First-class Bowling in India for 1939/40 (Ordered by Average)
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| A Dipchand (Sind) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AW Stansfeld (Eur,Mad) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| S Ishtiaq Ali (CI) | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Mohammad Saeed (SP) | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| KB Murad (Rajp) | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| JW Anson (Sind) | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| AN Brewer (Eur) | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| RM Patel (Guj) | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| MS Ranvirsinhji (Naw) | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| D King (Bih) | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Iqbal Ahmed Khan (UP) | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| FK Nariman (Bom,Par) | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| MK Pathan (Guj) | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| SM Ambegaokar (Bar) | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| K Bahadur (Del) | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| RS Nailer (Eur) | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| SS Manoharan (Rest) | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Riazul Hussain (Del) | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Ushaq Ahmed (Hyd) | 42 | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| KV Bhandarkar (Hin,Mah) | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| GM Din (Del) | 42 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Abdur Rehman (SP) | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| RN Zutchi (CI) | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| HW Horton (Eur) | 36 | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| AL Lingiah (My) | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| AS de Mello (Rest) | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Daud Khan (Sind) | 42 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| ND Nagarvala (Mah) | 30 | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| S Nazir Ali (Mah) | 42 | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| MV Subba Rao (My) | 66 | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| BC Khanna (NWFP) | 84 | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| RB Nimbalkar (Bar) | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| J Alam (Bih) | 54 | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Hakim Lanewalla (Sind) | 96 | 5 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| VM Merchant (Bom,Hin) | 96 | 3 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| GC Kapoor (NWFP) | 42 | 1 | 39 | 0 | ||||
| M Mazhar Mahmood (Mus) | 48 | 1 | 39 | 0 | ||||
| KA Sheikh (Guj) | 108 | 4 | 39 | 0 | ||||
| JN Bhaya (CI,Par) | 78 | 1 | 39 | 0 | ||||
| JR Oza (Naw) | 66 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| RC Mushet (Eur) | 42 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||||
| AK Dutt (Ben) | 90 | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| HW Barritt (WIndia) | 42 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||||
| MS Patel (Bom) | 84 | 2 | 49 | 0 | ||||
| DR Havewala (Bom) | 102 | 1 | 54 | 0 | ||||
| Tajammul Hussain (Del) | 48 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3-3 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| NC Chatterjee (Ben) | 102 | 4 | 43 | 7 | 3-6 | 6.14 | 0 | 0 |
| Fateh Mahomed (Del) | 149 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 7-32 | 6.57 | 1 | 0 |
| S Dutt (Ben) | 114 | 4 | 61 | 8 | 6-32 | 7.62 | 1 | 0 |
| L D'Souza (Rest) | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1-8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Roshan Lal (SP) | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1-9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| EB Gai (Bar) | 332 | 18 | 114 | 12 | 7-43 | 9.50 | 1 | 0 |
| MS Baloch (Guj) | 309 | 8 | 110 | 11 | 7-56 | 10.00 | 1 | 1 |
| UR Chippa (Guj) | 284 | 6 | 93 | 9 | 6-45 | 10.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Azim Khan (Rajp) | 376 | 15 | 157 | 15 | 6-30 | 10.46 | 2 | 1 |
| M Nissar (Mus,SP) | 469 | 21 | 183 | 17 | 6-52 | 10.76 | 2 | 0 |
| S Banerjee (Bih) | 60 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 3-33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JN Banerjee (Ben) | 74 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 2-9 | 11.33 | 0 | 0 |
| HR Adhikari (Bar) | 96 | 4 | 60 | 5 | 3-2 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| K Bhattacharya (Ben) | 210 | 12 | 84 | 6 | 5-56 | 14.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Qazi Daud (NWFP) | 114 | 4 | 71 | 5 | 4-54 | 14.20 | 0 | 0 |
| S Abbas (Rajp) | 134 | 7 | 57 | 4 | 4-26 | 14.25 | 0 | 0 |
| L Amarnath (Hin,SP) | 528 | 20 | 161 | 11 | 5-22 | 14.63 | 1 | 0 |
| AG Ram Singh (Mad,Ind) | 812 | 33 | 366 | 25 | 5-35 | 14.64 | 5 | 2 |
| SR Mehta (Hyd) | 342 | 14 | 103 | 7 | 6-49 | 14.71 | 1 | 0 |
| VP Das (CI) | 48 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1-15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| KK Tarapore (Bom,Par) | 542 | 20 | 207 | 13 | 8-91 | 15.92 | 1 | 0 |
| BK Garudachar (UP) | 339 | 6 | 178 | 11 | 6-30 | 16.18 | 1 | 1 |
| S Mushtaq Ali (CI,Mus) | 241 | 11 | 114 | 7 | 7-108 | 16.28 | 1 | 0 |
| M Jahangir Khan (Mus) | 240 | 4 | 114 | 7 | 4-52 | 16.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdul Latif (NWFP) | 169 | 3 | 100 | 6 | 6-76 | 16.66 | 1 | 0 |
| S Wazir Ali (Mus,SP) | 42 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1-3 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CS Nayudu (Bar,Hin) | 1546 | 26 | 830 | 48 | 8-93 | 17.29 | 6 | 3 |
| Ghulam Ahmed (Hyd) | 394 | 11 | 157 | 9 | 5-95 | 17.44 | 1 | 0 |
| S Mitra (Ben) | 74 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 1-15 | 17.50 | 0 | 0 |
| MG Vijayasarathi (My) | 253 | 6 | 88 | 5 | 4-41 | 17.60 | 0 | 0 |
| BR Patel (Hyd) | 36 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1-8 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj of Patiala (SP) | 166 | 2 | 91 | 5 | 4-77 | 18.20 | 0 | 0 |
| FE Eccleston (Ben) | 84 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 2-37 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Azmat Hayat (SP) | 24 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1-6 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 |
| S Darashah (My,Par) | 468 | 20 | 154 | 8 | 5-78 | 19.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Amir Elahi (Mus,SP) | 938 | 31 | 486 | 25 | 7-33 | 19.44 | 2 | 1 |
| G Pires (My) | 72 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 2-29 | 19.50 | 0 | 0 |
| E Alexander (Rest,UP) | 643 | 26 | 276 | 13 | 4-15 | 21.23 | 0 | 0 |
| Masood Salahuddin (UP) | 345 | 10 | 192 | 9 | 6-62 | 21.33 | 1 | 0 |
| JS Vesey-Brown (Eur) | 292 | 8 | 129 | 6 | 4-57 | 21.50 | 0 | 0 |
| BB Nimbalkar (Bar) | 234 | 13 | 130 | 6 | 3-16 | 21.66 | 0 | 0 |
| DS Khambatta (Bih) | 180 | 1 | 109 | 5 | 5-109 | 21.80 | 1 | 0 |
| SHM Colah (Naw,Par) | 36 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1-14 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RA Spitteler (Eur) | 285 | 9 | 140 | 6 | 5-91 | 23.33 | 1 | 0 |
| TS Parankusam (Mad,Ind) | 245 | 3 | 140 | 6 | 3-48 | 23.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Murawwat Hussain (SP) | 348 | 17 | 143 | 6 | 4-27 | 23.83 | 0 | 0 |
| S Nyalchand (WIndia) | 276 | 17 | 96 | 4 | 2-28 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SN Banerjee (Hin,Naw) | 693 | 12 | 460 | 19 | 5-122 | 24.21 | 1 | 0 |
| Naoomal Jaoomal (Sind) | 276 | 8 | 97 | 4 | 3-45 | 24.25 | 0 | 0 |
| PE Palia (Par,UP) | 660 | 23 | 272 | 11 | 4-66 | 24.72 | 0 | 0 |
| CK Nayudu (Hin,Ind) | 354 | 9 | 149 | 6 | 2-13 | 24.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Aftab Ahmed (UP) | 272 | 6 | 174 | 7 | 5-55 | 24.85 | 1 | 0 |
| SM Shafi (Del) | 48 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1-25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| VS Hazare (Mah,Rest) | 1374 | 61 | 528 | 21 | 7-94 | 25.14 | 2 | 0 |
| Rajindernath (NWFP) | 84 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 2-40 | 25.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Saeed Ahmed (Mus,WIndia) | 836 | 44 | 239 | 9 | 5-23 | 26.55 | 1 | 0 |
| Raja of Jath (Mah) | 276 | 4 | 160 | 6 | 3-55 | 26.66 | 0 | 0 |
| F Brierley (Bih) | 30 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1-28 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| MH Mankad (Hin,Naw) | 366 | 10 | 169 | 6 | 4-87 | 28.16 | 0 | 0 |
| KM Rangnekar (Hin,Mah) | 126 | 2 | 86 | 3 | 2-28 | 28.66 | 0 | 0 |
| S Nazir Ali (Mus,SP) | 348 | 7 | 174 | 6 | 3-71 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Akbar Khan (WIndia) | 390 | 22 | 118 | 4 | 2-35 | 29.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JG Dhumal (Bar) | 84 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 1-16 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Rathod (WIndia) | 215 | 4 | 129 | 4 | 2-23 | 32.25 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Mobed (Par,Sind) | 628 | 14 | 261 | 8 | 4-65 | 32.62 | 0 | 0 |
| Firasat Hussain (Rajp) | 156 | 3 | 99 | 3 | 3-76 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Khot (Bom,Par) | 144 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 1-20 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sukhvantrai (WIndia) | 30 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1-33 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WH Bradshaw (Rajp) | 218 | 8 | 100 | 3 | 2-19 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| CR Rangachari (Mad,Ind) | 570 | 12 | 268 | 8 | 4-38 | 33.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhalindra Singh (SP) | 298 | 9 | 143 | 4 | 2-63 | 35.75 | 0 | 0 |
| MA Gopaldas (Sind) | 180 | 6 | 74 | 2 | 1-28 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 |
| BR Nagaraja Rao (My) | 180 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 1-26 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| KM Jadhav (Mah) | 300 | 4 | 189 | 5 | 3-61 | 37.80 | 0 | 0 |
| JG Harris (Mah,Rest) | 726 | 34 | 265 | 7 | 3-30 | 37.85 | 0 | 0 |
| SW Sohoni (Mah) | 629 | 14 | 458 | 12 | 4-105 | 38.16 | 0 | 0 |
| SWE Behrend (Ben,Eur) | 270 | 5 | 158 | 4 | 2-28 | 39.50 | 0 | 0 |
| MK Patwardhan (Mah) | 831 | 23 | 438 | 11 | 6-103 | 39.81 | 1 | 0 |
| GRR Brown (Eur) | 210 | 2 | 121 | 3 | 3-121 | 40.33 | 0 | 0 |
| AN Hammond (Ben) | 246 | 4 | 124 | 3 | 1-10 | 41.33 | 0 | 0 |
| MM Jagdale (Bar,Hin) | 210 | 5 | 85 | 2 | 2-80 | 42.50 | 0 | 0 |
| NJ Venkatesan (Mad,Ind) | 138 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 1-1 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Gopalan (Mad,Ind) | 299 | 9 | 131 | 3 | 1-9 | 43.66 | 0 | 0 |
| L Amar Singh (Hin,Naw) | 1321 | 52 | 492 | 11 | 3-120 | 44.72 | 0 | 0 |
| R Ashley (Eur) | 180 | 7 | 135 | 3 | 3-135 | 45.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DB Deodhar (Mah) | 171 | 7 | 90 | 2 | 1-20 | 45.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Musa Khan (Del) | 90 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 1-45 | 45.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Parthasarathi (Mad,Ind) | 268 | 6 | 139 | 3 | 1-25 | 46.33 | 0 | 0 |
| ASN Murthy (UP) | 216 | 0 | 143 | 3 | 2-112 | 47.66 | 0 | 0 |
| CP Johnstone (Eur) | 90 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1-19 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| FG Lakda (Sind) | 186 | 10 | 50 | 1 | 1-24 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Attique Hussain (Rajp) | 60 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 1-50 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Nawab of Manavadar (WIndia) | 162 | 2 | 103 | 2 | 2-86 | 51.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Shujauddin (Del) | 162 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 1-53 | 53.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Umar Khan (WIndia) | 66 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 1-17 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 |
| NC Pavri (CI) | 90 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 1-57 | 57.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AF Wensley (Eur,Naw) | 474 | 9 | 291 | 5 | 4-200 | 58.20 | 0 | 0 |
| GR Naidoo (Rajp) | 78 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 1-48 | 59.00 | 0 | 0 |
| H Sadhu (Ben) | 120 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 1-31 | 61.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Ibrahim Khan (Hyd) | 168 | 8 | 63 | 1 | 1-39 | 63.00 | 0 | 0 |
| KS Gaekwar (Bar) | 522 | 17 | 253 | 4 | 2-67 | 63.25 | 0 | 0 |
| KB Boga (CI) | 102 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 1-64 | 64.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Qamaruddin Sheikh (Sind) | 126 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 1-41 | 68.00 | 0 | 0 |
| S Chakravorty (Bih) | 114 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 1-68 | 68.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Asadullah Qureshi (Hyd) | 84 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 1-51 | 69.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahabuddin (SP) | 228 | 4 | 139 | 2 | 2-113 | 69.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Mubarak Ali (Naw) | 162 | 6 | 73 | 1 | 1-29 | 73.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SB Gandhi (WIndia) | 312 | 7 | 147 | 2 | 2-47 | 73.50 | 0 | 0 |
| YE Sheikh (Bar) | 138 | 4 | 80 | 1 | 1-2 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 |
| FF Coldwell (Eur) | 120 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 1-69 | 81.00 | 0 | 0 |
| NP Kesari (Rajp) | 204 | 11 | 88 | 1 | 1-58 | 88.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GS Richards (Rest) | 132 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 1-89 | 89.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Faiz Ahmed (WIndia) | 156 | 2 | 96 | 1 | 1-73 | 96.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Godambe (Bom) | 222 | 5 | 113 | 1 | 1-113 | 113.00 | 0 | 0 |
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