Top 10 : Best Bowling Figures In A Match In India-Australia Tests, Full Time

Last updated on September 12th, 2024 at 05:24 pm

Harbhajan Singh tops, in the list of Best Bowling Figures In A Match In India-Australia Tests. There are 6 Indian & 4 Australian bowlers in the list, with top-four positions occupied by the Indian bowlers. 15/217 by Harbhajan Singh, is the only with 15 or more wickets in an India vs Australia test match.

Steve O’Keefe’s 12/70 comes first among the Australian bowlers. There are, six, 12-fers in this list of best bowling in a match in India-Australia tests.

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Best Bowling Figures In A Match In India-Australia Tests – List

S.No.	Player	Figures	Overs	Mds	Eco.	Venue	Year	Team
1	Harbhajan Singh	15/217	80.1	26	2.70	Chennai	2001	India
2	Jasubhai Patel	14/124	61.3	23	2.01	Kanpur	1959	India
3	Anil Kumble	13/181	64.3	12	2.80	Chennai	2004	India
4	Harbhajan Singh	13/196	68.2	15	2.86	Eden Gardens	2001	India
5	Steve O’Keefe	12/70	28.1	6	2.48	Pune	2017	Australia
6	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	12/104	34.1	5	2.28	Melbourne	1977	India
7	Alan Davidson	12/124	77.4	30	1.59	Kanpur	1959	Australia
8	Bruce Reid	12/126	55.2	16	2.27	Melbourne	1991	Australia
9	Geoff Dymock	12/166	63.4	12	2.60	Kanpur	1979	Australia
10	Ravichandran Ashwin	12/198	74.0	18	2.67	Chennai	2013	India

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Best Bowling Figures In A Match In India-Australia Tests Summary – Bowler With Best Bowling In India Australia Test

1. Harbhajan Singh, 15/217

Harbhajan Singh’s bowling figures of 15/217, the best so far in a match in India-Australia test series. He did this in the 3rd test(at Chennai ) of the 2000/01 India-Australia test series, which gave India a famous 2-wickets victory.

He had 7 wickets for 133 runs in the first innings and his career best of 8 wickets for 84 runs in the second innings.

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2. Jasubhai Patel, 14/124

Jasubhai Patel, the right arm off-spinner had the bowling figures of 14/124 in the 2nd test(at Kanpur) of the 1959/60 India-Australia test series. His 9/69 in the first innings, was India’s best test figures in an innings till it was overtaken by Anil Kumble nearly after 40 years.

India won the match by 119 runs. This also is the best bowling figures in an innings under this rivalry.

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3. Anil Kumble, 13/181

Anil Kumble’s 13/181 is third in the list of best bowling figures in a match in India-Australia tests. He had this in the 2nd test( at Chennai ) of the 2004/05 India-Australia test series. The match ended in a draw. Kumble tops the list of the most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia tests .

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4. Harbhajan Singh, 13/196

Again, Harbhajan Singh comes in the list of best bowling figures in a match in India-Australia tests with 13/196 which he does in the 2nd test( at Eden Gardens ) of the 2000/01 series. He helps India with a 171 runs victory. Harbhajan has the most 10-wicket hauls in this clash.

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5. Steve O’Keefe, 12/70

With 6/35 in each innings of the 1st test( at Pune ) of 2016/17 India-Australia test series, Steve O’Keefe came up with the match figures of 12/70. Australia won the match by 333 runs.

6. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, 12/104

Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, the right-arm legbreak bowler from India had his career best match figures of 12/104 coming against Australia in the 3rd test(at Melbourne ) of the 1977/78 India-Australia test series. He had the figures of 6/52 in both innings, helping India won by 222 runs.

7. Alan Davidson, 12/124

Alan Davidson’s career best of 12/124, the 7th in the list of best bowling figures in a match in India-Australia tests, came in the same match of Jasubhai Patel’s 14/124. This includes the left-arm seamer’s career best bowling in an innings (7/93).

8. Bruce Reid, 12/126

This left-arm fast medium bowler took 12 wickets for 126 runs in the 2nd test(at Melbourne ) of the 1991/92 India-Australia test series to come up eighth for the best bowling figures in a match in India-Australia tests. This helped Australia winning the match by 8 wickets.

9. Geoff Dymock, 12/166

Geoff Davidson, the third Australian left-arm seamer in this list had his career best- 1) match figures of 12/166, 2) innings figures 7/67, coming against India, in the 3rd test(at Kanpur ) of the 1979/80 India-Australia test series. India won this match by 153 runs.

10. Ravichandran Ashwin, 12/198

Ravichandran Ashwin’s 12/198 is on number ten for the best bowling figures in a match in India-Australia tests.

He had this in the first match( at Chennai ) of the 2012/13 India-Australia test series, helping India won the match by 8-wickets after Dhoni’s double hundred. Ashwin is the bowler having the 2nd – most wickets in India-Australia Tests.

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