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Bowling Best Career Bowling Average IN India
Best averages for India in ODIs IN India
Best averages
Player
Span
Mat
Overs
Mdns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4
5
10
Mohammed Shami
2013-2025
46
369.4
28
2218
2166
87
7/57
24.89
5.85
25.49
4
4
-
JJ Bumrah
2016-2023
41
357.3
25
2145
1709
64
4/35
26.70
4.78
33.51
2
-
-
N Kapil Dev
1981-1994
85
677.3
72
4065
2715
100
4/31
27.15
4.00
40.65
1
-
-
AB Agarkar
1998-2007
69
564.2
34
3386
2985
109
5/44
27.38
5.28
31.06
5
1
-
BKV Prasad
1994-2000
46
386.3
19
2319
1841
64
4/23
28.76
4.76
36.23
2
-
-
A Kumble
1990-2007
90
819.0
29
4914
3646
126
6/12
28.93
4.45
39.00
2
1
-
RA Jadeja
2009-2025
81
720.5
27
4325
3454
117
5/33
29.52
4.79
36.96
3
1
-
Kuldeep Yadav
2017-2025
50
422.5
10
2537
2332
78
4/18
29.89
5.51
32.52
1
-
-
Z Khan
2000-2011
65
546.4
31
3280
2840
94
5/42
30.21
5.19
34.89
1
1
-
R Ashwin
2010-2023
45
422.4
9
2536
2129
70
3/24
30.41
5.03
36.22
-
-
-
J Srinath
1991-2002
80
685.2
41
4112
3143
103
5/24
30.51
4.58
39.92
-
2
-
RJ Shastri
1981-1991
57
388.4
21
2332
1776
52
4/38
34.15
4.56
44.84
2
-
-
Harbhajan Singh
1998-2015
95
875.2
28
5252
3903
110
5/31
35.48
4.45
47.74
1
2
-
M Prabhakar
1984-1996
65
519.2
31
3116
2325
65
5/33
35.76
4.47
47.93
2
2
-
Yuvraj Singh
2000-2017
108
362.2
8
2174
1909
47
5/31
40.61
5.26
46.25
1
1
-
B Kumar
2012-2021
44
382.2
27
2294
2031
50
3/9
40.62
5.31
45.88
-
-
-
SR Tendulkar
1990-2011
164
522.4
11
3136
2716
66
5/32
41.15
5.19
47.51
1
2
-
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