India’s near invincible home Test record, marked by just four losses over nearly 12 years from January 2013 to September 2024, has witnessed an unprecedented decline in the following year. October 2024 to November 2025 has brought unexpected setbacks, including their first home Test series defeat in over a decade and a sharp rise in home Test losses, signaling a challenging era for the Indian cricket team once considered almost unbeatable on home soil.
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2024
Between January 2013 and September 2024, India lost just four home Test matches. This period marks an era of unprecedented dominance by India in home Test cricket, where they won 41 of 52 home Tests with a win percentage of 79%. Notably, India did not lose a Test series at home during this period until October 2024, when their 12-year unbeaten home series streak ended with a loss to New Zealand.
- Total home Test losses: 4 matches
Notable Losses:
- vs England (Hyderabad, Jan 2024): lost by 28 runs
- vs Australia (Indore, Mar 2023): lost by 9 wickets
- vs England (Chennai, Feb 2021): lost by 227 runs
- vs Australia (Pune, Feb 2017): lost by 333 runs
From Oct 2024 to Nov 2025
Between October 2024 and November 2025, during Gautam Gambhir’s era as the coach (GG era), India lost 4 home Test matches. These losses included series defeats and individual match losses against teams such as New Zealand and South Africa, marking a significant dip in India’s traditional home dominance in Test cricket. Prior to this period, India had lost just 2 home Tests from 2015 to 2022, indicating that the GG era saw a marked increase in home defeats for India. The losses in this period were notable for being among the few occasions India suffered multiple home defeats in a single year in recent history.
- Total home Test losses: 4 matches (so far, as of November2025)
- Series loss: 3-0 to New Zealand (Oct-Nov2024), with defeats in Bengaluru (8 wickets), Pune (113 runs), and Mumbai (25 runs).
Overall, the period after September 2024 has seen a significant downturn in India’s home Test match fortress, with 4 of their last 6 home Tests lost by November 2025. This contrasts sharply with their previous stronghold at home, where they had limited losses between 2013 and 2024.
