List Of India Cricketers Who Have Taken Five-wicket Hauls On Test Debut
The first Indian to take a five-wicket haul was Mohammad Nissar who took 5 wickets for 93 runs during India's first Test, in June 1932 against England. Vaman Kumar, a leg spinner, was the next to achieve this feat. His figures of 5 wickets for 64 runs took India close to winning a match against Pakistan during the latter's tour of India in 1960–61. In December 1967, Syed Abid Ali took 6 wickets for 55 runs against Australia. The figures remain the best by an Indian fast bowler on debut. Narendra Hirwani's 8 wickets for 61 runs against the West Indies, in January 1988, are the best bowling figures by an Indian on Test debut. His aggregate of 16 wickets for 136 runs in the match are a record for any bowler on debut. As of February 2021, he is the only Indian cricketer to take ten or more wickets in a Test match on debut.
The most recent Indian cricketer to achieve this feat was Axar Patel, who took 5 wickets for 60 runs against England in February 2021. India won the match by 317 runs. Nissar, Ali and Shami are the only fast bowlers to achieve this feat, with rest of the six being spin bowlers.
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Five-wicket hauls
No. | Bowler | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
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1 | Mohammad Nissar | 25 June 1932 | Lord's, London | ![]() |
1 | 26.0 | 93 | 5 | 3.57 | Lost | |
2 | Vaman Kumar | 8 February 1961 | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | ![]() |
2 | 37.5 | 64 | 5 | 1.69 | Drawn | |
3 | Syed Abid Ali | 23 December 1967 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | ![]() |
1 | 17.0 | 55 | 6 | 2.42 | Lost | |
4 | Dilip Doshi | 11 September 1979 | Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras | ![]() |
1 | 43.0 | 103 | 6 | 2.39 | Drawn | |
5 | Narendra Hirwani ‡ | 11 January 1988 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras | ![]() |
2 | 18.3 | 61 | 8 | 3.29 | Won | |
4 | 15.2 | 75 | 8 | 4.89 | |||||||
6 | Amit Mishra | 17 October 2008 | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | ![]() |
2 | 26.4 | 71 | 5 | 2.66 | Won | |
7 | Ravichandran Ashwin † | 6 November 2011 | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | ![]() |
3 | 21.3 | 47 | 6 | 2.18 | Won | |
8 | Mohammed Shami | 8 November 2013 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ![]() |
3 | 13.1 | 47 | 5 | 3.56 | Won | |
9 | Axar Patel | 13 February 2021 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | ![]() |
4 | 21.0 | 60 | 5 | 2.86 | Won |