Best bowling figures in an innings in 1980s in Tests - vs India
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 20.1 | 4 | 60 | 8 | 2.97 | Pakistan | 3 | v India | Karachi | 23 Dec 1982 | Test # 942 | |
| 26.0 | 7 | 48 | 7 | 1.84 | England | 3 | v India | Wankhede | 15 Feb 1980 | Test # 874 | |
| 17.2 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 2.01 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Hyderabad (Sind) | 14 Jan 1983 | Test # 946 | |
| 15.0 | 4 | 37 | 6 | 2.46 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Eden Gardens | 10 Dec 1983 | Test # 971 | |
| 23.0 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 2.00 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Lahore | 17 Oct 1984 | Test # 995 | |
| 20.5 | 8 | 49 | 6 | 2.35 | New Zealand | 2 | v India | Wankhede | 24 Nov 1988 | Test # 1109 | |
| 17.4 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 2.88 | New Zealand | 4 | v India | Wankhede | 24 Nov 1988 | Test # 1109 | |
| 19.5 | 2 | 55 | 6 | 2.77 | West Indies | 4 | v India | Port of Spain | 15 Apr 1989 | Test # 1119 | |
| 22.5 | 7 | 58 | 6 | 2.54 | England | 1 | v India | Wankhede | 15 Feb 1980 | Test # 874 | |
| 29.0 | 8 | 62 | 6 | 2.13 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Kingston | 28 Apr 1989 | Test # 1120 | |
| 41.0 | 10 | 85 | 6 | 2.07 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 25.0 | 5 | 87 | 6 | 3.48 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Bridgetown | 07 Apr 1989 | Test # 1118 | |
| 25.0 | 3 | 98 | 6 | 3.92 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 | Test # 945 | |
| 28.0 | 3 | 101 | 6 | 3.60 | England | 3 | v India | Lord's | 10 Jun 1982 | Test # 928 | |
| 23.0 | 2 | 104 | 6 | 4.52 | England | 1 | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 | Test # 1008 | |
| 8.5 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 2.71 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Delhi | 25 Nov 1987 | Test # 1080 | |
| 19.4 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 1.67 | New Zealand | 2 | v India | Wellington | 21 Feb 1981 | Test # 897 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 2.00 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Port of Spain | 15 Apr 1989 | Test # 1119 | |
| 19.1 | 6 | 37 | 5 | 1.93 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Port of Spain | 11 Mar 1983 | Test # 952 | |
| 24.3 | 9 | 39 | 5 | 1.59 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Kingston | 23 Feb 1983 | Test # 949 | |
| 11.5 | - | 39 | 5 | 3.29 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Ahmedabad | 12 Nov 1983 | Test # 967 | |
| 19.4 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 2.33 | England | 2 | v India | Lord's | 10 Jun 1982 | Test # 928 | |
| 33.0 | 12 | 47 | 5 | 1.42 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Christchurch | 06 Mar 1981 | Test # 898 | |
| 30.0 | 15 | 48 | 5 | 1.60 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Bengaluru | 13 Mar 1987 | Test # 1073 | |
| 23.2 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 2.10 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 06 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 24.0 | 7 | 52 | 5 | 2.16 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Kandy | 14 Sep 1985 | Test # 1025 | |
| 27.0 | 7 | 54 | 5 | 2.00 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Bengaluru | 13 Mar 1987 | Test # 1073 | |
| 29.3 | 9 | 54 | 5 | 1.83 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Delhi | 25 Nov 1987 | Test # 1080 | |
| 17.4 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 3.05 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Wankhede | 11 Dec 1987 | Test # 1085 | |
| 28.0 | 8 | 59 | 5 | 2.10 | England | 3 | v India | Chennai | 13 Jan 1985 | Test # 1008 | |
| 26.0 | 5 | 60 | 5 | 2.30 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Bridgetown | 07 Apr 1989 | Test # 1118 | |
| 22.3 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 2.71 | England | 3 | v India | Wankhede | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 911 | |
| 23.5 | 3 | 63 | 5 | 2.64 | Pakistan | 3 | v India | Eden Gardens | 29 Jan 1980 | Test # 871 | |
| 28.0 | 8 | 64 | 5 | 2.28 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 30.0 | 10 | 65 | 5 | 2.16 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | 12 Nov 1988 | Test # 1107 | |
| 14.0 | - | 68 | 5 | 4.85 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v India | Chennai | 17 Sep 1982 | Test # 934 | |
| 16.0 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 4.25 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Wankhede | 11 Dec 1987 | Test # 1085 | |
| 50.0 | 19 | 72 | 5 | 1.44 | Pakistan | 3 | v India | Nagpur | 05 Oct 1983 | Test # 963 | |
| 26.0 | 8 | 72 | 5 | 2.76 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Chennai | 24 Dec 1983 | Test # 972 | |
| 41.0 | 19 | 75 | 5 | 1.82 | New Zealand | 3 | v India | Auckland | 13 Mar 1981 | Test # 899 | |
| 34.5 | 11 | 76 | 5 | 2.18 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | 14 Sep 1983 | Test # 961 | |
| 30.5 | 12 | 82 | 5 | 2.65 | Pakistan | 3 | v India | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 | Test # 945 | |
| 27.3 | 3 | 85 | 5 | 3.09 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Cuttack | 04 Jan 1987 | Test # 1064 | |
| 25.0 | 3 | 94 | 5 | 3.76 | Australia | 4 | v India | Chennai | 18 Sep 1986 | Test # 1052 | |
| 31.0 | 6 | 96 | 5 | 3.09 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Eden Gardens | 11 Feb 1987 | Test # 1067 | |
| 36.0 | 9 | 100 | 5 | 2.77 | England | 2 | v India | Bengaluru | 09 Dec 1981 | Test # 912 | |
| 28.2 | 6 | 101 | 5 | 3.56 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Sialkot | 09 Dec 1989 | Test # 1132 | |
| 40.5 | 10 | 102 | 5 | 2.49 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Wankhede | 24 Nov 1983 | Test # 968 | |
| 28.2 | 3 | 103 | 5 | 3.63 | Australia | 2 | v India | Chennai | 18 Sep 1986 | Test # 1052 | |
| 38.2 | 6 | 114 | 5 | 2.97 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Chennai | 15 Jan 1980 | Test # 869 | |
| 39.5 | 7 | 146 | 5 | 3.66 | Australia | 4 | v India | Chennai | 18 Sep 1986 | Test # 1052 | |
| 15.0 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1.26 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Kanpur | 21 Oct 1983 | Test # 964 | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 1.76 | West Indies | 4 | v India | Ahmedabad | 12 Nov 1983 | Test # 967 | |
| 19.2 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 1.60 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Bridgetown | 15 Apr 1983 | Test # 954 | |
| 28.0 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 1.10 | England | 4 | v India | Birmingham | 03 Jul 1986 | Test # 1048 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 2.05 | West Indies | 2 | v India | Port of Spain | 15 Apr 1989 | Test # 1119 | |
| 16.0 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 2.43 | New Zealand | 4 | v India | Wankhede | 24 Nov 1988 | Test # 1109 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 39 | 4 | 2.29 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Kingston | 28 Apr 1989 | Test # 1120 | |
| 14.0 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 2.85 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Wankhede | 11 Dec 1987 | Test # 1085 | |
| 18.0 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 2.50 | Australia | 3 | v India | Sydney | 02 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 26.1 | 7 | 45 | 4 | 1.71 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1989 | Test # 1128 | |
| 13.0 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 3.61 | England | 1 | v India | Wankhede | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 911 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 47 | 4 | 2.76 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Kanpur | 21 Oct 1983 | Test # 964 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 3.00 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Bridgetown | 15 Apr 1983 | Test # 954 | |
| 28.5 | 5 | 50 | 4 | 1.73 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Jalandhar | 24 Sep 1983 | Test # 962 | |
| 16.0 | 5 | 55 | 4 | 3.43 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 | Test # 1089 | |
| 27.0 | 10 | 58 | 4 | 2.14 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Nagpur | 05 Oct 1983 | Test # 963 | |
| 44.0 | 24 | 60 | 4 | 1.36 | England | 3 | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1984 | Test # 1004 | |
| 21.5 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 2.74 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Ahmedabad | 04 Mar 1987 | Test # 1071 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 3.21 | Australia | 1 | v India | Sydney | 02 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 42.3 | 17 | 61 | 4 | 1.43 | New Zealand | 1 | v India | Auckland | 13 Mar 1981 | Test # 899 | |
| 22.0 | 4 | 61 | 4 | 2.77 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Kingston | 23 Feb 1983 | Test # 949 | |
| 17.0 | 3 | 61 | 4 | 3.58 | West Indies | 3 | v India | Kingston | 28 Apr 1989 | Test # 1120 | |
| 31.5 | 11 | 63 | 4 | 1.97 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Lahore | 10 Dec 1982 | Test # 941 | |
| 23.0 | 5 | 64 | 4 | 2.78 | England | 3 | v India | Leeds | 19 Jun 1986 | Test # 1047 | |
| 25.0 | 6 | 65 | 4 | 2.60 | Australia | 1 | v India | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 22.3 | 7 | 65 | 4 | 2.88 | New Zealand | 4 | v India | Wellington | 21 Feb 1981 | Test # 897 | |
| 26.0 | 6 | 66 | 4 | 2.53 | England | 1 | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1984 | Test # 1004 | |
| 33.0 | 5 | 67 | 4 | 2.03 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Eden Gardens | 29 Jan 1980 | Test # 871 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 67 | 4 | 4.46 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Karachi | 23 Dec 1982 | Test # 942 | |
| 18.3 | 3 | 69 | 4 | 3.72 | New Zealand | 2 | v India | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 02 Dec 1988 | Test # 1111 | |
| 26.0 | 3 | 71 | 4 | 2.73 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Cuttack | 04 Jan 1987 | Test # 1064 | |
| 28.0 | 6 | 72 | 4 | 2.57 | England | 1 | v India | Wankhede | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 911 | |
| 22.3 | 6 | 73 | 4 | 3.24 | England | 3 | v India | Leeds | 19 Jun 1986 | Test # 1047 | |
| 37.0 | 11 | 73 | 4 | 1.97 | Pakistan | 4 | v India | Bengaluru | 13 Mar 1987 | Test # 1073 | |
| 25.1 | 5 | 76 | 4 | 3.01 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 06 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 18.1 | - | 76 | 4 | 4.18 | West Indies | 1 | v India | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 | Test # 1089 | |
| 33.0 | 11 | 79 | 4 | 2.39 | Pakistan | 3 | v India | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 | Test # 945 | |
| 34.0 | 10 | 80 | 4 | 2.35 | Australia | 2 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 19.0 | 1 | 80 | 4 | 4.21 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Karachi | 15 Nov 1989 | Test # 1127 | |
| 26.2 | 4 | 83 | 4 | 3.15 | Pakistan | 2 | v India | Karachi | 15 Nov 1989 | Test # 1127 | |
| 30.0 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 2.83 | Pakistan | 3 | v India | Hyderabad (Sind) | 14 Jan 1983 | Test # 946 | |
| 45.5 | 12 | 85 | 4 | 1.85 | Pakistan | 4 | v India | Bengaluru | 13 Mar 1987 | Test # 1073 | |
| 20.2 | 3 | 86 | 4 | 4.22 | Australia | 1 | v India | Sydney | 02 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 35.0 | 7 | 87 | 4 | 2.48 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Eden Gardens | 29 Jan 1980 | Test # 871 | |
| 27.5 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 3.12 | West Indies | 1 | v India | St John's | 28 Apr 1983 | Test # 956 | |
| 38.4 | 9 | 93 | 4 | 2.40 | England | 3 | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1984 | Test # 1004 | |
| 38.2 | 11 | 100 | 4 | 2.60 | Australia | 2 | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1985 | Test # 1033 | |
| 32.1 | 5 | 104 | 4 | 3.23 | Australia | 3 | v India | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 38.0 | 8 | 104 | 4 | 2.73 | Pakistan | 1 | v India | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1984 | Test # 996 |
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