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Best economy rates
Player Span Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
RG Nadkarni (India) 1955-1966 25 928.5 437 1477 53 6/91 11/122 27.86 1.59 105.1 3 1
HB Cave (NZ) 1955-1956 5 254.0 119 412 7 3/77 3/77 58.85 1.62 217.7 0 0
GE Gomez (WI) 1948-1949 5 257.3 94 454 16 3/35 4/95 28.37 1.76 96.5 0 0
AK Davidson (Aus) 1956-1960 6 267.5 95 473 30 7/93 12/124 15.76 1.76 53.5 2 1
JB Mortimore (Eng) 1964-1964 3 194.0 79 344 6 3/74 3/126 57.33 1.77 194.0 0 0
AA Mallett (Aus) 1969-1969 5 298.4 129 535 28 6/64 10/144 19.10 1.79 64.0 3 1
LR Gibbs (WI) 1958-1975 9 494.0 174 912 39 7/98 9/143 23.38 1.84 76.0 3 0
FJ Titmus (Eng) 1964-1964 5 398.5 156 747 27 6/73 9/162 27.66 1.87 88.6 2 0
D Wilson (Eng) 1964-1964 5 212.0 85 398 9 2/17 3/72 44.22 1.87 141.3 0 0
G Sharma (India) 1985-1990 4 202.5 51 383 10 4/88 4/88 38.30 1.88 121.7 0 0
BS Bedi (India) 1966-1979 30 1731.5 649 3287 137 7/98 9/70 23.99 1.89 75.8 8 0
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 1952-1961 10 389.3 134 751 29 7/42 12/94 25.89 1.92 80.5 3 1
DA Allen (Eng) 1961-1962 5 301.5 121 583 21 5/67 9/162 27.76 1.93 86.2 1 0
R Benaud (Aus) 1956-1960 8 492.1 198 956 52 7/72 11/105 18.38 1.94 56.7 5 1
Arshad Ayub (India) 1987-1988 7 352.4 109 687 27 5/50 8/104 25.44 1.94 78.3 1 0
JW Gleeson (Aus) 1969-1969 3 177.4 70 347 10 4/56 7/108 34.70 1.95 106.6 0 0
AN Connolly (Aus) 1964-1969 7 263.4 84 515 23 4/31 6/90 22.39 1.95 68.7 0 0
GD McKenzie (Aus) 1964-1969 8 330.3 99 655 34 6/58 10/91 19.26 1.98 58.3 3 1
PR Umrigar (India) 1948-1962 36 454.3 134 910 18 4/27 4/49 50.55 2.00 151.5 0 0
RA Jadeja (India) 2012-2013 5 263.2 87 536 27 5/58 7/98 19.85 2.03 58.5 1 0
DL Underwood (Eng) 1972-1982 16 702.3 277 1432 54 5/84 9/173 26.51 2.03 78.0 1 0
GAR Lock (Eng) 1961-1962 5 306.3 124 628 22 6/65 7/171 28.54 2.04 83.5 1 0
L Amarnath (India) 1933-1952 16 381.5 124 785 19 4/40 4/65 41.31 2.05 120.5 0 0
DR Doshi (India) 1979-1983 21 941.4 292 1955 77 6/103 8/103 25.38 2.07 73.3 4 0
S Venkataraghavan (India) 1965-1983 32 1379.1 463 2881 94 8/72 12/152 30.64 2.08 88.0 2 1
MH Mankad (India) 1948-1959 23 1294.3 416 2733 103 8/52 13/131 26.53 2.11 75.4 4 2
R Gilchrist (WI) 1958-1959 4 198.1 73 419 26 6/55 9/73 16.11 2.11 45.7 1 0
PH Edmonds (Eng) 1984-1985 5 276.1 104 584 14 4/60 6/143 41.71 2.11 118.3 0 0
AW Greig (Eng) 1972-1977 10 274.5 80 583 21 5/24 6/37 27.76 2.12 78.5 1 0
I Meckiff (Aus) 1959-1960 5 190.0 54 406 12 4/79 7/146 33.83 2.13 95.0 0 0
RR Lindwall (Aus) 1956-1960 5 196.1 68 421 18 7/43 7/58 23.38 2.14 65.3 1 0
RK Chauhan (India) 1993-1998 16 570.3 188 1246 37 4/48 7/107 33.67 2.18 92.5 0 0
GD McGrath (Aus) 1996-2004 8 313.2 123 703 33 4/18 7/121 21.30 2.24 56.9 0 0
AR MacGibbon (NZ) 1955-1956 5 220.0 65 495 7 2/56 2/56 70.71 2.25 188.5 0 0
M Kartik (India) 2000-2004 6 251.3 59 567 22 4/44 7/76 25.77 2.25 68.5 0 0
AG Kripal Singh (India) 1955-1964 13 249.0 75 565 10 3/43 3/90 56.50 2.26 149.4 0 0
GS Ramchand (India) 1952-1960 19 437.0 144 994 19 3/20 5/63 52.31 2.27 138.0 0 0
Ghulam Ahmed (India) 1948-1959 14 589.4 156 1346 44 7/49 10/130 30.59 2.28 80.4 2 1
JM Patel (India) 1956-1960 6 247.3 81 565 26 9/69 14/124 21.73 2.28 57.1 2 1
RJ Shastri (India) 1981-1990 38 1244.5 325 2842 73 5/75 5/75 38.93 2.28 102.3 1 0
EAS Prasanna (India) 1962-1977 22 1115.3 345 2560 95 6/74 10/174 26.94 2.29 70.4 5 1
SLV Raju (India) 1990-2001 16 740.0 211 1704 71 6/12 11/125 24.00 2.30 62.5 5 1
ML Jaisimha (India) 1960-1969 25 250.1 83 583 7 2/54 2/54 83.28 2.33 214.4 0 0
Iqbal Qasim (Pak) 1979-1987 10 420.5 135 982 29 6/40 10/175 33.86 2.33 87.0 2 1
Maninder Singh (India) 1983-1993 18 811.3 229 1898 62 7/27 10/107 30.61 2.33 78.5 3 2
GS Sobers (WI) 1958-1967 8 274.2 84 642 24 4/26 7/98 26.75 2.34 68.5 0 0
Haseeb Ahsan (Pak) 1960-1961 5 209.0 56 490 15 6/202 6/202 32.66 2.34 83.6 2 0
VS Hazare (India) 1948-1952 13 177.0 50 418 5 1/13 1/13 83.60 2.36 212.4 0 0
SP Gupte (India) 1951-1961 21 1074.4 352 2549 84 9/102 10/223 30.34 2.37 76.7 6 1
JR Reid (NZ) 1955-1965 9 188.0 67 446 9 3/19 5/106 49.55 2.37 125.3 0 0

Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India v Australia at Delhi, 4th Test, Mar 22-24, 2013 [Test # 2085]
India v Australia at Mohali, 3rd Test, Mar 14-18, 2013 [Test # 2081]
India v Australia at Hyderabad (Deccan), 2nd Test, Mar 2-5, 2013 [Test # 2076]
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