In this quiz, you have to name every bowler to have taken a five-wicket haul in India-South Africa men’s Tests.

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India were the first team to host post-apartheid era South Africa, in 1991/92, but that was a hastily arranged series featuring three ODIs and no Test match. In 1992/93, they became the first team to visit South Africa: this time there were four Tests as well as seven ODIs. On that tour, an Indian spinner took the first five-wicket haul in India-South Africa clashes, while a South African fast bowler claimed a five-for in each innings in another Test.

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Since then, bowlers of both teams have taken numerous five-wicket hauls in these contests. In this quiz, we have listed the detail of every hundred – score, ppposition, venue, season – for these games until November 13, 2025.

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Since some of them have got multiple five-wicket hauls, you get only five minutes. Get cracking!

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Quiz! Every bowler to take a five-wicket haul in India-South Africa men’s Tests

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