India has secured its place in an exclusive list after winning the second Test against West Indies on October 14 and thus winning the series 2-0. This victory, the first for captain Shubman Gill and India’s 122nd triumph at home, is ranked among the top 3 of elite cricketing nations who have dominance in their backyard.
As India has surpassed two other countries in the list, let us now check out the detailed list of countries having the most Test match victories at home.
Top Teams with Most Test Wins at Home
5) 95 – West Indies (270 Matches)
West Indies have suffered their 10th loss in a row to India in Tests, and still, their glamour in Whites is not diminished. The Caribbean team has been a part of 270 Test matches and has recorded 95 wins at home with 101 matches being drawn. Their win/loss ratio is 1.283 which corresponds to a success rate of 35.2% on their home ground.
Recently, however, their home performance was not upto the mark. They faced a clean sweep at the hands of Australia in the last Test series: 0-3, drew the 2-match series with Bangladesh and lost the series to South Africa.
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4) 121 – South Africa (254 Matches)
South Africa has secured 121 victories in Tests played at home out of 254 matches since 1889. They have 77 losses and 56 drawn matches in their stats. The win/loss ratio registered is approximately 1.571, which translates to a home success rate of nearly 47.6%.
In January 2025, South Africa played their last home Test against Pakistan, where they marked it with a powerful win. The Pakistan series started in 2024 and ended with a comfortable 2-0 victory for the Proteas. South Africa also triumphed over Sri Lanka 2-0 at home earlier in 2024. Meanwhile, the series against India finished as a draw, with one win for each side.
3) 122* – India (296 Matches)
The Indian team landed their 122nd victory on the home ground by defeating the West Indies, which was the recent victory they obtained on October 14, 2025. India started playing Test matches in 1933 and played a total of 296 matches with 58 losses, 115 draws, and 1 tie. The win-to-loss ratio of the team is 2.103 which means approximately 41.2% of them are home victories.
India’s last defeat in a home Test was to New Zealand a year back categorically when NZ won the series 3-0. With the recent Test match victory in context, India defeated the West Indies in the 2018 series, so the last time India played West Indies was a 2-0 series win for the latter in 2018.
2) 241 – England (558 Matches)
With 241 victories from 558 matches, England has come second on the list of most Test wins at home. They have lost 132 Tests and drawn 185. Since 1880, the Three Lions boast a win-to-loss ratio of 1.825 thus the home success rate is approximately 43.2%.
The most recent home Test series for England was against India, a five-match draw, even though the first and third Tests were won by the latter. Earlier this year, England also played and won a one-off Test against Zimbabwe by an innings and 45 runs in May.
1) 262 – Australia (450 Matches)
The testimony of home Test wins comes from the Baggy Greens who have successfully hosted 262 of the 450 Tests. The 84 matches out of these ended in a draw and one match in a tie. Being the most Win count of Test matches on the home ground they have a strong win-to-loss ratio of 2.543 and that translates to a home success rate of almost 58.2%.
The most recent home Test series for Australia was against India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2024–25 where they sealed a 3-1 series victory over the Rohit Sharma-led side.
