| 0.50 (12-8-6-1) | BS Bedi | v East Africa at Leeds, World Cup, 1975 [24] |
| 1.50 (9.2-2-14-3) | Z Khan | v Kenya at Durban, World Cup, 2002/03 [1992] |
| 1.57 (7-1-11-1) | J Srinath | v Kenya at Durban, World Cup, 2002/03 [1992] |
| 1.57 (9.3-2-15-3) | S Madan Lal | v East Africa at Leeds, World Cup, 1975 [24] |
| 1.71 (7-0-12-3) | M Amarnath | v West Indies at Lord's, World Cup, 1983 [223] |
| 1.71 (7-2-12-0) | M Prabhakar | v Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad, World Cup, 1987/88 [469] |
| 1.75 (8-1-14-2) | J Srinath | v Zimbabwe at Harare, World Cup, 2002/03 [1957] |
| 1.83 (12-5-22-2) | S Abid Ali | v East Africa at Leeds, World Cup, 1975 [24] |
| 1.90 (11-4-21-1) | N Kapil Dev | v West Indies at Lord's, World Cup, 1983 [223] |
| 2.00 (10-1-20-1) | Harbhajan Singh | v Netherlands at Paarl, World Cup, 2002/03 [1948] |
| 2.00 (9-3-18-1) | N Kapil Dev | v Zimbabwe at Leicester, World Cup, 1983 [204] |
| 2.00 (8-2-16-0) | N Kapil Dev | v Australia at Chelmsford, World Cup, 1983 [219] |
| 2.10 (10-0-21-3) | Maninder Singh | v Zimbabwe at Bombay, World Cup, 1987/88 [461] |
| 2.12 (8-1-17-1) | Z Khan | v Netherlands at Paarl, World Cup, 2002/03 [1948] |
| 2.12 (8-1-17-0) | N Kapil Dev | v Zimbabwe at Bombay, World Cup, 1987/88 [461] |
| 2.20 (10-0-22-2) | J Srinath | v West Indies at Gwalior, World Cup, 1995/96 [1056] |
| 2.20 (10-1-22-2) | M Prabhakar | v Pakistan at Sydney, World Cup, 1991/92 [729] |
| 2.20 (5-1-11-2) | A Nehra | v Kenya at Durban, World Cup, 2002/03 [1992] |
| 2.25 (12-1-27-2) | M Amarnath | v England at Manchester, World Cup, 1983 [221] |
| 2.27 (11-2-25-2) | RMH Binny | v Zimbabwe at Leicester, World Cup, 1983 [204] |
| 2.30 (10-2-23-6) | A Nehra | v England at Durban, World Cup, 2002/03 [1969] |
| 2.30 (10-1-23-1) | RMH Binny | v West Indies at Lord's, World Cup, 1983 [223] |
| 2.33 (12-1-28-1) | KBJ Azad | v England at Manchester, World Cup, 1983 [221] |
| 2.33 (12-6-28-1) | BS Bedi | v New Zealand at Manchester, World Cup, 1975 [28] |
| 2.37 (8-1-19-4) | M Prabhakar | v Zimbabwe at Bombay, World Cup, 1987/88 [461] |
| 2.40 (10-1-24-2) | D Mongia | v Namibia at Pietermaritzburg, World Cup, 2002/03 [1964] |
| 2.40 (10-3-24-1) | A Nehra | v New Zealand at Centurion, World Cup, 2002/03 [1988] |
| 2.40 (8.2-3-20-4) | S Madan Lal | v Australia at Chelmsford, World Cup, 1983 [219] |
| 2.41 (12-4-29-0) | S Venkataraghavan | v East Africa at Leeds, World Cup, 1975 [24] |
| 2.50 (12-3-30-0) | S Venkataraghavan | v West Indies at Birmingham, World Cup, 1979 [61] |
| 2.50 (10-2-25-0) | KD Ghavri | v West Indies at Birmingham, World Cup, 1979 [61] |
| 2.50 (8-2-20-1) | MM Patel | v Bermuda at Port of Spain, ICC World Cup, 2006/07 [2542] |
| 2.50 (8-0-20-1) | J Srinath | v New Zealand at Centurion, World Cup, 2002/03 [1988] |
| 2.53 (10.4-0-27-3) | S Madan Lal | v Zimbabwe at Leicester, World Cup, 1983 [204] |
| 2.55 (9-2-23-2) | J Srinath | v West Indies at Wellington, World Cup, 1991/92 [737] |
| 2.58 (12-2-31-3) | S Madan Lal | v West Indies at Lord's, World Cup, 1983 [223] |
| 2.60 (10-1-26-2) | BS Sandhu | v Australia at Chelmsford, World Cup, 1983 [219] |
| 2.66 (12-1-32-0) | BS Bedi | v New Zealand at Leeds, World Cup, 1979 [65] |
| 2.77 (9-1-25-1) | BKV Prasad | v England at Birmingham, World Cup, 1999 [1467] |
| 2.80 (10-0-28-3) | A Kumble | v Kenya at Cuttack, World Cup, 1995/96 [1052] |
| 2.80 (10-2-28-2) | Harbhajan Singh | v New Zealand at Centurion, World Cup, 2002/03 [1988] |
| 2.83 (12-1-34-1) | S Madan Lal | v West Indies at Manchester, World Cup, 1983 [200] |
| 2.83 (12-0-34-0) | S Venkataraghavan | v New Zealand at Leeds, World Cup, 1979 [65] |
| 2.84 (9.3-2-27-5) | BKV Prasad | v Pakistan at Manchester, World Cup, 1999 [1476] |
| 2.90 (11-1-32-1) | N Kapil Dev | v Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells, World Cup, 1983 [216] |
| 2.91 (12-2-35-2) | S Abid Ali | v New Zealand at Manchester, World Cup, 1975 [28] |
