Spin bowler’s ten plus wickets in a match in a losing cause
AY Patel’s 14 for 225 in the test at Mum-WS between India and New Zealand was in a losing cause to provide the 37th occasion of a spin bowler’s ten plus wickets in a test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of wickets captured by the bowler.
| No | Player | W-Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | AY Patel | 14-225 | NZl | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 2021 |
| 2 | H Trumble | 12-089 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | Aug 1896 |
| 3 | SK Warne | 12-128 | Aus | SAF | Sydney | Jan 1994 |
| 4 | DL Vettori | 12-149 | NZl | Aus | Auckland | Mar 2000 |
| 5 | H Trumble | 12-173 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | Aug 1902 |
| 6 | KA Maharaj | 12-283 | SAF | Srl | Col-SSC | Jul 2018 |
| 7 | JJ Krejza | 12-358 | Aus | Ind | Nagpur | Nov 2008 |
| 8 | NGB Cook | 11-083 | Eng | Pak | Karachi | Mar 1984 |
| 9 | Saeed Ajmal | 11-111 | Pak | Win | Providence | May 2011 |
| 10 | RG Nadkarni | 11-122 | Ind | Aus | Chennai | Oct 1964 |
| 11 | Taijul Islam | 11-170 | Ban | Zim | Sylhet | Nov 2018 |
| 12 | AL Valentine | 11-204 | Win | Eng | Manchester | Jun 1950 |
| 13 | Muralitharan | 11-212 | Srl | Aus | Galle | Mar 2004 |
| 14 | DL Underwood | 11-215 | Eng | Aus | Adelaide | Jan 1975 |
| 15 | Harbhajan Singh | 11-224 | Ind | Aus | Bengaluru | Oct 2004 |
| 16 | BS Chandrasekhar | 11-235 | Ind | Win | Mumb-BS | Dec 1966 |
| 17 | RJ Bright | 10-111 | Aus | Pak | Karachi | Feb 1980 |
| 18 | Muralitharan | 10-115 | Srl | Eng | Birmingham | May 2006 |
| 19 | Maninder Singh | 10-126 | Ind | Pak | Bengaluru | Mar 1987 |
| 20 | Ghulam Ahmed | 10-130 | Ind | Aus | Kolkata | Nov 1956 |
| 21 | Mushtaq Ahmed | 10-143 | Pak | NZl | Lahore | Nov 1996 |
| 22 | Saeed Ajmal | 10-146 | Pak | SAF | Cape Town | Feb 2013 |
| 23 | PA Strang | 10-158 | Zim | NZl | Bulawayo | Sep 2000 |
| 24 | R Ashwin | 10-160 | Ind | Srl | Galle | Aug 2015 |
| 25 | HV Hordern | 10-161 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | Feb 1912 |
| 26 | SK Warne | 10-162 | Aus | Eng | Birmingham | Aug 2005 |
| 27 | EAS Prasanna | 10-174 | Ind | Aus | Chennai | Dec 1969 |
| 28 | D Bishoo | 10-174 | Win | Pak | Dub-DSC | Oct 2016 |
| 29 | Iqbal Qasim | 10-175 | Pak | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 1979 |
| 30 | DL Vettori | 10-184 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | Dec 2006 |
| 31 | BS Bedi | 10-194 | Ind | Aus | Perth | Dec 1977 |
| 32 | CV Grimmett | 10-201 | Aus | Eng | Nottingham | Jun 1930 |
| 33 | BAW Mendis | 10-209 | Srl | Ind | Galle | Jul 2008 |
| 34 | L Embuldeniya | 10-210 | Srl | Eng | Galle | Jan 2021 |
| 35 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 10-216 | Pak | Ind | Delhi | Feb 1999 |
| 36 | S Shillingford | 10-219 | Win | Aus | Roseau | Apr 2012 |
| 37 | SP Gupte | 10-223 | Ind | Win | Kanpur | Dec 1958 |
It also provides the third occasion of a New Zealand spin bowler witnessing his ten wicket haul in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | W-Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | AY Patel | 14-225 | NZl | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 2021 |
| 2 | DL Vettori | 12-149 | NZl | Aus | Auckland | Mar 2000 |
| 3 | DL Vettori | 10-184 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | Dec 2006 |
It also provides the fifth occasion of a spin bowler witnessing his ten wicket haul in a losing cause against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | W-Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | AY Patel | 14-225 | NZl | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 2021 |
| 2 | JJ Krejza | 12-358 | Aus | Ind | Nagpur | Nov 2008 |
| 3 | Iqbal Qasim | 10-175 | Pak | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 1979 |
| 4 | BAW Mendis | 10-209 | Srl | Ind | Galle | Jul 2008 |
| 5 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 10-216 | Pak | Ind | Delhi | Feb 1999 |
It also provides the fourth occasion of a visiting spin bowler witnessing his ten wicket haul in a losing cause against India on Indian soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | W-Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | AY Patel | 14-225 | NZl | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 2021 |
| 2 | JJ Krejza | 12-358 | Aus | Ind | Nagpur | Nov 2008 |
| 3 | Iqbal Qasim | 10-175 | Pak | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 1979 |
| 4 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 10-216 | Pak | Ind | Delhi | Feb 1999 |
It also provides the second occasion of a visiting spin bowler witnessing his ten wicket haul in a losing cause against India at Mum-WS. Both such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | W-Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | AY Patel | 14-225 | NZl | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 2021 |
| 2 | Iqbal Qasim | 10-175 | Pak | Ind | Mumbai | Dec 1979 |