Best bowling figures in a match in 2000s in Tests IN India
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 80.1 | 26 | 217 | 15 | 2.70 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 | Test # 1539 | |
| 64.3 | 12 | 181 | 13 | 2.80 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 14 Oct 2004 | Test # 1714 | |
| 68.2 | 15 | 196 | 13 | 2.86 | India | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 11 Mar 2001 | Test # 1535 | |
| 74.5 | 4 | 358 | 12 | 4.78 | Australia | v India | Nagpur | 6 Nov 2008 | Test # 1892 | |
| 71.1 | 12 | 224 | 11 | 3.14 | India | v Australia | Bengaluru | 6 Oct 2004 | Test # 1713 | |
| 53.2 | 10 | 141 | 10 | 2.64 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
| 64.0 | 13 | 157 | 10 | 2.45 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 | |
| 75.1 | 27 | 161 | 10 | 2.14 | India | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 16 Mar 2005 | Test # 1741 | |
| 89.0 | 18 | 233 | 10 | 2.61 | India | v England | Ahmedabad | 11 Dec 2001 | Test # 1575 | |
| 38.5 | 15 | 80 | 9 | 2.06 | Australia | v India | Nagpur | 26 Oct 2004 | Test # 1718 | |
| 59.1 | 15 | 141 | 9 | 2.38 | India | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 18 Nov 2000 | Test # 1515 | |
| 51.3 | 9 | 141 | 9 | 2.73 | India | v South Africa | Eden Gardens | 28 Nov 2004 | Test # 1724 | |
| 70.5 | 27 | 145 | 9 | 2.04 | India | v Zimbabwe | Nagpur | 21 Feb 2002 | Test # 1589 | |
| 58.4 | 15 | 146 | 9 | 2.48 | India | v England | Mohali | 9 Mar 2006 | Test # 1788 | |
| 50.4 | 10 | 171 | 9 | 3.37 | India | v Pakistan | Mohali | 8 Mar 2005 | Test # 1738 | |
| 49.3 | 20 | 85 | 8 | 1.71 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 9 Oct 2002 | Test # 1616 | |
| 31.0 | 3 | 114 | 8 | 3.67 | South Africa | v India | Ahmedabad | 3 Apr 2008 | Test # 1871 | |
| 58.5 | 10 | 132 | 8 | 2.24 | India | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 28 Feb 2002 | Test # 1591 | |
| 47.4 | 12 | 133 | 8 | 2.79 | India | v England | Mohali | 3 Dec 2001 | Test # 1574 | |
| 76.4 | 13 | 218 | 8 | 2.84 | Sri Lanka | v India | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 | |
| 78.5 | 5 | 265 | 8 | 3.36 | India | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 | Test # 1870 | |
| 27.3 | 4 | 76 | 7 | 2.76 | India | v Australia | Wankhede | 3 Nov 2004 | Test # 1720 | |
| 46.5 | 20 | 86 | 7 | 1.83 | England | v India | Nagpur | 1 Mar 2006 | Test # 1785 | |
| 53.0 | 20 | 93 | 7 | 1.75 | South Africa | v India | Bengaluru | 2 Mar 2000 | Test # 1486 | |
| 54.0 | 16 | 96 | 7 | 1.77 | India | v South Africa | Kanpur | 11 Apr 2008 | Test # 1873 | |
| 38.0 | 10 | 97 | 7 | 2.55 | India | v England | Mohali | 9 Mar 2006 | Test # 1788 | |
| 49.5 | 13 | 101 | 7 | 2.02 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 9 Oct 2002 | Test # 1616 | |
| 48.3 | 14 | 106 | 7 | 2.18 | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 22 Nov 2007 | Test # 1849 | |
| 38.2 | 10 | 106 | 7 | 2.76 | India | v Australia | Mohali | 17 Oct 2008 | Test # 1889 | |
| 43.3 | 13 | 110 | 7 | 2.52 | India | v England | Mohali | 3 Dec 2001 | Test # 1574 | |
| 43.0 | 9 | 110 | 7 | 2.55 | New Zealand | v India | Mohali | 16 Oct 2003 | Test # 1662 | |
| 44.0 | 10 | 117 | 7 | 2.65 | India | v Australia | Bengaluru | 9 Oct 2008 | Test # 1887 | |
| 53.0 | 20 | 121 | 7 | 2.28 | Australia | v India | Eden Gardens | 11 Mar 2001 | Test # 1535 | |
| 59.0 | 19 | 135 | 7 | 2.28 | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 17 Oct 2002 | Test # 1618 | |
| 63.3 | 21 | 146 | 7 | 2.29 | India | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 28 Feb 2002 | Test # 1591 | |
| 55.2 | 9 | 158 | 7 | 2.85 | India | v Australia | Nagpur | 6 Nov 2008 | Test # 1892 | |
| 64.0 | 18 | 173 | 7 | 2.70 | Pakistan | v India | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 | Test # 1743 | |
| 59.3 | 12 | 176 | 7 | 2.95 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
| 52.3 | 8 | 210 | 7 | 4.00 | Pakistan | v India | Bengaluru | 8 Dec 2007 | Test # 1852 | |
| 6.2 | - | 9 | 6 | 1.42 | Australia | v India | Wankhede | 3 Nov 2004 | Test # 1720 | |
| 22.2 | 4 | 62 | 6 | 2.77 | South Africa | v India | Ahmedabad | 3 Apr 2008 | Test # 1871 | |
| 31.4 | 12 | 67 | 6 | 2.11 | South Africa | v India | Wankhede | 24 Feb 2000 | Test # 1484 | |
| 31.1 | 10 | 79 | 6 | 2.53 | England | v India | Wankhede | 18 Mar 2006 | Test # 1791 | |
| 45.0 | 18 | 94 | 6 | 2.08 | Australia | v India | Bengaluru | 6 Oct 2004 | Test # 1713 | |
| 25.0 | 3 | 95 | 6 | 3.80 | India | v Australia | Wankhede | 3 Nov 2004 | Test # 1720 | |
| 34.1 | 6 | 102 | 6 | 2.98 | Pakistan | v India | Delhi | 22 Nov 2007 | Test # 1849 | |
| 49.3 | 13 | 117 | 6 | 2.36 | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 17 Oct 2002 | Test # 1618 | |
| 50.0 | 13 | 118 | 6 | 2.36 | India | v South Africa | Wankhede | 24 Feb 2000 | Test # 1484 | |
| 33.0 | 8 | 122 | 6 | 3.69 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1935 | |
| 42.3 | 5 | 125 | 6 | 2.94 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 14 Oct 2004 | Test # 1714 | |
| 46.5 | 8 | 137 | 6 | 2.92 | India | v Australia | Bengaluru | 9 Oct 2008 | Test # 1887 | |
| 41.1 | 7 | 142 | 6 | 3.44 | Pakistan | v India | Eden Gardens | 16 Mar 2005 | Test # 1741 | |
| 40.0 | 7 | 142 | 6 | 3.55 | India | v Sri Lanka | Brabourne | 2 Dec 2009 | Test # 1937 | |
| 68.4 | 15 | 143 | 6 | 2.08 | India | v South Africa | Bengaluru | 2 Mar 2000 | Test # 1486 | |
| 65.5 | 15 | 149 | 6 | 2.26 | India | v England | Ahmedabad | 11 Dec 2001 | Test # 1575 | |
| 74.1 | 23 | 153 | 6 | 2.06 | India | v New Zealand | Ahmedabad | 8 Oct 2003 | Test # 1660 | |
| 47.3 | 11 | 159 | 6 | 3.34 | India | v Australia | Nagpur | 26 Oct 2004 | Test # 1718 | |
| 59.4 | 14 | 167 | 6 | 2.79 | Pakistan | v India | Mohali | 8 Mar 2005 | Test # 1738 | |
| 58.0 | 14 | 176 | 6 | 3.03 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 8 Dec 2007 | Test # 1852 | |
| 75.0 | 21 | 183 | 6 | 2.44 | India | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 | Test # 1722 | |
| 57.5 | 9 | 187 | 6 | 3.23 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 | Test # 1743 | |
| 66.4 | 8 | 192 | 6 | 2.88 | India | v Sri Lanka | Brabourne | 2 Dec 2009 | Test # 1937 | |
| 55.0 | 7 | 201 | 6 | 3.65 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 | Test # 1539 | |
| 71.0 | 17 | 206 | 6 | 2.90 | India | v Zimbabwe | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2000 | Test # 1517 | |
| 57.0 | 9 | 218 | 6 | 3.82 | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
| 76.0 | 22 | 236 | 6 | 3.10 | India | v Pakistan | Mohali | 8 Mar 2005 | Test # 1738 | |
| 69.0 | 8 | 259 | 6 | 3.75 | Pakistan | v India | Eden Gardens | 16 Mar 2005 | Test # 1741 | |
| 27.4 | 10 | 43 | 5 | 1.55 | Pakistan | v India | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 | Test # 1743 | |
| 36.1 | 22 | 44 | 5 | 1.21 | Australia | v India | Wankhede | 27 Feb 2001 | Test # 1531 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 2.57 | South Africa | v India | Wankhede | 24 Feb 2000 | Test # 1484 | |
| 25.2 | 5 | 67 | 5 | 2.64 | England | v India | Wankhede | 18 Mar 2006 | Test # 1791 | |
| 22.3 | 3 | 73 | 5 | 3.24 | India | v South Africa | Kanpur | 11 Apr 2008 | Test # 1873 | |
| 48.0 | 16 | 81 | 5 | 1.68 | India | v England | Chennai | 11 Dec 2008 | Test # 1898 | |
| 31.5 | 6 | 82 | 5 | 2.57 | India | v Australia | Wankhede | 3 Nov 2004 | Test # 1720 | |
| 35.4 | 7 | 84 | 5 | 2.35 | Australia | v India | Nagpur | 6 Nov 2008 | Test # 1892 | |
| 34.4 | 7 | 85 | 5 | 2.45 | India | v Australia | Nagpur | 6 Nov 2008 | Test # 1892 | |
| 35.0 | 7 | 93 | 5 | 2.65 | Australia | v India | Bengaluru | 9 Oct 2008 | Test # 1887 | |
| 34.3 | 12 | 95 | 5 | 2.75 | Australia | v India | Wankhede | 27 Feb 2001 | Test # 1531 | |
| 47.1 | 18 | 96 | 5 | 2.03 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 | Test # 1539 | |
| 31.0 | 7 | 96 | 5 | 3.09 | Australia | v India | Bengaluru | 6 Oct 2004 | Test # 1713 | |
| 49.0 | 12 | 96 | 5 | 1.95 | India | v Australia | Mohali | 17 Oct 2008 | Test # 1889 | |
| 35.0 | 8 | 100 | 5 | 2.85 | India | v England | Wankhede | 18 Mar 2006 | Test # 1791 | |
| 27.0 | 4 | 103 | 5 | 3.81 | Australia | v India | Wankhede | 3 Nov 2004 | Test # 1720 | |
| 41.0 | 14 | 106 | 5 | 2.58 | Australia | v India | Nagpur | 26 Oct 2004 | Test # 1718 | |
| 50.0 | 18 | 107 | 5 | 2.14 | Australia | v India | Wankhede | 27 Feb 2001 | Test # 1531 | |
| 57.3 | 15 | 115 | 5 | 2.00 | India | v West Indies | Eden Gardens | 30 Oct 2002 | Test # 1622 | |
| 42.0 | 9 | 118 | 5 | 2.80 | India | v Australia | Delhi | 29 Oct 2008 | Test # 1891 | |
| 33.0 | 2 | 121 | 5 | 3.66 | Sri Lanka | v India | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1935 | |
| 48.0 | 9 | 123 | 5 | 2.56 | South Africa | v India | Eden Gardens | 28 Nov 2004 | Test # 1724 | |
| 74.3 | 28 | 124 | 5 | 1.66 | England | v India | Ahmedabad | 11 Dec 2001 | Test # 1575 | |
| 49.4 | 13 | 129 | 5 | 2.59 | India | v England | Wankhede | 18 Mar 2006 | Test # 1791 | |
| 46.0 | 6 | 131 | 5 | 2.84 | India | v Australia | Nagpur | 26 Oct 2004 | Test # 1718 | |
| 69.0 | 25 | 132 | 5 | 1.91 | Zimbabwe | v India | Delhi | 28 Feb 2002 | Test # 1591 | |
| 69.4 | 20 | 133 | 5 | 1.90 | India | v England | Wankhede | 18 Mar 2006 | Test # 1791 | |
| 37.0 | 7 | 140 | 5 | 3.78 | India | v England | Nagpur | 1 Mar 2006 | Test # 1785 | |
| 39.1 | 13 | 140 | 5 | 3.57 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 8 Dec 2007 | Test # 1852 | |
| 54.1 | 15 | 145 | 5 | 2.67 | Zimbabwe | v India | Delhi | 28 Feb 2002 | Test # 1591 | |
| 43.0 | 7 | 152 | 5 | 3.53 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1935 | |
| 43.4 | 5 | 153 | 5 | 3.50 | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
| 43.0 | 5 | 163 | 5 | 3.79 | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 16 Nov 2009 | Test # 1933 |
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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:
South Africa vs England at Durban, England tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]
Australia vs Pakistan at Melbourne, Pakistan tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]
Australia vs West Indies at W.A.C.A, West Indies tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1941]