Bowlers who have captured eight or more wickets in a test innings against India – NM Lyon joins the elite list
NM Lyon with his 8 for 50 in the ongoing test between India and Australia at Bangalore became the ninth bowler to capture eight or more wickets in a test innings against India. All the nine bowlers with their performances are listed below
| No | Player | Team | O | M | Runs | W | Inns | oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | JM Noreiga | Win | 49.4 | 16 | 95 | 9 | 2 | Ind | Port of Spain | 06 Mar 1971 |
| 2 | FS Trueman | Eng | 8.4 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 2 | Ind | Manchester | 17 Jul 1952 |
| 3 | LR Gibbs | Win | 53.3 | 37 | 38 | 8 | 3 | Ind | Bridgetown | 23 Mar 1962 |
| 4 | NM Lyon | Aus | 22.2 | 4 | 50 | 8 | 1 | Ind | Bengaluru | 04 Mar 2017 |
| 5 | Imran Khan | Pak | 20.1 | 4 | 60 | 8 | 3 | Ind | Karachi | 23 Dec 1982 |
| 6 | L Klusener | SAF | 21.3 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 4 | Ind | Kolkata | 27 Nov 1996 |
| 7 | Sikander Bakht | Pak | 21.0 | 3 | 69 | 8 | 2 | Ind | Delhi | 04 Dec 1979 |
| 8 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 34.1 | 9 | 87 | 8 | 1 | Ind | Col-SSC | 29 Aug 2001 |
| 9 | JJ Krejza | Aus | 43.5 | 1 | 215 | 8 | 1 | Ind | Nagpur | 06 Nov 2008 |