Srinath rattled the Pakistan batting order in both the first and second innings at Eden Gardens in 1999. In the first innings, Srinath would finish with great figures of 5/46 before outdoing himself and picking up an incredible 8-wicket haul in the second innings. Despite taking 13 wickets in the match, Srinath’s efforts would go in vain as Pakistan would win the match by 46 runs.
The Indian spinner made a fantastic comeback to Test cricket as he dismantled the New Zealand batters in Pune. Sundar would go on to pick 7 wickets in the first innings, giving away 59 runs and then would pick another 4 scalps giving away 56 runs in the second innings. Despite his best efforts, India would lose the match by a massive 113-run margin.
Back in 1964, the left-arm Indian spinner picked up 5-wicket hauls in both the innings to bamboozle the Australian batters in Chennai. Nadkarni would finish with figures of 5/31 and 6/91 in the first and second innings respectively. However, India would go on to lose the match by 139 runs.
Back in 2004, the Indian spinner racked up 5-wicket hauls in both the innings against Australia at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. Harbhajan would end with figures of 5/146 in the first innings and 6/78 in the second innings. However despite this, the Aussies would dominate most of the match and would eventually go on to win it by 217 runs.
Back in 1966, the Indian leg leg-spinner went on to bamboozle the West Indian batters at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai. Chandrasekhar picked up an amazing 7-wicket haul in the first innings, giving away 157 runs. Then in the second innings, he picked all the 4 wickets that were clinched by India as the Windies went on to easily reach the target of 192 and win by 6 wickets.
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