Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket Records for India (Host) in Test matches

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
TE Bailey (ENG)	1956-1957	5	142.3	43	1139	232	19	5/20	12.21	1.22	59.9	-	1	-
C Gladwin (ENG)	1948-1949	5	171.5	47	1373	346	11	3/21	31.45	1.51	124.8	-	-	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1960	13	-	67	1430	369	10	3/27	36.90	1.54	143.0	-	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1970	23	-	367	6505	1722	63	6/53	27.33	1.58	103.2	-	1	-
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1966	25	928.5	437	5573	1477	53	6/91	27.86	1.59	105.1	2	3	1
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1956	5	254.0	119	1524	412	7	3/77	58.85	1.62	217.7	-	-	-
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1960	8	-	69	1399	386	23	4/33	16.78	1.65	60.8	2	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1956-1960	11	-	142	3220	898	55	7/93	16.32	1.67	58.5	2	4	1
JC Laker (ENG)	1956-1957	5	145.1	46	1161	324	11	2/7	29.45	1.67	105.5	-	-	-
H Verity (ENG)	1933-1939	8	-	150	3213	939	42	7/49	22.35	1.75	76.5	4	2	1
GE Gomez (WI)	1948-1949	5	257.3	94	1545	454	16	3/35	28.37	1.76	96.5	-	-	-
JB Mortimore (ENG)	1964-1964	3	194.0	79	1164	344	6	3/74	57.33	1.77	194.0	-	-	-
CE Eksteen (SA)	1994-2000	5	196.0	77	1176	348	7	3/12	49.71	1.77	168.0	-	-	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1930-1931	5	189.2	58	1136	341	14	3/79	24.35	1.80	81.1	-	-	-
JC Watkins (SA)	1949-1957	8	145.0	42	1160	352	13	4/34	27.07	1.82	89.2	1	-	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1949-1950	5	160.5	31	1285	392	23	6/44	17.04	1.83	55.8	2	1	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	41	413.3	171	2481	759	31	3/19	24.48	1.83	80.0	-	-	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1935-1936	5	250.2	112	1502	460	27	5/20	17.03	1.83	55.6	3	2	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1975	9	494.0	174	2964	912	39	7/98	23.38	1.84	76.0	2	3	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1935-1936	5	346.1	140	2077	642	44	7/40	14.59	1.85	47.2	-	5	3
DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1965	9	557.4	210	3346	1041	38	5/41	27.39	1.86	88.0	3	2	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	20	952.5	306	7621	2378	92	9/113	25.84	1.87	82.8	1	8	1
D Wilson (ENG)	1964-1964	5	212.0	85	1272	398	9	2/17	44.22	1.87	141.3	-	-	-
G Sharma (IND)	1985-1990	4	202.5	51	1217	383	10	4/88	38.30	1.88	121.7	1	-	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	30	1731.5	649	10391	3287	137	7/98	23.99	1.89	75.8	9	8	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1964-1967	7	205.5	64	1235	394	12	4/68	32.83	1.91	102.9	1	-	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1969-1970	6	385.5	155	2315	740	34	6/64	21.76	1.91	68.0	-	4	1
JH Wardle (ENG)	1956-1957	4	139.6	37	1118	359	26	7/36	13.80	1.92	43.0	-	3	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1961	10	389.3	134	2337	751	29	7/42	25.89	1.92	80.5	1	3	1
HD Bromfield (SA)	1961-1965	8	271.2	92	1628	524	15	5/88	34.93	1.93	108.5	-	1	-
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1988	7	352.4	109	2116	687	27	5/50	25.44	1.94	78.3	4	1	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1957-1962	6	-	135	2047	666	24	6/65	27.75	1.95	85.2	2	1	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1956-1960	13	-	254	4890	1614	82	7/72	19.68	1.98	59.6	4	9	1
PR Umrigar (IND)	1948-1962	36	454.3	134	2727	910	18	4/27	50.55	2.00	151.5	3	-	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1948-1949	5	206.5	37	1653	554	16	4/39	34.62	2.01	103.3	2	-	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	-	112	4039	1356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.3	4	3	-
NJ Astle (NZ)	1999-2006	11	181.0	63	1086	365	8	2/27	45.62	2.01	135.7	-	-	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1964-1965	10	708.0	243	4248	1441	45	6/73	32.02	2.03	94.4	2	3	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1972-1982	16	702.3	277	4215	1432	54	5/84	26.51	2.03	78.0	5	1	-
L Amarnath (IND)	1933-1952	16	381.5	124	2291	785	19	4/40	41.31	2.05	120.5	1	-	-
AE Relf (ENG)	1906-1914	10	219.2	67	1316	451	18	3/31	25.05	2.05	73.1	-	-	-
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1983	21	941.4	292	5650	1955	77	6/103	25.38	2.07	73.3	3	4	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1949-1960	9	-	81	1933	669	30	7/43	22.30	2.07	64.4	-	2	-
I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1960	9	-	78	2184	759	23	5/125	33.00	2.08	94.9	1	1	-
K Farnes (ENG)	1938-1939	5	186.3	35	1491	519	16	4/29	32.43	2.08	93.1	2	-	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1983	32	1379.1	463	8275	2881	94	8/72	30.64	2.08	88.0	5	2	1
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	11	402.0	149	2412	846	34	5/42	24.88	2.10	70.9	1	2	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1948-1959	23	1294.3	416	7767	2733	103	8/52	26.53	2.11	75.4	9	4	2
R Gilchrist (WI)	1958-1959	4	198.1	73	1189	419	26	6/55	16.11	2.11	45.7	1	1	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1984-1985	5	276.1	104	1657	584	14	4/60	41.71	2.11	118.3	1	-	-
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1953-1956	10	-	101	2689	949	29	4/62	32.72	2.11	92.7	2	-	-
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	10	274.5	80	1649	583	21	5/24	27.76	2.12	78.5	-	1	-
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	280.3	91	1683	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.2	3	2	-
PS Heine (SA)	1956-1962	10	-	60	2691	961	37	6/58	25.97	2.14	72.7	1	2	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1957	9	-	56	1797	642	22	4/96	29.18	2.14	81.6	1	-	-
AMB Rowan (SA)	1948-1949	5	277.2	40	2218	794	24	5/80	33.08	2.14	92.4	2	2	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1965	19	-	153	2920	1047	32	4/34	32.71	2.15	91.2	3	-	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1949-1950	5	135.0	18	1080	390	17	5/40	22.94	2.16	63.5	1	1	-
AN Connolly (AUS)	1964-1970	11	478.0	141	2868	1037	43	6/47	24.11	2.16	66.6	2	2	-
RK Chauhan (IND)	1993-1998	16	570.3	188	3423	1246	37	4/48	33.67	2.18	92.5	1	-	-
NBF Mann (SA)	1948-1950	10	360.5	71	2885	1053	33	6/59	31.90	2.18	87.4	2	1	-
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1949-1956	7	-	47	1398	514	21	5/34	24.47	2.20	66.5	-	1	-
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	209.2	69	1256	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.3	1	2	-
AH McKinnon (SA)	1962-1967	5	285.2	104	1712	637	16	4/128	39.81	2.23	107.0	1	-	-
SLV Raju (IND)	1990-2001	18	871.0	254	5226	1946	75	6/12	25.94	2.23	69.6	1	5	1
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1931	5	250.4	65	1504	561	23	5/58	24.39	2.23	65.3	3	1	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2004	16	618.4	218	3712	1388	62	6/86	22.38	2.24	59.8	3	2	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1964-1970	16	716.4	190	4300	1612	59	6/58	27.32	2.24	72.8	1	6	1
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	393.3	107	2361	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.0	3	3	1
M Kartik (IND)	2000-2004	6	251.3	59	1509	567	22	4/44	25.77	2.25	68.5	1	-	-
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1955-1964	13	249.0	75	1494	565	10	3/43	56.50	2.26	149.4	-	-	-
SJ Staples (ENG)	1928-1928	3	191.3	50	1149	435	15	3/50	29.00	2.27	76.6	-	-	-
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1960	19	437.0	144	2622	994	19	3/20	52.31	2.27	138.0	-	-	-
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1931	10	391.4	90	2350	891	41	6/51	21.73	2.27	57.3	1	2	-
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1959	14	589.4	156	3538	1346	44	7/49	30.59	2.28	80.4	3	2	1
JM Patel (IND)	1956-1960	6	247.3	81	1485	565	26	9/69	21.73	2.28	57.1	-	2	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	15	-	84	2102	800	27	5/36	29.62	2.28	77.8	1	1	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1992	41	1275.5	329	7655	2916	75	5/75	38.88	2.28	102.0	5	1	-
NI Thomson (ENG)	1964-1965	5	248.0	68	1488	568	9	2/55	63.11	2.29	165.3	-	-	-
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1977	22	1115.3	345	6693	2560	95	6/74	26.94	2.29	70.4	10	5	1
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1962	5	222.2	62	1334	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.6	2	2	-
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	7	309.4	106	1858	716	33	7/46	21.69	2.31	56.3	-	3	2
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1960-1969	25	250.1	83	1501	583	7	2/54	83.28	2.33	214.4	-	-	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1979-1987	10	420.5	135	2525	982	29	6/40	33.86	2.33	87.0	2	2	1
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1993	18	811.3	229	4869	1898	62	7/27	30.61	2.33	78.5	3	3	2
GS Sobers (WI)	1958-1967	8	274.2	84	1646	642	24	4/26	26.75	2.34	68.5	2	-	-
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1960-1961	5	209.0	56	1254	490	15	6/202	32.66	2.34	83.6	-	2	-
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2024	46	1950.3	520	11703	4599	219	7/42	21.00	2.35	53.4	11	12	2
VS Hazare (IND)	1948-1952	13	177.0	50	1062	418	5	1/13	83.60	2.36	212.4	-	-	-
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	24	706.4	202	4240	1670	57	4/65	29.29	2.36	74.3	2	-	-
SF Barnes (ENG)	1913-1914	4	226.0	56	1356	536	49	9/103	10.93	2.37	27.6	-	7	3
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1961	21	1074.4	352	6448	2549	84	9/102	30.34	2.37	76.7	4	6	1
M Amarnath (IND)	1969-1988	32	185.5	44	1115	442	8	2/31	55.25	2.37	139.3	-	-	-
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1952	5	246.5	69	1481	589	21	6/48	28.04	2.38	70.5	1	1	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	63	2222.0	685	13332	5311	248	6/30	21.41	2.39	53.7	16	9	1
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1969	35	746.4	203	4480	1799	42	5/88	42.83	2.40	106.6	2	1	-
DG Phadkar (IND)	1948-1959	16	558.5	155	3353	1347	34	7/159	39.61	2.41	98.6	1	2	-
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1973	21	784.0	242	4704	1896	55	6/73	34.47	2.41	85.5	1	3	1
ACB Langton (SA)	1935-1939	10	-	75	2984	1204	25	5/58	48.16	2.42	119.3	2	1	-
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1948-1952	10	-	30	1016	413	8	3/20	51.62	2.43	127.0	-	-	-

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Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]