Bowling Averages for India vs Sri Lanka in Tests IN Sri Lanka
Bowling averages
Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 | Ct | St |
| VR Aaron | 2015-2015 | 1 | 2 | 108 | - | 107 | 2 | 1/39 | 53.50 | 5.94 | 54 | - | - | - | - |
| FS Ahangama | 1985-1985 | 3 | 6 | 801 | 32 | 348 | 18 | 5/52 | 19.33 | 2.60 | 44.5 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| M Amarnath | 1985-1985 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1/31 | 31.00 | 2.06 | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| PK Amre | 1993-1993 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| RP Arnold | 1999-2001 | 4 | 3 | 303 | 6 | 155 | 3 | 2/94 | 51.66 | 3.06 | 101 | - | - | 5 | - |
| R Ashwin | 2015-2017 | 6 | 12 | 1564 | 47 | 820 | 38 | 6/46 | 21.57 | 3.14 | 41.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| MS Atapattu | 1997-2001 | 6 | 1 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3.00 | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| M Azharuddin | 1985-1999 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| HK Badani | 2001-2001 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 17 | - | - | - | 2.12 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| SV Bahutule | 2001-2001 | 1 | 1 | 186 | 5 | 101 | 1 | 1/101 | 101.00 | 3.25 | 186 | - | - | - | - |
| RMH Binny | 1985-1985 | 1 | 1 | 72 | - | 49 | 2 | 2/49 | 24.50 | 4.08 | 36 | - | - | 1 | - |
| STR Binny | 2015-2015 | 2 | 3 | 240 | 10 | 117 | 3 | 2/24 | 39.00 | 2.92 | 80 | - | - | 2 | - |
| PVD Chameera | 2015-2015 | 1 | 2 | 204 | 2 | 135 | 2 | 2/72 | 67.50 | 3.97 | 102 | - | - | 1 | - |
| LD Chandimal | 2015-2017 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| RK Chauhan | 1993-1997 | 4 | 5 | 1026 | 39 | 473 | 5 | 3/59 | 94.60 | 2.76 | 205.2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| SS Das | 2001-2001 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| ALF de Mel | 1985-1985 | 3 | 6 | 903 | 30 | 438 | 12 | 5/64 | 36.50 | 2.91 | 75.2 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| DM de Silva | 2017-2017 | 1 | 1 | 72 | - | 59 | - | - | - | 4.91 | - | - | - | - | - |
| AM de Silva | 1993-1993 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| EAR de Silva | 1985-1985 | 1 | 2 | 162 | 11 | 38 | - | - | - | 1.40 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| KSC de Silva | 1997-1997 | 1 | 2 | 283 | 10 | 133 | 4 | 3/101 | 33.25 | 2.81 | 70.7 | - | - | 1 | - |
| PA de Silva | 1985-1999 | 9 | 3 | 182 | 4 | 83 | 2 | 2/59 | 41.50 | 2.73 | 91 | - | - | 3 | - |
| S Dhawan | 2015-2017 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| MS Dhoni | 2010-2010 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| RL Dias | 1985-1985 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N Dickwella | 2017-2017 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| SS Dighe | 2001-2001 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| TM Dilshan | 2008-2010 | 6 | 5 | 258 | 7 | 119 | 3 | 3/56 | 39.66 | 2.76 | 86 | - | - | 6 | - |
| R Dravid | 1997-2010 | 12 | 2 | 18 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 2.00 | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| N Pradeep | 2015-2017 | 4 | 7 | 790 | 19 | 478 | 14 | 6/132 | 34.14 | 3.63 | 56.4 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| CRD Fernando | 2001-2010 | 4 | 7 | 794 | 25 | 420 | 10 | 5/42 | 42.00 | 3.17 | 79.4 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| MVT Fernando | 2017-2017 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 3 | 87 | 2 | 2/87 | 43.50 | 3.34 | 78 | - | - | - | - |
| G Gambhir | 2008-2010 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| SC Ganguly | 1997-2008 | 9 | 10 | 406 | 14 | 267 | 5 | 2/53 | 53.40 | 3.94 | 81.2 | - | - | 3 | - |
| SM Gavaskar | 1985-1985 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| DAS Gunaratne | 2017-2017 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MD Gunathilaka | 2017-2017 | 1 | 2 | 72 | - | 57 | 1 | 1/16 | 57.00 | 4.75 | 72 | - | - | 1 | - |
| AP Gurusinha | 1993-1993 | 3 | 3 | 204 | 3 | 100 | 2 | 2/49 | 50.00 | 2.94 | 102 | - | - | - | - |
| Harbhajan Singh | 1999-2015 | 10 | 16 | 2417 | 60 | 1263 | 26 | 6/102 | 48.57 | 3.13 | 92.9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Harvinder Singh | 2001-2001 | 1 | 2 | 135 | 2 | 87 | 2 | 2/62 | 43.50 | 3.86 | 67.5 | - | - | - | - |
| UC Hathurusingha | 1993-1999 | 4 | 4 | 402 | 12 | 187 | 4 | 1/35 | 46.75 | 2.79 | 100.5 | - | - | 1 | - |
| HMRKB Herath | 2010-2017 | 6 | 11 | 1759 | 37 | 934 | 21 | 7/48 | 44.47 | 3.18 | 83.7 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| A Jadeja | 1997-1997 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RA Jadeja | 2017-2017 | 2 | 4 | 650 | 18 | 374 | 13 | 5/152 | 28.76 | 3.45 | 50 | 1 | - | - | - |
| ST Jayasuriya | 1993-2001 | 6 | 7 | 462 | 28 | 170 | 5 | 3/45 | 34.00 | 2.20 | 92.4 | - | - | 7 | - |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 1997-2010 | 12 | 5 | 216 | 6 | 100 | 1 | 1/35 | 100.00 | 2.77 | 216 | - | - | 20 | - |
| HAPW Jayawardene | 2008-2010 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 7 |
| BR Jurangpathy | 1985-1985 | 1 | 1 | 24 | - | 24 | - | - | - | 6.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| M Kaif | 2001-2001 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| RS Kalpage | 1993-1993 | 1 | 2 | 276 | 4 | 131 | 3 | 2/97 | 43.66 | 2.84 | 92 | - | - | 1 | - |
| S Randiv | 2010-2010 | 2 | 3 | 763 | 25 | 384 | 11 | 5/82 | 34.90 | 3.01 | 69.3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| RS Kaluwitharana | 1993-1999 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 |
| VG Kambli | 1993-1993 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| N Kapil Dev | 1985-1993 | 6 | 11 | 1337 | 69 | 531 | 16 | 3/74 | 33.18 | 2.38 | 83.5 | - | - | 2 | - |
| KD Karthik | 2008-2008 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| FDM Karunaratne | 2015-2017 | 6 | 2 | 90 | - | 61 | 1 | 1/31 | 61.00 | 4.06 | 90 | - | - | 6 | - |
| PHT Kaushal | 2015-2015 | 3 | 6 | 813 | 10 | 496 | 13 | 5/134 | 38.15 | 3.66 | 62.5 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Z Khan | 2001-2008 | 6 | 10 | 1145 | 26 | 719 | 18 | 4/76 | 39.94 | 3.76 | 63.6 | - | - | - | - |
| V Kohli | 2015-2017 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 2008-2008 | 2 | 4 | 198 | 6 | 138 | 1 | 1/42 | 138.00 | 4.18 | 198 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 2017-2017 | 1 | 2 | 180 | 6 | 96 | 5 | 4/40 | 19.20 | 3.20 | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| NM Kulkarni | 1997-1997 | 1 | 1 | 420 | 12 | 195 | 1 | 1/195 | 195.00 | 2.78 | 420 | - | - | 1 | - |
| CBRLS Kumara | 2017-2017 | 2 | 3 | 361 | 5 | 294 | 4 | 3/131 | 73.50 | 4.88 | 90.2 | - | - | - | - |
| A Kumble | 1993-2008 | 9 | 13 | 2791 | 83 | 1339 | 30 | 5/87 | 44.63 | 2.87 | 93 | 1 | - | 6 | - |
| A Kuruvilla | 1997-1997 | 2 | 3 | 348 | 10 | 232 | 4 | 2/68 | 58.00 | 4.00 | 87 | - | - | - | - |
| VVS Laxman | 1999-2010 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| DK Liyanage | 1993-2001 | 3 | 4 | 258 | 7 | 139 | - | - | - | 3.23 | - | - | - | - | - |
| RS Madugalle | 1985-1985 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | 10 | - | - | - | 10.00 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| RS Mahanama | 1993-1997 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| SL Malinga | 2010-2010 | 2 | 4 | 432 | 6 | 273 | 10 | 5/50 | 27.30 | 3.79 | 43.2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Maninder Singh | 1985-1985 | 2 | 3 | 519 | 27 | 212 | 6 | 4/31 | 35.33 | 2.45 | 86.5 | - | - | 2 | - |
| AD Mathews | 2010-2017 | 9 | 11 | 408 | 22 | 149 | 5 | 2/24 | 29.80 | 2.19 | 81.6 | - | - | 7 | - |
| BAW Mendis | 2008-2010 | 5 | 9 | 1621 | 38 | 824 | 32 | 6/117 | 25.75 | 3.04 | 50.6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| BKG Mendis | 2017-2017 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| LRD Mendis | 1985-1985 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| A Mishra | 2010-2015 | 4 | 8 | 830 | 15 | 412 | 19 | 4/43 | 21.68 | 2.97 | 43.6 | - | - | 2 | - |
| A Mithun | 2010-2010 | 3 | 6 | 552 | 12 | 372 | 6 | 4/105 | 62.00 | 4.04 | 92 | - | - | - | - |
| Mohammed Shami | 2017-2017 | 3 | 6 | 365 | 13 | 177 | 10 | 3/32 | 17.70 | 2.90 | 36.5 | - | - | 1 | - |
| DS Mohanty | 1997-1997 | 1 | 2 | 220 | 5 | 150 | 4 | 4/78 | 37.50 | 4.09 | 55 | - | - | - | - |
| NR Mongia | 1997-1999 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 |
| KS More | 1993-1993 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| J Mubarak | 2015-2015 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| A Mukund | 2017-2017 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| M Muralidaran | 1993-2010 | 11 | 18 | 3571 | 120 | 1607 | 65 | 8/87 | 24.72 | 2.70 | 54.9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | - |
| A Nehra | 1999-1999 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 5 | 94 | 1 | 1/94 | 94.00 | 3.35 | 168 | - | - | - | - |
| NV Ojha | 2015-2015 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| PP Ojha | 2010-2010 | 3 | 6 | 984 | 31 | 515 | 8 | 4/115 | 64.37 | 3.14 | 123 | - | - | - | - |
| HH Pandya | 2017-2017 | 3 | 5 | 192 | 3 | 95 | 4 | 2/31 | 23.75 | 2.96 | 48 | - | - | 4 | - |
| NT Paranavitana | 2010-2010 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| PA Patel | 2008-2008 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| ASA Perera | 2001-2001 | 2 | 3 | 102 | - | 54 | - | - | - | 3.17 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| MDK Perera | 2017-2017 | 3 | 4 | 558 | 5 | 380 | 2 | 1/67 | 190.00 | 4.08 | 279 | - | - | 3 | - |
| MDKJ Perera | 2015-2015 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| PDRL Perera | 1999-2001 | 3 | 6 | 480 | 15 | 280 | 5 | 2/21 | 56.00 | 3.50 | 96 | - | - | - | - |
| M Prabhakar | 1993-1993 | 3 | 5 | 551 | 31 | 223 | 12 | 3/43 | 18.58 | 2.42 | 45.9 | - | - | - | - |
| BKV Prasad | 1997-2001 | 6 | 8 | 1164 | 36 | 666 | 14 | 5/72 | 47.57 | 3.43 | 83.1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| KTGD Prasad | 2008-2015 | 5 | 9 | 960 | 22 | 597 | 20 | 4/43 | 29.85 | 3.73 | 48 | - | - | 1 | - |
| CA Pujara | 2015-2017 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| KR Pushpakumara | 1997-1997 | 2 | 3 | 315 | 6 | 226 | 3 | 2/97 | 75.33 | 4.30 | 105 | - | - | - | - |
| PM Pushpakumara | 2017-2017 | 2 | 2 | 368 | 4 | 238 | 5 | 3/82 | 47.60 | 3.88 | 73.6 | - | - | - | - |
| AM Rahane | 2015-2017 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - |
| KL Rahul | 2015-2017 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| SK Raina | 2010-2010 | 2 | 1 | 30 | - | 21 | - | - | - | 4.20 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| LS Rajput | 1985-1985 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| SLV Raju | 1993-1993 | 1 | 2 | 312 | 10 | 121 | 2 | 1/55 | 60.50 | 2.32 | 156 | - | - | 1 | - |
| CPH Ramanayake | 1993-1993 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S Ramesh | 1999-2001 | 4 | 1 | 30 | - | 24 | - | - | - | 4.80 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| A Ranatunga | 1985-1999 | 9 | 8 | 330 | 23 | 109 | 2 | 1/8 | 54.50 | 1.98 | 165 | - | - | 4 | - |
| RJ Ratnayake | 1985-1985 | 3 | 6 | 977 | 35 | 459 | 20 | 6/85 | 22.95 | 2.81 | 48.8 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| WP Saha | 2015-2017 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 3 |
| TT Samaraweera | 2001-2010 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1/10 | 22.00 | 2.20 | 60 | - | - | 3 | - |
| PADLR Sandakan | 2017-2017 | 1 | 1 | 213 | 4 | 132 | 5 | 5/132 | 26.40 | 3.71 | 42.6 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| KC Sangakkara | 2001-2015 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 1 |
| V Sehwag | 2008-2010 | 6 | 8 | 408 | 1 | 224 | 7 | 3/51 | 32.00 | 3.29 | 58.2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| C Sharma | 1985-1985 | 3 | 6 | 654 | 12 | 383 | 14 | 5/118 | 27.35 | 3.51 | 46.7 | 1 | - | - | - |
| G Sharma | 1985-1985 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 6 | 35 | - | - | - | 2.33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| I Sharma | 2008-2015 | 9 | 16 | 1563 | 50 | 947 | 26 | 5/54 | 36.42 | 3.63 | 60.1 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| RG Sharma | 2015-2015 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| RJ Shastri | 1985-1985 | 3 | 5 | 735 | 31 | 270 | 6 | 3/74 | 45.00 | 2.20 | 122.5 | - | - | 1 | - |
| NS Sidhu | 1993-1997 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JK Silva | 2015-2015 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| KJ Silva | 1997-1997 | 1 | 1 | 234 | 3 | 122 | - | - | - | 3.12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| SAR Silva | 1985-1985 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 1 |
| L Sivaramakrishnan | 1985-1985 | 1 | 2 | 228 | 5 | 117 | - | - | - | 3.07 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| K Srikkanth | 1985-1985 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| J Srinath | 1993-2001 | 3 | 5 | 353 | 14 | 192 | 8 | 5/114 | 24.00 | 3.26 | 44.1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| SR Tendulkar | 1993-2010 | 12 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 22 | - | - | - | 2.20 | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| WU Tharanga | 2015-2017 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| HDRL Thirimanne | 2015-2015 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| HP Tillakaratne | 1993-2001 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| KEA Upashantha | 1999-1999 | 1 | 2 | 258 | 5 | 135 | 3 | 2/41 | 45.00 | 3.13 | 86 | - | - | - | - |
| WPUJC Vaas | 1997-2008 | 9 | 17 | 1834 | 67 | 889 | 19 | 4/65 | 46.78 | 2.90 | 96.5 | - | - | 4 | - |
| MG Vandort | 2008-2008 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| DB Vengsarkar | 1985-1985 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| M Vijay | 2010-2015 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| S Viswanath | 1985-1985 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| SM Warnapura | 2008-2008 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| KPJ Warnaweera | 1993-1993 | 3 | 3 | 379 | 4 | 248 | 6 | 3/76 | 41.33 | 3.92 | 63.1 | - | - | - | - |
| CDUS Weerasinghe | 1985-1985 | 1 | 2 | 114 | 8 | 36 | - | - | - | 1.89 | - | - | - | - | - |
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 2010-2010 | 2 | 4 | 267 | 5 | 234 | 2 | 1/43 | 117.00 | 5.25 | 133.5 | - | - | 1 | - |
| S Wettimuny | 1985-1985 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| GP Wickramasinghe | 1993-1993 | 2 | 3 | 522 | 18 | 236 | 6 | 3/83 | 39.33 | 2.71 | 87 | - | - | 1 | - |
| UT Yadav | 2015-2017 | 5 | 10 | 667 | 20 | 429 | 11 | 2/21 | 39.00 | 3.85 | 60.6 | - | - | - | - |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2010-2010 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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]