10 times an unfancied bowler tore through a top batting side

3. Jasubhai Patel vs Australia

Jasubhai’s effort was unparalleled in India for a long time

With a Test career comprising just 7 matches, Jasubhai Patel couldn’t have been more underestimated, as he came out to bowl against the all-powerful Australian side in just his eighth Test match and third Test series overall. However, the tables were turned quite spectacularly on the 9th of December in 1959, as the right-arm off break bowler rattled the Aussie batting like ninepins and returned with marvelous figures of 14-124.

His 9 for 69 in the first innings was the best bowling performance by an Indian until it was overtaken by Anil Kumble nearly 40 years later. That was Patel's last series; his success was not replicated in the other six matches he played.