Four Instances When At least Ten Players Bowled in an Innings for Team India 1
  1. 11 Bowlers – Windies Vs. India in Antigua on May 10, 2002:
Four Instances When At least Ten Players Bowled in an Innings for Team India 2
The former leg-spinner Anil Kumble was playing with a broken jaw (bandaged). Photo Credit: AFP.

It was overall the Test number 1,602 against West Indies (Windies), India sent down 248 overs in 998 minutes which saw the hosts post 629 for nine at St John’s Stadium in Antigua before the declaration came from the then Windies skipper Carl Hopper.

Under the leadership of Sourav Ganguly, the gloveman Ajay Ratra also bowled a solitary over in which he gave away just a single.

During the Test match, India fielded three pacers which included Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra, and Zaheer Khan

The particular fourth Test was drawn when India was on Windies tour which saw India posted 513 for nine in 196 overs in 799 minutes after the visitors were asked to bat first.

The right-handed Mumbai-based Wasim Jaffer was the opening batting partner of Shiv Sunder Das, who represented India in 23 Tests while scoring 1,326 runs at an average of 34.89. He has also two centuries under his belt followed by nine fifties.

However, the five-match series ended in a tie at one each.

Here’s the bowling card of that innings:

S. No. BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB
1 J Srinath 45 19 82 0 1.82 0 3
2 A Nehra 49 16 122 0 2.48 0 0
3 Z Khan 48 14 129 2 2.68 0 0
4 SC Ganguly 12 0 44 0 3.66 0 2
5 SR Tendulkar 34 4 107 2 3.14 1 0
6 A Kumble 14 5 29 1 2.07 0 1
7 VVS Laxman 17 6 32 1 1.88 0 0
8 R Dravid 9 3 18 1 2 0 0
9 W Jaffer 11 3 18 2 1.63 1 0
10 SS Das 8 2 28 0 3.5 0 0
11 A Ratra 1 0 1 0 1 0 0

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