Bowling Best Figures Match - Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in a match for India vs Sri Lanka in Tests - Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	42.0	7	110	11	2.61	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
M Muralidaran	81.0	26	196	11	2.41	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
BAW Mendis	55.2	5	209	10	3.77	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
RJ Ratnayake	48.3	11	125	9	2.57	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
S Randiv	54.1	9	162	9	2.99	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	3 Aug 2010	Test # 1968
M Muralidaran	51.2	18	90	8	1.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
FS Ahangama	51.0	13	124	8	2.43	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
BAW Mendis	45.5	8	132	8	2.88	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
BAW Mendis	62.0	11	137	8	2.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	8 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
RJ Ratnayake	65.2	17	149	8	2.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
KTGD Prasad	45.0	7	169	8	3.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
PHT Kaushal	50.3	3	181	8	3.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
M Muralidaran	61.4	8	191	8	3.09	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
HDPK Dharmasena	60.4	12	201	8	3.31	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
M Muralidaran	76.4	13	218	8	2.84	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
SL Malinga	30.0	2	105	7	3.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
HMRKB Herath	54.0	10	115	7	2.12	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
RAS Lakmal	43.4	16	119	7	2.72	Sri Lanka	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
P Jayawickrama	36.1	5	159	7	4.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
M Muralidaran	83.0	22	195	7	2.34	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
ALF de Mel	43.0	2	201	7	4.67	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
CRD Fernando	42.0	13	77	6	1.83	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
KTGD Prasad	39.0	7	127	6	3.25	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
L Embuldeniya	44.5	3	181	6	4.03	Sri Lanka	v India	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
N Pradeep	43.0	4	195	6	4.53	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
M Muralidaran	57.0	9	218	6	3.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	3.09	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
FS Ahangama	50.3	13	109	5	2.15	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
MD Shanaka	34.0	5	112	5	3.29	Sri Lanka	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
N Pradeep	39.0	8	114	5	2.92	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
FS Ahangama	32.0	6	115	5	3.59	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
HMRKB Herath	33.0	2	121	5	3.66	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
KR Pushpakumara	32.0	3	122	5	3.81	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
ALF de Mel	53.0	12	127	5	2.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
PADLR Sandakan	35.3	4	132	5	3.71	Sri Lanka	v India	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017	Test # 2269
KTGD Prasad	28.0	-	142	5	5.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	8 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
ALF de Mel	58.0	11	148	5	2.55	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
HMCM Bandara	43.4	5	153	5	3.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
M Muralidaran	60.5	7	157	5	2.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	8 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
M Muralidaran	41.5	3	162	5	3.87	Sri Lanka	v India	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994	Test # 1244
UWMBCA Welegedara	43.0	5	163	5	3.79	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
M Muralidaran	58.0	4	200	5	3.44	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
PADLR Sandakan	43.5	1	217	5	4.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2286
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	2 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	2.73	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
WPUJC Vaas	32.0	6	106	4	3.31	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
WPUJC Vaas	41.4	12	107	4	2.56	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
WPUJC Vaas	51.0	16	122	4	2.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
JR Ratnayeke	37.1	2	132	4	3.55	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
KSC de Silva	47.1	10	133	4	2.81	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
M Muralidaran	47.1	12	136	4	2.88	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 1993	Test # 1229
HMRKB Herath	42.0	7	154	4	3.66	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	3 Aug 2017	Test # 2267
M Muralidaran	45.1	7	158	4	3.49	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
KPJ Warnaweera	40.1	2	162	4	4.03	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
BAW Mendis	63.0	10	172	4	2.73	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
HMRKB Herath	49.1	3	173	4	3.51	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
SL Malinga	44.0	6	176	4	4.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
HMRKB Herath	54.0	7	177	4	3.27	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
M Muralidaran	65.0	11	179	4	2.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Bengaluru	26 Jan 1994	Test # 1245
CBRLS Kumara	37.1	4	190	4	5.11	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
M Muralidaran	51.0	4	195	4	3.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
PHT Kaushal	61.0	3	229	4	3.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
ST Jayasuriya	18.0	3	45	3	2.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
PA de Silva	23.0	5	50	3	2.17	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
TM Dilshan	27.0	6	56	3	2.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
MAWR Madurasinghe	26.0	6	60	3	2.30	Sri Lanka	v India	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
RJ Ratnayake	21.5	3	60	3	2.74	Sri Lanka	v India	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
MDK Perera	20.0	3	68	3	3.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
MF Maharoof	33.0	11	77	3	2.33	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
M Muralidaran	36.3	7	79	3	2.16	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
DM de Silva	16.0	1	79	3	4.93	Sri Lanka	v India	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
PM Pushpakumara	23.0	2	82	3	3.56	Sri Lanka	v India	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017	Test # 2269
KPJ Warnaweera	46.0	17	90	3	1.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
GP Wickramasinghe	38.0	8	95	3	2.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 1993	Test # 1229
GP Wickramasinghe	36.1	10	96	3	2.65	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
N Pradeep	32.0	5	106	3	3.31	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
WPUJC Vaas	44.0	7	111	3	2.52	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
HMCM Bandara	37.0	3	128	3	3.45	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
CRD Fernando	30.0	6	130	3	4.33	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
RS Kalpage	46.0	4	131	3	2.84	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
KEA Upashantha	43.0	5	135	3	3.13	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
KR Pushpakumara	33.0	5	136	3	4.12	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
GP Wickramasinghe	49.0	10	141	3	2.87	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
WPUJC Vaas	43.0	9	142	3	3.30	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
PLS Gamage	37.5	8	143	3	3.77	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2286
RP Arnold	48.3	6	148	3	3.05	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
PLS Gamage	40.3	7	156	3	3.85	Sri Lanka	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
SL Malinga	42.0	4	168	3	4.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	3 Aug 2010	Test # 1968
M Muralidaran	75.0	30	174	3	2.32	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
HMRKB Herath	62.0	8	176	3	2.83	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
RJ Ratnayake	49.0	7	185	3	3.77	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
DS de Silva	57.0	5	191	3	3.35	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
MDK Perera	45.0	2	202	3	4.48	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017	Test # 2283
M Muralidaran	63.5	10	221	3	3.46	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
HMRKB Herath	53.3	2	240	3	4.48	Sri Lanka	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
AP Gurusinha	1.5	-	25	2	13.63	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
AD Mathews	17.0	8	25	2	1.47	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
ST Jayasuriya	16.0	4	32	2	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
PDRL Perera	20.0	5	46	2	2.30	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
PDRL Perera	16.0	4	49	2	3.06	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557

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