Best Bowling Figures Against India: Ajaz Patel with his 14 wickets grabbed the best bowling figures against India in Tests. Here we look at the top 5 best bowling figures against India in Test match cricket!
#5 – Andy Roberts (WI)
The “expressionless assassin”, as he was known was part of the fearsome bowling attack that the West Indies possessed back in the 1980s.
Roberts, in a Test against India, obtained 12 wickets while giving away 121 runs, in both the innings combined!
#4 – Fazal Mahmood (PAK)
Mahmood was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who was born in undivided India in Lahore, Punjab.
He made his debut for Pakistan in 1952, and played 34 Tests. In a game against arch-rivals India, he claimed 12 wickets for just 94 runs, making these the best bowling figures in Tests against India at the time!
#3 – Steven O’Keefe (IND)
O’Keefe rattled Indian batters in Pune in a Test in 2017. The left-arm off-spinner beat India at their own game, through a trial by spin.
He took 12 wickets, giving away just 70 runs. In doing so, he obtained the best figures by an Australian bowler in Tests in India!
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#2 – Ian Botham (ENG)
From O’Keefy we come to Beefy. Ian Botham was one of the legendary all-rounders English cricket has seen.
Against India, he delivered a great performance in a Test in Mumbai in 1980. Botham took 13 wickets, while giving away 106 runs.
For 41 years, this stayed as the best bowling performance against India in Tests!
#1 – Ajaz Patel (NZ)
41 years later, Botham’s record stands broken. The left-arm off-spinner who was born in Mumbai has claimed this record for himself now.
Having already etched his name in history books after claiming all 10 Indian wickets in the first innings, Ajaz Patel took 4 more wickets in the second to end up with the best figures against India in Tests: 14/225!
So these are the top 5 best bowling figures against India in Tests!
