Best bowling figures in an innings for India in Tests IN India
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 26.3 | 9 | 74 | 10 | 2.79 | India | 4 | v Pakistan | Delhi | 4 Feb 1999 | Test # 1443 | |
| 35.5 | 16 | 69 | 9 | 1.92 | India | 2 | v Australia | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 30.3 | 6 | 83 | 9 | 2.72 | India | 3 | v West Indies | Ahmedabad | 12 Nov 1983 | Test # 967 | |
| 34.3 | 11 | 102 | 9 | 2.95 | India | 1 | v West Indies | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 | Test # 461 | |
| 47.0 | 27 | 52 | 8 | 1.10 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 | Test # 355 | |
| 38.5 | 15 | 55 | 8 | 1.41 | India | 1 | v England | Chennai | 6 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 | |
| 18.3 | 3 | 61 | 8 | 3.29 | India | 2 | v West Indies | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 | Test # 1089 | |
| 51.1 | 26 | 72 | 8 | 1.40 | India | 1 | v New Zealand | Delhi | 19 Mar 1965 | Test # 583 | |
| 15.2 | 3 | 75 | 8 | 4.89 | India | 4 | v West Indies | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 | Test # 1089 | |
| 41.5 | 18 | 79 | 8 | 1.88 | India | 2 | v England | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 | Test # 703 | |
| 41.5 | 20 | 84 | 8 | 2.00 | India | 3 | v Australia | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 | Test # 1539 | |
| 27.0 | 6 | 86 | 8 | 3.18 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 16 Feb 1999 | Test # 1444 | |
| 18.2 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1.47 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 13 Mar 1987 | Test # 1073 | |
| 12.1 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 3.45 | India | 3 | v Australia | Delhi | 17 Feb 2023 | Test # 2493 | |
| 28.3 | 12 | 48 | 7 | 1.68 | India | 3 | v West Indies | Wankhede | 9 Oct 2002 | Test # 1616 | |
| 17.3 | 4 | 48 | 7 | 2.74 | India | 1 | v Australia | Chennai | 14 Oct 2004 | Test # 1714 | |
| 25.0 | 5 | 48 | 7 | 1.92 | India | 3 | v England | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 | Test # 2241 | |
| 20.3 | 6 | 49 | 7 | 2.39 | India | 1 | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 17.4 | 4 | 51 | 7 | 2.88 | India | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 27 Dec 1986 | Test # 1063 | |
| 23.4 | 7 | 56 | 7 | 2.36 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Chennai | 15 Jan 1980 | Test # 869 | |
| 27.3 | 9 | 59 | 7 | 2.14 | India | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
| 13.5 | 2 | 59 | 7 | 4.26 | India | 4 | v New Zealand | Indore | 8 Oct 2016 | Test # 2223 | |
| 23.1 | 4 | 59 | 7 | 2.54 | India | 1 | v New Zealand | Pune | 24 Oct 2024 | Test # 2557 | |
| 22.2 | 3 | 62 | 7 | 2.77 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
| 38.0 | 16 | 63 | 7 | 1.65 | India | 4 | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 16 Mar 2005 | Test # 1741 | |
| 29.5 | 7 | 66 | 7 | 2.21 | India | 4 | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | Test # 2189 | |
| 44.4 | 13 | 86 | 7 | 1.92 | India | 1 | v England | Chennai | 10 Feb 1934 | Test # 232 | |
| 30.0 | 3 | 87 | 7 | 2.90 | India | 3 | v South Africa | Eden Gardens | 28 Nov 2004 | Test # 1724 | |
| 50.0 | 19 | 98 | 7 | 1.96 | India | 2 | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 12 Dec 1969 | Test # 668 | |
| 42.0 | 12 | 103 | 7 | 2.45 | India | 1 | v Australia | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 | Test # 2074 | |
| 51.0 | 13 | 115 | 7 | 2.25 | India | 1 | v England | Ahmedabad | 11 Dec 2001 | Test # 1575 | |
| 37.5 | 7 | 123 | 7 | 3.25 | India | 1 | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 11 Mar 2001 | Test # 1535 | |
| 76.4 | 35 | 128 | 7 | 1.66 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 19 Nov 1955 | Test # 416 | |
| 38.2 | 6 | 133 | 7 | 3.46 | India | 1 | v Australia | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 | Test # 1539 | |
| 46.2 | 11 | 145 | 7 | 3.12 | India | 2 | v South Africa | Visakhapatnam | 2 Oct 2019 | Test # 2363 | |
| 61.5 | 17 | 157 | 7 | 2.53 | India | 2 | v West Indies | Brabourne | 13 Dec 1966 | Test # 610 | |
| 45.3 | 10 | 159 | 7 | 3.49 | India | 1 | v West Indies | Chennai | 27 Jan 1949 | Test # 310 | |
| 17.5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0.67 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| 11.5 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 1.77 | India | 4 | v South Africa | Ahmedabad | 20 Nov 1996 | Test # 1338 | |
| 16.3 | 5 | 31 | 6 | 1.87 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad | 23 Aug 2012 | Test # 2054 | |
| 10.2 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 3.19 | India | 3 | v Pakistan | Chennai | 28 Jan 1999 | Test # 1442 | |
| 21.4 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 1.75 | India | 1 | v England | Ahmedabad | 24 Feb 2021 | Test # 2412 | |
| 12.4 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 3.23 | India | 4 | v Australia | Bengaluru | 4 Mar 2017 | Test # 2251 | |
| 30.5 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 1.36 | India | 4 | v New Zealand | Brabourne | 25 Sep 1969 | Test # 659 | |
| 22.0 | 9 | 45 | 6 | 2.04 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Mohali | 10 Oct 1999 | Test # 1462 | |
| 15.5 | 5 | 45 | 6 | 2.84 | India | 2 | v England | Visakhapatnam | 2 Feb 2024 | Test # 2526 | |
| 21.3 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 2.18 | India | 3 | v West Indies | Delhi | 6 Nov 2011 | Test # 2015 | |
| 27.0 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 1.74 | India | 3 | v West Indies | Wankhede | 22 Nov 2011 | Test # 2019 | |
| 26.5 | 9 | 54 | 6 | 2.01 | India | 3 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad | 23 Aug 2012 | Test # 2054 | |
| 20.3 | 3 | 55 | 6 | 2.68 | India | 3 | v England | Wankhede | 8 Dec 2016 | Test # 2239 | |
| 25.0 | 9 | 56 | 6 | 2.24 | India | 1 | v New Zealand | Brabourne | 12 Mar 1965 | Test # 582 | |
| 25.1 | 8 | 56 | 6 | 2.22 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 11 Feb 1987 | Test # 1067 | |
| 30.0 | 10 | 59 | 6 | 1.96 | India | 4 | v New Zealand | Bengaluru | 12 Nov 1988 | Test # 1107 | |
| 31.0 | 10 | 59 | 6 | 1.90 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Cuttack | 8 Nov 1995 | Test # 1310 | |
| 17.3 | 2 | 61 | 6 | 3.48 | India | 3 | v England | Chennai | 5 Feb 2021 | Test # 2409 | |
| 31.0 | 5 | 62 | 6 | 2.00 | India | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 28 Feb 2002 | Test # 1591 | |
| 28.0 | 5 | 63 | 6 | 2.25 | India | 2 | v Pakistan | Kanpur | 25 Dec 1979 | Test # 866 | |
| 21.4 | 1 | 63 | 6 | 2.90 | India | 2 | v Australia | Bengaluru | 4 Mar 2017 | Test # 2251 | |
| 31.2 | 10 | 64 | 6 | 2.04 | India | 1 | v England | Wankhede | 28 Nov 1984 | Test # 1001 | |
| 21.0 | 7 | 64 | 6 | 3.04 | India | 3 | v England | Chennai | 11 Feb 1993 | Test # 1213 | |
| 26.5 | 5 | 67 | 6 | 2.49 | India | 3 | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 22 Oct 1999 | Test # 1464 | |
| 24.5 | 7 | 70 | 6 | 2.81 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Chennai | 28 Jan 1999 | Test # 1442 | |
| 21.3 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 3.30 | India | 4 | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
| 28.0 | 6 | 72 | 6 | 2.57 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 | |
| 34.2 | 9 | 72 | 6 | 2.09 | India | 1 | v West Indies | Delhi | 6 Nov 2011 | Test # 2015 | |
| 28.0 | 11 | 73 | 6 | 2.60 | India | 1 | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 17 Oct 1964 | Test # 568 | |
| 30.3 | 8 | 73 | 6 | 2.39 | India | 4 | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 11 Mar 2001 | Test # 1535 | |
| 30.1 | 8 | 74 | 6 | 2.45 | India | 3 | v New Zealand | Nagpur | 3 Oct 1969 | Test # 660 | |
| 31.0 | 14 | 74 | 6 | 2.38 | India | 3 | v Australia | Chennai | 24 Dec 1969 | Test # 669 | |
| 31.2 | 7 | 76 | 6 | 2.42 | India | 2 | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
| 31.0 | 2 | 77 | 6 | 2.48 | India | 2 | v West Indies | Delhi | 29 Oct 1983 | Test # 965 | |
| 30.1 | 5 | 78 | 6 | 2.58 | India | 3 | v Australia | Bengaluru | 6 Oct 2004 | Test # 1713 | |
| 28.4 | 6 | 81 | 6 | 2.82 | India | 3 | v England | Mohali | 3 Dec 2001 | Test # 1574 | |
| 27.2 | 5 | 81 | 6 | 2.96 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Indore | 8 Oct 2016 | Test # 2223 | |
| 32.3 | 9 | 87 | 6 | 2.67 | India | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
| 26.4 | 3 | 88 | 6 | 3.30 | India | 1 | v West Indies | Hyderabad | 12 Oct 2018 | Test # 2321 | |
| 21.0 | - | 88 | 6 | 4.19 | India | 4 | v Bangladesh | Chennai | 19 Sep 2024 | Test # 2550 | |
| 33.5 | 7 | 90 | 6 | 2.66 | India | 2 | v New Zealand | Eden Gardens | 28 Dec 1955 | Test # 419 | |
| 38.5 | 9 | 90 | 6 | 2.31 | India | 1 | v England | Chennai | 12 Jan 1973 | Test # 708 | |
| 35.3 | 9 | 91 | 6 | 2.56 | India | 1 | v England | Delhi | 2 Nov 1951 | Test # 339 | |
| 54.4 | 21 | 91 | 6 | 1.66 | India | 3 | v Australia | Chennai | 2 Oct 1964 | Test # 566 | |
| 31.0 | 6 | 91 | 6 | 2.93 | India | 1 | v England | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1982 | Test # 916 | |
| 47.2 | 15 | 91 | 6 | 1.92 | India | 1 | v Australia | Ahmedabad | 9 Mar 2023 | Test # 2499 | |
| 41.3 | 8 | 98 | 6 | 2.36 | India | 2 | v Australia | Bengaluru | 25 Mar 1998 | Test # 1413 | |
| 49.1 | 17 | 99 | 6 | 2.01 | India | 2 | v England | Delhi | 12 Dec 1984 | Test # 1004 | |
| 43.0 | 10 | 103 | 6 | 2.39 | India | 1 | v Australia | Chennai | 11 Sep 1979 | Test # 855 | |
| 35.0 | 6 | 104 | 6 | 2.97 | India | 1 | v South Africa | Eden Gardens | 27 Nov 1996 | Test # 1341 | |
| 51.0 | 11 | 105 | 6 | 2.05 | India | 2 | v Australia | Brabourne | 1 Jan 1960 | Test # 484 | |
| 36.0 | 9 | 105 | 6 | 2.91 | India | 2 | v England | Chennai | 10 Jan 1962 | Test # 520 | |
| 44.0 | 4 | 112 | 6 | 2.54 | India | 1 | v England | Wankhede | 8 Dec 2016 | Test # 2239 | |
| 46.0 | 10 | 117 | 6 | 2.54 | India | 3 | v England | Wankhede | 28 Nov 1984 | Test # 1001 | |
| 54.0 | 13 | 131 | 6 | 2.42 | India | 1 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 | Test # 1722 | |
| 35.3 | 5 | 132 | 6 | 3.71 | India | 4 | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 22 Sep 2016 | Test # 2221 | |
| 47.0 | 8 | 133 | 6 | 2.82 | India | 3 | v Australia | Chennai | 14 Oct 2004 | Test # 1714 | |
| 68.4 | 15 | 143 | 6 | 2.08 | India | 2 | v South Africa | Bengaluru | 2 Mar 2000 | Test # 1486 | |
| 51.5 | 9 | 152 | 6 | 2.93 | India | 1 | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 24 Mar 2005 | Test # 1743 | |
| 11.5 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 1.77 | India | 4 | v South Africa | Mohali | 5 Nov 2015 | Test # 2186 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 1.83 | India | 1 | v Bangladesh | Eden Gardens | 22 Nov 2019 | Test # 2369 | |
| 12.0 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 1.91 | India | 4 | v England | Wankhede | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 911 | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 2.40 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Bengaluru | 12 Mar 2022 | Test # 2456 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]
South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]
India vs West Indies at Delhi, West Indies in India 2nd Test, Oct 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2601]