The dominance of one team over the other can be used to assess its superiority. In a bilateral series, it is common for a team to sweep its opponents. However, winning consecutive matches is a clear indication of true supremacy.
India has been a competitive side and has challenged their opponents in many matches. India’s longest winning streak in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) is 10 matches. This achievement was accomplished during the 2023 ODI World Cup that happened in India.
So, in this article, we’ll take a look at India’s longest winning streak in the ODI format.
India’s Longest Winning Streak in ODI
| Streak No. | Matches Won | Against | Margin | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Australia | Won by 6 wickets | Chennai | 8 Oct 2023 |
| Afghanistan | Won by 8 wickets | Delhi | 11 Oct 2023 | ||
| Pakistan | Won by 7 wickets | Ahmedabad | 14 Oct 2023 | ||
| Bangladesh | Won by 7 wickets | Pune | 19 Oct 2023 | ||
| New Zealand | Won by 4 wickets | Dharamsala | 22 Oct 2023 | ||
| England | Won by 100 runs | Lucknow | 29 Oct 2023 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Won by 302 runs | Wankhede | 2 Nov 2023 | ||
| South Africa | Won by 243 runs | Eden Gardens | 5 Nov 2023 | ||
| Netherlands | Won by 160 runs | Bengaluru | 12 Nov 2023 | ||
| New Zealand | Won by 70 runs | Wankhede | 15 Nov 2023 | ||
| 2 | 9 | England | Won by 158 runs | Rajkot | 14 Nov 2008 |
| England | Won by 54 runs | Indore | 17 Nov 2008 | ||
| England | Won by 16 runs | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2008 | ||
| England | Won by 19 runs | Bengaluru | 23 Nov 2008 | ||
| England | Won by 6 wickets | Cuttack | 26 Nov 2008 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Won by 6 wickets | Dambulla | 28 Jan 2009 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Won by 15 runs | Colombo (RPS) | 31 Jan 2009 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Won by 147 runs | Colombo (RPS) | 3 Feb 2009 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Won by 67 runs | Colombo (RPS) | 5 Feb 2009 | ||
| 3 | 9 | West Indies | Won by 8 wickets | Kingston | 06 Jul 2017 |
| Sri Lanka | Won by 9 wickets | Dambulla | 20 Aug 2017 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Won by 3 wickets | Pallekele | 24 Aug 2017 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Won by 6 wickets | Pallekele | 27 Aug 2017 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Won by 168 runs | Colombo (RPS) | 31 Aug 2017 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Won by 6 wickets | Colombo (RPS) | 3 Sep 2017 | ||
| Australia | Won by 26 runs | Chennai | 17 Sep 2017 | ||
| Australia | Won by 50 runs | Eden Gardens | 21 Sep 2017 | ||
| Australia | Won by 5 wickets | Indore | 24 Sep 2017 |
(You can check out the same for IPL teams here.)
Key Insights
10: India ed a winning streak of 10 matches as they defeated their opponent teams with ease. India would have continued this streak even further but Australia turned out to be a strong opponent in the 2023 World Cup final, halting India’s dominating winning run in the ODIs.
3: For the first time, India beat Australia in each of the first three matches of a bilateral ODI series between India and Australia. This happened in September 2017, and before this series, India had beaten Australia in a match in 2016, making it 4 consecutive wins. This was, however, only the second time India won 4 consecutive games against Australia, the first occurring between 1996 and 1998.
9: Australia then broke the 9-match winning streak of India in the same series by defeating India by 21 runs in the fourth ODI. With this loss, India equalled their first winning streak of 9 matches that occurred between 2008 and 2009.
5: During the 2017 ODI series against Sri Lanka, India handed a clean sweep to their neighbours by winning the series by a margin of 5-0. However, this was the second instance where India clean-swept Sri Lanka in a 5-match ODI series. The first time this happened was in 2014 when both sides played in India.
1: Following the terror attacks in Mumbai on November 26, the remaining 2 ODIs between India and England were cancelled from the 2008-09 series, with India winning the series 5-0. This was the first time India whitewashed England in a bilateral series involving 5 or more matches.
