Ranking top 5 bowling performances in India on Test debut

4. Tom Hartley (ENG)

The latest entrant on the list is England’s left-arm spinner Tom Hartley. Spinners have had huge success in India on helpful surfaces which offer lots of spin. The same thing happened with Hartley, who was welcomed to Test cricket by Yashasvi Jaiswal with a six on his first ball in Hyderabad. He managed just two wickets for 131 runs in his 25 overs. 

However, things turned his way in the second innings as India's batters turned tentative due to the turn present on the pitch. He took advantage of batters not attacking him and picked the first four Indian wickets to fall. This included wickets of Jaiswal and Shubman Gill in three balls. He ended up taking 7/62 on his debut as England won the Test by 28 runs despite conceding a lead of 90 runs.