Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Best strike rates in an innings for India in Tests

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JH Kallis	4.3	1	21	5	5.40	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
Harbhajan Singh	4.3	-	13	5	5.40	India	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
M Jansen	6.5	1	13	7	5.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
K Rabada	4.0	1	13	4	6.00	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
SP Gupte	6.0	-	18	5	7.20	India	v Pakistan	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
HH Pandya	6.0	1	28	5	7.20	India	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
DW Steyn	8.1	6	8	6	8.16	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
DW Steyn	8.2	2	34	6	8.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	8.40	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	8.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	15	6	9.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
JJ Bumrah	8.0	4	7	5	9.60	India	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2358
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	10.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
JH Sinclair	12.0x5	4	26	6	10.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	10.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
BKV Prasad	10.2	5	33	6	10.33	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	28 Jan 1999	Test # 1442
RA Jadeja	12.1	1	42	7	10.42	India	v Australia	Delhi	17 Feb 2023	Test # 2493
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
DW Steyn	7.0	-	30	4	10.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	10.66	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
IK Pathan	9.0	2	32	5	10.80	India	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
K Rabada	9.0	1	37	5	10.80	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 2024	Test # 2559
GA Faulkner	11.0	4	17	6	11.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
Harbhajan Singh	7.2	2	10	4	11.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
B Mitchell	7.3	-	26	4	11.25	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
ND Hirwani	15.2	3	75	8	11.50	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	11.60	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
RO Schwarz	11.4	-	47	6	11.66	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911	Test # 115
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	11.83	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	11.83	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
R Ashwin	13.5	2	59	7	11.85	India	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
S Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	12.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Z Khan	10.0	1	34	5	12.00	India	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	25 May 2007	Test # 1833
JJ Bumrah	10.0	4	24	5	12.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
A Kumble	8.0	2	47	4	12.00	India	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
D Elgar	8.0	1	22	4	12.00	South Africa	v India	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
R Ashwin	8.0	1	27	4	12.00	India	v Afghanistan	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2307
R Ashwin	8.0	2	8	4	12.00	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
JJ Bumrah	12.1	3	27	6	12.16	India	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019	Test # 2359
VD Philander	10.1	5	21	5	12.20	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	12.33	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
R Ashwin	12.4	4	41	6	12.66	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
M Hayward	10.4	1	56	5	12.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	13.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
Harbhajan Singh	10.5	2	29	5	13.00	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
Mohammed Shami	10.5	2	35	5	13.00	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
IK Pathan	15.2	4	59	7	13.14	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
SM Pollock	11.0	1	37	5	13.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
K Rabada	11.0	1	30	5	13.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	13.20	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	13.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
RA Jadeja	9.0	3	17	4	13.50	India	v Afghanistan	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2307
PWA Mulder	9.0	2	32	4	13.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
PP Ojha	11.2	2	40	5	13.60	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	14 Nov 2013	Test # 2102
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	13.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
R Ashwin	13.4	2	46	6	13.66	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
Imran Tahir	11.3	2	38	5	13.80	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
JJ Bumrah	13.5	-	61	6	13.83	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
ND Hirwani	18.3	3	61	8	13.87	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	14.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
M Jansen	14.0	3	52	6	14.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	14.20	India	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	14.28	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
A Rose-Innes	18.0x4	5	43	5	14.40	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
S Madan Lal	12.0	6	23	5	14.40	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
RA Jadeja	12.0	2	30	5	14.40	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
I Sharma	12.0	4	22	5	14.40	India	v Bangladesh	Eden Gardens	22 Nov 2019	Test # 2369
R Ashwin	12.0	3	37	5	14.40	India	v Australia	Nagpur	09 Feb 2023	Test # 2490
C Bosch	12.0	2	43	5	14.40	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jun 2025	Test # 2590
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	14.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	14.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
MH Mankad	9.4	1	49	4	14.50	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
M Morkel	9.4	1	45	4	14.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
M Jansen	12.2	2	35	5	14.80	South Africa	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	15.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
AA Donald	15.0	3	53	6	15.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
IK Pathan	15.0	5	51	6	15.00	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
K Rabada	15.0	3	50	6	15.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
PR Adams	12.3	3	37	5	15.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
Mohammed Shami	12.3	2	28	5	15.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
AW Nourse	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
EAS Prasanna	10.0	5	16	4	15.00	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
N Boje	10.0	3	28	4	15.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
N Burger	10.0	3	33	4	15.00	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
P Subrayen	10.0	1	42	4	15.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	06 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	15.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
M Morkel	12.4	5	20	5	15.20	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
RA Jadeja	12.4	4	41	5	15.20	India	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024	Test # 2530
SN Thakur	17.5	3	61	7	15.28	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
RMH Binny	13.0	1	40	5	15.60	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
AA Donald	13.0	4	49	5	15.60	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
M Morkel	13.0	2	50	5	15.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
RJ Peterson	13.0	2	33	5	15.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
VD Philander	13.0	2	53	5	15.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	15.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071

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