The following table list the bowlers who have captured five or more wickets on Indian test grounds hosting their first test. R Ashwin’s 7 for 59 in the second innings of the just concluded Indore test provides the 25th occasion.
| No |
Ground |
Oppn |
Mon/Year |
No |
Bowler |
V/H |
FWI |
| 1 |
Mum-Gym |
Eng |
Dec 1933 |
1 |
M Nissar |
H |
5-090 |
| 1 |
Mum-Gym |
Eng |
Dec 1933 |
2 |
MS Nichols |
V |
5-055 |
| 2 |
Kolkata |
Eng |
Jan 1934 |
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
3 |
L Amarsingh |
H |
7-086 |
| 3 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
4 |
H Verity |
V |
7-049 |
| 3 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
5 |
J Langridge |
V |
5-063 |
| 4 |
Delhi |
Win |
Nov 1948 |
6 |
CR Rangachari |
H |
5-107 |
| 5 |
Mum-BS |
Win |
Dec 1948 |
|
|
|
|
| 6 |
Kanpur |
Eng |
Jan 1952 |
7 |
R Tattersaal |
V |
6-048 |
| 7 |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
8 |
Fazal Mahmood |
V |
5-052 |
| 7 |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
9 |
Fazal Mahmood |
V |
7-042 |
| 8 |
Hyd-LBS |
NZl |
Nov 1955 |
10 |
SP Gupte |
H |
7-128 |
| 9 |
Madras-CS |
NZl |
Jan 1956 |
11 |
SP Gupte |
H |
5-072 |
| 10 |
Nagpur-VCA |
NZl |
Oct 1969 |
12 |
Venkataraghavan |
H |
6-074 |
| 10 |
Nagpur-VCA |
NZl |
Oct 1969 |
13 |
HJ Howarth |
V |
5-034 |
| 11 |
Bangalore |
Win |
Nov 1974 |
|
|
|
|
| 12 |
Mum-WS |
Win |
Jan 1975 |
14 |
LR Gibbs |
V |
7-098 |
| 12 |
Mum-WS |
Win |
Jan 1975 |
15 |
VA Holder |
V |
6-039 |
| 13 |
Jullundar |
Pak |
Sep 1983 |
|
|
|
|
| 14 |
Motera |
Win |
Nov 1983 |
16 |
WW Daniel |
V |
5-039 |
| 15 |
Cuttack |
Srl |
Jan 1987 |
17 |
JR Ratnayeke |
V |
5-085 |
| 16 |
Jaipur |
Pak |
Feb 1987 |
|
|
|
|
| 17 |
Chandigarh-S-16 |
Srl |
Nov 1990 |
18 |
SLV Raju |
H |
6-013 |
| 18 |
Lucknow-KDS |
Srl |
Jan 1994 |
19 |
A Kumble |
H |
7-059 |
| 18 |
Lucknow-KDS |
Srl |
Jan 1994 |
20 |
M Muralitharan |
V |
5-162 |
| 19 |
Mohali |
Win |
Dec 1994 |
21 |
KCG Benjamin |
V |
5-065 |
| 20 |
Nagpur-Jamta |
Aus |
Nov 2008 |
22 |
JJ Kreza |
V |
8-215 |
| 21 |
Hyd-RGS |
NZl |
Nov 2010 |
23 |
DL Vettori |
V |
5-135 |
| 22 |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
24 |
R Ashwin |
H |
6-081 |
| 22 |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
25 |
R Ashwin |
H |
7-059 |
There are five tests in which no bowler has captured five or more wickets, ten occasions of Indian bowlers capturing five ore more wickets in eight tests and 15 occasions of Visiting bowlers capturing five or more wickets in twelve tests
| No |
Ground |
Oppn |
Mon/Year |
No |
Bowler |
V/H |
FWI |
| 1 |
Kolkata |
Eng |
Jan 1934 |
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
Mum-BS |
Win |
Dec 1948 |
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
Bangalore |
Win |
Nov 1974 |
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
Jullundar |
Pak |
Sep 1983 |
|
|
|
|
| 5 |
Jaipur |
Pak |
Feb 1987 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Mum-Gym |
Eng |
Dec 1933 |
1 |
M Nissar |
H |
5-090 |
| 2 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
2 |
L Amarsingh |
H |
7-086 |
| 3 |
Delhi |
Win |
Nov 1948 |
3 |
CR Rangachari |
H |
5-107 |
| 4 |
Hyd-LBS |
NZl |
Nov 1955 |
4 |
SP Gupte |
H |
7-128 |
| 5 |
Madras-CS |
NZl |
Jan 1956 |
5 |
SP Gupte |
H |
5-072 |
| 5 |
Nagpur-VCA |
NZl |
Oct 1969 |
6 |
Venkataraghavan |
H |
6-074 |
| 6 |
Chandigarh-S-16 |
Srl |
Nov 1990 |
7 |
SLV Raju |
H |
6-013 |
| 7 |
Lucknow-KDS |
Srl |
Jan 1994 |
8 |
A Kumble |
H |
7-059 |
| 8 |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
9 |
R Ashwin |
H |
6-081 |
| 8 |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
10 |
R Ashwin |
H |
7-059 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Mum-Gym |
Eng |
Dec 1933 |
1 |
MS Nichols |
V |
5-055 |
| 2 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
2 |
H Verity |
V |
7-049 |
| 2 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
3 |
J Langridge |
V |
5-063 |
| 3 |
Kanpur |
Eng |
Jan 1952 |
4 |
R Tattersaal |
V |
6-048 |
| 4 |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
5 |
Fazal Mahmood |
V |
5-052 |
| 4 |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
6 |
Fazal Mahmood |
V |
7-042 |
| 5 |
Nagpur-VCA |
NZl |
Oct 1969 |
7 |
HJ Howarth |
V |
5-034 |
| 6 |
Mum-WS |
Win |
Jan 1975 |
8 |
LR Gibbs |
V |
7-098 |
| 6 |
Mum-WS |
Win |
Jan 1975 |
9 |
VA Holder |
V |
6-039 |
| 7 |
Motera |
Win |
Nov 1983 |
10 |
WW Daniel |
V |
5-039 |
| 8 |
Cuttack |
Srl |
Jan 1987 |
11 |
JR Ratnayeke |
V |
5-085 |
| 9 |
Lucknow-KDS |
Srl |
Jan 1994 |
12 |
M Muralitharan |
V |
5-162 |
| 10 |
Mohali |
Win |
Dec 1994 |
13 |
KCG Benjamin |
V |
5-065 |
| 11 |
Nagpur-Jamta |
Aus |
Nov 2008 |
14 |
JJ Kreza |
V |
8-215 |
| 12 |
Hyd-RGS |
NZl |
Nov 2010 |
15 |
DL Vettori |
V |
5-135 |
R Ashwin became the second bowler to capture five plus wickets in both innings on India’s test grounds hosting their first test after Fazal Mahmood of Pakistan. The performance of both the bowlers are detailed below. It is noted with interest that both the bowlers have captured seven wickets in their team’s second innings
| No |
Ground |
Oppn |
Mon/Year |
Inns |
Bowler |
V/H |
FWI |
| 1 |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
FI |
R Ashwin |
H |
6-081 |
| |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
SI |
R Ashwin |
H |
7-059 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
FI |
FazalMahmood |
V |
5-052 |
| |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
SI |
FazalMahmood |
V |
7-042 |
R Ashwin became the eighth bowler to capture seven or more wickets in an innings on India’s test grounds hosting their first test.
| No |
Ground |
Oppn |
Mon/Year |
No |
Bowler |
V/H |
FWI |
| 1 |
Nagpur-Jamta |
Aus |
Nov 2008 |
1 |
JJ Kreza |
V |
8-215 |
| 2 |
Hyd-LBS |
NZl |
Nov 1955 |
2 |
SP Gupte |
H |
7-128 |
| 3 |
Mum-WS |
Win |
Jan 1975 |
3 |
LR Gibbs |
V |
7-098 |
| 4 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
4 |
L Amarsingh |
H |
7-086 |
| 5 |
Lucknow-KDS |
Srl |
Jan 1994 |
5 |
A Kumble |
H |
7-059 |
| 6 |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
6 |
R Ashwin |
H |
7-059 |
| 7 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
7 |
H Verity |
V |
7-049 |
| 8 |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
8 |
Fazal Mahmood |
V |
7-042 |
R Ashwin became the fourth Indian bowler to capture seven or more wickets on India’s test grounds hosting their first test. R Ashwin and A Kumble share the best bowling figures of 7 for 59 for an Indian bowler in this category of statistics. A Kumble’s 7 for 59 was against Sri Lanka at Lucknow – KD Singh Babu Stadium in Jan 1994, while R Ashwin’s 7 for 59 was against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Indore
| No |
Ground |
Oppn |
Mon/Year |
No |
Bowler |
V/H |
FWI |
| 1 |
Lucknow-KDS |
Srl |
Jan 1994 |
1 |
A Kumble |
H |
7-059 |
| 2 |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
2 |
R Ashwin |
H |
7-059 |
| 3 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
3 |
L Amarsingh |
H |
7-086 |
| 4 |
Hyd-LBS |
NZl |
Nov 1955 |
4 |
SP Gupte |
H |
7-128 |
JJ Kreza of Australia with 8 for 215 at Nagpur-Jamta holds the record for the best innings bowling figures among the four visiting bowlers who have captured seven or more wickets in this category of statistics
| No |
Ground |
Oppn |
Mon/Year |
No |
Bowler |
V/H |
FWI |
| 1 |
Nagpur-Jamta |
Aus |
Nov 2008 |
1 |
JJ Kreza |
V |
8-215 |
| 2 |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
2 |
FazalMahmood |
V |
7-042 |
| 3 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
3 |
H Verity |
V |
7-049 |
| 4 |
Mum-WS |
Win |
Jan 1975 |
4 |
LR Gibbs |
V |
7-098 |
R Ashwin with his 13 for 140 in the recently concluded test against New Zealand became the fifth bowler to capture ten or more wickets on Indian test grounds hosting their first test. His figures are the best among the five bowlers. The previous best was by Visiting Pakistan bowler Fazal Mahmood who had returned with figures of 12 for 094 at Lucknow University Ground in Oct 1952. Thus it took 64 years for another bowler to rewrite the record held by Fazal Mahmood
| No |
Ground |
Oppn |
Mon/Year |
Bowler |
V/H |
TWM |
| 1 |
Lucknow-KDS |
Srl |
Jan 1994 |
A Kumble |
H |
11-128 |
| 2 |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
FazalMahmooad |
V |
12-094 |
| 3 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
H Verity |
V |
11-153 |
| 4 |
Nagpur-Jamta |
Aus |
Nov 2008 |
JJ Kreza |
V |
12-358 |
| 5 |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
R Ashwin |
H |
13-140 |
R Ashwin became the second Indian bowler to capture ten or more wickets on a Indian test grounds which have hosted its first test. A Kumble had returned with figures of 11 for 128 in Jan 1994 at Lucknow – KD Singh Babu Stadium against Sri Lanka. Thus R Ashwin’s 13 for 140 at Indore against New Zealand represent the best bowling figures by an Indian bowler in this category of statistics
| No |
Ground |
Oppn |
Mon/Year |
Bowler |
V/H |
TWM |
| 1 |
Lucknow-KDS |
Srl |
Jan 1994 |
A Kumble |
H |
11-128 |
| 2 |
Indore |
NZl |
Oct 2016 |
R Ashwin |
H |
13-140 |
There are three occasions of a visiting bowler capturing ten or more wickets on Indian test grounds hosting their first test. The details are furnished below
| No |
Ground |
Oppn |
Mon/Year |
Bowler |
V/H |
TWM |
| 1 |
Lucknow-Uni |
Pak |
Oct 1952 |
FazalMahmood |
V |
12-094 |
| 2 |
Chennai |
Eng |
Feb 1934 |
H Verity |
V |
11-153 |
| 3 |
Nagpur-Jamta |
Aus |
Nov 2008 |
JJ Kreza |
V |
12-358 |