Bishen Singh Bedi of India was the first bowler in annals of test cricket to capture five-plus wickets in the fourth innings of a Test on five occasions.
Bishen Singh Bedi of India was the first bowler in annals of test cricket to capture five-plus wickets in the fourth innings of a Test on five occasions. His performance is listed below.
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | BS Bedi | 30.5 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 4 | v New Zealand | Mumbai (BS) | 25 Sep 1969 |
| 2 | BS Bedi | 40.0 | 12 | 63 | 5 | 4 | v England | Kolkata | 30 Dec 1972 |
| 3 | BS Bedi | 33.0 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 4 | v New Zealand | Mumbai | 10 Nov 1976 |
| 4 | BS Bedi | 21.3 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 4 | v England | Bengaluru | 28 Jan 1977 |
| 5 | BS Bedi | 30.2 | 6 | 105 | 5 | 4 | v Australia | Perth | 16 Dec 1977 |
As on date there are nine bowlers who have captured five plus wickets in the fourth innings of a Test on five or more occasions. The following table lists all these nine bowlers. HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka leads the table in this category of statistics with twelve occasions.
| No | Player | Team | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 |
| 1 | BS Bedi | Ind | 1967-1979 | 26 | 23 | 2837 | 868 | 060 | 6/42 | 14.46 | 05 |
| 2 | Wasim Akram | Pak | 1985-2001 | 31 | 29 | 2956 | 1278 | 059 | 5/43 | 21.66 | 05 |
| 3 | SK Warne | Aus | 1992-2006 | 60 | 53 | 7309 | 3194 | 138 | 8/71 | 23.14 | 07 |
| 4 | A Kumble | Ind | 1992-2008 | 37 | 35 | 4873 | 2105 | 094 | 10/74 | 22.39 | 05 |
| 5 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 1993-2009 | 37 | 35 | 5301 | 2228 | 106 | 8/46 | 21.01 | 07 |
| 6 | GD McGrath | Aus | 1993-2006 | 54 | 53 | 5139 | 2008 | 103 | 8/24 | 19.49 | 05 |
| 7 | HMRKB Herath | Srl | 2004-2018 | 41 | 40 | 5004 | 2080 | 115 | 8/63 | 18.08 | 12 |
| 8 | DW Steyn | SAF | 2004-2019 | 28 | 26 | 2538 | 1324 | 052 | 5/33 | 25.46 | 05 |
| 9 | R Ashwin | Ind | 2012-2019 | 22 | 20 | 2988 | 1251 | 065 | 7/59 | 19.24 | 06 |