Team Records

The Away Test Ascent: India’s Overseas Performance Post-Dhoni (2015-Present)

India’s Away Test Record since 2015

Span2015-2025
Matches55
Won24
Lost22
Draw9
Win %43.63

India’s Away Test Series Results since 2015

SeriesResultsMargin (Total Matches)Year
India in BangladeshDrawn0-0 (1)2015
India in Sri LankaWon2-1 (3)2015
India in West IndiesWon2-0 (4)2016
India in Sri LankaWon3-0 (3)2017
India in South AfricaLost1-2 (3)2018
India in EnglandLost1-4 (5)2018
India in AustraliaWon2-1 (4)2018/19
India in West IndiesWon2-0 (2)2019
India in New ZealandLost0-2 (2)2020
India in AustraliaWon2-1 (4)2020/21
India vs New Zealand (WTC 2021 Final)Lostby 8 Wickets2021
India in EnglandDrawn2-2 (5)2021-22
India in South AfricaLost1-2 (3)2021/22
India in BangladeshWon2-0 (2)2022
India vs Australia (WTC 2023 Final)Lostby 209 runs2023
India in West IndiesWon1-0 (2)2023
India in South AfricaDrawn1-1 (2)2023/24
India in AustraliaLost1-3 (5)2024/25
India in EnglandOngoing1-1 (5)2025

Key Insights

Since 2015, four Test teams have won 20 or more matches in away conditions. India were the second team to win as many Tests in 2022.

16 of those wins came under Virat Kohli’s leadership, the most for India in away Tests. No other captain has won more than 15 away Tests from 2015 to date.

India are one of the two teams with a win percentage above 40 in away Tests from 2015 onwards.

India are the only Asian team to win more than 10 Tests in SENA – South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia – countries since 2015. Only Pakistan and Sri Lanka have multiple SENA Test wins. If we combine SENA and the West Indies numbers, then India have more than 15 wins. 

India are the only Asian team to win five or more Test series outside the Asian continent since 2015. Even outside the home, India have the most series wins among all teams.

Since 2015, no team other than India have won two or more Test series in three different away countries. They have had three series wins in the West Indies and two each in Australia and Sri Lanka.

India were the joint second-best visiting team in the first three World Test Championship (WTC) cycles combined between 2019 and 2025. The Indian team won 12 away Tests to share the second spot with Australia.

You can read here India’s overseas Test performance in the 21st century to understand more about this ascend.