Best bowling figures in a match for India in Tests IN India
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 33.5 | 6 | 136 | 16 | 4.01 | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 11 Jan 1988 | Test # 1089 | |
| 80.1 | 26 | 217 | 15 | 2.70 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 | Test # 1539 | |
| 61.3 | 23 | 124 | 14 | 2.01 | India | v Australia | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 51.0 | 13 | 149 | 14 | 2.92 | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 4 Feb 1999 | Test # 1443 | |
| 71.2 | 30 | 131 | 13 | 1.83 | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 | Test # 355 | |
| 46.0 | 10 | 132 | 13 | 2.86 | India | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 16 Feb 1999 | Test # 1444 | |
| 41.1 | 7 | 140 | 13 | 3.40 | India | v New Zealand | Indore | 8 Oct 2016 | Test # 2223 | |
| 64.3 | 12 | 181 | 13 | 2.80 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 14 Oct 2004 | Test # 1714 | |
| 68.2 | 15 | 196 | 13 | 2.86 | India | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 11 Mar 2001 | Test # 1535 | |
| 43.2 | 14 | 85 | 12 | 1.96 | India | v New Zealand | Hyderabad | 23 Aug 2012 | Test # 2054 | |
| 46.0 | 13 | 98 | 12 | 2.13 | India | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | Test # 2189 | |
| 69.4 | 24 | 108 | 12 | 1.55 | India | v England | Chennai | 6 Feb 1952 | Test # 348 | |
| 112.3 | 56 | 152 | 12 | 1.35 | India | v New Zealand | Delhi | 19 Mar 1965 | Test # 583 | |
| 64.3 | 7 | 167 | 12 | 2.58 | India | v England | Wankhede | 8 Dec 2016 | Test # 2239 | |
| 77.2 | 20 | 181 | 12 | 2.34 | India | v England | Wankhede | 28 Nov 1984 | Test # 1001 | |
| 74.0 | 18 | 198 | 12 | 2.67 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 | Test # 2074 | |
| 36.4 | 6 | 70 | 11 | 1.90 | India | v England | Ahmedabad | 24 Feb 2021 | Test # 2412 | |
| 42.1 | 4 | 115 | 11 | 2.72 | India | v New Zealand | Pune | 24 Oct 2024 | Test # 2557 | |
| 72.4 | 27 | 122 | 11 | 1.67 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 2 Oct 1964 | Test # 566 | |
| 56.2 | 16 | 125 | 11 | 2.21 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
| 64.3 | 19 | 128 | 11 | 1.98 | India | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
| 42.4 | 12 | 146 | 11 | 3.42 | India | v Pakistan | Chennai | 15 Jan 1980 | Test # 869 | |
| 71.1 | 12 | 224 | 11 | 3.14 | India | v Australia | Bengaluru | 6 Oct 2004 | Test # 1713 | |
| 92.5 | 24 | 235 | 11 | 2.53 | India | v West Indies | Brabourne | 13 Dec 1966 | Test # 610 | |
| 29.2 | 8 | 89 | 10 | 3.03 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 14 Nov 2013 | Test # 2102 | |
| 37.4 | 10 | 107 | 10 | 2.84 | India | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 27 Dec 1986 | Test # 1063 | |
| 33.1 | 3 | 110 | 10 | 3.31 | India | v Australia | Delhi | 17 Feb 2023 | Test # 2493 | |
| 35.5 | 4 | 120 | 10 | 3.34 | India | v New Zealand | Wankhede | 1 Nov 2024 | Test # 2560 | |
| 62.1 | 16 | 126 | 10 | 2.02 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 13 Mar 1987 | Test # 1073 | |
| 49.3 | 11 | 130 | 10 | 2.62 | India | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 38.5 | 6 | 133 | 10 | 3.42 | India | v West Indies | Hyderabad | 12 Oct 2018 | Test # 2321 | |
| 59.4 | 17 | 134 | 10 | 2.24 | India | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 22 Oct 1999 | Test # 1464 | |
| 57.3 | 15 | 135 | 10 | 2.34 | India | v West Indies | Ahmedabad | 12 Nov 1983 | Test # 967 | |
| 53.2 | 10 | 141 | 10 | 2.64 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
| 70.0 | 14 | 154 | 10 | 2.20 | India | v England | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 | Test # 2241 | |
| 64.0 | 13 | 157 | 10 | 2.45 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 | |
| 75.1 | 27 | 161 | 10 | 2.14 | India | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 16 Mar 2005 | Test # 1741 | |
| 71.0 | 27 | 174 | 10 | 2.45 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 24 Dec 1969 | Test # 669 | |
| 70.0 | 21 | 177 | 10 | 2.52 | India | v England | Chennai | 10 Jan 1962 | Test # 520 | |
| 57.3 | 13 | 223 | 10 | 3.87 | India | v West Indies | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 | Test # 461 | |
| 66.2 | 12 | 225 | 10 | 3.39 | India | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 22 Sep 2016 | Test # 2221 | |
| 89.0 | 18 | 233 | 10 | 2.61 | India | v England | Ahmedabad | 11 Dec 2001 | Test # 1575 | |
| 38.4 | 16 | 70 | 9 | 1.81 | India | v New Zealand | Chennai | 26 Nov 1976 | Test # 787 | |
| 25.0 | 6 | 78 | 9 | 3.12 | India | v Bangladesh | Eden Gardens | 22 Nov 2019 | Test # 2369 | |
| 29.0 | 9 | 87 | 9 | 3.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 4 Mar 2022 | Test # 2452 | |
| 33.1 | 9 | 91 | 9 | 2.74 | India | v England | Visakhapatnam | 2 Feb 2024 | Test # 2526 | |
| 55.2 | 19 | 107 | 9 | 1.93 | India | v England | Eden Gardens | 30 Dec 1972 | Test # 706 | |
| 65.0 | 26 | 108 | 9 | 1.66 | India | v Australia | Delhi | 28 Nov 1969 | Test # 667 | |
| 47.0 | 14 | 111 | 9 | 2.36 | India | v West Indies | Chennai | 11 Jan 1975 | Test # 752 | |
| 50.0 | 13 | 116 | 9 | 2.32 | India | v England | Ahmedabad | 4 Mar 2021 | Test # 2414 | |
| 30.1 | 2 | 118 | 9 | 3.91 | India | v West Indies | Eden Gardens | 6 Nov 2013 | Test # 2101 | |
| 45.2 | 9 | 120 | 9 | 2.64 | India | v New Zealand | Bengaluru | 18 Oct 1995 | Test # 1308 | |
| 46.4 | 14 | 121 | 9 | 2.59 | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 4 Dec 1979 | Test # 863 | |
| 48.3 | 9 | 128 | 9 | 2.63 | India | v West Indies | Delhi | 6 Nov 2011 | Test # 2015 | |
| 25.4 | 1 | 128 | 9 | 4.98 | India | v England | Dharamsala | 7 Mar 2024 | Test # 2534 | |
| 65.0 | 19 | 130 | 9 | 2.00 | India | v Australia | Delhi | 10 Oct 1996 | Test # 1335 | |
| 46.2 | 10 | 131 | 9 | 2.82 | India | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 | Test # 794 | |
| 61.1 | 17 | 133 | 9 | 2.17 | India | v New Zealand | Nagpur | 3 Oct 1969 | Test # 660 | |
| 59.1 | 15 | 141 | 9 | 2.38 | India | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 18 Nov 2000 | Test # 1515 | |
| 51.3 | 9 | 141 | 9 | 2.73 | India | v South Africa | Eden Gardens | 28 Nov 2004 | Test # 1724 | |
| 85.3 | 40 | 145 | 9 | 1.69 | India | v New Zealand | Chennai | 6 Jan 1956 | Test # 420 | |
| 70.5 | 27 | 145 | 9 | 2.04 | India | v Zimbabwe | Nagpur | 21 Feb 2002 | Test # 1589 | |
| 58.4 | 15 | 146 | 9 | 2.48 | India | v England | Mohali | 9 Mar 2006 | Test # 1788 | |
| 65.5 | 25 | 149 | 9 | 2.26 | India | v England | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 | Test # 703 | |
| 63.0 | 19 | 153 | 9 | 2.42 | India | v Australia | Delhi | 28 Nov 1969 | Test # 667 | |
| 77.2 | 24 | 165 | 9 | 2.13 | India | v England | Ahmedabad | 15 Nov 2012 | Test # 2058 | |
| 50.4 | 10 | 171 | 9 | 3.37 | India | v Pakistan | Mohali | 8 Mar 2005 | Test # 1738 | |
| 93.3 | 26 | 178 | 9 | 1.90 | India | v Australia | Ranchi | 16 Mar 2017 | Test # 2256 | |
| 67.3 | 6 | 190 | 9 | 2.81 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 22 Nov 2011 | Test # 2019 | |
| 72.4 | 7 | 207 | 9 | 2.84 | India | v England | Chennai | 5 Feb 2021 | Test # 2409 | |
| 53.5 | 38 | 37 | 8 | 0.68 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
| 30.3 | 11 | 42 | 8 | 1.37 | India | v New Zealand | Wankhede | 3 Dec 2021 | Test # 2438 | |
| 19.0 | 8 | 47 | 8 | 2.47 | India | v Sri Lanka | Bengaluru | 12 Mar 2022 | Test # 2456 | |
| 31.0 | 11 | 68 | 8 | 2.19 | India | v South Africa | Ahmedabad | 20 Nov 1996 | Test # 1338 | |
| 29.5 | 4 | 76 | 8 | 2.54 | India | v South Africa | Mohali | 5 Nov 2015 | Test # 2186 | |
| 27.5 | 5 | 79 | 8 | 2.83 | India | v Australia | Nagpur | 9 Feb 2023 | Test # 2490 | |
| 21.1 | 3 | 82 | 8 | 3.87 | India | v Bangladesh | Eden Gardens | 22 Nov 2019 | Test # 2369 | |
| 49.3 | 20 | 85 | 8 | 1.71 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 9 Oct 2002 | Test # 1616 | |
| 38.0 | 10 | 90 | 8 | 2.36 | India | v South Africa | Mohali | 5 Nov 2015 | Test # 2186 | |
| 67.5 | 35 | 93 | 8 | 1.37 | India | v New Zealand | Brabourne | 25 Sep 1969 | Test # 659 | |
| 42.4 | 8 | 94 | 8 | 2.20 | India | v England | Ahmedabad | 4 Mar 2021 | Test # 2414 | |
| 38.0 | 13 | 96 | 8 | 2.52 | India | v Sri Lanka | Eden Gardens | 16 Nov 2017 | Test # 2281 | |
| 41.5 | 9 | 96 | 8 | 2.29 | India | v England | Chennai | 13 Feb 2021 | Test # 2411 | |
| 46.1 | 12 | 101 | 8 | 2.18 | India | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 11 Feb 1987 | Test # 1067 | |
| 44.5 | 10 | 103 | 8 | 2.29 | India | v Australia | Wankhede | 3 Nov 1979 | Test # 860 | |
| 83.4 | 33 | 104 | 8 | 1.24 | India | v New Zealand | Bengaluru | 12 Nov 1988 | Test # 1107 | |
| 59.0 | 21 | 106 | 8 | 1.79 | India | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 18 Mar 1998 | Test # 1409 | |
| 53.0 | 18 | 108 | 8 | 2.03 | India | v New Zealand | Mohali | 10 Oct 1999 | Test # 1462 | |
| 55.0 | 20 | 109 | 8 | 1.98 | India | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 15 Oct 1969 | Test # 661 | |
| 56.4 | 20 | 113 | 8 | 1.99 | India | v England | Eden Gardens | 30 Dec 1961 | Test # 518 | |
| 59.5 | 17 | 119 | 8 | 1.98 | India | v England | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 | Test # 2235 | |
| 47.5 | 14 | 120 | 8 | 2.50 | India | v New Zealand | Eden Gardens | 28 Dec 1955 | Test # 419 | |
| 61.0 | 22 | 121 | 8 | 1.98 | India | v New Zealand | Bengaluru | 12 Nov 1988 | Test # 1107 | |
| 56.0 | 21 | 123 | 8 | 2.19 | India | v Australia | Brabourne | 10 Oct 1964 | Test # 567 | |
| 72.3 | 25 | 123 | 8 | 1.69 | India | v South Africa | Eden Gardens | 14 Feb 2010 | Test # 1952 | |
| 90.0 | 42 | 124 | 8 | 1.37 | India | v Pakistan | Brabourne | 13 Nov 1952 | Test # 357 | |
| 46.0 | 16 | 125 | 8 | 2.71 | India | v England | Chennai | 11 Feb 1993 | Test # 1213 | |
| 61.4 | 17 | 125 | 8 | 2.02 | India | v Australia | Bengaluru | 4 Mar 2017 | Test # 2251 | |
| 83.4 | 45 | 128 | 8 | 1.52 | India | v New Zealand | Brabourne | 2 Dec 1955 | Test # 417 | |
| 45.4 | 11 | 130 | 8 | 2.84 | India | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 24 Nov 2017 | Test # 2283 |
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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]