Bowling Best Figures Innings

India vs other countries FC Bowling Records - Best Figures in a Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AY Patel	47.5	12	119	10	2.48	New Zealand	1	v India	Wankhede	3 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
J Cotton	14.0	4	29	9	2.07	Leics	3	v Indians	Leicester	8 Jul 1967	First-class
JM Noreiga	49.4	16	95	9	1.91	West Indies	2	v India	Port of Spain	6 Mar 1971	Test # 683
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	3.57	England	2	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
LR Gibbs	53.3	37	38	8	0.71	West Indies	3	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
TE Bailey	24.0	8	41	8	1.70	Pearce's XI	1	v Indians	Scarborough	10 Sep 1952	First-class
NM Lyon	22.2	4	50	8	2.23	Australia	1	v India	Bengaluru	4 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	2.97	Pakistan	3	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
L Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	2.97	South Africa	4	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
NM Lyon	23.3	1	64	8	2.72	Australia	3	v India	Indore	1 Mar 2023	Test # 2496
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	3.28	Pakistan	2	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
M Muralidaran	34.1	9	87	8	2.54	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
JJ Krejza	43.5	1	215	8	4.90	Australia	1	v India	Nagpur	6 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3	-	23	7	2.05	New Zealand	3	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
MR Whitney	12.1	3	27	7	2.21	Australia	4	v India	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
CJ Knott	16.3	5	36	7	2.18	Hampshire	2	v Indians	Southampton	1 Jun 1946	First-class
RR Lindwall	16.5	4	38	7	1.71	Australia	3	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
Fazal Mahmood	27.3	11	42	7	1.52	Pakistan	3	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	1.88	Australia	3	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
MU Herbert	15.2	3	45	7	2.21	West Aust	2	v Indians	W.A.C.A	17 Oct 1947	First-class
JK Lever	23.0	6	46	7	2.00	England	2	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	1.84	England	3	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
HMRKB Herath	21.0	6	48	7	2.28	Sri Lanka	4	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
H Verity	23.5	10	49	7	2.05	England	2	v India	Chennai	10 Feb 1934	Test # 232
AV Bedser	29.1	11	49	7	1.68	England	1	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
R Pollard	19.0	4	49	7	2.57	Lancashire	2	v Indians	Liverpool	29 Jun 1946	First-class
DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	3.06	South Africa	2	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
AV Bedser	25.0	4	52	7	2.08	England	4	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
MJ Santner	19.3	1	53	7	2.71	New Zealand	2	v India	Pune	24 Oct 2024	Test # 2557
AC Thomas	21.4	6	56	7	2.58	Rest of SA	3	v Indians	Potchefstroom	7 Dec 2006	First-class
TW Hartley	26.2	5	62	7	2.35	England	4	v India	Hyderabad	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2525
AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	3.07	West Indies	1	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
TG Southee	24.0	6	64	7	2.66	New Zealand	2	v India	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012	Test # 2055
SB Doull	24.0	7	65	7	2.70	New Zealand	1	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
GD McKenzie	21.4	2	66	7	2.30	Australia	1	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967	Test # 625
G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	2.33	Australia	3	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
JC Clay	30.0	6	72	7	2.40	Glamorgan	2	v Indians	Swansea	3 Aug 1946	First-class
R Benaud	29.3	10	72	7	2.44	Australia	1	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
B Stead	26.2	6	76	7	2.88	Yorkshire	2	v Indians	Bradford	12 Aug 1959	First-class
GOB Allen	20.0	3	80	7	4.00	England	3	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
TWJ Goddard	23.0	2	81	7	3.52	Gloucs	2	v Indians	Cheltenham	10 Aug 1946	First-class
AA Donald	28.0	4	84	7	3.00	South Africa	3	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
AK Davidson	57.3	23	93	7	1.61	Australia	3	v India	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
NM Lyon	23.2	4	94	7	4.02	Australia	2	v India	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
LR Gibbs	59.0	20	98	7	1.66	West Indies	2	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
M Muralidaran	38.4	8	100	7	2.58	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
T Murphy	47.0	12	124	7	2.63	Australia	2	v India	Nagpur	9 Feb 2023	Test # 2490
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	3.44	Australia	2	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
NM Lyon	34.1	5	152	7	4.44	Australia	4	v India	Adelaide	9 Dec 2014	Test # 2148
MJ Clarke	6.2	-	9	6	1.42	Australia	3	v India	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
SCJ Broad	13.4	6	25	6	1.82	England	1	v India	Manchester	7 Aug 2014	Test # 2134
M Muralidaran	13.0	3	26	6	2.00	Sri Lanka	3	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
DJ Nash	11.0	3	27	6	2.45	New Zealand	1	v India	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
PJ Cummins	11.0	3	27	6	2.45	Australia	3	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
ERH Toshack	17.0	6	29	6	1.27	Australia	3	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
R Illingworth	22.3	12	29	6	1.28	England	3	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1967	Test # 619
A Booth	14.5	5	33	6	2.22	Yorkshire	1	v Indians	Bradford	3 Jul 1946	First-class
Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	2.01	Pakistan	2	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
SNJ O'Keefe	13.1	2	35	6	2.65	Australia	2	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
SNJ O'Keefe	15.0	4	35	6	2.33	Australia	4	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
R Smith	21.5	8	36	6	1.64	Essex	1	v Indians	Ilford	24 May 1952	First-class
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	2.46	West Indies	3	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
SR Harmer	23.0	6	37	6	1.60	South Africa	4	v India	Guwahati	22 Nov 2025	Test # 2609
GA Bartlett	16.5	5	38	6	2.25	New Zealand	3	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
HL Jackson	11.5	3	39	6	3.29	Derbyshire	2	v Indians	Chesterfield	9 Jul 1952	First-class
VA Holder	20.1	6	39	6	1.93	West Indies	4	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	3.16	South Africa	4	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
Iqbal Qasim	28.5	14	40	6	1.38	Pakistan	3	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
D Shackleton	10.0	1	41	6	4.10	Hampshire	4	v Indians	Bournemouth	30 Aug 1952	First-class
VD Philander	15.4	4	42	6	2.68	South Africa	4	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
GG Arnold	23.4	7	45	6	1.90	England	1	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
SM Boland	16.5	5	45	6	2.67	Australia	3	v India	Sydney	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2575
Azeem Hafeez	23.0	7	46	6	2.00	Pakistan	2	v India	Lahore	17 Oct 1984	Test # 995
SCJ Broad	24.1	8	46	6	1.90	England	2	v India	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011	Test # 2001
R Tattersall	21.0	3	48	6	2.28	England	1	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
ML Cummins	11.0	1	48	6	4.36	West Indies	3	v India	Gros Islet	9 Aug 2016	Test # 2215
MA Starc	14.1	2	48	6	3.38	Australia	1	v India	Adelaide	6 Dec 2024	Test # 2568
M Jansen	19.5	5	48	6	2.42	South Africa	2	v India	Guwahati	22 Nov 2025	Test # 2609
WW Hall	20.5	5	49	6	2.35	West Indies	3	v India	Kingston	7 Mar 1962	Test # 526
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.5	8	49	6	2.35	New Zealand	2	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
F Ridgway	19.2	5	50	6	2.58	England XI	1	v Indians	Hastings	3 Sep 1952	First-class
WW Hall	28.4	4	50	6	1.74	West Indies	2	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	2.63	South Africa	1	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	2.88	New Zealand	4	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
R Benaud	29.0	10	52	6	1.79	Australia	2	v India	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
RGD Willis	17.0	2	53	6	3.11	England	1	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
R Gilchrist	21.0	7	55	6	2.61	West Indies	3	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
MD Marshall	19.5	2	55	6	2.77	West Indies	4	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
PR Adams	19.1	6	55	6	2.86	South Africa	1	v India	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
R Smith	28.0	5	56	6	2.00	Essex	2	v Indians	Southend-on-Sea	24 Aug 1946	First-class
SM Pollock	21.4	10	56	6	2.58	South Africa	3	v India	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
MJ Hoggard	30.5	13	57	6	1.84	England	2	v India	Nagpur	1 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
AY Patel	14.1	1	57	6	4.02	New Zealand	4	v India	Wankhede	1 Nov 2024	Test # 2560
GD McKenzie	32.3	8	58	6	1.78	Australia	2	v India	Chennai	2 Oct 1964	Test # 566
IT Botham	22.5	7	58	6	2.54	England	1	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
ED Fursdon	25.0	5	60	6	2.40	Oxford-Camb	1	v Indians	Oxford	12 Jun 1974	First-class
BA Reid	29.0	9	60	6	2.06	Australia	3	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1991	Test # 1180
CA Walsh	29.0	8	62	6	2.13	West Indies	1	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
RC Motz	21.0	6	63	6	3.00	New Zealand	2	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
RO Collinge	16.6	-	63	6	2.82	New Zealand	1	v India	Christchurch	5 Feb 1976	Test # 771

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