Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records for India (Host) in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RG Nadkarni	32.0	27	5	-	0.15	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1964	Test # 551
RG Nadkarni	14.0	11	3	-	0.21	India	v England	Brabourne	21 Jan 1964	Test # 552
RES Wyatt	13.0	10	4	3	0.30	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
JC Laker	14.1	9	7	2	0.37	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JW Burke	15.0	10	8	-	0.40	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
UT Yadav	21.0	16	9	3	0.42	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
NM Lyon	22.0	17	10	-	0.45	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
HL Collins	15.0	12	7	-	0.46	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
DCS Compton	16.0	11	11	1	0.51	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
RG Nadkarni	19.0	13	10	-	0.52	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
TL Goddard	16.0	8	12	2	0.56	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
RA Jadeja	46.0	33	26	2	0.56	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
Maninder Singh	23.0	16	13	1	0.56	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
RG Nadkarni	15.0	10	9	2	0.60	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	02 Dec 1960	Test # 497
AW Greig	10.0	7	6	1	0.60	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
RN Harvey	13.0	7	8	1	0.61	Australia	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1960	Test # 486
WR Cuttell	32.0	24	17	3	0.63	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
TL Goddard	25.2	15	22	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
HJ Tayfield	24.0	17	21	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
N Boje	15.0	6	10	2	0.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	0.67	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
TE Bailey	25.0	12	23	3	0.69	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TE Bailey	13.0	4	12	2	0.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
SLV Raju	36.0	25	25	2	0.69	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
RG Nadkarni	34.0	24	24	1	0.70	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	08 Feb 1961	Test # 505
RG Nadkarni	32.0	24	23	-	0.71	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
RK Chauhan	11.0	8	8	3	0.72	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	08 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
B Kumar	11.0	8	8	4	0.72	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
JM Gregory	15.0	9	11	-	0.73	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921	Test # 147
TL Goddard	14.0	7	14	1	0.75	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
TL Goddard	13.0	8	13	2	0.75	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
KD Mackay	11.0	5	11	-	0.75	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
RR Lindwall	12.0	7	9	-	0.75	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
MH Mankad	76.0	47	58	4	0.76	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
Shahid Afridi	17.0	7	13	3	0.76	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
L Amarnath	13.0	9	10	-	0.76	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
AR Kapoor	13.0	8	10	-	0.76	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
R Gilchrist	23.0	13	18	3	0.78	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
AA Donald	23.0	13	18	1	0.78	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
RJ Shastri	14.0	8	11	-	0.78	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
H Verity	16.0	8	17	-	0.79	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938	Test # 267
VL Manjrekar	20.0	13	16	1	0.80	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
JB Mortimore	48.0	31	39	1	0.81	England	v India	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964	Test # 557
JC Watkins	12.0	4	13	2	0.81	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
TL Goddard	23.0	12	25	2	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
RG Nadkarni	52.4	38	43	4	0.81	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	08 Feb 1961	Test # 505
BS Bedi	33.0	18	27	5	0.81	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
WR Hammond	11.0	6	9	2	0.81	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Jan 1931	Test # 204
WJ Cronje	11.0	4	9	-	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
H Verity	8.0	4	9	-	0.84	England	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
GAR Lock	15.0	6	17	1	0.85	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TL Goddard	27.0	15	23	1	0.85	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
JC Watkins	14.0	7	16	2	0.85	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
RS Cunis	14.0	7	12	3	0.85	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
RJ Shastri	20.5	10	18	1	0.86	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
IWG Johnson	15.0	10	13	-	0.86	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
A Kumble	23.0	11	20	1	0.86	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
S Venkataraghavan	17.0	11	15	3	0.88	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	05 Mar 1965	Test # 581
BS Bedi	43.0	24	38	4	0.88	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
TE Bailey	11.0	5	13	-	0.88	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
HJ Tayfield	29.3	15	35	1	0.89	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
AK Davidson	15.0	6	18	2	0.90	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
FJ Cameron	10.0	3	9	-	0.90	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
RG Nadkarni	42.0	24	38	2	0.90	India	v England	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1964	Test # 554
WJ Cronje	18.4	8	17	2	0.91	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
PR Umrigar	12.0	6	11	-	0.91	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
G Noblet	17.1	7	21	3	0.91	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
CP Carter	29.0	12	27	1	0.93	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
I Meckiff	16.0	8	20	-	0.93	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
AJ Fothergill	24.0	15	15	1	0.93	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
HD Bromfield	16.0	7	15	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
ARA Murray	8.0	3	10	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
DL Underwood	17.0	9	16	2	0.94	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
TL Goddard	35.5	18	34	2	0.94	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Feb 1965	Test # 578
WJ O'Reilly	21.0	11	20	5	0.95	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
JA Young	11.0	6	14	-	0.95	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
PL Harris	30.0	19	29	-	0.96	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
H Verity	10.0	5	13	-	0.97	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
JR Reid	45.0	27	44	4	0.97	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
BS Bedi	22.0	12	22	4	1.00	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
FJ Titmus	20.0	9	20	1	1.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	04 Dec 1964	Test # 571
AN Connolly	20.0	10	20	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969	Test # 664
N Kapil Dev	19.0	11	19	-	1.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
GD McGrath	19.0	13	19	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
GS Ramchand	14.0	7	14	-	1.00	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
RS Cunis	12.0	5	12	3	1.00	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	1.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
RK Chauhan	11.0	7	11	1	1.00	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995	Test # 1308
Ghulam Ahmed	10.0	1	10	1	1.00	India	v England	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
WW Hall	10.0	3	10	-	1.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
WJ Cronje	10.0	6	10	1	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
Harbhajan Singh	10.0	7	10	-	1.00	India	v Australia	Hyderabad	02 Mar 2013	Test # 2076
Mohammed Shami	10.0	6	10	3	1.00	India	v South Africa	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
HJ Tayfield	26.1	12	35	3	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
Fazal Mahmood	25.3	12	26	5	1.01	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
A Kumble	41.0	19	42	3	1.02	India	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
CG Borde	37.0	12	38	-	1.02	India	v England	Brabourne	21 Jan 1964	Test # 552

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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]