Indian bowlers with five-fors on eight or more occasions on away soil. I Sharma is the new entrant in the elite list
I Sharma’s 5 for 43 in the first innings of the recently concluded North Sound Test between India and West Indies provides his eighth five-wicket haul in an innings on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | O | M | R | W | Pos | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 21.5 | 7 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 2 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 28 Jun 2011 |
| 2 | 21.3 | 4 | 77 | 5 | 2 | 1 | v West Indies | Roseau | 06 Jul 2011 |
| 3 | 33.4 | 4 | 134 | 6 | 3 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 06 Feb 2014 |
| 4 | 17.0 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 14 Feb 2014 |
| 5 | 23.0 | 6 | 74 | 7 | 3 | 4 | v England | Lord’s | 17 Jul 2014 |
| 6 | 15.0 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 28 Aug 2015 |
| 7 | 13.0 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 3 | v England | Birmingham | 01 Aug 2018 |
| 8 | 17.0 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 2 | v West Indies | North Sound | 22 Aug 2019 |
I Sharma earned the distinction of becoming the fifth Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on eight or more occasions. Others are N Kapil Dev {12}, A Kumble {10}, BS Chandrasekhar {08} and Z Khan {08}. The following table lists the performance of these five bowlers.
| No | Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 |
| 1 | N Kapil Dev | 1978-1994 | 66 | 108 | 15529 | 7064 | 215 | 8/085 | 08/085 | 32.85 | 12 |
| 2 | A Kumble | 1990-2008 | 69 | 121 | 20058 | 9645 | 269 | 8/141 | 12/279 | 35.85 | 10 |
| 3 | BS Chandrasekhar | 1967-1979 | 26 | 042 | 6778 | 3266 | 100 | 6/038 | 12/104 | 32.66 | 08 |
| 4 | Z Khan | 2000-2014 | 54 | 095 | 11476 | 6516 | 207 | 7/087 | 10/149 | 31.47 | 08 |
| 5 | I Sharma | 2007-2019 | 58 | 102 | 11533 | 6407 | 191 | 7/074 | 10/108 | 33.54 | 08 |
I Sharma earned the distinction of becoming the third Indian pace bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on eight or more occasions. Others are N Kapil Dev {12}, and Z Khan {08}. The following table lists the performance of these three bowlers.
| No | Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 |
| 1 | N Kapil Dev | 1978-1994 | 66 | 108 | 15529 | 7064 | 215 | 8/085 | 08/085 | 32.85 | 12 |
| 2 | Z Khan | 2000-2014 | 54 | 095 | 11476 | 6516 | 207 | 7/087 | 10/149 | 31.47 | 08 |
| 3 | I Sharma | 2007-2019 | 58 | 102 | 11533 | 6407 | 191 | 7/074 | 10/108 | 33.54 | 08 |