Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records for India in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
A Kumble	1990-2008	132	236	40850	6808.2	1576	18355	619	10/74	29.65	2.69	65.99	31	35
R Ashwin	2011-2024	100	189	26166	4361.0	889	12255	516	7/59	23.75	2.81	50.70	25	36
N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	131	227	27740	4623.2	1060	12867	434	9/83	29.64	2.78	63.91	17	23
Harbhajan Singh	1998-2015	103	190	28580	4763.2	871	13537	417	8/84	32.46	2.84	68.53	16	25
I Sharma	2007-2021	105	188	19160	3193.2	640	10078	311	7/74	32.40	3.15	61.60	10	11
Z Khan	2000-2014	92	165	18785	3130.5	624	10247	311	7/87	32.94	3.27	60.40	15	11
RA Jadeja	2012-2024	72	136	17233	2872.1	706	7096	294	7/42	24.13	2.47	58.61	13	13
BS Bedi	1966-1979	67	118	21364	-	1096	7637	266	7/98	28.71	2.14	80.31	13	14
BS Chandrasekhar	1964-1979	58	97	15963	-	584	7199	242	8/79	29.74	2.70	65.96	12	16
J Srinath	1991-2002	67	121	15104	2517.2	599	7196	236	8/86	30.49	2.85	64.00	8	10
Mohammed Shami	2013-2023	64	122	11515	1919.1	364	6346	229	6/56	27.71	3.30	50.28	12	6
EAS Prasanna	1962-1978	49	86	14353	-	602	5742	189	8/76	30.38	2.40	75.94	17	10
UT Yadav	2011-2023	57	112	8979	1496.3	245	5263	170	6/88	30.95	3.51	52.81	6	3
MH Mankad	1946-1959	44	70	14686	-	777	5236	162	8/52	32.32	2.13	90.65	10	8
JJ Bumrah	2018-2024	36	69	7182	1197.0	280	3291	159	6/27	20.69	2.74	45.16	4	10
S Venkataraghavan	1965-1983	57	96	14877	-	696	5634	156	8/72	36.11	2.27	95.36	7	3
RJ Shastri	1981-1992	80	125	15751	2625.1	657	6185	151	5/75	40.96	2.35	104.31	11	2
SP Gupte	1951-1961	36	61	11284	1880.4	608	4403	149	9/102	29.55	2.34	75.73	8	12
DR Doshi	1979-1983	33	55	9322	1553.4	456	3502	114	6/102	30.71	2.25	81.77	4	6
PP Ojha	2009-2013	24	48	7633	1272.1	298	3420	113	6/47	30.26	2.68	67.54	5	7
KD Ghavri	1974-1981	39	69	7036	-	233	3656	109	5/33	33.54	3.11	64.55	5	4
NS Yadav	1979-1987	35	61	8360	1393.2	339	3580	102	5/76	35.09	2.56	81.96	8	3
IK Pathan	2003-2008	29	54	5884	980.4	212	3226	100	7/59	32.26	3.28	58.84	2	7
BKV Prasad	1996-2001	33	58	7041	1173.3	275	3360	96	6/33	35.00	2.86	73.34	1	7
M Prabhakar	1984-1995	39	68	7475	1245.5	274	3581	96	6/132	37.30	2.87	77.86	4	3
SLV Raju	1990-2001	28	51	7602	1267.0	362	2857	93	6/12	30.72	2.25	81.74	1	5
RG Nadkarni	1955-1968	41	65	9165	-	665	2559	88	6/43	29.07	1.67	104.14	2	4
Maninder Singh	1982-1993	35	52	8218	1369.4	359	3288	88	7/27	37.36	2.40	93.38	5	3
S Sreesanth	2006-2011	27	50	5419	903.1	162	3271	87	5/40	37.59	3.62	62.28	4	3
A Mishra	2008-2016	22	40	5103	850.3	123	2715	76	5/71	35.72	3.19	67.14	2	1
SA Durani	1960-1973	29	46	6446	1074.2	317	2657	75	6/73	35.42	2.47	85.94	2	3
Mohammed Siraj	2020-2024	27	50	3930	655.0	122	2197	74	6/15	29.68	3.35	53.10	5	3
RB Desai	1959-1968	28	45	5597	-	178	2761	74	6/56	37.31	2.95	75.63	8	2
S Madan Lal	1974-1986	39	63	5997	-	188	2846	71	5/23	40.08	2.84	84.46	1	4
Ghulam Ahmed	1948-1959	22	36	5650	941.4	254	2052	68	7/49	30.17	2.17	83.08	3	4
ND Hirwani	1988-1996	17	28	4298	716.2	155	1987	66	8/61	30.10	2.77	65.12	2	4
B Kumar	2013-2018	21	37	3348	558.0	141	1644	63	6/82	26.09	2.94	53.14	3	4
DG Phadkar	1947-1959	31	48	5994	-	277	2285	62	7/159	36.85	2.28	96.67	1	3
C Sharma	1984-1989	23	39	3470	578.2	61	2163	61	6/58	35.45	3.74	56.88	2	4
AB Agarkar	1998-2006	26	46	4857	809.3	168	2745	58	6/41	47.32	3.39	83.74	-	1
AR Patel	2021-2024	14	27	2540	423.2	96	1064	55	6/38	19.34	2.51	46.18	2	5
Kuldeep Yadav	2017-2024	12	22	1964	327.2	45	1116	53	5/40	21.05	3.40	37.05	3	4
CG Borde	1958-1969	55	54	5695	-	236	2417	52	5/88	46.48	2.54	109.51	2	1
RMH Binny	1979-1987	27	38	2870	478.2	76	1534	47	6/56	32.63	3.20	61.06	-	2
RK Chauhan	1993-1998	21	34	4749	791.3	238	1857	47	4/48	39.51	2.34	101.04	1	-
S Abid Ali	1967-1974	29	49	4164	-	119	1980	47	6/55	42.12	2.85	88.59	2	1
SR Tendulkar	1989-2013	200	145	4240	706.4	83	2492	46	3/10	54.17	3.52	92.17	-	-
L Amarnath	1933-1952	24	35	4241	-	195	1481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2
A Nehra	1999-2004	17	29	3447	574.3	122	1866	44	4/72	42.40	3.24	78.34	2	-
RF Surti	1960-1969	26	45	3870	-	115	1962	42	5/74	46.71	3.04	92.14	-	1
Arshad Ayub	1987-1989	13	22	3663	610.3	150	1438	41	5/50	35.07	2.35	89.34	4	3
SB Joshi	1996-2000	15	26	3451	575.1	146	1470	41	5/142	35.85	2.55	84.17	1	1
GS Ramchand	1952-1960	33	56	4976	829.2	256	1899	41	6/49	46.31	2.28	121.36	-	1
RP Singh	2006-2011	14	25	2534	422.2	59	1682	40	5/59	42.05	3.98	63.35	3	1
V Sehwag	2001-2013	103	91	3731	621.5	74	1894	40	5/104	47.35	3.04	93.27	-	1
MM Patel	2006-2011	13	25	2658	443.0	95	1349	35	4/25	38.54	3.04	75.94	1	-
PR Umrigar	1948-1962	59	50	4725	787.3	262	1473	35	6/74	42.08	1.87	135.00	3	2
SC Ganguly	1996-2008	113	99	3117	519.3	110	1681	32	3/28	52.53	3.23	97.40	-	-
M Amarnath	1969-1988	69	71	3676	-	101	1782	32	4/63	55.68	2.90	114.87	1	-
SN Thakur	2018-2023	11	19	1449	241.3	36	880	31	7/61	28.38	3.64	46.74	1	1
JM Patel	1955-1960	7	11	1725	287.3	94	637	29	9/69	21.96	2.21	59.48	-	2
L Amar Singh	1932-1936	7	13	2182	363.4	95	858	28	7/86	30.64	2.35	77.92	1	2
P Kumar	2011-2011	6	11	1611	268.3	68	697	27	5/106	25.81	2.59	59.66	1	1
L Balaji	2003-2005	8	15	1756	292.4	64	1004	27	5/76	37.18	3.43	65.03	2	1
Surendra Nath	1958-1961	11	17	2602	433.4	144	1053	26	5/75	40.50	2.42	100.07	1	2
L Sivaramakrishnan	1983-1986	9	16	2367	394.3	74	1145	26	6/64	44.03	2.90	91.03	-	3
M Nissar	1932-1936	6	11	1211	201.5	34	707	25	5/90	28.28	3.50	48.44	-	3
A Kuruvilla	1997-1997	10	15	1765	294.1	59	892	25	5/68	35.68	3.03	70.60	1	1
M Kartik	2000-2004	8	15	1932	322.0	74	820	24	4/44	34.16	2.54	80.50	1	-
VS Hazare	1946-1953	30	43	2840	-	99	1220	20	4/29	61.00	2.57	142.00	1	-
VB Ranjane	1958-1964	7	13	1265	210.5	33	649	19	4/72	34.15	3.07	66.57	2	-
VR Aaron	2011-2015	9	14	1189	198.1	12	947	18	3/97	52.61	4.77	66.05	-	-
ED Solkar	1969-1977	27	44	2265	377.3	82	1070	18	3/28	59.44	2.83	125.83	-	-
HH Pandya	2017-2018	11	19	937	156.1	19	528	17	5/28	31.05	3.38	55.11	-	1
J Yadav	2016-2022	6	12	825	137.3	28	465	16	4/49	29.06	3.38	51.56	1	-
SK Raina	2010-2015	18	22	1041	173.3	22	603	13	2/1	46.38	3.47	80.07	-	-
SG Shinde	1946-1952	7	10	1515	252.3	59	717	12	6/91	59.75	2.83	126.25	-	1
RV Divecha	1951-1952	5	7	1044	174.0	44	361	11	3/102	32.81	2.07	94.90	-	-
Sarandeep Singh	2000-2002	3	4	678	113.0	27	340	10	4/136	34.00	3.00	67.80	1	-
G Sharma	1985-1990	5	8	1307	217.5	57	418	10	4/88	41.80	1.91	130.70	1	-
AS Wassan	1990-1990	4	6	712	118.4	16	504	10	4/108	50.40	4.24	71.20	1	-
BS Sandhu	1983-1983	8	10	1020	170.0	32	557	10	3/87	55.70	3.27	102.00	-	-
AG Kripal Singh	1955-1964	14	15	1518	253.0	76	584	10	3/43	58.40	2.30	151.80	-	-
SM Patil	1980-1984	29	15	645	107.3	29	240	9	2/28	26.66	2.23	71.66	-	-
CK Nayudu	1932-1936	7	10	858	143.0	24	386	9	3/40	42.88	2.69	95.33	-	-
A Mithun	2010-2011	4	8	720	120.0	21	456	9	4/105	50.66	3.80	80.00	1	-
CR Rangachari	1948-1948	4	4	846	-	11	493	9	5/107	54.77	3.49	94.00	1	1
Yuvraj Singh	2003-2012	40	35	931	155.1	14	547	9	2/9	60.77	3.52	103.44	-	-
ML Jaisimha	1959-1971	39	51	2097	-	109	829	9	2/54	92.11	2.37	233.00	-	-
S Nadeem	2019-2021	2	4	458	76.2	11	273	8	2/18	34.12	3.57	57.25	-	-
VRV Singh	2006-2007	5	10	669	111.3	20	427	8	3/48	53.37	3.82	83.62	-	-
Mukesh Kumar	2023-2024	3	6	284	47.2	16	179	7	2/0	25.57	3.78	40.57	-	-
VV Kumar	1961-1961	2	3	605	100.5	46	202	7	5/64	28.85	2.00	86.42	-	1
PP Chawla	2006-2012	3	6	492	82.0	13	270	7	4/69	38.57	3.29	70.28	1	-
SB Bangar	2001-2002	12	14	762	127.0	35	343	7	2/23	49.00	2.70	108.85	-	-
RR Powar	2007-2007	2	4	252	42.0	8	118	6	3/33	19.66	2.80	42.00	-	-
SK Sharma	1988-1990	2	4	414	69.0	9	247	6	3/37	41.16	3.57	69.00	-	-
AR Kapoor	1994-1996	4	7	642	107.0	26	255	6	2/19	42.50	2.38	107.00	-	-
Washington Sundar	2021-2021	4	7	526	87.4	10	299	6	3/89	49.83	3.41	87.66	-	-
SN Banerjee	1949-1949	1	2	273	45.3	8	127	5	4/54	25.40	2.79	54.60	1	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]