Bowlers with best figures (innings) in India vs Bangladesh Tests
India are set to host Bangladesh in a two-Test series from September 19. The first Test is set to be held in Chennai. India lead Bangladesh 11-0 in terms of matches played (13 - one abandoned, one drawn). Bowlers on both sides have had a dominant outing in these matches. Here we decode bowlers with the best figures (innings) in Bangladesh vs India Tests.
Zaheer Khan - 7/87 Mirpur, 2010
Zaheer Khan tops the list with seven scalps in the second innings of the second Test in Mirpur, back in 2010. Bangladesh were folded for 312. Zaheer recorded the figures of 7/87, with an economy of 4.24. He bowled 20.3 overs and managed two maidens throughout his spell. Zaheer had earlier claimed 3/62 in the first innings. India won the match by 10 wickets.
Irfan Pathan - 6/51 Dhaka, 2004
Irfan Pathan picked up six wickets during the second innings of the first Test in Dhaka, 2004. The hosts were bowled out for 202. Pathan managed figures of 6/51 in 15 overs. He recorded five maidens in his spell. Pathan recorded a 5-fer (5/45) in the first innings as well. India won the match by an innings and 140 runs.
Naimur Rahman - 6/132 Dhaka, 2000
Naimur Rahman is the sole Bangladesh bowler in this list courtesy of his six-wicket haul in the first innings of the only Test in Dhaka, 2000. Rahman managed 6/132 and recorded nine maidens in his 44.3-over spell, folding India for 429. However, the all-rounder bowled only four overs in the second innings. Additionally, India won the match by nine wickets.
Ishant Sharma - 5/22 Kolkata, 2019
Indian pacer Ishant Sharma recorded a fifer in the first innings of the second day-night Test in Kolkata, 2019. The visitors managed a mere 102 runs. Ishant recorded figures of 5/22. He bowled 12 overs in the first innings and managed four maidens in his spell. India won the match by an innings and 46 runs.
