Senuran Muthusamy is playing for South Africa in the ongoing first Test against Pakistan. In the match which kicked off at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday (October 12), he picked up 6 wickets for 117 runs in the first innings and 5 wickets for 57 runs in the second innings. The five-wicket haul in both innings helped him become only the second bowler in the world to take five-wicket hauls in both innings of a Test match played against the Pakistani team in Pakistan.
The first-ever Test match in Pakistan was played at Bahawal Stadium in Bahawalpur from January 15 to 18 in 1955, and in the last 70 years, only one bowler before Muthusamy managed to take at least five wickets in both innings of a Test match against Pakistan in Pakistan. That
feat was achieved by Nick Cook.
In March 1984 at Karachi, while playing for England, Cook picked up 6 wickets for 65 runs in the first innings and 5 wickets for 18 runs in the second innings.
A total of four more non-Pakistani bowlers have managed to take a 10-wicket haul in a Test match in Pakistan, but none of them were able to take at least five wickets in both innings.
Non-Pakistani bowlers to take 10-wicket haul in Pakistan (in Tests)
| PLAYER | TEAM | FIGURES | VENUE | YEAR |
| Ray Bright | Australia | 10/111 | Karachi | 1980 |
| Nick Cook | England | 11/83 | Lahore | 1984 |
| Chris Pringle | New Zealand | 11/152 | Faisalabad | 1990 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 10/148 | Peshawar | 2000 |
| Jomel Warrican | West Indies | 10/101 | Multan | 2025 |
| Senuran Muthusamy | South Africa | 11/174 | Lahore | 2025 |
Bowlers to take 5-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match against Pakistan (in Pakistan)
| PLAYER | TEAM | FIG (1st Innings) | FIG (2nd Innings) | VENUE | YEAR |
| Nick Cook | England | 6/65 | 5/18 | Karachi | 1984 |
| Senuran Muthusamy | South Africa | 6/117 | 5/57 | Lahore | 2025 |
The bowling figures of 11 for 174 by Muthusamy in the ongoing match are the best bowling figures by any bowler in a Test match played between South Africa and Pakistan in Pakistan. The previous best was 10/114 by Hasan Ali in Rawalpindi (February 2021).
Best bowling figures in a SA-PAK Test played in Pakistan
| BOWLER | TEAM | FIGURES | VENUE | YEAR |
| Senuran Muthusamy | South Africa | 11/174 | Lahore | 2025 |
| Hasan Ali | Pakistan | 10/114 | Rawalpindi | 2021 |
| Noman Ali | Pakistan | 8/121* | Lahore | 2025 |
| Paul Adams | South Africa | 8/185 | Lahore | 2003 |
| Abdur Rehman | Pakistan | 8/210 | Karachi | 2007 |
Muthusamy is the third bowler to take at least 11 wickets in a Test match played between South Africa and Pakistan.
The record of best bowling figures by a bowler in a Test match played between South Africa and Pakistan is in the name of Dale Steyn. Steyn picked up 11 wickets for 60 runs in 36.5 overs in Johannesburg in 2013.
Best bowling figures in Pakistan-South Africa Test match
| BOWLER | TEAM | FIGURES | VENUE | YEAR |
| Dale Steyn | South Africa | 11/60 | Johannesburg | 2013 |
| Duanne Olivier | South Africa | 11/96 | Centurion | 2018 |
| Senuran Muthusamy | South Africa | 11/174 | Lahore | 2025 |
| Fanie de Villiers | South Africa | 10/108 | Johannesburg | 1995 |
| Hasan Ali | Pakistan | 10/114 | Rawalpindi | 2021 |
The 11 wickets in the first South Africa-Pakistan Test at Gaddafi Stadium also helped Muthusamy become the fourth South African spinner after Hugh Tayfield, Keshav Maharaj and Paul Adams to take a 10-fer in a Test match.
