Last updated on October 3rd, 2025 at 03:46 pm
The Top 10 list of Most 5-Wicket Hauls In India-Australia Tests contains – 7 Indian & 3 Australian bowlers. The 4th most wickets in Test cricket bowler Anil Kumble leads on the topmost position, followed by the Ind-Aus Test most wickets bowler, Nathan Lyon on second position.
The Ind-Aus Test most 10 wicket hauls & Ind-Aus Test best bowling figures in a match bowler, Harbhajan Singh has the third most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia Tests.
He is followed by Kapil Dev(4th) & Ravichandran Ashwin(5th) with more number of innings, after all 3 having the same number of 5-fers in this contest.
Just like that Richie Benaud, Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna & Ravindra Jadeja follow the order of – sixth, seventh, eighth & ninth, in the category of the most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia Tests history.
Graham McKenzie finds himself tenth in the top 10 list of most 5-wicket Hauls in India-Australia Tests cricket.
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| S.No. | Player | Span | 5s | 10s | Mts | Inns | Wkts | Team |
| 1 | Anil Kumble | 1996-2008 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 38 | 111 | India |
| 2 | Nathan Lyon | 2011-2025* | 9 | 2 | 32 | 56 | 130 | Australia |
| 3 | Harbhajan Singh | 1998-2013 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 35 | 95 | India |
| 4 | Kapil Dev | 1979-1992 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 38 | 79 | India |
| 5 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 2011-2024 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 43 | 115 | India |
| 6 | Richie Benaud | 1956-1960 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 52 | Australia |
| 7 | Bishan Singh Bedi | 1968-1978 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 56 | India |
| 8 | Erapalli Prasanna | 1967-1978 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 57 | India |
| 9 | Ravindra Jadeja | 2013-2025* | 5 | 1 | 20 | 36 | 93 | India |
| 10 | Graham McKenzie | 1964-1969 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 47 | Australia |
** Mts – Matches, Inns – Innings, Wkts – Wickets, S.No. – Serial Number
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A fiercely aggressive & competitive on the field yet unerringly composed & humble off it, Anil Kumble has the most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia Tests, all time.
This includes 4, five-wicket hauls in Australia & 6 in India. The most for him in a series are 3 five-wicket hauls, taking twice in – 2003/04 & 2004/05 series.
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The Australian off spinner, Nathan Lyon comes 2nd for the most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia tests with 9 against his name.
The 2nd Australian to have the very 1st ball wicket in International cricket, has 4 of his 5-wicket hauls came in Australia while in India the number is 5. Four-times he has two 5-fers in a single series.
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The former Indian off break bowler, Harbhajan Singh has 7 five-wicket hauls under this rivalry, with all coming in India.
For 4 times, he did this in 2000/01 series which included the best bowling figures in a match in India-Australia tests & for 3 times, he did this in the 2004/05 series.
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Kapil Dev’s number of a five-wicket haul versus Australia is 7 which includes 2 in India & 5 in Australia including his 8/106, the 5th in the list of best bowling figures in an innings in India-Australia tests.
On three occasions, he has 2 five-wicket hauls in a series.
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The former Indian allrounder, Ravichandran Ashwin is 5th in the list of most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia tests with 7 to his name, all of which coming at home.
4 – the most for him for in a series under this rivalry, coming in the 2012/13 series.
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The influential Australian all-rounder, Richie Benaud played all his matches in India(8 tests) under this rivalry & took 52 wickets, with 5 five-wicket hauls.
The captain under whose captaincy Australia never lost a Test series, had three 5-fers in the 1956/57 series & two in the 1959/60 series, against India.
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The former Indian left-arm orthodox bowler, Bishan Singh Bedi comes with a number counting 5, in this list of most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia tests.
3 of these came in Australia while 2 in India. The turbaned Indian spinner had 3 as the most, in a Test series(1977/78).
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Erapalli Prasanna Stats In Test Cricket : 5 Five Wickets Haul Against The Aussies, E Prasanna Test Career : 1962-1978
Erapalli Prasanna, appears in this list of the most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia Tests, coming with five 5-wicket hauls.
Making his Test Debut against England in 1962, Prasanna has two 5-fers in Australia & three in India. The most for him in a series appears 3, in the 1969/70 series.
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Ravindra Jadeja, the Indian left-arm orthodox bowler is the fourth with a number of 5 five-fers in this list of most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia tests.
All of his 5-wicket hauls have come at home, with two times in a series having 2, 5-fers.
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Graham McKenzie’s number of five-wicket hauls against India is 4 – the 10th most 5-wicket hauls in India-Australia Tests.
The former Australian fast bowler, has one 5-fer in Australia while 3 in India and 2 is the most for him in a single series(1969/70).
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