Captains who have five wicket hauls on five or more occasions – JO Holder of West Indies joins the elite list
JO Holder of West Indies returned with figures of 5 for 56 against India in the just concluded test at Hyd-RGS to provide the fifth occasion of his capturing five or more wickets in a test innings as West Indies captain, He became the eighth captain in the annals of test cricket to capture five-wicket hauls on five or more occasions. He also became the second West Indies captain to capture five-wicket hauls on five or more occasion after CA Walsh. CA Walsh has seven five-wicket hauls to his credit. The feats of these eight captains are tabulated below. It is interesting to note that the list includes lone Indian captain BS Bedi who has five-wicket hauls on eight occasions
| No | Player | Team | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | W | Ave | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | Imran Khan | Pak | 1982-1988 | 11 | 12 | 1957 | 845 | 73 | 11.57 | 12 | 4 |
| 2 | R Benaud | Aus | 1959-1963 | 9 | 9 | 2260 | 735 | 47 | 15.63 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | BS Bedi | Ind | 1976-1977 | 7 | 8 | 1616 | 587 | 41 | 14.31 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | CA Walsh | Win | 1994-1997 | 6 | 7 | 1099 | 527 | 39 | 13.51 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DL Vettori | NZl | 2008-2010 | 6 | 6 | 1099 | 451 | 31 | 14.54 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Fazal Mahmood | Pak | 1959-1961 | 4 | 5 | 823 | 271 | 27 | 10.03 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | JO Holder | Win | 2016-2018 | 4 | 5 | 468 | 230 | 26 | 8.84 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Intikhab Alam | Pak | 1969-1974 | 4 | 5 | 1292 | 477 | 28 | 17.03 | 5 | 2 |