Best bowling figures in an innings in 1950s in Tests IN India
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 35.5 | 16 | 69 | 9 | 1.92 | India | 2 | v Australia | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 34.3 | 11 | 102 | 9 | 2.95 | India | 1 | v West Indies | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 | Test # 461 | |
| 47.0 | 27 | 52 | 8 | 1.10 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 | Test # 355 | |
| 38.5 | 15 | 55 | 8 | 1.41 | India | 1 | v England | Chennai | 6 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 | |
| 27.3 | 11 | 42 | 7 | 1.52 | Pakistan | 3 | v India | Lucknow | 23 Oct 1952 | Test # 356 | |
| 22.5 | 9 | 43 | 7 | 1.88 | Australia | 3 | v India | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 | |
| 20.3 | 6 | 49 | 7 | 2.39 | India | 1 | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 29.3 | 10 | 72 | 7 | 2.44 | Australia | 1 | v India | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 | |
| 57.3 | 23 | 93 | 7 | 1.61 | Australia | 3 | v India | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 76.4 | 35 | 128 | 7 | 1.66 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 19 Nov 1955 | Test # 416 | |
| 21.0 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 2.28 | England | 1 | v India | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
| 28.4 | 4 | 50 | 6 | 1.74 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 | Test # 461 | |
| 29.0 | 10 | 52 | 6 | 1.79 | Australia | 2 | v India | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 21.0 | 7 | 55 | 6 | 2.61 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Eden Gardens | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 463 | |
| 33.5 | 7 | 90 | 6 | 2.66 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Eden Gardens | 28 Dec 1955 | Test # 419 | |
| 35.3 | 9 | 91 | 6 | 2.56 | India | 1 | v England | Delhi | 2 Nov 1951 | Test # 339 | |
| 20.1 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 1.53 | Australia | 1 | v India | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 32.4 | 19 | 45 | 5 | 1.37 | India | 3 | v New Zealand | Brabourne | 2 Dec 1955 | Test # 417 | |
| 24.1 | 8 | 52 | 5 | 2.15 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Lucknow | 23 Oct 1952 | Test # 356 | |
| 24.2 | 6 | 53 | 5 | 2.17 | Australia | 4 | v India | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 25.4 | 7 | 55 | 5 | 2.14 | India | 4 | v Australia | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 32.0 | 11 | 61 | 5 | 1.90 | England | 3 | v India | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
| 37.1 | 14 | 70 | 5 | 1.88 | India | 2 | v England | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
| 65.0 | 31 | 72 | 5 | 1.10 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Brabourne | 13 Nov 1952 | Test # 357 | |
| 32.0 | 10 | 72 | 5 | 2.25 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 12 Dec 1952 | Test # 360 | |
| 49.0 | 26 | 72 | 5 | 1.46 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 6 Jan 1956 | Test # 420 | |
| 32.0 | 12 | 76 | 5 | 2.37 | West Indies | 4 | v India | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 | Test # 461 | |
| 46.0 | 18 | 76 | 5 | 1.65 | Australia | 3 | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 | Test # 482 | |
| 24.2 | 3 | 79 | 5 | 3.24 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 | Test # 355 | |
| 42.0 | 19 | 90 | 5 | 2.14 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Delhi | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 | |
| 18.1 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1.43 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Chennai | 21 Jan 1959 | Test # 465 | |
| 25.0 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 1.08 | India | 4 | v Australia | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 22.5 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 1.40 | England | 1 | v India | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
| 23.0 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 1.52 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 | Test # 355 | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 2.17 | Australia | 4 | v India | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 23.2 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 1.67 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Brabourne | 28 Nov 1958 | Test # 459 | |
| 21.0 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 1.90 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Brabourne | 13 Nov 1952 | Test # 357 | |
| 24.0 | 12 | 42 | 4 | 1.75 | Australia | 3 | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 | Test # 482 | |
| 9.4 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 5.06 | India | 3 | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 15.3 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 3.16 | India | 2 | v Australia | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 | Test # 482 | |
| 30.5 | 9 | 53 | 4 | 1.71 | India | 3 | v England | Chennai | 6 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 | |
| 35.0 | 13 | 54 | 4 | 1.54 | India | 2 | v England | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
| 76.0 | 47 | 58 | 4 | 0.76 | India | 3 | v England | Delhi | 2 Nov 1951 | Test # 339 | |
| 25.0 | 8 | 63 | 4 | 2.52 | Australia | 1 | v India | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 40.0 | 14 | 65 | 4 | 1.62 | India | 3 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 6 Jan 1956 | Test # 420 | |
| 26.0 | 4 | 66 | 4 | 2.53 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Delhi | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 | |
| 36.3 | 14 | 73 | 4 | 2.00 | India | 3 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 6 Jan 1956 | Test # 420 | |
| 26.0 | 6 | 77 | 4 | 2.96 | India | 3 | v England | Chennai | 6 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 | |
| 30.0 | 6 | 78 | 4 | 2.60 | India | 3 | v West Indies | Chennai | 21 Jan 1959 | Test # 465 | |
| 38.1 | 10 | 83 | 4 | 2.17 | England | 2 | v India | Eden Gardens | 30 Dec 1951 | Test # 344 | |
| 33.0 | 9 | 86 | 4 | 2.60 | India | 1 | v West Indies | Brabourne | 28 Nov 1958 | Test # 459 | |
| 52.5 | 16 | 89 | 4 | 1.68 | India | 1 | v England | Eden Gardens | 30 Dec 1951 | Test # 344 | |
| 45.0 | 15 | 90 | 4 | 2.00 | India | 2 | v Australia | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 | |
| 57.0 | 22 | 91 | 4 | 1.59 | India | 2 | v England | Brabourne | 14 Dec 1951 | Test # 342 | |
| 38.0 | 6 | 95 | 4 | 2.50 | India | 1 | v West Indies | Chennai | 21 Jan 1959 | Test # 465 | |
| 29.0 | 5 | 96 | 4 | 3.31 | England | 1 | v India | Brabourne | 14 Dec 1951 | Test # 342 | |
| 48.0 | 13 | 104 | 4 | 2.16 | England | 2 | v India | Eden Gardens | 30 Dec 1951 | Test # 344 | |
| 39.4 | 4 | 134 | 4 | 3.37 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 | Test # 355 | |
| 64.0 | 19 | 141 | 4 | 2.20 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Eden Gardens | 12 Dec 1952 | Test # 360 | |
| 49.0 | 10 | 169 | 4 | 3.44 | India | 2 | v West Indies | Delhi | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 | |
| 3.4 | 3 | - | 3 | - | Australia | 1 | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 | Test # 482 | |
| 23.0 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0.78 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Eden Gardens | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 463 | |
| 16.0 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1.18 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Eden Gardens | 28 Dec 1955 | Test # 419 | |
| 13.0 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1.53 | England | 3 | v India | Brabourne | 14 Dec 1951 | Test # 342 | |
| 13.0 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1.53 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 12 Dec 1952 | Test # 360 | |
| 14.0 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 1.57 | Australia | 1 | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 | Test # 482 | |
| 14.2 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 1.88 | Australia | 1 | v India | Brabourne | 26 Oct 1956 | Test # 432 | |
| 12.0 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2.33 | Australia | 1 | v India | Brabourne | 26 Oct 1956 | Test # 432 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 2.06 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Eden Gardens | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 463 | |
| 26.0 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 1.23 | Australia | 1 | v India | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 | |
| 25.2 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 1.26 | Australia | 2 | v India | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 23.0 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 1.52 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Lucknow | 23 Oct 1952 | Test # 356 | |
| 14.0 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 2.50 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Brabourne | 28 Nov 1958 | Test # 459 | |
| 17.0 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 2.11 | West Indies | 4 | v India | Chennai | 21 Jan 1959 | Test # 465 | |
| 23.0 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 2.13 | West Indies | 4 | v India | Chennai | 21 Jan 1959 | Test # 465 | |
| 25.0 | 11 | 52 | 3 | 2.08 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Brabourne | 13 Nov 1952 | Test # 357 | |
| 33.0 | 15 | 53 | 3 | 1.60 | India | 1 | v England | Delhi | 2 Nov 1951 | Test # 339 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 55 | 3 | 3.05 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Eden Gardens | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 463 | |
| 33.0 | 11 | 56 | 3 | 1.69 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 12 Dec 1952 | Test # 360 | |
| 24.0 | 8 | 57 | 3 | 2.37 | India | 3 | v New Zealand | Brabourne | 2 Dec 1955 | Test # 417 | |
| 34.1 | 9 | 61 | 3 | 1.78 | India | 2 | v England | Brabourne | 14 Dec 1951 | Test # 342 | |
| 24.2 | 6 | 62 | 3 | 2.54 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Delhi | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 | |
| 45.0 | 23 | 63 | 3 | 1.40 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 6 Jan 1956 | Test # 420 | |
| 30.1 | 11 | 68 | 3 | 2.25 | West Indies | 4 | v India | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 | Test # 461 | |
| 26.0 | 2 | 68 | 3 | 2.61 | India | 2 | v West Indies | Delhi | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 | |
| 33.2 | 10 | 77 | 3 | 2.31 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Brabourne | 13 Nov 1952 | Test # 357 | |
| 48.0 | 23 | 77 | 3 | 1.60 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Brabourne | 2 Dec 1955 | Test # 417 | |
| 29.0 | 5 | 81 | 3 | 2.79 | India | 3 | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 45.0 | 19 | 83 | 3 | 1.84 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Lucknow | 23 Oct 1952 | Test # 356 | |
| 51.0 | 26 | 83 | 3 | 1.62 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Brabourne | 2 Dec 1955 | Test # 417 | |
| 38.0 | 11 | 89 | 3 | 2.34 | India | 1 | v England | Eden Gardens | 30 Dec 1951 | Test # 344 | |
| 28.3 | 6 | 89 | 3 | 3.12 | India | 2 | v Australia | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 | |
| 30.3 | 8 | 90 | 3 | 2.95 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Delhi | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 | |
| 26.0 | 5 | 91 | 3 | 3.50 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 19 Nov 1955 | Test # 416 | |
| 40.0 | 7 | 94 | 3 | 2.35 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Delhi | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 | |
| 64.0 | 33 | 97 | 3 | 1.51 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Lucknow | 23 Oct 1952 | Test # 356 | |
| 34.0 | 8 | 112 | 3 | 3.29 | England | 1 | v India | Brabourne | 14 Dec 1951 | Test # 342 | |
| 46.0 | 11 | 114 | 3 | 2.47 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Eden Gardens | 12 Dec 1952 | Test # 360 | |
| 38.0 | 13 | 115 | 3 | 3.02 | India | 2 | v Australia | Brabourne | 26 Oct 1956 | Test # 432 | |
| 35.0 | 5 | 121 | 3 | 3.45 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Brabourne | 13 Nov 1952 | Test # 357 |
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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India vs Australia at Kanpur, Australia tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]
India vs Australia at Delhi, Australia tour of India 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]
Pakistan vs Australia at Karachi, Australia tour of Pakistan 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]