Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates for India in Tests

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1970	41	-	706	11736	3226	123	6/53	26.22	1.64	95.4	2	5	-
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1968	41	-	665	9165	2559	88	6/43	29.07	1.67	104.1	2	4	1
JC Watkins (SA)	1949-1957	15	-	134	2805	816	29	4/22	28.13	1.74	96.7	3	-	-
ARA Murray (SA)	1952-1954	10	-	111	2374	710	18	4/169	39.44	1.79	131.8	1	-	-
PR Umrigar (IND)	1948-1962	59	787.3	262	4725	1473	35	6/74	42.08	1.87	135.0	3	2	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1960	37	-	602	13568	4405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.8	5	14	2
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	19	-	260	5796	1920	58	6/59	33.10	1.98	99.9	5	1	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	68	633.2	243	3800	1288	43	3/14	29.95	2.03	88.3	-	-	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	26	-	218	6391	2195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.4	5	5	-
L Amarnath (IND)	1933-1952	24	-	195	4241	1481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.2	3	2	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1959	44	-	777	14686	5236	162	8/52	32.32	2.13	90.6	10	8	2
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	67	-	1096	21364	7637	266	7/98	28.71	2.14	80.3	13	14	1
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1959	22	941.4	254	5650	2052	68	7/49	30.17	2.17	83.0	3	4	1
AH McKinnon (SA)	1960-1967	8	424.2	153	2546	925	26	4/128	35.57	2.17	97.9	1	-	-
JT Partridge (SA)	1963-1965	11	-	136	3684	1373	44	7/91	31.20	2.23	83.7	3	3	-
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1962	14	-	106	3890	1455	58	6/58	25.08	2.24	67.0	2	4	-
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	393.3	107	2361	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.0	3	3	1
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1983	33	1553.4	456	9322	3502	114	6/102	30.71	2.25	81.7	4	6	-
SLV Raju (IND)	1990-2001	28	1267.0	362	7602	2857	93	6/12	30.72	2.25	81.7	1	5	1
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	18	663.2	231	3980	1502	52	5/42	28.88	2.26	76.5	1	2	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1983	57	-	696	14877	5634	156	8/72	36.11	2.27	95.3	7	3	1
DG Phadkar (IND)	1947-1959	31	-	277	5994	2285	62	7/159	36.85	2.28	96.6	1	3	-
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1960	33	829.2	256	4976	1899	41	6/49	46.31	2.28	121.3	-	1	-
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1961	36	1880.4	608	11284	4403	149	9/102	29.55	2.34	75.7	8	12	1
RK Chauhan (IND)	1993-1998	21	791.3	238	4749	1857	47	4/48	39.51	2.34	101.0	1	-	-
NA Quinn (SA)	1929-1932	12	487.0	103	2922	1145	35	6/92	32.71	2.35	83.4	2	1	-
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1989	13	610.3	150	3663	1438	41	5/50	35.07	2.35	89.3	4	3	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1992	80	2625.1	657	15751	6185	151	5/75	40.96	2.35	104.3	11	2	-
L Amar Singh (IND)	1932-1936	7	363.4	95	2182	858	28	7/86	30.64	2.35	77.9	1	2	-
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1959-1971	39	-	109	2097	829	9	2/54	92.11	2.37	233.0	-	-	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	4058.5	1222	24353	9733	421	7/87	23.11	2.39	57.8	23	16	1
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1978	49	-	602	14353	5742	189	8/76	30.38	2.40	75.9	17	10	2
Maninder Singh (IND)	1982-1993	35	1369.4	359	8218	3288	88	7/27	37.36	2.40	93.3	5	3	2
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1951	15	-	136	5193	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.1	2	4	-
Surendranath (IND)	1958-1961	11	433.4	144	2602	1053	26	5/75	40.50	2.42	100.0	1	2	-
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1973	29	1074.2	317	6446	2657	75	6/73	35.42	2.47	85.9	2	3	1
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	14	423.2	96	2540	1064	55	6/38	19.34	2.51	46.1	2	5	1
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	1008.0	255	6048	2537	75	4/65	33.82	2.51	80.6	2	-	-
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1969	55	-	236	5695	2417	52	5/88	46.48	2.54	109.5	2	1	-
KJ Abbott (SA)	2013-2017	11	346.5	95	2081	886	39	7/29	22.71	2.55	53.3	-	3	-
SB Joshi (IND)	1996-2000	15	575.1	146	3451	1470	41	5/142	35.85	2.55	84.1	1	1	-
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1987	35	1393.2	339	8360	3580	102	5/76	35.09	2.56	81.9	8	3	-
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1998	18	800.5	221	4805	2063	85	6/23	24.27	2.57	56.5	6	5	2
VS Hazare (IND)	1946-1953	30	-	99	2840	1220	20	4/29	61.00	2.57	142.0	1	-	-
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2025	85	3221.0	742	19326	8305	330	7/42	25.16	2.57	58.5	14	15	3
EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1936	17	693.1	133	4159	1788	50	6/46	35.76	2.57	83.1	1	5	1
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	28	-	270	6522	2806	116	6/38	24.18	2.58	56.2	1	9	1
CN McCarthy (SA)	1948-1951	15	-	64	3499	1510	36	6/43	41.94	2.58	97.1	2	2	-
ACB Langton (SA)	1935-1939	15	-	104	4199	1827	40	5/58	45.67	2.61	104.9	4	1	-
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	64	1898.3	507	11391	5000	224	6/21	22.32	2.63	50.8	8	13	2
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	49	1147.5	318	6887	3033	80	8/64	37.91	2.64	86.0	2	1	-
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	37	1468.1	336	8809	3901	103	6/127	37.87	2.65	85.5	3	3	-
PP Ojha (IND)	2009-2013	24	1272.1	298	7633	3420	113	6/47	30.26	2.68	67.5	5	7	1
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2008	132	6808.2	1576	40850	18355	619	10/74	29.65	2.69	65.9	31	35	8
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	25	975.1	194	5851	2631	84	6/51	31.32	2.69	69.6	5	3	-
PL Symcox (SA)	1993-1998	20	593.3	135	3561	1603	37	4/69	43.32	2.70	96.2	1	-	-
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	30	-	115	3021	1362	40	5/85	34.05	2.70	75.5	-	1	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	58	-	584	15963	7199	242	8/79	29.74	2.70	65.9	12	16	2
ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1996	17	716.2	155	4298	1987	66	8/61	30.10	2.77	65.1	2	4	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	131	4623.2	1060	27740	12867	434	9/83	29.64	2.78	63.9	17	23	2
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2025	48	1558.0	366	9348	4341	219	6/27	19.82	2.78	42.6	7	15	-
L Tuckett (SA)	1947-1949	9	-	47	2104	980	19	5/68	51.57	2.79	110.7	1	2	-
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1924	18	648.0	132	3888	1817	60	6/76	30.28	2.80	64.8	1	4	-
AJ Bell (SA)	1929-1935	16	557.0	89	3342	1567	48	6/99	32.64	2.81	69.6	1	4	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	165	3362.0	846	20172	9497	291	6/54	32.63	2.82	69.3	7	5	-
ED Solkar (IND)	1969-1977	27	377.3	82	2265	1070	18	3/28	59.44	2.83	125.8	-	-	-
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	106	4541.0	907	27246	12891	537	7/59	24.00	2.83	50.7	25	37	8
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	2586.3	661	15519	7344	330	8/71	22.25	2.83	47.0	11	20	3
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2015	103	4763.2	871	28580	13537	417	8/84	32.46	2.84	68.5	16	25	5
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1986	39	-	188	5997	2846	71	5/23	40.08	2.84	84.4	1	4	-
S Abid Ali (IND)	1967-1974	29	-	119	4164	1980	47	6/55	42.12	2.85	88.5	2	1	-
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2002	67	2517.2	599	15104	7196	236	8/86	30.49	2.85	64.0	8	10	1
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-2001	33	1173.3	275	7041	3360	96	6/33	35.00	2.86	73.3	1	7	1
M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1995	39	1245.5	274	7475	3581	96	6/132	37.30	2.87	77.8	4	3	-
AW Nourse (SA)	1902-1924	45	539.0	120	3234	1553	41	4/25	37.87	2.88	78.8	2	-	-
L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1983-1986	9	394.3	74	2367	1145	26	6/64	44.03	2.90	91.0	-	3	1
M Amarnath (IND)	1969-1988	69	-	101	3676	1782	32	4/63	55.68	2.90	114.8	1	-	-
B Kumar (IND)	2013-2018	21	558.0	141	3348	1644	63	6/82	26.09	2.94	53.1	3	4	-
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1968	28	-	178	5597	2761	74	6/56	37.31	2.95	75.6	8	2	-
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	1436.4	293	8620	4265	100	5/62	42.65	2.96	86.2	9	3	-
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	45	1475.0	339	8850	4405	134	7/128	32.87	2.98	66.0	5	4	1
RF Surti (IND)	1960-1969	26	-	115	3870	1962	42	5/74	46.71	3.04	92.1	-	1	-
MM Patel (IND)	2006-2011	13	443.0	95	2658	1349	35	4/25	38.54	3.04	75.9	1	-	-
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2013	103	621.5	74	3731	1894	40	5/104	47.35	3.04	93.2	-	1	-
SR Harmer (SA)	2015-2023	10	350.5	68	2105	1075	39	4/61	27.56	3.06	53.9	4	-	-
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	36	1271.4	280	7630	3919	123	6/32	31.86	3.08	62.0	4	3	1
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	25	704.3	124	4227	2180	82	7/84	26.58	3.09	51.5	4	4	-
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	86	2749.4	605	16498	8550	309	6/23	27.66	3.10	53.3	18	8	-
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	59	1944.2	367	11666	6055	203	9/129	29.82	3.11	57.4	6	11	1
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1981	39	-	233	7036	3656	109	5/33	33.54	3.11	64.5	5	4	-
SJ Pegler (SA)	1910-1924	16	498.1	84	2989	1572	47	7/65	33.44	3.15	63.5	3	2	-
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2025	20	429.4	100	2578	1356	58	6/39	23.37	3.15	44.4	1	3	-
I Sharma (IND)	2007-2021	105	3193.2	640	19160	10078	311	7/74	32.40	3.15	61.6	10	11	1
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1911	15	460.4	96	2764	1455	64	7/94	22.73	3.15	43.1	3	5	1
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2016	22	850.3	123	5103	2715	76	5/71	35.72	3.19	67.1	2	1	-
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1987	27	478.2	76	2870	1534	47	6/56	32.63	3.20	61.0	-	2	-
RO Schwarz (SA)	1906-1912	20	439.5	66	2639	1417	55	6/47	25.76	3.22	47.9	4	2	-
AJ Hall (SA)	2002-2007	21	500.1	95	3001	1617	45	3/1	35.93	3.23	66.6	-	-	-
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	113	519.3	110	3117	1681	32	3/28	52.53	3.23	97.4	-	-	-
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	101	3472.2	759	20834	11242	390	7/37	28.82	3.23	53.4	19	18	4

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