Top 10 biggest wins for India in ODIs (balls remaining)

Top 10 biggest wins for India in ODIs (balls remaining): India was the first country to win an ODI by 10 wickets. They are used to such big wins and have been working very hard to dominate the cricket world like some of the other countries did in past and are doing in present times. But despite that fact, India has had some of the biggest wins chasing a total in their ODI history. Here are 10 such wins for India in ODIs with number of balls remaining in the innings: 10. 150 balls- 9 wickets v Zimbabwe Kanpur 2000 150 balls- 9 wickets v Zimbabwe Kanpur 2000. (Photo Source: AFP) Zimbabwe made 165 runs batting first thanks to 32 from Alistair Campbell and Trevor Madondo. Ajit Agarkar took 4/25 and Sourav Ganguly took 5/34 to stop Zimbabwe innings in its track. India’s reply was given by Sourav Ganguly (71* off 68) and Sachin Tendulkar (62 off 86) and India reached their target in 25 overs and won by 9 wickets and 150 balls remaining. 9. 160 balls- 7 wickets v New Zealand Auckland 1994 160 balls- 7 wickets v New Zealand Auckland 1994. (Photo Source: Getty Images ) New Zealand and India met in Auckland in the 2nd match of the series and Kiwis batted first. But they were 6/86 soon and despite a 50 from Chris Harris and 23 from Adam Parore, they were dismissed for 142 in 49 overs. Rajesh Chauhan took 3/43 and Salil Ankola, Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath taking 2 wickets each. India reached the target losing just 3 wickets in 23.2 overs with Sachin scoring 82 of 49balls. India won with 160 balls remaining. 8. 164 balls- 8 wickets v South Africa Nairobi (Gym) 1999 164 balls- 8 wickets v South Africa Nairobi (Gym) 1999. (Photo: Getty Images) India took on South Africa in a LG cup match in 1999 in Nairobi, Kenya. South Africa batted first and were dismissed for 117 with Sunil Joshi taking 5/6 in 10 overs. Jacques Kallis scored 38 runs. India knocked of the runs in 22.4 overs with Sourav Ganguly scoring 38 and Sadagoppan Ramesh scoring 36 runs and won the match by 7 wickets and 164 balls remaining. 7. 168 balls- 9 wickets v Bangladesh Colombo (SSC)1997 168 balls- 9 wickets v Bangladesh Colombo (SSC)1997. (Photo Source: ESPNcricinfo Ltd) India met Bangladesh in Asia Cup match in Sri Lanka. Bangladesh batted first but was dismissed for 130 with Aminul Islam making 30 and Robin Singh taking 3/13 in 9 overs. India chased down the total in 15 overs with Sourav Ganguly scoring 73 off 52 balls. India won by 9 wickets and 168 balls remaining. 6. 170 balls- 10 wickets v Sri Lanka Sharjah 1984 Sri Lanka was dismissed for just 96 in the Rothman’s Cup in 1984 by India in 41 overs. Ranjan Madugalle scored the most 38 runs and Chetan Sharma took 3/22 and Madan Lal took 3/11 to restrict Sri Lanka to such a low total. India knocked off the runs in 21 overs with Ghulam Parkar scoring 32* and Surinder Khanna scoring 51*. India won by 10 wickets and 170 balls remaining. 5. 173 balls- 8 wickets v New Zealand Chennai 2010 173 balls- 8 wickets v New Zealand Chennai 2010. (Photo Source: BCCI) New Zealand batted first and scored 103 runs with Scott Styris making 24 runs and R Ashwin taking 3/24. India made those runs in just 21 overs despite losing Gambhir for 0. Parthiv Patel made 56* and Yuvraj Singh made 42* to take India to win. India won by 8 wickets and 173 balls remaining. 4. 178 balls- 8 wickets v Sri Lanka Mohali 2005 178 balls- 8 wickets v Sri Lanka Mohali 2005. (Photo Source: AFP) Sri Lanka scored 122 runs batting first against India in Mohali in 2005. Kumar Sangakkara top scored with 27 runs and India’s Irfan Pathan took 4/37 to help demolish Sri Lanka. India chased the total in 20.2 overs with Sachin Tendulkar top scoring with 67* and Sehwag making 38 runs. India won by 8 wickets and 178 balls remaining. 3. 181 balls- 10 wickets v East Africa Leeds World Cup 1975 India won their first match in 1975 World cup against East Africa by 10 wickets and 181 balls remaining in a 60 overs per innings match. Jawahir Shah top scored with 37 in a total of 120 and Madan Lal took 3/15 in his 9 overs and Bishen Singh Bedi returned the figures of 12-8-6-1. India made the total in 29.5 overs with Gavaskar making 65* and Farokh Engineer making 54*. It was the first 10 wicket win in ODI and World Cup history. 2. 187 balls- 9 wickets v UAE Perth World Cup 2015 187 balls- 9 wickets v UAE Perth World Cup 2015 (© Getty Images) India beat UAE recently with 187 balls remaining and 9 wickets in hand. UAE batted first and scored 102 runs with Shaiman Anwar scoring 35 runs and R Ashwin taking 4/25 in their innings. India chased down the total in just 18.5 overs with 9 wickets in their hand. Rohit Sharma top scored with 57* and Virat Kohli made 33* in the chase. 1. 231 balls -10 wickets v Kenya Bloemfontein 2001 231 balls -10 wickets v Kenya Bloemfontein 2001. (Photo Source: Reuters) India won their match against Kenya in Standard Bank Triangular series with 10 wickets in hand and 231 balls remaining. This is the largest win for India in terms of ball remaining. Kenya batted first in the match and were dismissed for 90 in 37 overs with Ajit Agarkar taking 4/27 and Anil Kumble took 3/14. India chased down the total with Deep Dasgupta scoring 24 and Virender Sehwag making 55 off 43 balls in just 11.3 overs and won the match by 10 wickets and 231 balls in hand. *All stats updated till 28th Feb 2015.