting outcomes.
The 2003 Cricket World Cup final in Johannesburg was another landmark Australia win, by 125 runs, with Ricky Ponting named player of the match. In 2015, Australia beat India by 95 runs in the semi-final at Sydney, and Steven Smith received the player-of-the-match award. These results contributed to Australia’s superior World Cup head-to-head record against India.
India’s significant World Cup results included a five-wicket quarter-final victory in 2011, when Yuvraj Singh was player of the match, and a 36-run group-stage win in 2019, with Shikhar Dhawan receiving the award. India also won the 2023 group-stage meeting by six wickets, with KL Rahul named player of the match.
The 2023 Cricket World Cup final in Ahmedabad went Australia’s way by six wickets, with Travis Head named player of the match. Australia also won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final by 208 runs. In ICC Champions Trophy meetings, India had the better record in completed matches, winning three while Australia won one; one of the five meetings ended with no result.
What the records say about the rivalry
The numbers reveal two sides of the same rivalry. Australia’s 32-win overall advantage was built chiefly through its leads in Tests and ODIs. India’s T20I lead, meanwhile, means the contest cannot be reduced to a single all-format narrative. The format selected changes the historical picture substantially.
Individual player-of-the-match awards identify performers in specific high-profile fixtures rather than an all-time leading run-scorer or wicket-taker across the rivalry. Ricky Ponting, Steven Smith and Travis Head featured in major Australian World Cup wins, while Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul were recognised in prominent India victories.
India and Australia’s head-to-head record is therefore best understood format by format: Australia led the historic total, Tests and ODIs through 8 November 2025, while India led T20Is. Their ICC meetings added several of the rivalry’s biggest margins, most important knockout results and most recognisable individual match performances.