muttiah muralitharan was the highest wicket taker for india in test matches.
muttiah muralitharan was the highest wicket taker for india in test matches.
highest wicket taker for india in test matches?
muttiah muralitharan
among off spinners, harbhajan is the second highest wicket-taker in test history, behind muttiah muralitharan of sri lanka. he is the third-highest test wicket-taker among all indians. harbhajan average with the ball in home test matches hovers in the mid-20s. all five of his man of the match awards and both of his man of the series awards have been obtained in india. outside india, his bowling average climbs to around 40. statistically, his bowling in test matches is most effective against the west indies and australia. as of may 2008, his most productive hunting grounds have been eden gardens in calcutta, where he has taken 38 wickets at 23.10 in six tests, while the chepauk in chennai, where he has claimed two man of the match awards, has yield 34 wickets at 24.25 in five tests. harbhajan has claimed his wickets most cheaply at wankhede stadium in mumbai, where he has taken 22 wickets at 19.45. compared to muralitharan, harbhajan is less reliant on targeting the stumps for his dismissals; he captures more than 60% of his wickets via catches and less than 25% by bowling or trapping batsmen leg before wicket, whereas the corresponding figures for muralitharan are in the 40s.
harbhajan singh
sunil gavaskar became the first-ever cricketer to score 10000 runs in test cricket on this ground — a feat he achieved against pakistan in 1987. seven years later kapil dev claimed his 432nd test wicket on this ground to become the highest wicket taker in the world, breaking sir richard hadlee's record for the most number of wickets in test matches here. before he became the highest wicket taker, kapil dev made a nine-wicket haul in his career here at the motera ground. in 1996, the ground hosted a low-scoring test match against south africa, where the visitors faltered while chasing a paltry 170 for a win to end up at 105 all out. javagal srinath scalped six wickets in the fourth innings of the match. however, south africa had their revenge when they bowled india out for 76 runs in the first session of the test match in 2008 and then went on to win it by an innings and 90 runs. sachin tendulkar became the first-ever cricketer to score 18,000 runs in one day cricket in a match against australia during 2011 cricket world cup.
sardar patel stadium