Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings IN India

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches IN India

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MJ Clarke	6.2	0	9	6	6.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
Harbhajan Singh	10.5	2	29	5	13.00	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
SD Udal	9.2	3	14	4	14.00	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	15.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
A Kumble	14.0	2	60	5	16.80	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
PJ Wiseman	11.5	0	64	4	17.75	New Zealand	v India	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
JN Gillespie	12.0	2	29	4	18.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
SM Pollock	12.2	6	24	4	18.50	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
Harbhajan Singh	22.2	3	62	7	19.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
MM Patel	13.0	4	25	4	19.50	India	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
GD McGrath	14.0	8	18	4	21.00	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
A Kumble	19.0	0	90	5	22.80	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
M Kartik	15.3	1	44	4	23.25	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
Harbhajan Singh	19.3	4	51	5	23.40	India	v England	Mohali	03 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
SR Watson	15.4	2	42	4	23.50	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
Z Khan	16.0	4	41	4	24.00	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
JN Gillespie	16.0	7	24	4	24.00	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
Harbhajan Singh	28.3	12	48	7	24.42	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
L Balaji	20.4	5	76	5	24.80	India	v Pakistan	Mohali	08 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
Z Khan	21.0	5	72	5	25.20	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
Harbhajan Singh	30.0	3	87	7	25.71	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
S Sreesanth	22.0	4	75	5	26.40	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
Shoaib Akhtar	18.1	4	58	4	27.25	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
JN Gillespie	22.5	8	56	5	27.40	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
Harbhajan Singh	18.2	2	64	4	27.50	India	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
A Kumble	28.0	6	72	6	28.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
A Kumble	23.3	10	30	5	28.20	India	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
A Kumble	28.4	6	81	6	28.66	India	v England	Mohali	03 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
JM Anderson	19.1	8	40	4	28.75	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
J Srinath	24.1	6	60	5	29.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
Harbhajan Singh	30.1	5	78	6	30.16	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
Harbhajan Singh	30.3	8	73	6	30.50	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
MJ Hoggard	30.5	13	57	6	30.83	England	v India	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
Harbhajan Singh	31.0	5	62	6	31.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
Harbhajan Singh	20.5	2	68	4	31.25	India	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1901
Harbhajan Singh	41.5	20	84	8	31.37	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	31.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
A Mishra	26.4	8	71	5	32.00	India	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1889
A Kumble	21.2	6	38	4	32.00	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
Harbhajan Singh	37.5	7	123	7	32.42	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Danish Kaneria	21.4	3	59	4	32.50	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
A Kumble	38.0	16	63	7	32.57	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
Harbhajan Singh	38.2	6	133	7	32.85	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
JJ Krejza	43.5	1	215	8	32.87	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
SK Warne	22.0	7	47	4	33.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
A Flintoff	22.0	3	96	4	33.00	England	v India	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
S Sreesanth	22.0	5	70	4	33.00	India	v England	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
UWMBCA Welegedara	22.0	4	87	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
M Muralidaran	38.4	8	100	7	33.14	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Z Khan	23.0	3	68	4	34.50	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	7	44	4	34.50	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
A Kumble	29.4	8	76	5	35.60	India	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
Z Khan	29.5	4	91	5	35.80	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
Harbhajan Singh	30.2	6	71	5	36.40	India	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
MJ Hoggard	24.3	7	80	4	36.75	England	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
A Kumble	24.5	5	51	4	37.25	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
GD McGrath	25.0	8	55	4	37.50	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
Z Khan	26.2	6	95	4	39.50	India	v Australia	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
HMRKB Herath	33.0	2	121	5	39.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
I Sharma	33.1	10	118	5	39.80	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
MG Johnson	27.0	4	70	4	40.50	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
A Kumble	34.3	9	89	5	41.40	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
A Kumble	28.0	12	56	4	42.00	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
Harbhajan Singh	28.0	3	121	4	42.00	India	v Australia	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
A Flintoff	28.0	9	50	4	42.00	England	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
SK Warne	42.3	5	125	6	42.50	Australia	v India	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
S Sreesanth	28.5	6	95	4	43.25	India	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
J Srinath	29.0	9	73	4	43.50	India	v England	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
DR Tuffey	29.0	5	80	4	43.50	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
A Kumble	29.0	7	70	4	43.50	India	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
A Kumble	51.0	13	115	7	43.71	India	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
A Kumble	29.3	8	58	4	44.25	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
A Kumble	37.0	15	63	5	44.40	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
Harbhajan Singh	30.0	6	79	4	45.00	India	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
L Balaji	30.0	5	95	4	45.00	India	v Pakistan	Mohali	08 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
I Sharma	30.0	7	77	4	45.00	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
N Boje	38.0	14	83	5	45.60	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
A Kumble	30.4	13	49	4	46.00	India	v England	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
JJ Krejza	31.0	3	143	4	46.50	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
Danish Kaneria	39.0	7	127	5	46.80	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
Yasir Arafat	39.0	5	161	5	46.80	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
A Kumble	47.0	8	133	6	47.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
Harbhajan Singh	31.4	9	46	4	47.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
V Sehwag	40.0	9	104	5	48.00	India	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008	Test # 1891
DW Steyn	32.0	3	103	4	48.00	South Africa	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
Harbhajan Singh	32.0	3	112	4	48.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
Harbhajan Singh	41.0	7	146	5	49.20	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
A Kumble	33.5	12	82	4	50.75	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
Harbhajan Singh	51.5	9	152	6	51.83	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
AF Giles	43.3	16	67	5	52.20	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
J Srinath	35.0	9	81	4	52.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
Danish Kaneria	53.4	12	150	6	53.66	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	08 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	53.80	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
A Kumble	54.0	13	131	6	54.00	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
A Kumble	36.0	7	85	4	54.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Harbhajan Singh	45.5	9	122	5	55.00	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	30 Nov 2007	Test # 1850
HH Streak	37.2	11	92	4	56.00	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
A Kumble	39.0	12	95	4	58.50	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
Harbhajan Singh	40.0	5	135	4	60.00	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871

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Minimum of 4 wickets
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]