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India vs other countries Tests 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
47.512119102.48New Zealand1v IndiaWankhede3 Dec 2021Test # 2438
JM Noreiga
49.4169591.91West Indies2v IndiaPort of Spain6 Mar 1971Test # 683
FS Trueman
8.423183.57England2v IndiaManchester17 Jul 1952Test # 353
LR Gibbs
53.3373880.71West Indies3v IndiaBridgetown23 Mar 1962Test # 527
NM Lyon
22.245082.23Australia1v IndiaBengaluru4 Mar 2017Test # 2251
Imran Khan
20.146082.97Pakistan3v IndiaKarachi23 Dec 1982Test # 942
L Klusener
21.346482.97South Africa4v IndiaEden Gardens27 Nov 1996Test # 1341
NM Lyon
23.316482.72Australia3v IndiaIndore1 Mar 2023Test # 2496
Sikander Bakht
21.036983.28Pakistan2v IndiaDelhi4 Dec 1979Test # 863
M Muralidaran
34.198782.54Sri Lanka1v IndiaColombo (SSC)29 Aug 2001Test # 1559
JJ Krejza
43.5121584.90Australia1v IndiaNagpur6 Nov 2008Test # 1892
Sir RJ Hadlee
8.3-2372.05New Zealand3v IndiaWellington13 Feb 1976Test # 772
MR Whitney
12.132772.21Australia4v IndiaW.A.C.A1 Feb 1992Test # 1186
RR Lindwall
16.543871.71Australia3v IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
Fazal Mahmood
27.3114271.52Pakistan3v IndiaLucknow23 Oct 1952Test # 356
RR Lindwall
22.594371.88Australia3v IndiaChennai19 Oct 1956Test # 431
JK Lever
23.064672.00England2v IndiaDelhi17 Dec 1976Test # 788
IT Botham
26.074871.84England3v IndiaWankhede15 Feb 1980Test # 874
HMRKB Herath
21.064872.28Sri Lanka4v IndiaGalle12 Aug 2015Test # 2176
H Verity
23.5104972.05England2v IndiaChennai10 Feb 1934Test # 232
AV Bedser
29.1114971.68England1v IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
DW Steyn
16.465173.06South Africa2v IndiaNagpur6 Feb 2010Test # 1951
AV Bedser
25.045272.08England4v IndiaManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
MJ Santner
19.315372.71New Zealand2v IndiaPune24 Oct 2024Test # 2557
TW Hartley
26.256272.35England4v IndiaHyderabad25 Jan 2024Test # 2525
AME Roberts
20.556473.07West Indies1v IndiaChennai11 Jan 1975Test # 752
TG Southee
24.066472.66New Zealand2v IndiaBengaluru31 Aug 2012Test # 2055
SB Doull
24.076572.70New Zealand1v IndiaWellington26 Dec 1998Test # 1435
GD McKenzie
21.426672.30Australia1v IndiaMelbourne30 Dec 1967Test # 625
G Dymock
28.456772.33Australia3v IndiaKanpur2 Oct 1979Test # 857
R Benaud
29.3107272.44Australia1v IndiaChennai19 Oct 1956Test # 431
GOB Allen
20.038074.00England3v IndiaThe Oval15 Aug 1936Test # 254
AA Donald
28.048473.00South Africa3v IndiaGqeberha26 Dec 1992Test # 1206
AK Davidson
57.3239371.61Australia3v IndiaKanpur19 Dec 1959Test # 483
NM Lyon
23.249474.02Australia2v IndiaDelhi22 Mar 2013Test # 2085
LR Gibbs
59.0209871.66West Indies2v IndiaWankhede23 Jan 1975Test # 753
M Muralidaran
38.4810072.58Sri Lanka1v IndiaDelhi10 Dec 2005Test # 1776
T Murphy
47.01212472.63Australia2v IndiaNagpur9 Feb 2023Test # 2490
JD Higgs
41.31214373.44Australia2v IndiaChennai11 Sep 1979Test # 855
NM Lyon
34.1515274.44Australia4v IndiaAdelaide9 Dec 2014Test # 2148
MJ Clarke
6.2-961.42Australia3v IndiaWankhede3 Nov 2004Test # 1720
SCJ Broad
13.462561.82England1v IndiaManchester7 Aug 2014Test # 2134
M Muralidaran
13.032662.00Sri Lanka3v IndiaColombo (SSC)23 Jul 2008Test # 1882
DJ Nash
11.032762.45New Zealand1v IndiaMohali10 Oct 1999Test # 1462
PJ Cummins
11.032762.45Australia3v IndiaMelbourne26 Dec 2018Test # 2337
ERH Toshack
17.062961.27Australia3v IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
R Illingworth
22.3122961.28England3v IndiaLord's22 Jun 1967Test # 619
Imran Khan
17.233562.01Pakistan2v IndiaHyderabad (Sind)14 Jan 1983Test # 946
SNJ O'Keefe
13.123562.65Australia2v IndiaPune23 Feb 2017Test # 2250
SNJ O'Keefe
15.043562.33Australia4v IndiaPune23 Feb 2017Test # 2250
MD Marshall
15.043762.46West Indies3v IndiaEden Gardens10 Dec 1983Test # 971
SR Harmer
23.063761.60South Africa4v IndiaGuwahati22 Nov 2025Test # 2609
GA Bartlett
16.553862.25New Zealand3v IndiaChristchurch22 Feb 1968Test # 631
VA Holder
20.163961.93West Indies4v IndiaWankhede23 Jan 1975Test # 753
L Ngidi
12.233963.16South Africa4v IndiaCenturion13 Jan 2018Test # 2293
Iqbal Qasim
28.5144061.38Pakistan3v IndiaWankhede16 Dec 1979Test # 865
VD Philander
15.444262.68South Africa4v IndiaCape Town5 Jan 2018Test # 2292
GG Arnold
23.474561.90England1v IndiaDelhi20 Dec 1972Test # 703
SM Boland
16.554562.67Australia3v IndiaSydney3 Jan 2025Test # 2575
Azeem Hafeez
23.074662.00Pakistan2v IndiaLahore17 Oct 1984Test # 995
SCJ Broad
24.184661.90England2v IndiaNottingham29 Jul 2011Test # 2001
R Tattersall
21.034862.28England1v IndiaKanpur12 Jan 1952Test # 346
ML Cummins
11.014864.36West Indies3v IndiaGros Islet9 Aug 2016Test # 2215
MA Starc
14.124863.38Australia1v IndiaAdelaide6 Dec 2024Test # 2568
M Jansen
19.554862.42South Africa2v IndiaGuwahati22 Nov 2025Test # 2609
WW Hall
20.554962.35West Indies3v IndiaKingston7 Mar 1962Test # 526
Sir RJ Hadlee
20.584962.35New Zealand2v IndiaWankhede24 Nov 1988Test # 1109
WW Hall
28.445061.74West Indies2v IndiaKanpur12 Dec 1958Test # 461
DW Steyn
19.065062.63South Africa1v IndiaDurban26 Dec 2010Test # 1987
JG Bracewell
17.435162.88New Zealand4v IndiaWankhede24 Nov 1988Test # 1109
R Benaud
29.0105261.79Australia2v IndiaEden Gardens2 Nov 1956Test # 433
RGD Willis
17.025363.11England1v IndiaBengaluru28 Jan 1977Test # 794
R Gilchrist
21.075562.61West Indies3v IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1958Test # 463
MD Marshall
19.525562.77West Indies4v IndiaPort of Spain15 Apr 1989Test # 1119
PR Adams
19.165562.86South Africa1v IndiaKanpur8 Dec 1996Test # 1344
SM Pollock
21.4105662.58South Africa3v IndiaBloemfontein3 Nov 2001Test # 1564
MJ Hoggard
30.5135761.84England2v IndiaNagpur1 Mar 2006Test # 1785
AY Patel
14.115764.02New Zealand4v IndiaWankhede1 Nov 2024Test # 2560
GD McKenzie
32.385861.78Australia2v IndiaChennai2 Oct 1964Test # 566
IT Botham
22.575862.54England1v IndiaWankhede15 Feb 1980Test # 874
BA Reid
29.096062.06Australia3v IndiaMelbourne26 Dec 1991Test # 1180
CA Walsh
29.086262.13West Indies1v IndiaKingston28 Apr 1989Test # 1120
RC Motz
21.066363.00New Zealand2v IndiaChristchurch22 Feb 1968Test # 631
RO Collinge
16.6-6362.82New Zealand1v IndiaChristchurch5 Feb 1976Test # 771
AA Mallett
32.3106461.96Australia2v IndiaDelhi28 Nov 1969Test # 667
GAR Lock
39.3166561.64England3v IndiaChennai10 Jan 1962Test # 520
MA Holding
26.436562.43West Indies2v IndiaPort of Spain7 Apr 1976Test # 775
BA Reid
26.276662.50Australia1v IndiaMelbourne26 Dec 1991Test # 1180
Mahmood Hussain
27.066762.48Pakistan2v IndiaDhaka1 Jan 1955Test # 394
GD McKenzie
33.4126761.99Australia1v IndiaEden Gardens12 Dec 1969Test # 668
MM Ali
20.446763.24England4v IndiaSouthampton27 Jul 2014Test # 2132
JR Hazlewood
24.056762.79Australia3v IndiaBengaluru4 Mar 2017Test # 2251
L Ngidi
24.057162.95South Africa1v IndiaCenturion26 Dec 2021Test # 2443
FJ Titmus
60.0377361.21England2v IndiaKanpur15 Feb 1964Test # 557
HH Streak
32.0107362.28Zimbabwe2v IndiaHarare20 Sep 2005Test # 1767
LR Gibbs
40.5177661.86West Indies3v IndiaDelhi11 Dec 1974Test # 747
CA Walsh
22.047963.59West Indies1v IndiaWankhede18 Nov 1994Test # 1274
MS Panesar
22.038163.68England3v IndiaWankhede23 Nov 2012Test # 2062
RJ Ratnayake
41.0108562.07Sri Lanka3v IndiaColombo (SSC)30 Aug 1985Test # 1023
IR Bishop
25.058763.48West Indies1v IndiaBridgetown7 Apr 1989Test # 1118
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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]