Bowling Most 5wi Career - vs South Africa

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings for India in Tests - vs South Africa

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
R Ashwin	2013-2023	14	26	3026	504.2	130	1270	57	7/66	22.28	2.51	53.08	3	5	1
JJ Bumrah	2018-2025	10	19	1965	327.3	65	937	46	6/61	20.36	2.86	42.71	1	4	0
J Srinath	1992-2001	13	25	3315	552.3	131	1567	64	6/21	24.48	2.83	51.79	1	4	0
Harbhajan Singh	2001-2011	11	19	3569	594.5	96	1704	60	7/87	28.40	2.86	59.48	3	4	0
BKV Prasad	1996-1997	6	12	1278	213.0	33	684	25	6/104	27.36	3.21	51.12	0	3	1
Mohammed Shami	2013-2022	11	22	2012	335.2	71	1005	48	5/28	20.93	2.99	41.91	1	3	0
RA Jadeja	2013-2025	11	19	2622	437.0	119	1021	52	6/138	19.63	2.33	50.42	5	3	0
A Kumble	1992-2008	21	40	6830	1138.2	261	2671	84	6/53	31.79	2.34	81.30	3	3	0
S Sreesanth	2006-2011	9	16	1770	295.0	48	1045	31	5/40	33.70	3.54	57.09	2	2	0
SN Thakur	2021-2023	4	7	551	91.5	13	330	13	7/61	25.38	3.59	42.38	0	1	0
Mohammed Siraj	2021-2025	6	11	840	140.0	23	464	18	6/15	25.77	3.31	46.66	0	1	0
M Azharuddin	1992-2000	11	1	1	0.1	0	4	0	-	-	24.00	0.00	0	0	0
SV Manjrekar	1992-1996	5	1	6	1.0	0	4	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
CA Pujara	2010-2022	17	1	6	1.0	0	2	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
YBK Jaiswal	2023-2025	4	1	6	1.0	0	9	0	-	-	9.00	0.00	0	0	0
MS Dhoni	2006-2013	12	1	12	2.0	0	4	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
M Kaif	2000-2000	1	1	18	3.0	0	4	0	-	-	1.33	0.00	0	0	0
M Vijay	2010-2018	12	2	18	3.0	0	5	0	-	-	1.66	0.00	0	0	0
S Dhawan	2013-2018	7	1	18	3.0	1	9	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
STR Binny	2015-2015	1	1	18	3.0	2	1	0	-	-	0.33	0.00	0	0	0
SK Raina	2010-2010	1	1	42	7.0	0	77	0	-	-	11.00	0.00	0	0	0
V Kohli	2013-2024	16	3	48	8.0	1	22	0	-	-	2.75	0.00	0	0	0
GH Vihari	2019-2022	2	1	54	9.0	1	38	0	-	-	4.22	0.00	0	0	0
VVS Laxman	1996-2011	19	1	60	10.0	2	19	0	-	-	1.90	0.00	0	0	0
K Nitish Kumar Reddy	2025-2025	1	2	60	10.0	0	49	0	-	-	4.90	0.00	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	2008-2008	1	2	72	12.0	1	46	1	1/39	46.00	3.83	72.00	0	0	0
Mukesh Kumar	2024-2024	1	2	74	12.2	4	56	4	2/0	14.00	4.54	18.50	0	0	0
WV Raman	1992-1997	4	2	90	15.0	1	63	0	-	-	4.20	0.00	0	0	0
S Nadeem	2019-2019	1	2	104	17.2	5	40	4	2/18	10.00	2.30	26.00	0	0	0
RG Sharma	2013-2024	11	6	106	17.4	3	53	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
PP Chawla	2008-2008	1	2	120	20.0	3	84	2	2/66	42.00	4.20	60.00	0	0	0
VR Aaron	2015-2015	2	3	120	20.0	1	72	2	1/3	36.00	3.60	60.00	0	0	0
AR Patel	2025-2025	1	2	120	20.0	2	57	2	1/21	28.50	2.85	60.00	0	0	0
AR Kapoor	1996-1996	1	2	126	21.0	10	29	2	2/19	14.50	1.38	63.00	0	0	0
MM Patel	2007-2007	1	2	126	21.0	5	45	1	1/43	45.00	2.14	126.00	0	0	0
DJ Johnson	1996-1996	1	2	144	24.0	3	91	2	2/52	45.50	3.79	72.00	0	0	0
N Chopra	2000-2000	1	1	144	24.0	3	78	0	-	-	3.25	0.00	0	0	0
A Nehra	2001-2001	1	2	150	25.0	3	130	2	2/121	65.00	5.20	75.00	0	0	0
JD Unadkat	2010-2010	1	1	156	26.0	4	101	0	-	-	3.88	0.00	0	0	0
M Prasidh Krishna	2023-2024	2	3	168	28.0	4	130	2	1/27	65.00	4.64	84.00	0	0	0
RJ Shastri	1992-1992	3	4	186	31.0	4	74	2	2/38	37.00	2.38	93.00	0	0	0
ND Hirwani	1996-1996	2	3	240	40.0	6	129	2	2/38	64.50	3.22	120.00	0	0	0
D Ganesh	1997-1997	2	4	257	42.5	10	165	1	1/38	165.00	3.85	257.00	0	0	0
VRV Singh	2006-2006	2	4	265	44.1	7	199	3	1/8	66.33	4.50	88.33	0	0	0
Washington Sundar	2025-2025	2	3	294	49.0	7	128	1	1/67	128.00	2.61	294.00	0	0	0
HH Pandya	2018-2018	3	6	306	51.0	7	162	3	2/27	54.00	3.17	102.00	0	0	0
RP Singh	2008-2008	2	3	318	53.0	4	235	0	-	-	4.43	0.00	0	0	0
AB Agarkar	2000-2001	2	4	336	56.0	7	186	2	1/71	93.00	3.32	168.00	0	0	0
IK Pathan	2004-2008	2	3	344	57.2	11	174	3	3/72	58.00	3.03	114.66	0	0	0
Kuldeep Yadav	2025-2025	2	4	379	63.1	6	229	8	4/115	28.62	3.62	47.37	1	0	0
B Kumar	2018-2018	2	4	402	67.0	22	203	10	4/87	20.30	3.02	40.20	1	0	0
SC Ganguly	1996-2008	17	17	510	85.0	17	257	5	2/36	51.40	3.02	102.00	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar	1992-2011	25	21	527	87.5	13	300	7	3/10	42.85	3.41	75.28	0	0	0
SB Joshi	1996-1996	3	6	549	91.3	17	248	8	4/43	31.00	2.71	68.62	1	0	0
V Sehwag	2001-2011	15	10	579	96.3	11	265	9	3/12	29.44	2.74	64.33	0	0	0
UT Yadav	2015-2022	5	10	636	106.0	30	294	18	3/9	16.33	2.77	35.33	0	0	0
SLV Raju	1992-1993	2	4	786	131.0	43	242	4	3/73	60.50	1.84	196.50	0	0	0
M Kartik	2000-2004	3	5	858	143.0	40	294	8	3/123	36.75	2.05	107.25	0	0	0
M Prabhakar	1992-1993	4	8	864	144.0	31	389	9	4/90	43.22	2.70	96.00	1	0	0
A Mishra	2010-2015	4	7	942	157.0	25	409	11	3/51	37.18	2.60	85.63	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev	1992-1993	4	8	990	165.0	46	299	8	3/43	37.37	1.81	123.75	0	0	0
Z Khan	2001-2013	12	22	2651	441.5	84	1457	40	4/62	36.42	3.29	66.27	3	0	0
I Sharma	2008-2019	15	27	2671	445.1	89	1349	31	4/79	43.51	3.03	86.16	1	0	0

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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]