Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Northern India vs other countries FC Bowling Records - Best Economy Rate in an Innings

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Murawwat Hussain	2.1	2	-	2	-	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	5 Feb 1935	First-class
RS Cooper	1.0	1	-	-	-	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Brabourne	16 Feb 1945	First-class
Maqsood Ahmed	3.0	2	1	-	0.33	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Lahore	26 Jan 1945	First-class
Akbar Khan	18.0	11	13	-	0.72	Western Ind	v Northern Ind	Rajkot	17 Mar 1944	First-class
L Amarnath	9.0	6	7	1	0.77	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	5 Feb 1935	First-class
Saeed Ahmed	27.0	15	25	2	0.92	Western Ind	v Northern Ind	Rajkot	17 Mar 1944	First-class
L Amarnath	33.0	21	32	5	0.96	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	7 Feb 1946	First-class
VM Merchant	20.0	9	20	-	1.00	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Brabourne	16 Feb 1945	First-class
KN Divekar	9.0	3	9	-	1.00	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
Dilawar Hussain	4.0	1	4	-	1.00	Central Ind	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	9 Feb 1935	First-class
Shahabuddin	3.0	2	3	-	1.00	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	4 Mar 1944	First-class
KC Ibrahim	1.0	-	1	-	1.00	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Brabourne	16 Feb 1945	First-class
HJ Vajifdar	25.0	14	26	-	1.04	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
L Amarnath	28.0	14	30	2	1.07	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	25 Oct 1937	First-class
Jayantilal Vora	25.0	12	29	-	1.16	Western Ind	v Northern Ind	Rajkot	17 Mar 1944	First-class
Murawwat Hussain	17.3	2	21	2	1.20	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	5 Feb 1935	First-class
Murawwat Hussain	5.0	1	6	-	1.20	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	21 Jan 1939	First-class
RR Wadkar	37.0	15	45	4	1.21	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
MK Patwardhan	37.0	17	47	1	1.27	Maharashtra	v Northern Ind	Pune	22 Feb 1941	First-class
Maqsood Ahmed	5.0	2	7	-	1.40	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	30 Jan 1947	First-class
VM Merchant	9.0	4	13	-	1.44	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Mumbai	9 Mar 1935	First-class
CT Sarwate	46.0	19	69	4	1.50	Maharashtra	v Northern Ind	Pune	22 Feb 1941	First-class
S Nazir Ali	11.0	5	17	-	1.54	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Lahore	27 Dec 1941	First-class
S Mushtaq Ali	27.0	2	45	-	1.66	Central Ind	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	9 Feb 1935	First-class
YB Palwankar	12.0	4	20	-	1.66	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Brabourne	16 Feb 1945	First-class
KM Rangnekar	3.0	-	5	-	1.66	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Lahore	13 Feb 1942	First-class
L Amarnath	59.4	19	104	2	1.74	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Lahore	26 Jan 1945	First-class
VM Merchant	8.0	3	14	-	1.75	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
DB Deodhar	8.0	3	14	-	1.75	Maharashtra	v Northern Ind	Pune	22 Feb 1941	First-class
YB Palwankar	17.0	6	30	2	1.76	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Brabourne	16 Feb 1945	First-class
L Amarnath	14.0	3	25	2	1.78	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Lahore	27 Dec 1941	First-class
L Amarnath	5.0	1	9	1	1.80	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	21 Jan 1939	First-class
AR Naidu	26.0	12	48	4	1.84	Rajputana	v Northern Ind	Ajmer	2 Feb 1946	First-class
L Amarnath	24.0	5	45	4	1.87	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	21 Jan 1939	First-class
L Amarnath	22.0	8	42	1	1.90	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	25 Oct 1937	First-class
S Nazir Ali	11.0	3	21	3	1.90	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Lahore	27 Dec 1941	First-class
L Amarnath	15.0	3	29	5	1.93	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	4 Mar 1944	First-class
Saeed Ahmed	32.0	13	62	1	1.93	Western Ind	v Northern Ind	Rajkot	17 Mar 1944	First-class
Maqsood Ahmed	12.2	2	24	1	1.94	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Lahore	26 Jan 1945	First-class
AK Bhalerao	27.0	9	53	4	1.96	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Lahore	13 Feb 1942	First-class
KK Tarapore	46.0	13	91	4	1.97	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Brabourne	16 Feb 1945	First-class
L Amarnath	48.0	3	95	6	1.97	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	30 Jan 1947	First-class
HJ Vajifdar	20.1	6	40	8	1.98	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Mumbai	9 Mar 1935	First-class
Shahabuddin	21.0	3	42	5	2.00	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	25 Oct 1937	First-class
SB Gandhi	18.3	5	37	6	2.00	Western Ind	v Northern Ind	Rajkot	17 Mar 1944	First-class
JB Khot	18.0	4	36	2	2.00	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Lahore	13 Feb 1942	First-class
RR Wadkar	13.0	2	26	2	2.00	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Mumbai	9 Mar 1935	First-class
VM Merchant	11.0	5	22	-	2.00	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
Murawwat Hussain	9.0	1	18	1	2.00	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	4 Mar 1944	First-class
L Amarnath	6.0	2	12	3	2.00	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	5 Feb 1935	First-class
BR Patel	5.0	2	10	-	2.00	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
HJ Vajifdar	21.2	9	44	2	2.06	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Mumbai	9 Mar 1935	First-class
Akhtar Hussain	6.1	1	13	2	2.10	United Prov	v Northern Ind	Patiala	22 Oct 1937	First-class
Tajammul Hussain	8.0	1	17	-	2.12	Delhi	v Northern Ind	Delhi	15 Feb 1936	First-class
TH Dixon	7.0	3	15	-	2.14	Delhi	v Northern Ind	Delhi	15 Feb 1936	First-class
Harendra Kumar	7.0	-	15	1	2.14	Rajputana	v Northern Ind	Ajmer	2 Feb 1946	First-class
JB Khot	14.2	4	31	1	2.16	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Lahore	13 Feb 1942	First-class
Shabir Hussain	16.0	3	35	-	2.18	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	7 Feb 1946	First-class
Shujauddin	21.0	4	46	-	2.19	Delhi	v Northern Ind	Lahore	9 Dec 1944	First-class
Shabir Hussain	14.0	2	31	-	2.21	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	30 Jan 1947	First-class
S Wazir Ali	8.0	3	18	2	2.25	Central Ind	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	9 Feb 1935	First-class
JB Khot	4.0	-	9	-	2.25	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
Murawwat Hussain	4.0	-	9	1	2.25	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	25 Oct 1937	First-class
GR Naidoo	15.0	2	34	1	2.26	Rajputana	v Northern Ind	Ajmer	2 Feb 1946	First-class
L Amarnath	26.0	4	60	2	2.30	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Lahore	27 Dec 1941	First-class
HJ Vajifdar	13.0	4	30	2	2.30	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
Murawwat Hussain	13.0	4	30	1	2.30	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Lahore	27 Dec 1941	First-class
Israr Ali	9.3	2	22	3	2.31	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	30 Jan 1947	First-class
Akbar Khan	28.0	5	65	4	2.32	Western Ind	v Northern Ind	Rajkot	17 Mar 1944	First-class
KN Divekar	6.0	1	14	-	2.33	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
VM Merchant	8.0	3	19	1	2.37	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Lahore	13 Feb 1942	First-class
M Nissar	18.0	2	43	3	2.38	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	5 Feb 1935	First-class
M Nissar	15.0	4	36	5	2.40	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	21 Jan 1939	First-class
KN Divekar	10.0	2	24	1	2.40	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Mumbai	9 Mar 1935	First-class
Maharaja of Patiala	10.0	3	24	-	2.40	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	4 Mar 1944	First-class
S Wazir Ali	5.0	2	12	-	2.40	Central Ind	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	9 Feb 1935	First-class
S Nazir Ali	5.0	1	12	-	2.40	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	21 Jan 1939	First-class
RS Modi	5.0	1	12	1	2.40	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Brabourne	16 Feb 1945	First-class
Mazhar Hussain	36.0	9	87	1	2.41	Delhi	v Northern Ind	Lahore	9 Dec 1944	First-class
Aftab Ahmed	19.5	3	48	3	2.42	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	7 Feb 1946	First-class
Purshottam	14.0	3	34	-	2.42	Western Ind	v Northern Ind	Rajkot	17 Mar 1944	First-class
DG Phadkar	25.0	3	61	3	2.44	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Brabourne	16 Feb 1945	First-class
PE Palia	43.0	5	105	6	2.44	United Prov	v Northern Ind	Delhi	19 Feb 1936	First-class
DS Talpade	11.0	5	27	-	2.45	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Mumbai	9 Mar 1935	First-class
KK Tarapore	18.4	3	46	3	2.46	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Lahore	13 Feb 1942	First-class
KK Tarapore	34.0	7	85	5	2.50	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Lahore	13 Feb 1942	First-class
CK Nayudu	16.0	2	40	-	2.50	Central Ind	v Northern Ind	Amritsar	9 Feb 1935	First-class
Badaruddin Malik	12.0	2	30	2	2.50	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	4 Mar 1944	First-class
Tajammul Hussain	6.0	-	15	2	2.50	Delhi	v Northern Ind	Delhi	15 Feb 1936	First-class
Maharaja of Patiala	6.0	1	15	-	2.50	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	7 Feb 1946	First-class
RS Modi	4.0	-	10	-	2.50	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Brabourne	16 Feb 1945	First-class
NP Kesari	25.0	2	63	3	2.52	Rajputana	v Northern Ind	Ajmer	2 Feb 1946	First-class
L Amarnath	36.0	10	91	3	2.52	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	4 Mar 1944	First-class
Jayantilal Vora	22.0	4	56	2	2.54	Western Ind	v Northern Ind	Rajkot	17 Mar 1944	First-class
Aftab Ahmed	22.0	3	56	1	2.54	Sthn Punjab	v Northern Ind	Patiala	30 Jan 1947	First-class
RJD Jamshedji	27.0	8	69	3	2.55	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
Firasat Hussain	18.0	3	46	2	2.55	United Prov	v Northern Ind	Patiala	22 Oct 1937	First-class
A Kamal	7.0	1	18	1	2.57	United Prov	v Northern Ind	Delhi	19 Feb 1936	First-class
RR Wadkar	19.0	1	49	6	2.57	Bombay	v Northern Ind	Delhi	20 Mar 1936	First-class
KM Jadhav	17.0	4	44	-	2.58	Maharashtra	v Northern Ind	Pune	22 Feb 1941	First-class

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