Best economy rates in an innings By India vs Sri Lanka in Tests
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 17.5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0.67 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| 36.0 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 0.69 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| 10.0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0.70 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 11.0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0.72 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
| 11.0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0.72 | India | v Sri Lanka | Eden Gardens | 16 Nov 2017 | Test # 2281 | |
| 24.0 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 0.83 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 1993 | Test # 1228 | |
| 21.0 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0.95 | Sri Lanka | v India | Chennai | 2 Dec 2005 | Test # 1775 | |
| 13.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Jul 2010 | Test # 1966 | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 4 Jan 1987 | Test # 1064 | |
| 29.4 | 15 | 36 | 4 | 1.21 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| 20.0 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 1.25 | India | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
| 18.0 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 1.27 | India | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 19 Nov 1997 | Test # 1385 | |
| 26.0 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 1.30 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 1993 | Test # 1228 | |
| 11.2 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1.32 | Sri Lanka | v India | Chennai | 2 Dec 2005 | Test # 1775 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1.33 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 15.0 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1.33 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 | Test # 1884 | |
| 19.0 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 1.36 | Sri Lanka | v India | Eden Gardens | 16 Nov 2017 | Test # 2281 | |
| 24.0 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 1.37 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 4 Aug 1993 | Test # 1229 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1.40 | India | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 4 Jan 1987 | Test # 1064 | |
| 34.0 | 13 | 48 | 4 | 1.41 | India | v Sri Lanka | Wankhede | 3 Dec 1997 | Test # 1390 | |
| 30.0 | 14 | 45 | 3 | 1.50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
| 14.0 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1.50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 27 Dec 1986 | Test # 1063 | |
| 12.0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1.50 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 10.0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1.50 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 9 Aug 1997 | Test # 1376 | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1.52 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| 22.0 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 1.54 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 | |
| 23.5 | 7 | 38 | 5 | 1.59 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
| 15.0 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1.60 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 20 Aug 2015 | Test # 2177 | |
| 28.0 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 1.60 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
| 23.0 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 1.60 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1935 | |
| 13.0 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1.61 | India | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 12 Aug 2017 | Test # 2269 | |
| 21.0 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 1.61 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Aug 2001 | Test # 1559 | |
| 45.3 | 11 | 74 | 3 | 1.62 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 6 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1.63 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
| 18.0 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1.66 | India | v Sri Lanka | Wankhede | 3 Dec 1997 | Test # 1390 | |
| 15.0 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1.66 | India | v Sri Lanka | Wankhede | 3 Dec 1997 | Test # 1390 | |
| 24.3 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 1.67 | Sri Lanka | v India | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 | Test # 1555 | |
| 25.0 | 9 | 42 | 5 | 1.68 | Sri Lanka | v India | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 | Test # 1555 | |
| 19.0 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 1.68 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 28 Aug 2015 | Test # 2179 | |
| 20.0 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 1.70 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| 22.0 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 1.72 | Sri Lanka | v India | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 | Test # 1555 | |
| 16.0 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 1.75 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 6 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 27.3 | 10 | 49 | 3 | 1.78 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 26.5 | 10 | 49 | 5 | 1.82 | Sri Lanka | v India | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 | Test # 1555 | |
| 13.0 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1.84 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 28 Aug 2015 | Test # 2179 | |
| 41.0 | 19 | 76 | 1 | 1.85 | India | v Sri Lanka | Wankhede | 3 Dec 1997 | Test # 1390 | |
| 37.0 | 10 | 69 | 4 | 1.86 | India | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
| 31.0 | 14 | 59 | 2 | 1.90 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 4 Aug 1993 | Test # 1229 | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1.90 | India | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 4 Mar 2022 | Test # 2452 | |
| 45.0 | 13 | 86 | 2 | 1.91 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 2 Dec 2017 | Test # 2286 | |
| 34.0 | 11 | 65 | 0 | 1.91 | Sri Lanka | v India | Mohali | 19 Nov 1997 | Test # 1385 | |
| 15.1 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 1.91 | India | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 19 Nov 1997 | Test # 1385 | |
| 27.0 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 1.92 | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1.93 | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 16 Nov 2009 | Test # 1933 | |
| 20.0 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 1.95 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| 46.0 | 17 | 90 | 3 | 1.95 | Sri Lanka | v India | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| 30.0 | 9 | 59 | 2 | 1.96 | Sri Lanka | v India | Mohali | 19 Nov 1997 | Test # 1385 | |
| 28.0 | 13 | 56 | 3 | 2.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Wankhede | 3 Dec 1997 | Test # 1390 | |
| 28.0 | 4 | 56 | 5 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 8 Aug 2008 | Test # 1886 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 9 Aug 1997 | Test # 1376 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 2.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 19 Nov 1997 | Test # 1385 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | v India | Nagpur | 26 Nov 1997 | Test # 1387 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 2.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 2.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
| 13.0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 2.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 4 Jan 1987 | Test # 1064 | |
| 13.0 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 23 Jul 2008 | Test # 1882 | |
| 33.0 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 2.03 | Sri Lanka | v India | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 | Test # 2176 | |
| 31.0 | 8 | 63 | 2 | 2.03 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 6 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 20.4 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 2.03 | Sri Lanka | v India | Kandy | 22 Aug 2001 | Test # 1557 | |
| 25.0 | 8 | 51 | 1 | 2.04 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 9 Aug 1997 | Test # 1376 | |
| 21.0 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 2.04 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 20 Aug 2015 | Test # 2177 | |
| 40.0 | 12 | 82 | 2 | 2.05 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 34.0 | 9 | 70 | 2 | 2.05 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 2.05 | Sri Lanka | v India | Wankhede | 3 Dec 1997 | Test # 1390 | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 2.05 | Sri Lanka | v India | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 | Test # 1555 | |
| 27.1 | 10 | 56 | 2 | 2.06 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 4 Aug 1993 | Test # 1229 | |
| 48.0 | 17 | 99 | 4 | 2.06 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 9 Aug 1997 | Test # 1376 | |
| 15.0 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 2.06 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 6 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 15.0 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2.06 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 3 Aug 2017 | Test # 2267 | |
| 41.0 | 10 | 85 | 6 | 2.07 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 27.0 | 6 | 56 | 3 | 2.07 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Jul 2010 | Test # 1966 | |
| 39.0 | 11 | 81 | 1 | 2.07 | Sri Lanka | v India | Nagpur | 24 Nov 2017 | Test # 2283 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 2.08 | Sri Lanka | v India | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 | Test # 1555 | |
| 33.0 | 12 | 69 | 1 | 2.09 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 | Test # 1555 | |
| 23.2 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 2.10 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 6 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 2.10 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 22 Aug 2001 | Test # 1557 | |
| 16.0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 2.12 | India | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 19 Nov 1997 | Test # 1385 | |
| 15.3 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 2.12 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 8 Aug 2008 | Test # 1886 | |
| 38.0 | 13 | 81 | 3 | 2.13 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 2 Dec 2017 | Test # 2286 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 2.13 | India | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 12 Aug 2017 | Test # 2269 | |
| 14.0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 2.14 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Feb 1999 | Test # 1445 | |
| 27.3 | 9 | 59 | 7 | 2.14 | India | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
| 32.0 | 10 | 69 | 0 | 2.15 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 6 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 16.4 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 2.16 | India | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
| 36.3 | 7 | 79 | 3 | 2.16 | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
| 24.0 | 7 | 52 | 5 | 2.16 | Sri Lanka | v India | Kandy | 14 Sep 1985 | Test # 1025 | |
| 23.0 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 2.17 | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
| 17.0 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 2.17 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 | Test # 1061 | |
| 25.0 | 5 | 55 | 1 | 2.20 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 4 Aug 1993 | Test # 1229 | |
| 27.0 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 2.22 | Sri Lanka | v India | Galle | 18 Jul 2010 | Test # 1964 |
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