Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates for India in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
RV Uthappa	2006-2015	59	0.2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
AO Malhotra	1982-1986	27	4.0	2	24	3	-	-	-	0.75	-	-	-	-
VL Mehra	1955-1964	8	6.0	1	36	6	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
A Ratra	2002-2002	18	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
HG Gaekwad	1952-1952	1	37.0	21	222	47	-	-	-	1.27	-	-	-	-
VL Manjrekar	1951-1965	55	34.0	17	204	44	1	1/16	44.00	1.29	204.0	-	-	-
M Kaif	2000-2006	138	3.0	-	18	4	-	-	-	1.33	-	-	-	-
CD Gopinath	1951-1960	8	8.0	2	48	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48.0	-	-	-
CA Pujara	2010-2023	108	2.0	-	12	3	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
S Nyalchand	1952-1952	1	64.0	33	384	97	3	3/97	32.33	1.51	128.0	-	-	-
AM Pai	1969-1969	1	19.0	5	114	31	2	2/29	15.50	1.63	57.0	-	-	-
W Jaffer	2000-2008	33	11.0	3	66	18	2	2/18	9.00	1.63	33.0	-	-	-
RG Nadkarni	1955-1968	41	-	665	9165	2559	88	6/43	29.07	1.67	104.1	2	4	1
Rajinder Pal	1964-1964	1	13.0	4	78	22	-	-	-	1.69	-	-	-	-
PE Palia	1932-1936	2	7.0	3	42	13	-	-	-	1.85	-	-	-	-
Gul Mohammad	1946-1952	8	-	4	77	24	2	2/21	12.00	1.87	38.5	-	-	-
PR Umrigar	1948-1962	59	787.3	262	4725	1473	35	6/74	42.08	1.87	135.0	3	2	-
HT Dani	1952-1952	1	10.0	5	60	19	1	1/9	19.00	1.90	60.0	-	-	-
S Dhawan	2010-2022	269	9.0	2	54	18	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
PH Sharma	1974-1977	7	-	-	24	8	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
AG Milkha Singh	1960-1961	4	1.0	-	6	2	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
VV Kumar	1961-1961	2	100.5	46	605	202	7	5/64	28.85	2.00	86.4	-	1	-
MJ Gopalan	1934-1934	1	19.0	7	114	39	1	1/39	39.00	2.05	114.0	-	-	-
AR Bhat	1983-1983	2	73.0	22	438	151	4	2/65	37.75	2.06	109.5	-	-	-
RV Divecha	1951-1952	5	174.0	44	1044	361	11	3/102	32.81	2.07	94.9	-	-	-
L Amarnath	1933-1952	24	-	195	4241	1481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.2	3	2	-
MH Mankad	1946-1959	44	-	777	14686	5236	162	8/52	32.32	2.13	90.6	10	8	2
Ghulam Ahmed	1948-1959	22	941.4	254	5650	2052	68	7/49	30.17	2.17	83.0	3	4	1
BS Bedi	1966-1979	77	-	1113	21954	7977	273	7/98	29.21	2.18	80.4	13	14	1
JM Patel	1955-1960	7	287.3	94	1725	637	29	9/69	21.96	2.21	59.4	-	2	1
SR Patil	1955-1955	1	23.0	7	138	51	2	1/15	25.50	2.21	69.0	-	-	-
SW Sohoni	1946-1951	4	-	20	532	202	2	1/16	101.00	2.27	266.0	-	-	-
DG Phadkar	1947-1959	31	-	277	5994	2285	62	7/159	36.85	2.28	96.6	1	3	-
GS Ramchand	1952-1960	33	829.2	256	4976	1899	41	6/49	46.31	2.28	121.3	-	1	-
AG Kripal Singh	1955-1964	14	253.0	76	1518	584	10	3/43	58.40	2.30	151.8	-	-	-
SP Gupte	1951-1961	36	1880.4	608	11284	4403	149	9/102	29.55	2.34	75.7	8	12	1
S Venkataraghavan	1965-1983	72	-	703	15745	6176	161	8/72	38.36	2.35	97.7	7	3	1
L Amar Singh	1932-1936	7	363.4	95	2182	858	28	7/86	30.64	2.35	77.9	1	2	-
ML Jaisimha	1959-1971	39	-	109	2097	829	9	2/54	92.11	2.37	233.0	-	-	-
NR Chowdhury	1949-1951	2	86.0	21	516	205	1	1/130	205.00	2.38	516.0	-	-	-
DR Doshi	1979-1983	48	1685.4	464	10114	4026	136	6/102	29.60	2.38	74.3	6	6	-
EAS Prasanna	1962-1978	49	-	602	14353	5742	189	8/76	30.38	2.40	75.9	17	10	2
Surendranath	1958-1961	11	433.4	144	2602	1053	26	5/75	40.50	2.42	100.0	1	2	-
SA Durani	1960-1973	29	1074.2	317	6446	2657	75	6/73	35.42	2.47	85.9	2	3	1
DD Parsana	1979-1979	2	20.0	6	120	50	1	1/32	50.00	2.50	120.0	-	-	-
Yajurvindra Singh	1977-1979	4	20.0	3	120	50	-	-	-	2.50	-	-	-	-
VN Swamy	1955-1955	1	18.0	5	108	45	-	-	-	2.50	-	-	-	-
RK Singh	2023-2025	35	2.0	-	12	5	3	2/3	1.66	2.50	4.0	-	-	-
GR Sunderam	1955-1956	2	66.0	12	396	166	3	2/46	55.33	2.51	132.0	-	-	-
M Jahangir Khan	1932-1936	4	101.0	28	606	255	4	4/60	63.75	2.52	151.5	1	-	-
IR Siddiqui	2001-2001	1	19.0	5	114	48	1	1/32	48.00	2.52	114.0	-	-	-
VM Muddiah	1959-1960	2	53.0	17	318	134	3	2/40	44.66	2.52	106.0	-	-	-
CG Borde	1958-1969	55	-	236	5695	2417	52	5/88	46.48	2.54	109.5	2	1	-
VS Hazare	1946-1953	30	-	99	2840	1220	20	4/29	61.00	2.57	142.0	1	-	-
NJ Contractor	1955-1962	31	31.0	7	186	80	1	1/9	80.00	2.58	186.0	-	-	-
RH Shodhan	1952-1953	3	10.0	3	60	26	-	-	-	2.60	-	-	-	-
G Sharma	1985-1990	16	298.5	58	1793	779	20	4/88	38.95	2.60	89.6	1	-	-
J Arun Lal	1982-1989	29	2.4	1	16	7	-	-	-	2.62	-	-	-	-
NS Yadav	1979-1987	42	1448.2	342	8690	3808	110	5/76	34.61	2.62	79.0	8	3	-
CV Gadkari	1953-1955	6	17.0	4	102	45	-	-	-	2.64	-	-	-	-
CK Nayudu	1932-1936	7	143.0	24	858	386	9	3/40	42.88	2.69	95.3	-	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar	1964-1979	59	-	584	16019	7235	245	8/79	29.53	2.70	65.3	12	16	2
V Subramanya	1965-1968	9	-	17	444	201	3	2/32	67.00	2.71	148.0	-	-	-
VVS Laxman	1996-2012	220	61.0	12	366	166	2	1/2	83.00	2.72	183.0	-	-	-
S Amarnath	1976-1978	13	-	-	11	5	1	1/5	5.00	2.72	11.0	-	-	-
GM Guard	1958-1960	2	66.0	16	396	182	3	2/69	60.66	2.75	132.0	-	-	-
S Guha	1967-1969	4	112.2	23	674	311	3	2/55	103.66	2.76	224.6	-	-	-
L Ramji	1933-1933	1	23.0	5	138	64	-	-	-	2.78	-	-	-	-
SN Banerjee	1949-1949	1	45.3	8	273	127	5	4/54	25.40	2.79	54.6	1	-	-
RS Modi	1946-1952	10	5.0	1	30	14	-	-	-	2.80	-	-	-	-
SLV Raju	1990-2001	81	1728.4	378	10372	4871	156	6/12	31.22	2.81	66.4	3	5	1
Maninder Singh	1982-1993	94	1891.5	392	11351	5354	154	7/27	34.76	2.83	73.7	6	3	2
SG Shinde	1946-1952	7	252.3	59	1515	717	12	6/91	59.75	2.83	126.2	-	1	-
RK Chauhan	1993-1998	56	1063.5	250	6383	3073	76	4/48	40.43	2.88	83.9	1	-	-
S Abid Ali	1967-1975	34	-	129	4500	2167	54	6/55	40.12	2.88	83.3	2	1	-
HR Adhikari	1947-1959	21	-	2	170	82	3	3/68	27.33	2.89	56.6	-	-	-
RJ Shastri	1981-1992	230	3727.2	713	22364	10835	280	5/15	38.69	2.90	79.8	13	3	-
PP Ojha	2008-2013	48	1439.1	303	8635	4204	144	6/47	29.19	2.92	59.9	7	7	1
Arshad Ayub	1987-1990	45	905.2	169	5432	2654	72	5/21	36.86	2.93	75.4	4	4	-
MV Narasimha Rao	1978-1979	4	77.1	11	463	227	3	2/46	75.66	2.94	154.3	-	-	-
ED Solkar	1969-1977	34	-	86	2517	1239	22	3/28	56.31	2.95	114.4	-	-	-
RB Desai	1959-1968	28	-	178	5597	2761	74	6/56	37.31	2.95	75.6	8	2	-
P Bhandari	1955-1956	3	13.0	2	78	39	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	-
ML Apte	1952-1953	7	1.0	-	6	3	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	-
RF Surti	1960-1969	26	-	115	3870	1962	42	5/74	46.71	3.04	92.1	-	1	-
N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	356	6490.2	1295	38942	19812	687	9/83	28.83	3.05	56.6	20	24	2
MS Hardikar	1958-1958	2	18.0	7	108	55	1	1/9	55.00	3.05	108.0	-	-	-
VB Ranjane	1958-1964	7	210.5	33	1265	649	19	4/72	34.15	3.07	66.5	2	-	-
ND Hirwani	1988-1996	35	876.2	161	5258	2706	89	8/61	30.40	3.08	59.0	5	4	1
BP Gupte	1961-1965	3	113.0	28	678	349	3	1/54	116.33	3.08	226.0	-	-	-
RC Shukla	1982-1982	1	49.0	9	294	152	2	2/82	76.00	3.10	147.0	-	-	-
A Kumble	1990-2008	401	9204.2	1685	55226	28655	953	10/74	30.06	3.11	57.9	39	37	8
GH Vihari	2018-2022	16	57.3	10	345	180	5	3/37	36.00	3.13	69.0	-	-	-
SS Das	2000-2002	27	11.0	2	66	35	-	-	-	3.18	-	-	-	-
UN Kulkarni	1967-1968	4	-	5	448	238	5	2/37	47.60	3.18	89.6	-	-	-
S Mushtaq Ali	1934-1952	11	63.0	9	378	202	3	1/45	67.33	3.20	126.0	-	-	-
L Sivaramakrishnan	1983-1987	25	520.3	79	3123	1683	41	6/64	41.04	3.23	76.1	-	3	1
KD Ghavri	1974-1981	58	-	245	8069	4364	124	5/33	35.19	3.24	65.0	5	4	-
BK Kunderan	1960-1967	18	4.0	-	24	13	-	-	-	3.25	-	-	-	-
S Madan Lal	1974-1987	106	-	232	9161	4983	144	5/23	34.60	3.26	63.6	3	4	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]