Live Scores
Series
Teams
News
Features
Videos
Stats
Asia Cup 2025
Edition US
Records
Home
2025
Ask Cricinfo
Statsguru
IPL
World Cup
WPL
Champions Trophy
More
Records
India Records
Test Matches Records
Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings
Best economy rates in an innings for India in Tests
Best economy rates in an innings
Player
Overs
Mdns
Runs conceded
Wickets taken
Econ
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
RG Nadkarni
32.0
27
5
-
0.15
India
v England
Chennai
10 Jan 1964
Test # 551
RG Nadkarni
14.0
11
3
-
0.21
India
v England
Brabourne
21 Jan 1964
Test # 552
UT Yadav
21.0
16
9
3
0.42
India
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
Test # 2191
Maninder Singh
20.4
12
9
3
0.43
India
v England
Lord's
05 Jun 1986
Test # 1046
EAS Prasanna
8.0
4
5
-
0.46
India
v Australia
Melbourne
30 Dec 1977
Test # 812
RG Nadkarni
19.0
13
10
-
0.52
India
v New Zealand
Delhi
19 Mar 1965
Test # 583
RA Jadeja
46.0
33
26
2
0.56
India
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
Test # 2191
Maninder Singh
23.0
16
13
1
0.56
India
v Pakistan
Ahmedabad
04 Mar 1987
Test # 1071
NS Yadav
33.0
22
19
3
0.57
India
v Australia
Sydney
02 Jan 1986
Test # 1034
RG Nadkarni
15.0
10
9
2
0.60
India
v Pakistan
Brabourne
02 Dec 1960
Test # 497
SLV Raju
17.5
13
12
6
0.67
India
v Sri Lanka
Chandigarh
23 Nov 1990
Test # 1156
Ghulam Ahmed
13.0
9
9
1
0.69
India
v Pakistan
Peshawar
12 Feb 1955
Test # 398
SLV Raju
36.0
25
25
2
0.69
India
v Sri Lanka
Chandigarh
23 Nov 1990
Test # 1156
DG Phadkar
10.0
6
7
1
0.70
India
v Pakistan
Karachi
26 Feb 1955
Test # 400
RG Nadkarni
34.0
24
24
1
0.70
India
v Pakistan
Delhi
08 Feb 1961
Test # 505
SM Patil
17.0
10
12
1
0.70
India
v New Zealand
Wellington
21 Feb 1981
Test # 897
RG Nadkarni
32.0
24
23
-
0.71
India
v Pakistan
Kanpur
16 Dec 1960
Test # 499
RK Chauhan
11.0
8
8
3
0.72
India
v Sri Lanka
Ahmedabad
08 Feb 1994
Test # 1247
B Kumar
11.0
8
8
4
0.72
India
v Sri Lanka
Eden Gardens
16 Nov 2017
Test # 2281
MH Mankad
76.0
47
58
4
0.76
India
v England
Delhi
02 Nov 1951
Test # 339
L Amarnath
13.0
9
10
-
0.76
India
v Pakistan
Delhi
16 Oct 1952
Test # 355
AR Kapoor
13.0
8
10
-
0.76
India
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
Test # 1344
RJ Shastri
14.0
8
11
-
0.78
India
v New Zealand
Bengaluru
12 Nov 1988
Test # 1107
DG Phadkar
24.0
14
19
2
0.79
India
v Pakistan
Peshawar
12 Feb 1955
Test # 398
BS Bedi
17.4
11
14
3
0.79
India
v New Zealand
Auckland
07 Mar 1968
Test # 634
VL Manjrekar
20.0
13
16
1
0.80
India
v New Zealand
Delhi
16 Dec 1955
Test # 418
RG Nadkarni
52.4
38
43
4
0.81
India
v Pakistan
Delhi
08 Feb 1961
Test # 505
BS Bedi
33.0
18
27
5
0.81
India
v New Zealand
Wankhede
10 Nov 1976
Test # 785
RK Chauhan
24.0
18
20
1
0.83
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
27 Jul 1993
Test # 1228
RG Nadkarni
36.3
19
31
2
0.84
India
v New Zealand
Dunedin
15 Feb 1968
Test # 630
RJ Shastri
20.5
10
18
1
0.86
India
v Pakistan
Eden Gardens
11 Feb 1987
Test # 1067
A Kumble
23.0
11
20
1
0.86
India
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1993
Test # 1209
S Venkataraghavan
17.0
11
15
3
0.88
India
v New Zealand
Eden Gardens
05 Mar 1965
Test # 581
BS Bedi
43.0
24
38
4
0.88
India
v England
Chennai
12 Jan 1973
Test # 708
RG Nadkarni
42.0
24
38
2
0.90
India
v England
Eden Gardens
29 Jan 1964
Test # 554
PR Umrigar
12.0
6
11
-
0.91
India
v England
Chennai
10 Jan 1962
Test # 520
Ghulam Ahmed
13.0
7
12
1
0.92
India
v Pakistan
Peshawar
12 Feb 1955
Test # 398
SP Gupte
36.3
22
34
2
0.93
India
v Pakistan
Lahore
29 Jan 1955
Test # 397
SLV Raju
11.4
7
11
3
0.94
India
v Australia
Adelaide
25 Jan 1992
Test # 1184
DR Doshi
19.0
9
18
2
0.94
India
v New Zealand
Auckland
13 Mar 1981
Test # 899
PR Umrigar
49.0
27
48
2
0.97
India
v West Indies
Bridgetown
23 Mar 1962
Test # 527
BS Bedi
22.0
12
22
4
1.00
India
v New Zealand
Chennai
26 Nov 1976
Test # 787
N Kapil Dev
19.0
11
19
-
1.00
India
v South Africa
Durban
13 Nov 1992
Test # 1200
GS Ramchand
14.0
7
14
-
1.00
India
v New Zealand
Hyderabad (Deccan)
19 Nov 1955
Test # 416
PP Ojha
13.0
6
13
-
1.00
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
26 Jul 2010
Test # 1966
RJ Shastri
11.0
4
11
4
1.00
India
v Sri Lanka
Cuttack
04 Jan 1987
Test # 1064
RK Chauhan
11.0
7
11
1
1.00
India
v New Zealand
Bengaluru
18 Oct 1995
Test # 1308
Ghulam Ahmed
10.0
1
10
1
1.00
India
v England
Kanpur
12 Jan 1952
Test # 346
Harbhajan Singh
10.0
7
10
-
1.00
India
v Australia
Hyderabad
02 Mar 2013
Test # 2076
Mohammed Shami
10.0
6
10
3
1.00
India
v South Africa
Ranchi
19 Oct 2019
Test # 2365
A Kumble
41.0
19
42
3
1.02
India
v New Zealand
Mohali
10 Oct 1999
Test # 1462
CG Borde
37.0
12
38
-
1.02
India
v England
Brabourne
21 Jan 1964
Test # 552
RK Chauhan
29.1
15
30
3
1.02
India
v England
Eden Gardens
29 Jan 1993
Test # 1211
RA Jadeja
34.0
14
35
2
1.02
India
v England
Visakhapatnam
17 Nov 2016
Test # 2235
Maninder Singh
20.1
11
21
-
1.04
India
v Pakistan
Eden Gardens
11 Feb 1987
Test # 1067
RJ Shastri
21.0
10
22
1
1.04
India
v England
Eden Gardens
01 Jan 1982
Test # 916
BS Bedi
40.0
23
42
3
1.05
India
v New Zealand
Kanpur
18 Nov 1976
Test # 786
PR Umrigar
20.0
9
21
-
1.05
India
v Australia
Eden Gardens
02 Nov 1956
Test # 433
RJ Shastri
20.0
8
21
1
1.05
India
v England
Lord's
05 Jun 1986
Test # 1046
DG Phadkar
10.0
2
14
3
1.05
India
v Australia
Sydney
12 Dec 1947
Test # 291
SLV Raju
13.2
5
14
2
1.05
India
v New Zealand
Hamilton
19 Mar 1994
Test # 1255
Arshad Ayub
48.0
21
51
4
1.06
India
v New Zealand
Bengaluru
12 Nov 1988
Test # 1107
PR Umrigar
16.0
8
17
-
1.06
India
v West Indies
Port of Spain
04 Apr 1962
Test # 528
PR Umrigar
25.0
11
27
4
1.08
India
v Australia
Kanpur
19 Dec 1959
Test # 483
RG Nadkarni
12.0
7
13
1
1.08
India
v New Zealand
Dunedin
15 Feb 1968
Test # 630
B Kumar
12.0
6
13
1
1.08
India
v West Indies
Gros Islet
09 Aug 2016
Test # 2215
RA Jadeja
11.0
5
12
3
1.09
India
v West Indies
Hyderabad
12 Oct 2018
Test # 2321
AR Patel
21.0
12
23
1
1.09
India
v New Zealand
Kanpur
25 Nov 2021
Test # 2435
VS Hazare
20.0
9
22
1
1.10
India
v England
Leeds
05 Jun 1952
Test # 351
MH Mankad
47.0
27
52
8
1.10
India
v Pakistan
Delhi
16 Oct 1952
Test # 355
MH Mankad
65.0
31
72
5
1.10
India
v Pakistan
Brabourne
13 Nov 1952
Test # 357
A Kumble
24.0
11
27
1
1.12
India
v South Africa
Kanpur
08 Dec 1996
Test # 1344
RA Jadeja
24.0
9
27
1
1.12
India
v West Indies
Gros Islet
09 Aug 2016
Test # 2215
PR Umrigar
15.0
8
17
-
1.13
India
v Pakistan
Dhaka
01 Jan 1955
Test # 394
EAS Prasanna
15.0
6
17
-
1.13
India
v Australia
Kanpur
15 Nov 1969
Test # 666
RG Nadkarni
14.0
6
16
1
1.14
India
v New Zealand
Auckland
07 Mar 1968
Test # 634
DR Doshi
69.0
34
79
2
1.14
India
v New Zealand
Auckland
13 Mar 1981
Test # 899
I Sharma
20.0
12
23
-
1.15
India
v South Africa
Delhi
03 Dec 2015
Test # 2191
S Abid Ali
19.0
9
22
-
1.15
India
v New Zealand
Dunedin
15 Feb 1968
Test # 630
MH Mankad
61.0
34
71
1
1.16
India
v Pakistan
Peshawar
12 Feb 1955
Test # 398
RG Nadkarni
36.0
21
42
2
1.16
India
v New Zealand
Chennai
27 Feb 1965
Test # 579
R Ashwin
30.0
12
35
3
1.16
India
v New Zealand
Kanpur
25 Nov 2021
Test # 2435
MH Mankad
12.0
8
14
2
1.16
India
v New Zealand
Eden Gardens
28 Dec 1955
Test # 419
DR Doshi
12.0
5
14
1
1.16
India
v Australia
Kanpur
02 Oct 1979
Test # 857
SM Patil
12.0
4
14
1
1.16
India
v New Zealand
Christchurch
06 Mar 1981
Test # 898
SA Durani
45.0
23
53
3
1.17
India
v New Zealand
Chennai
27 Feb 1965
Test # 579
MH Mankad
28.0
17
33
3
1.17
India
v Pakistan
Lahore
29 Jan 1955
Test # 397
DG Phadkar
28.0
13
33
-
1.17
India
v New Zealand
Chennai
06 Jan 1956
Test # 420
BS Bedi
62.4
33
74
3
1.18
India
v Australia
Brabourne
04 Nov 1969
Test # 664
MH Mankad
22.0
11
26
1
1.18
India
v West Indies
Kingston
28 Mar 1953
Test # 371
MH Mankad
54.0
26
64
5
1.18
India
v Pakistan
Peshawar
12 Feb 1955
Test # 398
A Kumble
27.0
12
32
1
1.18
India
v New Zealand
Cuttack
08 Nov 1995
Test # 1310
EAS Prasanna
30.0
12
36
1
1.20
India
v England
Wankhede
11 Feb 1977
Test # 795
GS Ramchand
10.0
5
12
-
1.20
India
v Pakistan
Lahore
29 Jan 1955
Test # 397
A Kumble
44.0
22
53
6
1.20
India
v South Africa
Johannesburg
26 Nov 1992
Test # 1201
SA Durani
29.0
12
35
1
1.20
India
v England
Brabourne
21 Jan 1964
Test # 552
PR Umrigar
53.0
24
64
2
1.20
India
v Pakistan
Chennai
13 Jan 1961
Test # 503
DR Doshi
57.0
31
69
4
1.21
India
v England
Chennai
13 Jan 1982
Test # 918
WV Raman
19.0
10
23
-
1.21
India
v New Zealand
Auckland
22 Feb 1990
Test # 1139
N Kapil Dev
29.4
15
36
4
1.21
India
v Sri Lanka
Chandigarh
23 Nov 1990
Test # 1156
Adjust:
Most recent
Past week
Past Month
Past year
4 years
10 years
25 years
Minimum of 60 balls