Bowling Most 5wi Career

Cricket Records for India in Test matches

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
R Ashwin	2011-2024	100	189	26166	4361.0	889	12255	516	7/59	23.75	2.81	50.70	25	36	8
A Kumble	1990-2008	132	236	40850	6808.2	1576	18355	619	10/74	29.65	2.69	65.99	31	35	8
Harbhajan Singh	1998-2015	103	190	28580	4763.2	871	13537	417	8/84	32.46	2.84	68.53	16	25	5
N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	131	227	27740	4623.2	1060	12867	434	9/83	29.64	2.78	63.91	17	23	2
BS Chandrasekhar	1964-1979	58	97	15963	-	584	7199	242	8/79	29.74	2.70	65.96	12	16	2
BS Bedi	1966-1979	67	118	21364	-	1096	7637	266	7/98	28.71	2.14	80.31	13	14	1
RA Jadeja	2012-2024	72	136	17233	2872.1	706	7096	294	7/42	24.13	2.47	58.61	13	13	2
SP Gupte	1951-1961	36	61	11284	1880.4	608	4403	149	9/102	29.55	2.34	75.73	8	12	1
Z Khan	2000-2014	92	165	18785	3130.5	624	10247	311	7/87	32.94	3.27	60.40	15	11	1
I Sharma	2007-2021	105	188	19160	3193.2	640	10078	311	7/74	32.40	3.15	61.60	10	11	1
JJ Bumrah	2018-2024	36	69	7182	1197.0	280	3291	159	6/27	20.69	2.74	45.16	4	10	-
EAS Prasanna	1962-1978	49	86	14353	-	602	5742	189	8/76	30.38	2.40	75.94	17	10	2
J Srinath	1991-2002	67	121	15104	2517.2	599	7196	236	8/86	30.49	2.85	64.00	8	10	1
MH Mankad	1946-1959	44	70	14686	-	777	5236	162	8/52	32.32	2.13	90.65	10	8	2
IK Pathan	2003-2008	29	54	5884	980.4	212	3226	100	7/59	32.26	3.28	58.84	2	7	2
BKV Prasad	1996-2001	33	58	7041	1173.3	275	3360	96	6/33	35.00	2.86	73.34	1	7	1
PP Ojha	2009-2013	24	48	7633	1272.1	298	3420	113	6/47	30.26	2.68	67.54	5	7	1
DR Doshi	1979-1983	33	55	9322	1553.4	456	3502	114	6/102	30.71	2.25	81.77	4	6	-
Mohammed Shami	2013-2023	64	122	11515	1919.1	364	6346	229	6/56	27.71	3.30	50.28	12	6	-
AR Patel	2021-2024	14	27	2540	423.2	96	1064	55	6/38	19.34	2.51	46.18	2	5	1
SLV Raju	1990-2001	28	51	7602	1267.0	362	2857	93	6/12	30.72	2.25	81.74	1	5	1
Kuldeep Yadav	2017-2024	12	22	1964	327.2	45	1116	53	5/40	21.05	3.40	37.05	3	4	-
B Kumar	2013-2018	21	37	3348	558.0	141	1644	63	6/82	26.09	2.94	53.14	3	4	-
C Sharma	1984-1989	23	39	3470	578.2	61	2163	61	6/58	35.45	3.74	56.88	2	4	1
ND Hirwani	1988-1996	17	28	4298	716.2	155	1987	66	8/61	30.10	2.77	65.12	2	4	1
Ghulam Ahmed	1948-1959	22	36	5650	941.4	254	2052	68	7/49	30.17	2.17	83.08	3	4	1
S Madan Lal	1974-1986	39	63	5997	-	188	2846	71	5/23	40.08	2.84	84.46	1	4	-
KD Ghavri	1974-1981	39	69	7036	-	233	3656	109	5/33	33.54	3.11	64.55	5	4	-
RG Nadkarni	1955-1968	41	65	9165	-	665	2559	88	6/43	29.07	1.67	104.14	2	4	1
M Nissar	1932-1936	6	11	1211	201.5	34	707	25	5/90	28.28	3.50	48.44	-	3	-
L Sivaramakrishnan	1983-1986	9	16	2367	394.3	74	1145	26	6/64	44.03	2.90	91.03	-	3	1
Arshad Ayub	1987-1989	13	22	3663	610.3	150	1438	41	5/50	35.07	2.35	89.34	4	3	-
Mohammed Siraj	2020-2024	27	50	3930	655.0	122	2197	74	6/15	29.68	3.35	53.10	5	3	-
S Sreesanth	2006-2011	27	50	5419	903.1	162	3271	87	5/40	37.59	3.62	62.28	4	3	-
DG Phadkar	1947-1959	31	48	5994	-	277	2285	62	7/159	36.85	2.28	96.67	1	3	-
SA Durani	1960-1973	29	46	6446	1074.2	317	2657	75	6/73	35.42	2.47	85.94	2	3	1
M Prabhakar	1984-1995	39	68	7475	1245.5	274	3581	96	6/132	37.30	2.87	77.86	4	3	-
Maninder Singh	1982-1993	35	52	8218	1369.4	359	3288	88	7/27	37.36	2.40	93.38	5	3	2
NS Yadav	1979-1987	35	61	8360	1393.2	339	3580	102	5/76	35.09	2.56	81.96	8	3	-
UT Yadav	2011-2023	57	112	8979	1496.3	245	5263	170	6/88	30.95	3.51	52.81	6	3	1
S Venkataraghavan	1965-1983	57	96	14877	-	696	5634	156	8/72	36.11	2.27	95.36	7	3	1
JM Patel	1955-1960	7	11	1725	287.3	94	637	29	9/69	21.96	2.21	59.48	-	2	1
L Amar Singh	1932-1936	7	13	2182	363.4	95	858	28	7/86	30.64	2.35	77.92	1	2	-
Surendra Nath	1958-1961	11	17	2602	433.4	144	1053	26	5/75	40.50	2.42	100.07	1	2	-
RMH Binny	1979-1987	27	38	2870	478.2	76	1534	47	6/56	32.63	3.20	61.06	-	2	-
L Amarnath	1933-1952	24	35	4241	-	195	1481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2	-
PR Umrigar	1948-1962	59	50	4725	787.3	262	1473	35	6/74	42.08	1.87	135.00	3	2	-
RB Desai	1959-1968	28	45	5597	-	178	2761	74	6/56	37.31	2.95	75.63	8	2	-
RJ Shastri	1981-1992	80	125	15751	2625.1	657	6185	151	5/75	40.96	2.35	104.31	11	2	-
V Razdan	1989-1989	2	2	240	40.0	6	141	5	5/79	28.20	3.52	48.00	-	1	-
VV Kumar	1961-1961	2	3	605	100.5	46	202	7	5/64	28.85	2.00	86.42	-	1	-
CR Rangachari	1948-1948	4	4	846	-	11	493	9	5/107	54.77	3.49	94.00	1	1	-
HH Pandya	2017-2018	11	19	937	156.1	19	528	17	5/28	31.05	3.38	55.11	-	1	-
SN Thakur	2018-2023	11	19	1449	241.3	36	880	31	7/61	28.38	3.64	46.74	1	1	-
SG Shinde	1946-1952	7	10	1515	252.3	59	717	12	6/91	59.75	2.83	126.25	-	1	-
P Kumar	2011-2011	6	11	1611	268.3	68	697	27	5/106	25.81	2.59	59.66	1	1	-
L Balaji	2003-2005	8	15	1756	292.4	64	1004	27	5/76	37.18	3.43	65.03	2	1	-
A Kuruvilla	1997-1997	10	15	1765	294.1	59	892	25	5/68	35.68	3.03	70.60	1	1	-
RP Singh	2006-2011	14	25	2534	422.2	59	1682	40	5/59	42.05	3.98	63.35	3	1	-
SB Joshi	1996-2000	15	26	3451	575.1	146	1470	41	5/142	35.85	2.55	84.17	1	1	-
V Sehwag	2001-2013	103	91	3731	621.5	74	1894	40	5/104	47.35	3.04	93.27	-	1	-
RF Surti	1960-1969	26	45	3870	-	115	1962	42	5/74	46.71	3.04	92.14	-	1	-
S Abid Ali	1967-1974	29	49	4164	-	119	1980	47	6/55	42.12	2.85	88.59	2	1	-
AB Agarkar	1998-2006	26	46	4857	809.3	168	2745	58	6/41	47.32	3.39	83.74	-	1	-
GS Ramchand	1952-1960	33	56	4976	829.2	256	1899	41	6/49	46.31	2.28	121.36	-	1	-
A Mishra	2008-2016	22	40	5103	850.3	123	2715	76	5/71	35.72	3.19	67.14	2	1	-
CG Borde	1958-1969	55	54	5695	-	236	2417	52	5/88	46.48	2.54	109.51	2	1	-
ML Apte	1952-1953	7	1	6	1.0	-	3	-	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	-	-	-
AG Milkha Singh	1960-1961	4	1	6	1.0	-	2	-	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	-	-	-
A Gandotra	1969-1969	2	1	6	1.0	-	5	-	-	0.00	5.00	0.00	-	-	-
NS Sidhu	1983-1999	51	1	6	1.0	-	9	-	-	0.00	9.00	0.00	-	-	-
HH Kanitkar	1999-2000	2	1	6	1.0	-	2	-	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	-	-	-
A Ratra	2002-2002	6	1	6	1.0	-	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	-	-	-
SS Iyer	2021-2024	14	1	6	1.0	-	2	-	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	-	-	-
YBK Jaiswal	2023-2024	9	1	6	1.0	-	6	-	-	0.00	6.00	0.00	-	-	-
Shubman Gill	2020-2024	25	1	7	1.1	-	1	-	-	0.00	0.85	0.00	-	-	-
S Amarnath	1976-1978	10	1	11	-	-	5	1	1/5	5.00	2.72	11.00	-	-	-
DK Gaekwad	1952-1961	11	2	12	2.0	-	12	-	-	0.00	6.00	0.00	-	-	-
RC Saxena	1967-1967	1	1	12	2.0	-	11	-	-	0.00	5.50	0.00	-	-	-
KS More	1986-1993	49	1	12	2.0	-	12	-	-	0.00	6.00	0.00	-	-	-
G Gambhir	2004-2016	58	1	12	2.0	-	4	-	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	-	-	-
CA Pujara	2010-2023	103	2	12	2.0	-	3	-	-	0.00	1.50	0.00	-	-	-
A Mukund	2011-2017	7	1	12	2.0	-	14	-	-	0.00	7.00	0.00	-	-	-
KK Nair	2016-2017	6	2	12	2.0	-	11	-	-	0.00	5.50	0.00	-	-	-
M Azharuddin	1984-2000	99	3	13	2.1	-	16	-	-	0.00	7.38	0.00	-	-	-
J Arun Lal	1982-1989	16	3	16	2.4	1	7	-	-	0.00	2.62	0.00	-	-	-
SV Manjrekar	1987-1996	37	3	17	2.5	-	15	-	-	0.00	5.29	0.00	-	-	-
AA Baig	1959-1967	10	2	18	3.0	-	15	-	-	0.00	5.00	0.00	-	-	-
AO Malhotra	1982-1985	7	2	18	3.0	1	3	-	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	-	-	-
M Kaif	2000-2006	13	1	18	3.0	-	4	-	-	0.00	1.33	0.00	-	-	-
SMH Kirmani	1976-1986	88	3	19	-	-	13	1	1/9	13.00	4.10	19.00	-	-	-
BK Kunderan	1960-1967	18	1	24	4.0	-	13	-	-	0.00	3.25	0.00	-	-	-
PH Sharma	1974-1977	5	2	24	4.0	-	8	-	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	-	-	-
AK Sharma	1988-1988	1	1	24	4.0	-	9	-	-	0.00	2.25	0.00	-	-	-
S Wazir Ali	1932-1936	7	3	30	5.0	1	25	-	-	0.00	5.00	0.00	-	-	-
RS Modi	1946-1952	10	1	30	5.0	1	14	-	-	0.00	2.80	0.00	-	-	-
Yashpal Sharma	1979-1983	37	3	30	5.0	2	17	1	1/6	17.00	3.40	30.00	-	-	-
VL Mehra	1955-1964	8	3	36	6.0	1	6	-	-	0.00	1.00	0.00	-	-	-
AV Mankad	1969-1978	22	3	41	-	1	43	-	-	0.00	6.29	0.00	-	-	-
PE Palia	1932-1936	2	2	42	7.0	3	13	-	-	0.00	1.85	0.00	-	-	-

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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]