V Khanna of Punjab captured eight wickets conceding 97 runs against Railways at Mohali in one of the opening fixture of Ranji Trophy 2015-16 season to provide the 159^th occasion of a bowler capturing eight or more wickets in an innings in the history of Ranji Trophy. The list include two occasions of bowlers capturing ten wickets in an innings nad 21 occasions of a bowlers capturing nine wickets in  an innings. The complete list is furnished below

No	W-R	Bowler	Teams	Venue	Season
1	10-20	PM Chatterjee	Bengal v Assam	Jorhat	1956/57
2	10-78	P Sunderam	Rajasthan v Vidarbha	Jodhpur	1985/86
3	9-23	AA Chavan	Mumbai v Punjab	Mumbai-WS	2012/13
4	9-25	S Hyder Ali	Railways v J & K	Delhi-KSS	1969/70
5	9-29	FMM Shaikh	Goa v Services	Delhi-Palam A	2002/03
6	9-31	Madan Lal	Delhi v Haryana	Delhi-FSK	1979/80
7	9-34	T Gyaneshwar	Delhi v J & K	Delhi-FSK	1961/62
8	9-35	VB Ranjane	Maharashtra v Saurashtra	Khadakvasla-NDA	1956/57
9	9-38	RR Wadkar	Bombay v Western India	Kamnagar	1937/38
10	9-45	Amarjith Singh	Kerala v Andhra	Kannur	1971/72
11	9-45	AW Zaidi	U Pradesh v Vidarbha	Kanpur	1999/00
12	9-50	KS Kannan	Madras v Hyderabad	Secunderabad	1947/48
13	9-50	Madan Lal	Delhi v J & K	Delhi-Roshanara	1984/85
14	9-52	S Kumar Prasad	Orissa v Tripura	Agartala	1990/91
15	9-52	GD Dutta	Assam v Tripura	Guwahati-NS	1991/92
16	9-53	Ghulam Ahmed	Hyderabad v Madras	Secunderabad	1947/48
17	9-54	TA Sekhar	Tamil Nadu v Kerala	Palakkad	1982/83
18	9-59	G Sharma	U Pradesh v Rajasthan	Kanpur-Kamla	1989/90
19	9-61	CT Sarwate	Holkar v Mysore	Indore	1945/46
20	9-70	S Luthra	Delhi v Services	Delhi-FSK	1976/77
21	9-72	BS Chandrasekhar	Mysore v Kerala	Bijapur	1969/70
22	9-76	VV Kumar	Madras v Kerala	Tirunelveli	1969/70
23	9-152	RS Hans	U Pradesh v Karnataka	Mohan Nagar	1977/78
24	8-10	DL Chahar	Rajasthan v Hyderabad	Jaipur	2010/11
25	8-12	GS Ramchand	Bombay v Saurashtra	Bombay-BS	1959/60
26	8-14	VD Sondhi	Delhi v J & K	Delhi-FSK	1963/64
27	8-15	Firasat Hussain	United Provinces v S Punjab	Amritsar	1936/37
28	8-16	PK Shivalkar	Bombay v Tamil Nadu	Chepauk, Madras	1972/73
29	8-17	DV Pardeshi	Baroda v Gujarat	Vadodara	1981/82
30	8-19	PK Shivalkar	Bombay v Mysore	Bombay-BS	1971/72
31	8-20	AA Darekar	Maharashtra v Hyderabad	Hyd-RGS	2011/12
32	8-21	JM Patel	Gujarat v Saurashtra	Surat	1960/61
33	8-22	RMH Binny	Karnataka v Haryana	Faridabad	1982/83
34	8-22	S Kumar Prasad	Orissa v Bihar	Hazaribagh	1988/89
35	8-23	GD Dutta	Assam v Tripura	Mangoldoi	1999/00
36	8-24	J Sharma	Haryana v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCA	2004/05
37	8-25	SN Banerjee	Nawanagar v Maharashtra	Jamnagar	1941/42
38	8-25	RS Hans	U Pradesh v Vidarbha	Pilibhit	1981/82
39	8-25	B Ramprakash	Kerala v Karnataka	Palakkad	1996/97
40	8-27	Rajinder Pal	S Punjab v J & K	Srinagar	1966/67
41	8-29	P Sitaram	Delhi v Eastern Punjab	Delhi-FSK	1958/59
42	8-29	SP Purkayastha	Assam v Hyderabad	Hyd-RGS	2014/15
43	8-31	RV Dhruve	Gujarat v Rajasthan	Ahmedabad-Mot	2012/13
44	8-32	R Vinay Kumar	Karnataka v Delhi	Delhi-Roshanara	2009/10
45	8-32	Pankaj Singh	Rajasthan v Tripura	Kota	2010/11
46	8-33	R Pandit	J & K v Services	Srinagar	1986/87
47	8-34	HV Patel	Haryana v Rajasthan	Lahli, Rohtak	2011/12
48	8-37	V Thambuswamy	Madras v Andhra	Guntur	1967/68
49	8-37	G Inder Dev	Services v J & K	Jammu	1968/69
50	8-37	Umesh Kumar	Punjab v Delhi	Delhi	1974/75
51	8-38	Kapil Dev	Haryana v Services	Rohtak	1977/78
52	8-38	D Chopra	Punjab v Services	Delhi-Palam A	1986/87
53	8-39	MS Hardikar	Bombay v Bengal	Calcutta	1955/56
54	8-39	AM Ogiral	Vidarbha v M Pradesh	Nagpur-VCA	1967/68
55	8-40	HJ Vajifdar	Bombay v Northern India	Bombay-Gym	1934/35
56	8-40	S Luthra	Delhi v Services	Delhi-AHQ	1973/74
57	8-40	S Valson	Tamil Nadu v Andhra	Vijayawada	1981/82
58	8-40	M Kartik	Railways v Delhi	Delhi-KSS	2005/06
59	8-40	HV Patel	Haryana v Karnataka	Bangalore	2011/12
60	8-41	GS Shaktawat	Services v Punjab	Chandigarh-S16	1979/80
61	8-41	A Kumble	Karnataka v Kerala	Thalassery	1994/95
62	8-42	Bashir Ahmed	U Provinces v Bengal	Kanpur	1945/46
63	8-42	SN Mohol	Maharashtra v Saurashtra	Morvi	1964/65
64	8-43	BK Bose	Bihar v Assam	Jamshedpur	1957/58
65	8-43	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	Bangalore	1987/88
66	8-43	MV Sane	Maharashtra v J & K	Pune	2002/03
67	8-45	SP Gupte	Rajasthan v Vidarbha	VCA	1962/63
68	8-45	B Mahendra Kumar	Hyderabad v Andhra	Anantapur	1962/63
69	8-46	DS Mukherjee	Bengal v Bihar	Jamshedpur	1959/60
70	8-46	B Mahendra Kumar	Andhra v Kerala	Trivandrum	1967/68
71	8-48	Maninder Singh	Delhi v Punjab	Patiala	1981/82
72	8-48	RL Mali	Railways v Baroda	Vadodara	2013/14
73	8-49	R Kapoor	J & K v S Punjab	Patiala	1963/64
74	8-49	SK Porel	Services v J & K	Srinagar	1976/77
75	8-50	ND Bardhan	Orissa v Bihar	Jamshedpur	1949/50
76	8-50	EAS Prasanna	Mysore v Andhra	Belgaum	1970/71
77	8-51	Habib Khan	Hyderabad v Kerala	Calicut	1963/64
78	8-51	CP Shahid	Kerala v J & K	Perintalmanna	2012/13
79	8-52	ND Hirwani	M Pradesh v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCA	1993/94
80	8-53	JM Patel	Gujarat v Services	Ahmedabad-PPG	1950/51
81	8-53	CR Williams	Baroda v Saurashtra	Rajkot	1971/72
82	8-54	VM Muddiah	Services v S Punjab	Patiala	1949/50
83	8-54	Rajinder Pal	Delhi v Railways	Delhi-FSK	1959/60
84	8-54	Kaleem-ul-Haq	Hyderabad v Andhra	Visakhapatnam	1964/65
85	8-54	G Desai	Railways v Services	Delhi-KSS	1974/75
86	8-54	Maninder Singh	Delhi v Haryana	Delhi-FSK	1985/86
87	8-54	US Chatterjee	Bengal v Hyderabad	Kolkata	2003/04
88	8-55	SK Girdhari	Kathiawar v Gujarat	Ahmedabad-GCG	1947/48
89	8-55	Habib Khan	Hyderabad v Kerala	Warangal	1960/61
90	8-55	R Goel	Haryana v Railways	Delhi-KSS	1973/74
91	8-55	DJ Johnson	Karnataka v Assam	Bangalore	1993/94
92	8-57	KNA Padmanabhan	Kerala v Andhra	Kottayam	1993/94
93	8-58	A Kumble	Karnataka v Kerala	Thalassery	1994/95
94	8-59	PM Chatterjee	Bengal v M Pradesh	Calcutta	1955/56
95	8-59	CP Kulkarni	Maharashtra v Services	Aurangabad	2003/04
96	8-60	SV Mudkavi	Rajasthan v Railways	Kota-JKG	1984/85
97	8-61	PV Gandhe	Vidarbha v Rajasthan	Alwar	1993/94
98	8-62	L Amar Singh	Nawanagar v Bombay	Poona-DG	1936/37
99	8-63	M Kakoti	Assam v Tripura	Guwahati-NEFRS	1987/88
100	8-64	V Bhan Singh	Rajasthan v Vidarbha	Hinganghat	1982/83
101	8-64	M Saudagar	Orissa v Assam	Sambalpur	1987/88
102	8-65	NY Satham	Baroda v Gujarat	Surat-RIGG	1980/81
103	8-65	KS Parida	Railways v M Pradesh	Indore-MUTCG	2001/02
104	8-66	ND Hirwani	M Pradesh v Railways	Gwalior	1993/94
105	8-67	P Jain	Haryana v Him Pradesh	Bhiwani	1993/94
106	8-68	KS Parida	Railways v M Pradesh	Indore-MUTCG	2004/05
107	8-68	P Kumar	U Pradesh v Delhi	Mumbai-WS	2007/08
108	8-70	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Kerala	Gulbarga	1983/84
109	8-71	Iqbal Karan	Services v E Punjab	Amritsar	1950/51
110	8-71	G Inder Dev	Services v J & K	Srinagar	1964/65
111	8-72	IR Siddiqui	Maharashtra v Saurashtra	Pune-NS	1999/00
112	8-73	P Tata Rao	Hyderabad v Madras	Secunderabad-G	1934/35
113	8-75	SS Deshmukh	Railways v S Punjab	Delhi-KSS	1961/62
114	8-76	SK Sharma	Delhi v Bihar	Delhi-FSK	1989/90
115	8-78	SK Satpathy	Orissa v Assam	Cuttack	1959/60
116	8-80	JP Yadav	M Pradesh v Vidarbha	Indore-NS	2000/01
117	8-82	SR Singh	Vidarbha v Saurashtra	Rajjkot	2005/06
118	8-83	Mumtaz Hussain	Hyderabad v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1970/71
119	8-83	SV Mudkavi	Goa v Andhra	Kakinada	1995/96
120	8-84	IC Pandey	M Pradesh v Railways	Indore-HS	2013/14
121	8-86	Kanwaljit Singh	Hyderabad v Delhi	Secunderabad-G	1998/99
122	8-87	R Goel	Haryana v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1979/80
123	8-88	PV Gandhe	Vidarbha v Railways	Nagpur-VCA	1999/00
124	8-89	Arshad Ayub	Hyderabad v Karnataka	Dharwar	1990/91
125	8-90	VS Hazare	Baroda v Maharashtra	Baroda-CCG	1946/47
126	8-91	KK Tarapore	Bombay v Nawanagar	Bombay-BS	1939/40
127	8-91	RJ Shastri	Bombay v Delhi	Bombay-WS	1984/85
128	8-93	CS Nayudu	Baroda v Nawanagar	Baroda-CCG	1939/40
129	8-93	GS Todalbaji	Maharashtra v Gujarat	Surat	1961/62
130	8-94	Amir Elahi	Northern India v S Punjab	Patiala	1937/38
131	8-97	KV Sharma	Railways v Rajasthan	Bhubaneswar	2012/13
132	8-97	V Khanna	Punjab v Railwaya	Mohali	2015/16
133	8-98	SM Fallah	Maharashtra v Baroda	Pune Club Ground	2009/10
134	8-99	BK Garudachar	Mysore v Madras	Bangalore-CCG	1941/42
135	8-99	SA Durani	Rajasthan v Bombay	Udaipur	1960/61
136	8-100	AD Solkar	Railways v Delhi	Delhi-KSS	1972/73
137	8-100	SS Lahore	M Pradesh v Vidarbha	Raipur	1986/87
138	8-102	RC Thakkar	Bombay v Maharashtra	Kolhapur	1982/83
139	8-104	S Kundu	Bengal v Delhi	Calcutta	1960/61
140	8-107	Ibrahim Khan	Hyderabad v Madras	Hyd-LBS	1950/51
141	8-108	TS Mahadevan	Kerala v Hyderabad	Thalassery	1985/86
142	8-111	BP Gupte	Bombay v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1961/62
143	8-111	RR Kulkarni	Bombay v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1982/83
144	8-111	FMM Shaikh	Goa v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCA	2002/03
145	8-112	NY Satham	Baroda v Maharashtra	Walchandnagar	1967/68
146	8-114	D Vasu	Tamil Nadu v Karnataka	Chepauk, Madras	1994/95
147	8-118	B Mahendra Kumar	Andhra v Mysore	Belgaum	1970/71
148	8-118	Madan Lal	Delhi v Bombay	Bombay-WS	1980/81
149	8-119	AW Zaidi	U Pradesh v Haryana	Faridabad	1990/91
150	8-120	KK Sharma	U Pradesh v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCA	1986/87
151	8-123	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Bombay	Bangalore	1981/82
152	8-125	Jasbir Singh	U Pradesh v M Pradesh	Bhilai	1993/94
153	8-127	YA Golwalkar	M Pradesh v Railways	Indore-MUTCG	2004/05
154	8-130	V Venkatram	Bihar v Tamil Nadu	Chepauk, Madras	1984/85
155	8-132	SP Pandey	M Pradesh v Railways	Indore-MUTCG	2001/02
156	8-133	TK Chanda	Tripura v Him Pradesh	Agartala	2011/12
157	8-137	CR Williams	Baroda v Bombay	Bombay-WS	1974/75
158	8-162	SG Shinde	Bombay v Gujarat	Ahmedabad-CCG	1950/51
159	8-182	SV Mudkavi	Goa v Karnataka	Bangalore	1995/96

AR Bhat, B Mahendra Kumar, Madanlal and SV Mudkarvi are the four bowlers who have captured eight or more wickets in an innings on three occasions. Their performance is listed below

No	W-R	Bowler	Teams	Venue	Season
1	8-43	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	Bangalore	1987/88
2	8-70	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Kerala	Gulbarga	1983/84
3	8-123	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Bombay	Bangalore	1981/82
1	8-45	B Mahendra Kumar	Hyderabad v Andhra	Anantapur	1962/63
2	8-46	B Mahendra Kumar	Andhra v Kerala	Trivandrum	1967/68
3	8-118	B Mahendra Kumar	Andhra v Mysore	Belgaum	1970/71
1	9-31	Madan Lal	Delhi v Haryana	Delhi-FSK	1979/80
2	9-50	Madan Lal	Delhi v J & K	Delhi-Roshanara	1984/85
3	8-118	Madan Lal	Delhi v Bombay	Bombay-WS	1980/81
1	8-60	SV Mudkavi	Rajasthan v Railways	Kota-JKG	1984/85
2	8-83	SV Mudkavi	Goa v Andhra	Kakinada	1995/96
3	8-182	SV Mudkavi	Goa v Karnataka	Bangalore	1995/96

The following is the list of bowlers who have captured eight or more wickets on two occasions in Ranji Trophy. There are twenty bowlers who have accomplished such a feat – 19 bowlers for the same team and one bowler for different teams- Rajinder Pal captured 8 for 54 representing Delhi against Railways at Delhi – FSK in 1959-60 season and captured 8 for 27 against J & K at Srinagar in 1966-67

No	No	W-R	Bowler	Teams	Venue	Season
1	1	8-41	A Kumble	Karnataka v Kerala	Thalassery	1994/95
	2	8-58	A Kumble	Karnataka v Kerala	Thalassery	1994/95
2	1	9-45	AW Zaidi	U Pradesh v Vidarbha	Kanpur	1999/00
	2	8-119	AW Zaidi	U Pradesh v Haryana	Faridabad	1990/91
3	1	9-29	FMM Shaikh	Goa v Services	Delhi-Palam A	2002/03
	2	8-111	FMM Shaikh	Goa v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCA	2002/03
4	1	8-37	G Inder Dev	Services v J & K	Jammu	1968/69
	2	8-71	G Inder Dev	Services v J & K	Srinagar	1964/65
5	1	9-52	GD Dutta	Assam v Tripura	Guwahati-NS	1991/92
	2	8-23	GD Dutta	Assam v Tripura	Mangoldoi	1999/00
6	1	8-51	Habib Khan	Hyderabad v Kerala	Calicut	1963/64
	2	8-55	Habib Khan	Hyderabad v Kerala	Warangal	1960/61
7	1	8-34	HV Patel	Haryana v Rajasthan	Lahli, Rohtak	2011/12
	2	8-40	HV Patel	Haryana v Karnataka	Bangalore	2011/12
8	1	8-21	JM Patel	Gujarat v Saurashtra	Surat	1960/61
	2	8-53	JM Patel	Gujarat v Services	Ahmedabad-PPG	1950/51
9	1	8-65	KS Parida	Railways v M Pradesh	Indore-MUTCG	2001/02
	2	8-68	KS Parida	Railways v M Pradesh	Indore-MUTCG	2004/05
10	1	8-48	Maninder Singh	Delhi v Punjab	Patiala	1981/82
	2	8-54	Maninder Singh	Delhi v Haryana	Delhi-FSK	1985/86
11	1	8-52	ND Hirwani	M Pradesh v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCA	1993/94
	2	8-66	ND Hirwani	M Pradesh v Railways	Gwalior	1993/94
12	1	8-65	NY Satham	Baroda v Gujarat	Surat-RIGG	1980/81
	2	8-112	NY Satham	Baroda v Maharashtra	Walchandnagar	1967/68
13	1	8-16	PK Shivalkar	Bombay v Tamil Nadu	Chepauk, Madras	1972/73
	2	8-19	PK Shivalkar	Bombay v Mysore	Bombay-BS	1971/72
14	1	10-20	PM Chatterjee	Bengal v Assam	Jorhat	1956/57
	2	8-59	PM Chatterjee	Bengal v M Pradesh	Calcutta	1955/56
15	1	8-61	PV Gandhe	Vidarbha v Rajasthan	Alwar	1993/94
	2	8-88	PV Gandhe	Vidarbha v Railways	Nagpur-VCA	1999/00
16	1	8-55	R Goel	Haryana v Railways	Delhi-KSS	1973/74
	2	8-87	R Goel	Haryana v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1979/80
17	1	8-27	Rajinder Pal	S Punjab v J & K	Srinagar	1966/67
	2	8-54	Rajinder Pal	Delhi v Railways	Delhi-FSK	1959/60
18	1	9-152	RS Hans	U Pradesh v Karnataka	Mohan Nagar	1977/78
	2	8-25	RS Hans	U Pradesh v Vidarbha	Pilibhit	1981/82
19	1	9-52	S Kumar Prasad	Orissa v Tripura	Agartala	1990/91
	2	8-22	S Kumar Prasad	Orissa v Bihar	Hazaribagh	1988/89
20	1	9-70	S Luthra	Delhi v Services	Delhi-FSK	1976/77
	2	8-40	S Luthra	Delhi v Services	Delhi-AHQ	1973/74

V Khanna became the third Punjab bowler to capture eight wickets in an innings in Ranji Trophy. Others are – Umesh Kumar and D Chopra. The performance of these three bowlers is  listed below

No	W-R	Bowler	Team	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	8-37	Umesh Kumar	Punjab	v Delhi	Delhi–FSK	1974/75
2	8-38	D Chopra	Punjab	v Services	Delhi-Palam A	1986/87
3	8-97	V Khanna	Punjab	v Railways	Mohali	2015/16