Bowling Averages for India vs Sri Lanka in Tests IN India
Bowling averages
Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 | Ct | St |
| AB Agarkar | 2005-2005 | 3 | 5 | 354 | 16 | 150 | 3 | 2/45 | 50.00 | 2.54 | 118 | - | - | 1 | - |
| MA Agarwal | 2022-2022 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| M Amarnath | 1986-1987 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| SD Anurasiri | 1987-1994 | 4 | 4 | 942 | 21 | 451 | 9 | 4/71 | 50.11 | 2.87 | 104.6 | - | - | - | - |
| B Arun | 1986-1987 | 2 | 3 | 252 | 12 | 116 | 4 | 3/76 | 29.00 | 2.76 | 63 | - | - | 2 | - |
| J Arun Lal | 1982-1982 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| KIC Asalanka | 2022-2022 | 2 | 1 | 19 | - | 14 | - | - | - | 4.42 | - | - | - | - | - |
| R Ashwin | 2017-2022 | 5 | 9 | 1158 | 40 | 540 | 24 | 4/47 | 22.50 | 2.79 | 48.2 | - | - | 3 | - |
| MS Atapattu | 1990-2005 | 8 | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4.00 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| M Azharuddin | 1986-1997 | 8 | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4.00 | - | - | - | 15 | - |
| HMCM Bandara | 2005-2005 | 3 | 5 | 552 | 14 | 296 | 9 | 3/84 | 32.88 | 3.21 | 61.3 | - | - | 1 | - |
| JJ Bumrah | 2022-2022 | 2 | 4 | 222 | 12 | 90 | 10 | 5/24 | 9.00 | 2.43 | 22.2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| LD Chandimal | 2017-2017 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RK Chauhan | 1994-1997 | 6 | 9 | 1122 | 69 | 345 | 18 | 4/48 | 19.16 | 1.84 | 62.3 | - | - | 7 | - |
| PB Dassanayake | 1994-1994 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| RG de Alwis | 1986-1987 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| ALF de Mel | 1982-1986 | 2 | 3 | 444 | 6 | 320 | 8 | 5/68 | 40.00 | 4.32 | 55.5 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| DM de Silva | 2017-2022 | 3 | 5 | 332 | 2 | 237 | 5 | 2/32 | 47.40 | 4.28 | 66.4 | - | - | 3 | - |
| DS de Silva | 1982-1982 | 1 | 2 | 342 | 5 | 191 | 3 | 2/162 | 63.66 | 3.35 | 114 | - | - | 1 | - |
| EAR de Silva | 1986-1987 | 3 | 3 | 708 | 18 | 338 | 1 | 1/91 | 338.00 | 2.86 | 708 | - | - | 2 | - |
| GRA de Silva | 1982-1982 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 2 | 78 | - | - | - | 4.33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| KSC de Silva | 1997-1997 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 5 | 81 | 1 | 1/81 | 81.00 | 2.89 | 168 | - | - | - | - |
| PA de Silva | 1986-1997 | 10 | 1 | 138 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 3/50 | 16.66 | 2.17 | 46 | - | - | 6 | - |
| SKL de Silva | 1997-1997 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| HDPK Dharmasena | 1997-1997 | 2 | 3 | 568 | 23 | 266 | 8 | 5/57 | 33.25 | 2.80 | 71 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| S Dhawan | 2017-2017 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| MS Dhoni | 2005-2009 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 1 |
| RL Dias | 1982-1987 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| N Dickwella | 2017-2022 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 |
| TM Dilshan | 2005-2009 | 6 | 8 | 168 | 2 | 104 | 1 | 1/36 | 104.00 | 3.71 | 168 | - | - | 5 | - |
| DR Doshi | 1982-1982 | 1 | 2 | 408 | 12 | 232 | 8 | 5/85 | 29.00 | 3.41 | 51 | 1 | - | - | - |
| R Dravid | 1997-2009 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| L Embuldeniya | 2022-2022 | 2 | 3 | 545 | 6 | 369 | 8 | 3/87 | 46.12 | 4.06 | 68.1 | - | - | - | - |
| CRD Fernando | 2005-2005 | 2 | 3 | 336 | 14 | 176 | 2 | 1/58 | 88.00 | 3.14 | 168 | - | - | - | - |
| MVT Fernando | 2022-2022 | 2 | 3 | 234 | 3 | 201 | 3 | 2/135 | 67.00 | 5.15 | 78 | - | - | - | - |
| PLS Gamage | 2017-2017 | 3 | 5 | 680 | 23 | 396 | 7 | 2/59 | 56.57 | 3.49 | 97.1 | - | - | - | - |
| G Gambhir | 2005-2009 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| SC Ganguly | 1997-2005 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 4 | 35 | - | - | - | 3.88 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| SM Gavaskar | 1982-1987 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| HM Goonatilleke | 1982-1982 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| DA Gunawardene | 2005-2005 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| AP Gurusinha | 1986-1990 | 4 | 2 | 53 | - | 67 | 2 | 2/25 | 33.50 | 7.58 | 26.5 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Harbhajan Singh | 2005-2009 | 6 | 10 | 1569 | 36 | 845 | 27 | 7/62 | 31.29 | 3.23 | 58.1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| HMRKB Herath | 2009-2017 | 5 | 7 | 1173 | 24 | 652 | 12 | 5/121 | 54.33 | 3.33 | 97.7 | 1 | - | - | - |
| ND Hirwani | 1990-1990 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 1/34 | 34.00 | 1.70 | 120 | - | - | - | - |
| SS Iyer | 2022-2022 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| RA Jadeja | 2017-2022 | 5 | 10 | 996 | 47 | 409 | 20 | 5/41 | 20.45 | 2.46 | 49.8 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| ST Jayasuriya | 1994-1997 | 4 | 5 | 486 | 18 | 210 | 6 | 2/32 | 35.00 | 2.59 | 81 | - | - | - | - |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 2005-2009 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| HAPW Jayawardene | 2009-2009 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| P Jayawickrama | 2022-2022 | 1 | 2 | 217 | 5 | 159 | 7 | 4/78 | 22.71 | 4.39 | 31 | - | - | 1 | - |
| BR Jurangpathy | 1986-1986 | 1 | 1 | 126 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 1/69 | 69.00 | 3.28 | 126 | - | - | 2 | - |
| M Kaif | 2005-2005 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| RS Kalpage | 1994-1994 | 3 | 3 | 288 | 5 | 122 | - | - | - | 2.54 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| VG Kambli | 1994-1994 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| N Kapil Dev | 1982-1994 | 8 | 15 | 1378 | 59 | 664 | 29 | 5/110 | 22.89 | 2.89 | 47.5 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| FDM Karunaratne | 2017-2022 | 5 | 2 | 24 | - | 25 | - | - | - | 6.25 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Z Khan | 2009-2009 | 3 | 5 | 624 | 18 | 365 | 10 | 5/72 | 36.50 | 3.50 | 62.4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| SMH Kirmani | 1982-1982 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| V Kohli | 2017-2022 | 5 | 2 | 13 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 2.76 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 2009-2009 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 1 | 105 | 1 | 1/105 | 105.00 | 5.25 | 120 | - | - | 2 | - |
| NM Kulkarni | 1997-1997 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B Kumar | 2017-2017 | 1 | 2 | 228 | 13 | 96 | 8 | 4/8 | 12.00 | 2.52 | 28.5 | - | - | - | - |
| CBRLS Kumara | 2022-2022 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 1/52 | 52.00 | 4.80 | 65 | - | - | - | - |
| A Kumble | 1994-2005 | 9 | 15 | 2382 | 110 | 970 | 44 | 7/59 | 22.04 | 2.44 | 54.1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | - |
| A Kuruvilla | 1997-1997 | 3 | 4 | 385 | 15 | 180 | 8 | 4/88 | 22.50 | 2.80 | 48.1 | - | - | - | - |
| GF Labrooy | 1986-1990 | 2 | 2 | 282 | 5 | 223 | 1 | 1/164 | 223.00 | 4.74 | 282 | - | - | 1 | - |
| RAS Lakmal | 2017-2022 | 5 | 8 | 906 | 29 | 506 | 11 | 4/26 | 46.00 | 3.35 | 82.3 | - | - | 3 | - |
| R Lamba | 1986-1987 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| VVS Laxman | 2005-2009 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| DK Liyanage | 1994-1994 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 1/55 | 55.00 | 3.23 | 102 | - | - | - | - |
| S Madan Lal | 1982-1982 | 1 | 2 | 138 | 2 | 115 | 2 | 2/72 | 57.50 | 5.00 | 69 | - | - | 1 | - |
| RS Madugalle | 1982-1982 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MAWR Madurasinghe | 1990-1990 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 6 | 60 | 3 | 3/60 | 20.00 | 2.30 | 52 | - | - | - | - |
| RS Mahanama | 1990-1997 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| MF Maharoof | 2005-2005 | 1 | 2 | 198 | 11 | 77 | 3 | 2/52 | 25.66 | 2.33 | 66 | - | - | 1 | - |
| SL Malinga | 2005-2005 | 1 | 2 | 264 | 6 | 176 | 4 | 3/113 | 44.00 | 4.00 | 66 | - | - | - | - |
| Maninder Singh | 1986-1987 | 3 | 5 | 623 | 33 | 279 | 18 | 7/51 | 15.50 | 2.68 | 34.6 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| SV Manjrekar | 1990-1994 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| AD Mathews | 2009-2022 | 8 | 4 | 300 | 9 | 164 | 1 | 1/29 | 164.00 | 3.28 | 300 | - | - | 5 | - |
| BAW Mendis | 2009-2009 | 1 | 1 | 228 | 3 | 162 | 2 | 2/162 | 81.00 | 4.26 | 114 | - | - | - | - |
| BKG Mendis | 2022-2022 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LRD Mendis | 1982-1987 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A Mishra | 2009-2009 | 1 | 1 | 348 | 6 | 203 | 1 | 1/203 | 203.00 | 3.50 | 348 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Mohammed Shami | 2017-2022 | 4 | 8 | 654 | 28 | 388 | 14 | 4/100 | 27.71 | 3.55 | 46.7 | - | - | 3 | - |
| DS Mohanty | 1997-1997 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 5 | 89 | - | - | - | 2.54 | - | - | - | - | - |
| NR Mongia | 1994-1997 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 |
| KS More | 1986-1990 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| J Mubarak | 2005-2005 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2.00 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| M Muralidaran | 1994-2009 | 11 | 14 | 3449 | 102 | 1818 | 40 | 7/100 | 45.45 | 3.16 | 86.2 | 2 | - | 5 | - |
| P Nissanka | 2022-2022 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PP Ojha | 2009-2009 | 2 | 4 | 511 | 21 | 258 | 9 | 3/101 | 28.66 | 3.02 | 56.7 | - | - | 3 | - |
| RR Pant | 2022-2022 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 |
| NT Paranavitana | 2009-2009 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 7.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| AR Patel | 2022-2022 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 2/37 | 19.33 | 3.62 | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| IK Pathan | 2005-2005 | 3 | 5 | 372 | 12 | 182 | 7 | 3/34 | 26.00 | 2.93 | 53.1 | - | - | - | - |
| SM Patil | 1982-1982 | 1 | 1 | 12 | - | 13 | - | - | - | 6.50 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| MDK Perera | 2017-2017 | 3 | 5 | 643 | 5 | 469 | 8 | 3/202 | 58.62 | 4.37 | 80.3 | - | - | 4 | - |
| M Prabhakar | 1990-1994 | 4 | 8 | 538 | 20 | 269 | 12 | 4/82 | 22.41 | 3.00 | 44.8 | - | - | 5 | - |
| BKV Prasad | 1997-1997 | 1 | 2 | 156 | 9 | 53 | 1 | 1/30 | 53.00 | 2.03 | 156 | - | - | 1 | - |
| KTGD Prasad | 2009-2009 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 1 | 162 | 2 | 2/106 | 81.00 | 4.62 | 105 | - | - | 1 | - |
| CA Pujara | 2017-2017 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| KR Pushpakumara | 1997-1997 | 2 | 3 | 390 | 8 | 258 | 8 | 5/122 | 32.25 | 3.96 | 48.7 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| AM Rahane | 2017-2017 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| KL Rahul | 2017-2017 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| SLV Raju | 1990-1994 | 4 | 8 | 961 | 71 | 265 | 24 | 6/12 | 11.04 | 1.65 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| AN Ranasinghe | 1982-1982 | 1 | 1 | 42 | - | 29 | - | - | - | 4.14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| A Ranatunga | 1982-1997 | 11 | 11 | 402 | 22 | 186 | 1 | 1/35 | 186.00 | 2.77 | 402 | - | - | 4 | - |
| RJ Ratnayake | 1986-1990 | 3 | 3 | 521 | 12 | 297 | 6 | 3/60 | 49.50 | 3.42 | 86.8 | - | - | - | - |
| JR Ratnayeke | 1982-1987 | 4 | 5 | 700 | 10 | 417 | 10 | 5/85 | 41.70 | 3.57 | 70 | 1 | - | - | - |
| WP Saha | 2017-2017 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| MAR Samarasekera | 1990-1990 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DP Samaraweera | 1994-1994 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| TT Samaraweera | 2005-2009 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| S Samarawickrama | 2017-2017 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| PADLR Sandakan | 2017-2017 | 1 | 2 | 263 | 1 | 217 | 5 | 4/167 | 43.40 | 4.95 | 52.6 | - | - | 1 | - |
| KC Sangakkara | 2005-2009 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| V Sehwag | 2005-2009 | 5 | 4 | 114 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 1/4 | 65.00 | 3.42 | 114 | - | - | 4 | - |
| MD Shanaka | 2017-2017 | 2 | 3 | 361 | 9 | 215 | 6 | 3/76 | 35.83 | 3.57 | 60.1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| C Sharma | 1986-1986 | 2 | 3 | 246 | 4 | 162 | 3 | 2/122 | 54.00 | 3.95 | 82 | - | - | - | - |
| G Sharma | 1990-1990 | 1 | 2 | 222 | 12 | 65 | 1 | 1/26 | 65.00 | 1.75 | 222 | - | - | 1 | - |
| I Sharma | 2009-2017 | 3 | 5 | 609 | 16 | 345 | 10 | 3/37 | 34.50 | 3.39 | 60.9 | - | - | 1 | - |
| RG Sharma | 2017-2022 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| RJ Shastri | 1986-1990 | 4 | 5 | 264 | 12 | 114 | 5 | 4/11 | 22.80 | 2.59 | 52.8 | - | - | 4 | - |
| RC Shukla | 1982-1982 | 1 | 2 | 294 | 9 | 152 | 2 | 2/82 | 76.00 | 3.10 | 147 | - | - | - | - |
| NS Sidhu | 1994-1997 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| ARS Silva | 2017-2017 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| KJ Silva | 1997-1997 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 6 | 81 | - | - | - | 2.89 | - | - | - | - | - |
| S Sreesanth | 2009-2009 | 2 | 4 | 372 | 13 | 240 | 8 | 5/75 | 30.00 | 3.87 | 46.5 | 1 | - | - | - |
| K Srikkanth | 1986-1987 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4.00 | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| J Srinath | 1997-1997 | 3 | 4 | 556 | 16 | 299 | 9 | 4/92 | 33.22 | 3.22 | 61.7 | - | - | 1 | - |
| SR Tendulkar | 1990-2009 | 13 | 6 | 120 | 3 | 52 | - | - | - | 2.60 | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| WU Tharanga | 2005-2005 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| HDRL Thirimanne | 2017-2022 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| HP Tillakaratne | 1990-1997 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| WPUJC Vaas | 1997-2005 | 5 | 7 | 977 | 42 | 454 | 11 | 4/20 | 41.27 | 2.78 | 88.8 | - | - | 2 | - |
| DB Vengsarkar | 1982-1990 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| GH Vihari | 2022-2022 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| M Vijay | 2009-2017 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3.00 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| GR Viswanath | 1982-1982 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| B Warnapura | 1982-1982 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 27 | - | - | - | 3.00 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| KPJ Warnaweera | 1990-1990 | 1 | 1 | 276 | 17 | 90 | 3 | 3/90 | 30.00 | 1.95 | 92 | - | - | - | - |
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 2009-2009 | 3 | 4 | 594 | 12 | 397 | 6 | 4/87 | 66.16 | 4.01 | 99 | - | - | - | - |
| S Wettimuny | 1986-1987 | 3 | 1 | 12 | - | 16 | - | - | - | 8.00 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| GP Wickramasinghe | 1994-1997 | 4 | 5 | 673 | 22 | 386 | 7 | 2/76 | 55.14 | 3.44 | 96.1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| J Yadav | 2022-2022 | 1 | 2 | 102 | 5 | 36 | - | - | - | 2.11 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| NS Yadav | 1986-1987 | 2 | 4 | 367 | 19 | 150 | 11 | 5/76 | 13.63 | 2.45 | 33.3 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| UT Yadav | 2017-2017 | 2 | 4 | 300 | 7 | 177 | 5 | 2/30 | 35.40 | 3.54 | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Yashpal Sharma | 1982-1982 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2005-2009 | 5 | 4 | 138 | 1 | 90 | 1 | 1/7 | 90.00 | 3.91 | 138 | - | - | 1 | - |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]
South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]
India vs West Indies at Delhi, West Indies in India 2nd Test, Oct 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2601]