Top 5 spells by Indian bowlers in ODIs against Australia

#3. Ravi Shastri - five for 15, at Perth, 1991

Ravi Shastri of India

On a difficult Perth wicket, Australia was chasing 209 runs against India in the Benson & Hedges World Series in 1991.

India's pace bowling trio of Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabhakar, and Srinath kept the noose tight with their terrific seam bowling and pushed the home team on the back foot.

At five down for 65 runs, Australia had no option but to counterattack, as they were running out of overs.

However, the home team chose the wrong bowler to counter-attack. Ravi Shastri, India's utility cricketer, bowled exceptional leg spin bowling and strangled Australia's lower order. Steve Waugh was the first man to get out on Shastri's bowling.

A few overs later, Ian Healy couldn't resist himself from walking down the track. Shastri's crafty spin was too hot to handle for Healy and he was stumped.

The tail-enders, Taylor and McDermott joined the bandwagon and soon Australia perished for a mere 101 runs. India won by 107 runs registering one of their most memorable wins in Australia. The architect of this win was Shastri who took five wickets for 15 runs in seven overs.