Best bowling figures in India vs England ODIs

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England v India - 1st Royal London Series One Day International
England v India - 1st Royal London Series One-Day International. Source: Getty Images

According to BCCI’s official website, India will face England in a three-match ODI series in February 2025. The series will feature English bowlers such as Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, and Adil Rashid, as per the ICC’s official website. As of January 7, 2025, the Indian squad for the ODI series is yet to be announced.

Best bowling figures in India vs England ODIs

England v India - 1st Royal London Series One Day International
England v India - 1st Royal London Series One Day International. Source: Getty Images

As of January 2025, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah holds the record for the best bowling figures in India vs England ODIs. He returned with figures of 7.2-3-19-6 at an economy of 2.59 in the first ODI of India’s tour of England at The Oval on July 12, 2022.

PositionPlayerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconMatch dateGround
1Jasprit Bumrah7.231962.5912 Jul 2022The Oval
2Ashish Nehra1022362.326 Feb 2003Durban
3RJW Topley9.522462.4414 Jul 2022Lord's
4Kuldeep Yadav1002562.512 Jul 2018Nottingham
5S Sreesanth1015565.515 Apr 2006Indore
6Ronnie Irani712653.7109 Jul 2002The Oval
7Harbhajan Singh1023153.128 Mar 2006Delhi
8ST Finn803354.1220 Jan 2015Brisbane
9Paul Jarvis8.413554.0326 Feb 1993Bengaluru
10Javagal Srinath914154.5526 Feb 1993Bengaluru

*Updated January 2025

Best bowling figures for India in India vs England ODIs

England v India - 1st Royal London Series One Day International
England v India - 1st Royal London Series One Day International. Source: Getty Images

As of January 2025, Jasprit Bumrah registered the best bowling figures for the Men in Blue in India vs England ODIs. Former Indian pacer Ashish Nehra holds the second-best bowling figures of 10-2-23-6 in the group stage of the ICC World Cup in Durban on February 26, 2003. The third on this list is chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, who returned with figures of 10-0-25-6 in India’s tour of England in Nottingham on July 12, 2018. Former Indian pacer S Sreesanth recorded the fourth-best figures of 10-1-55-6 in England’s tour of India in Indore on April 15, 2006. Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh recorded the fifth-best figures (10-2-31-5) in the same series in New Delhi on March 28, 2006.

As of January 2025, only four Indian bowlers, Bumrah, Nehra, Yadav, and Sreesanth, have recorded a six-wicket haul against England in ODIs.

PlayerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconGroundDate
Jasprit Bumrah7.231962.59The Oval12 July 2022
Ashish Nehra1022362.30Durban26 February 2003
Kuldeep Yadav1002562.50Nottingham12 July 2018
S Sreesanth1015565.50Indore15 April 2006
Harbhajan Singh1023153.50New Delhi28 March 2006

*Updated January 2025

Best bowling figures for England in India vs England ODIs

England v India - 2nd Royal London Series One Day International
England v India - 2nd Royal London Series One Day International. Source: Getty Images

As of January 2025, pacer Reece Topley holds the record for the best bowling figures by an Englishman against India in ODIs. He registered figures of 9.5-2-24-6 in the second ODI of India’s tour of England in Lord’s on July 14, 2022. The second-best figures by an English bowler was recorded by Ronnie Irani (7-1-26-5) at The Oval on July 9, 2002, in the NatWest Series.

The third on this list is former English pacer Steven Finn with figures of 8-0-33-5 in Brisbane on January 20, 2015, in the Carlton Mid One-Day International Tri-series. Paul Jarvis registered the fourth-best figures of 8.4-1-35-5 against India in the fourth ODI of England’s tour of India in Bengaluru on February 26, 1993. Tim Bresnan is fifth on this list. He recorded 10-1-48-5 in the group stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Bengaluru on February 27, 2011.

As of January 2025, Reece Topley is the only English bowler to have recorded a six-wicket haul against India in ODIs.

PlayerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconGroundDate
Reece Topley9.522462.44Lord’s14 July 2022
Ronnie Irani712653.71The Oval9 July 2022
Steven Finn803354.12Brisbane20 January 2015
Paul Jarvis8.413554.03Bengaluru26 February 1993
Tim Bresnan1014854.80Bengaluru27 February 2011

*Updated January 2025

FAQs on best bowling figures in India vs England ODIs

A. As of January 2025, Jasprit Bumrah holds the record for the best bowling figures in India vs England ODIs.

A. As of January 2025, Jasprit Bumrah recorded the best bowling figures in India vs. England ODIs: 7.2-3-19-6.

A. As of January 2025, the best bowling figures by an Englishman in India vs England ODIs belongs to Reece Topley for his figures of 9.5-2-24-6.

A. As of January 2025, S Sreesanth recorded the best bowling figures (10-1-55-6) in India in India vs England ODIs.

A. In the ICC Cricket World Cup, Ashish Nehra’s figures of 10-2-23-6 is the best bowling figures recorded in India vs England ODIs, as of January 2025.

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