Most ODIs by a team: Which team has played highest number of ODI matches?

Full list of Most ODIs by a team: India are on the verge of becoming the first-ever team to play 1,000 ODI matches.

The upcoming first ODI of West Indies’ tour of India 2022 in Ahmedabad will be the first international cricket match to be played in India this year.

India vs West Indies first ODI will also put forward a new start for India captain Rohit Sharma, who will kick-start a full-time captaincy career later this week.

India, who haven’t played a home ODI for over 10 months now, will also tick this box when they will step on to the field at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.

Having said that, a bigger occasion awaits each one of us which will make this match a historic one in real sense. In what will be India’s 1,000th ODI, it will make them the first-ever team to achieve this milestone. India, who had first played an ODI in 1974, have taken 48 years to reach the four-digit mark and are being closely followed by Australia (958) and Pakistan (936).

While the presence of fans inside the stadium would’ve completed this showpiece event, a third COVID-19 wave in the country has put a restriction on the same. As a result, this three-match ODI series will be played behind closed doors at the same venue.

Most ODIs by a team

Australia might have won the most number of ODI World Cups but the best winning percentage in ODIs belong to South Africa. Despite not winning a single ODI World Cup till date, the Proteas have managed to maintain a win percentage of 63.75 in ODIs as compared to Australia’s 63.36.

Team	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %
India	1974-2022	999	518	431	54.54
Australia	1971-2021	958	581	334	63.36
Pakistan	1973-2021	936	490	417	53.98
Sri Lanka	1975-2022	870	395	432	47.77
West Indies	1973-2022	834	406	388	51.11
New Zealand	1973-2021	775	354	374	48.63
England	1971-2021	761	384	339	53.07
South Africa	1991-2022	638	391	221	63.75
Zimbabwe	1983-2022	541	140	381	27.22
Bangladesh	1986-2021	388	136	245	35.69
Ireland	2006-2022	176	74	89	45.48
Kenya	1996-2014	154	42	107	28.18
Afghanistan	2009-2022	132	65	63	50.77
Netherlands	1996-2022	89	34	50	40.58
Canada	1979-2014	77	17	58	22.66
UAE	1994-2021	61	18	43	29.5
Bermuda	2006-2009	35	7	28	20
PNG	2014-2021	35	7	28	20
Hong Kong	2004-2018	26	9	16	36
USA	2004-2021	21	9	12	42.85
Oman	2019-2021	21	14	6	70
Namibia	2003-2021	16	6	10	37.5
Nepal	2018-2021	16	9	7	56.25
Asia XI	2005-2007	7	4	2	66.66
Africa XI	2005-2007	6	1	4	20
ICC World XI	2005-2005	4	1	3	25
East Africa	1975-1975	3	0	3	0