Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for India (Host) in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MJ Clarke	6.2	-	9	6	6.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
JE Root	6.2	3	8	5	7.60	England	v India	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
BR Taylor	7.3	2	26	5	9.00	New Zealand	v India	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
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
BP Patterson	8.5	1	24	5	10.60	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
MP Kuhnemann	9.0	2	16	5	10.80	Australia	v India	Indore	01 Mar 2023	Test # 2496
DJ Nash	11.0	3	27	6	11.00	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
ND Hirwani	15.2	3	75	8	11.50	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	11.83	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
R Ashwin	13.5	2	59	7	11.85	India	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
JJ Bumrah	10.0	4	24	5	12.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
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
R Ashwin	12.4	4	41	6	12.66	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
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
SNJ O'Keefe	13.1	2	35	6	13.16	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
RA Jadeja	9.0	3	17	4	13.50	India	v Afghanistan	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2307
PP Ojha	11.2	2	40	5	13.60	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	14 Nov 2013	Test # 2102
Imran Tahir	11.3	2	38	5	13.80	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
ND Hirwani	18.3	3	61	8	13.87	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
SD Udal	9.2	3	14	4	14.00	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
WW Daniel	11.5	-	39	5	14.20	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
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
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
MH Mankad	9.4	1	49	4	14.50	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	15.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	15.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
SNJ O'Keefe	15.0	4	35	6	15.00	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
PEW Jones	10.0	3	30	4	15.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
EAS Prasanna	10.0	5	16	4	15.00	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	15.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
HDPK Dharmasena	12.4	-	57	5	15.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	03 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
RA Jadeja	12.4	4	41	5	15.20	India	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024	Test # 2530
RA Jadeja	13.0	4	41	5	15.60	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	04 Mar 2022	Test # 2452
Maninder Singh	18.2	8	27	7	15.71	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	15.75	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
C Sharma	13.1	2	55	5	15.80	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
Mohammed Shami	13.1	-	47	5	15.80	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	06 Nov 2013	Test # 2101
JJ Bumrah	15.5	5	45	6	15.83	India	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2526
A Kumble	26.3	9	74	10	15.90	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999	Test # 1443
N Kapil Dev	13.2	-	70	5	16.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
L Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	16.12	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
R Ashwin	16.3	5	31	6	16.50	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	23 Aug 2012	Test # 2054
RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	16.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
B Kumar	11.0	8	8	4	16.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
R Ashwin	11.0	2	37	4	16.50	India	v West Indies	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018	Test # 2319
NM Lyon	22.2	4	50	8	16.75	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
ALF de Mel	14.0	-	68	5	16.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
A Kumble	14.0	2	60	5	16.80	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
Kuldeep Yadav	14.0	2	57	5	16.80	India	v West Indies	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018	Test # 2319
R Ashwin	14.0	-	77	5	16.80	India	v England	Dharamsala	07 Mar 2024	Test # 2534
RGD Willis	17.0	2	53	6	17.00	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
UT Yadav	14.1	1	53	5	17.00	India	v Bangladesh	Eden Gardens	22 Nov 2019	Test # 2369
R Ashwin	17.3	2	61	6	17.50	India	v England	Chennai	05 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
R Ashwin	11.4	1	51	4	17.50	India	v England	Dharamsala	07 Mar 2024	Test # 2534
Ghulam Ahmed	20.3	6	49	7	17.57	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
NM Lyon	23.3	1	64	8	17.62	Australia	v India	Indore	01 Mar 2023	Test # 2496
JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	17.66	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
PJ Wiseman	11.5	-	64	4	17.75	New Zealand	v India	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	17.83	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	17.85	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
KD Ghavri	15.0	6	33	5	18.00	India	v England	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
B Kumar	15.0	2	48	5	18.00	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	30 Sep 2016	Test # 2222
AR Patel	15.0	-	32	5	18.00	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
Kuldeep Yadav	15.0	1	72	5	18.00	India	v England	Dharamsala	07 Mar 2024	Test # 2534
NS Yadav	12.0	-	35	4	18.00	India	v Australia	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
JN Gillespie	12.0	2	29	4	18.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
RA Jadeja	12.0	3	33	4	18.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
UT Yadav	12.0	3	32	4	18.00	India	v Australia	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
UT Yadav	12.1	3	45	4	18.25	India	v West Indies	Hyderabad	12 Oct 2018	Test # 2321
SM Pollock	12.2	6	24	4	18.50	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
C Sharma	12.3	-	38	4	18.75	India	v England	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1984	Test # 1007
R Ashwin	15.5	-	51	5	19.00	India	v England	Ranchi	23 Feb 2024	Test # 2531
Harbhajan Singh	22.2	3	62	7	19.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
PR Adams	19.1	6	55	6	19.16	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
BP Patterson	16.0	1	68	5	19.20	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
RA Jadeja	16.0	2	58	5	19.20	India	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
R Ashwin	16.1	6	32	5	19.40	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
PI Pocock	13.0	3	28	4	19.50	England	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
GR Dilley	13.0	1	47	4	19.50	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
MM Patel	13.0	4	25	4	19.50	India	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
I Sharma	13.0	2	56	4	19.50	India	v Bangladesh	Eden Gardens	22 Nov 2019	Test # 2369
RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	19.57	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
JK Lever	23.0	6	46	7	19.71	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
NM Lyon	23.2	4	94	7	20.00	Australia	v India	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
BS Bedi	16.4	4	48	5	20.00	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
VA Holder	20.1	6	39	6	20.16	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
J Srinath	27.0	6	86	8	20.25	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
N Kapil Dev	23.4	7	56	7	20.28	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
N Kapil Dev	30.3	6	83	9	20.33	India	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
KCG Benjamin	17.0	3	65	5	20.40	West Indies	v India	Mohali	10 Dec 1994	Test # 1278
H Verity	23.5	10	49	7	20.42	England	v India	Chennai	10 Feb 1934	Test # 232

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Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]