Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes sixth Indian bowler to take back-to-back five wicket-hauls in overseas Tests
Indian bowlers with back-to-back 5-fors in overseas Tests
Jul 19, 2014
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the sixth Indian bowler to take back-to-back five-wicket hauls in overseas Test matches. Bhuvneshwar had taken five for 82 in England’s only innings in the first Test at Nottingham and then followed it up with spell of six for 82 at Lord’s. He joins a list that comprises Bishan Singh Bedi, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Kapil Dev, Venkatesh Prasad and Irfan Pathan. Kapil Dev and Pathan have achieved this milestone twice and thrice respectively.
Here is a list of Indian bowlers who have taken back-to-back fifers in overseas Tests:
| Player | Opposition | Venue | Year | Spell |
| Bishan Singh Bedi | Australia | Perth | 1977 | 5/89 |
| 1977 | 5/105 | |||
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | Australia | Melbourne | 1978 | 6/52 |
| 6/56 | ||||
| Kapil Dev | Pakistan | Karachi | 1982 | 5/102 |
| Faisalabad | 1983 | 7/220 | ||
| Kapil Dev | West Indies | Port-of-Spain | 1989 | 5/58 |
| Jamaica | 1989 | 6/84 | ||
| Venkatesh Prasad | South Africa | Durban | 1996 | 5/60 |
| 5/93 | ||||
| Irfan Pathan | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 2004 | 5/45 |
| 6/51 | ||||
| Irfan Pathan | Bangladesh | Chittagong | 2004 | 5/32 |
| Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 2005 | 5/58 | |
| Irfan Pathan | Zimbabwe | Harare | 2005 | 7/59 |
| 5/67 | ||||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | England | Nottingham | 2014 | 5/82 |
| 6/82 |