Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records for India (Host) in Test+ODI+T20I matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2008	153	204	25706	4284.2	924	12356	476	10/74	25.95	2.88	54.00	22	26	7
R Ashwin (IND)	2010-2024	126	183	19642	3273.4	612	10325	455	7/59	22.69	3.15	43.16	18	28	6
Harbhajan Singh (Asia/IND)	1998-2015	154	201	22409	3734.5	593	11665	380	8/84	30.69	3.12	58.97	11	20	4
RA Jadeja (IND)	2009-2024	143	183	15946	2657.4	532	8296	338	7/42	24.54	3.12	47.17	14	12	2
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	150	202	16276	2712.4	539	8518	319	9/83	26.70	3.14	51.02	12	11	2
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2002	112	137	10142	1690.2	289	6017	211	8/86	28.51	3.55	48.06	4	7	1
Z Khan (Asia/IND)	2000-2012	106	137	10683	1780.3	291	6650	201	5/42	33.08	3.73	53.14	6	4	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	66	87	5386	897.4	141	3767	163	7/57	23.11	4.19	33.04	8	6	-
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2023	59	91	6117	1019.3	145	3935	145	6/88	27.13	3.85	42.18	5	2	1
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	32	55	9185	1530.5	408	3933	142	8/79	27.69	2.56	64.68	9	8	1
I Sharma (IND)	2007-2021	70	105	8040	1340.0	267	4530	138	5/22	32.82	3.38	58.26	4	2	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	30	54	10391	1731.5	649	3287	137	7/98	23.99	1.89	75.84	9	8	-
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2017-2024	72	78	4072	678.4	33	3403	132	5/57	25.78	5.01	30.84	3	2	-
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2016-2024	78	84	3852	642.0	69	2896	125	6/45	23.16	4.51	30.81	3	2	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1991	95	111	9801	1633.3	346	4618	125	5/75	36.94	2.82	78.40	7	1	-
AB Agarkar (IND)	1998-2007	77	83	4676	779.2	89	3615	119	5/44	30.37	4.63	39.29	5	1	-
B Kumar (IND)	2012-2022	89	98	4401	733.3	80	3624	111	5/48	32.64	4.94	39.64	3	1	-
AR Patel (IND)	2014-2024	65	74	3870	645.0	83	2537	109	6/38	23.27	3.93	35.50	1	5	1
SLV Raju (IND)	1990-2001	39	53	5670	945.0	218	2533	104	6/12	24.35	2.68	54.51	3	5	1
MH Mankad (IND)	1948-1959	23	38	7767	1294.3	416	2733	103	8/52	26.53	2.11	75.40	9	4	2
PP Ojha (IND)	2009-2013	21	41	6433	1072.1	262	2806	101	6/47	27.78	2.61	63.69	4	7	1
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1993	52	66	6832	1138.4	247	3245	101	7/27	32.12	2.84	67.64	3	3	2
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1977	22	41	6693	1115.3	345	2560	95	6/74	26.94	2.29	70.45	10	5	1
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1983	32	55	8275	1379.1	463	2881	94	8/72	30.64	2.08	88.03	5	2	1
Rashid Khan (AFG)	2016-2023	47	48	2393	398.5	25	1763	93	6/43	18.95	4.42	25.73	4	4	-
BKV Prasad (IND)	1994-2001	57	68	4316	719.2	107	2685	91	6/33	29.50	3.73	47.42	2	2	-
M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1996	81	91	4566	761.0	89	3048	88	5/33	34.63	4.00	51.88	3	2	-
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1983	25	41	5860	976.4	293	2108	84	6/103	25.09	2.15	69.76	4	4	-
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1961	21	36	6448	1074.4	352	2549	84	9/102	30.34	2.37	76.76	4	6	1
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1987	31	52	6003	1000.3	218	2701	82	5/76	32.93	2.69	73.20	7	2	-
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2013	258	164	5148	858.0	57	3816	82	5/32	46.53	4.44	62.78	1	2	-
YS Chahal (IND)	2017-2023	57	55	1765	294.1	7	1962	79	6/25	24.83	6.66	22.34	3	1	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1987-1996	39	45	3351	558.3	89	1787	78	6/79	22.91	3.19	42.96	4	3	-
IK Pathan (IND)	2004-2012	51	63	4376	729.2	117	2879	78	4/37	36.91	3.94	56.10	2	-	-
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2011	40	42	4999	833.1	116	2884	78	7/100	36.97	3.46	64.08	4	2	-
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1980	27	50	4700	783.2	165	2432	77	5/33	31.58	3.10	61.03	4	3	-
S Sreesanth (IND)	2005-2011	37	47	3304	550.4	69	2572	77	6/55	33.40	4.67	42.90	3	2	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2006-2013	32	39	2872	478.4	59	1913	65	5/26	29.43	3.99	44.18	4	2	-
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/IND)	2000-2017	149	101	2930	488.2	17	2446	65	5/31	37.63	5.00	45.07	1	1	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1996-2006	29	37	3018	503.0	144	1563	63	4/18	24.80	3.10	47.90	2	-	-
A Zampa (AUS)	2016-2023	39	39	1668	278.0	2	1614	61	4/8	26.45	5.80	27.34	4	-	-
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2017-2024	41	49	2046	341.0	43	1637	61	4/32	26.83	4.80	33.54	3	-	-
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2017	26	36	3712	618.4	85	2151	61	5/18	35.26	3.47	60.85	-	2	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1972-1982	19	32	4377	729.3	281	1524	60	5/84	25.40	2.08	72.95	5	1	-
HH Pandya (IND)	2016-2023	74	70	1817	302.5	7	1969	60	4/16	32.81	6.50	30.28	1	-	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2024	34	46	3761	626.5	131	2150	60	4/40	35.83	3.42	62.68	2	-	-
NM Lyon (AUS)	2013-2023	14	22	3080	513.2	62	1665	59	8/50	28.22	3.24	52.20	1	5	1
TG Southee (NZ)	2010-2023	29	32	2259	376.3	43	1685	58	7/64	29.05	4.47	38.94	-	2	-
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1965	18	31	3877	646.1	118	1860	57	6/56	32.63	2.87	68.01	8	1	-
A Nehra (IND)	2002-2017	48	48	2094	349.0	20	2220	57	4/72	38.94	6.36	36.73	1	-	-
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1973	21	35	4704	784.0	242	1896	55	6/73	34.47	2.41	85.52	1	3	1
SK Warne (AUS)	1996-2004	24	31	3628	604.4	98	2112	55	6/125	38.40	3.49	65.96	4	1	-
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1966	25	40	5573	928.5	437	1477	53	6/91	27.86	1.59	105.15	2	3	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1956-1960	8	16	2953	492.1	198	956	52	7/72	18.38	1.94	56.78	2	5	1
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2023	35	36	2138	356.2	35	1749	52	5/70	33.63	4.90	41.11	2	1	-
MJ Santner (NZ)	2016-2023	38	41	2402	400.2	30	1774	52	5/59	34.11	4.43	46.19	1	1	-
AU Rashid (ENG)	2016-2023	32	34	2334	389.0	21	1891	51	4/82	37.07	4.86	45.76	4	-	-
DL Vettori (NZ)	1999-2012	31	35	4218	703.0	125	2168	51	6/127	42.50	3.08	82.70	2	2	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2008-2016	21	24	1668	278.0	27	1213	50	7/51	24.26	4.36	33.36	1	3	1
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1987	46	57	3523	587.1	93	1986	50	5/23	39.72	3.38	70.46	1	2	-
V Sehwag (Asia/IND)	1999-2013	145	94	3080	513.2	42	2172	50	5/104	43.44	4.23	61.60	-	1	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-1999	26	32	2653	442.1	64	1404	49	5/96	28.65	3.17	54.14	1	1	-
M Kartik (IND)	2000-2007	34	38	2936	489.2	76	1705	49	6/27	34.79	3.48	59.91	1	1	-
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2023	36	39	1971	328.3	49	1517	48	4/41	31.60	4.61	41.06	1	-	-
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2023	28	32	2137	356.1	40	1646	48	4/34	34.29	4.62	44.52	2	-	-
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1987	40	45	2494	415.4	54	1684	47	6/56	35.82	4.05	53.06	-	1	-
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1989	20	26	2366	394.2	78	1203	46	6/37	26.15	3.05	51.43	3	2	-
AA Donald (SA)	1991-2000	19	21	1462	243.4	43	819	45	5/29	18.20	3.36	32.48	2	1	-
ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1996	10	15	1871	311.5	78	822	45	8/61	18.26	2.63	41.57	1	4	1
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1997-1999	12	15	1648	274.4	49	917	44	5/93	20.84	3.33	37.45	1	4	2
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1959	14	24	3538	589.4	156	1346	44	7/49	30.59	2.28	80.40	3	2	1
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2012	19	24	2354	392.2	65	1355	44	5/144	30.79	3.45	53.50	2	1	-
C Sharma (IND)	1983-1994	39	43	2250	375.0	22	1802	44	5/55	40.95	4.80	51.13	1	1	-
SB Joshi (IND)	1996-2001	29	38	3429	571.3	107	1866	44	4/38	42.40	3.26	77.93	2	-	-
BP Patterson (WI)	1987-1988	13	16	1181	196.5	19	766	43	6/29	17.81	3.89	27.46	1	3	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1983	11	17	1801	300.1	68	878	42	7/64	20.90	2.92	42.88	-	3	1
M Morkel (Afr/SA)	2007-2015	20	25	1863	310.3	48	1185	42	4/39	28.21	3.81	44.35	1	-	-
Mohammad Nabi (AFG)	2016-2024	49	47	1774	295.4	16	1495	42	4/20	35.59	5.05	42.23	2	-	-
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1969	35	43	4480	746.4	203	1799	42	5/88	42.83	2.40	106.66	2	1	-
SR Watson (AUS)	2006-2016	36	37	1738	289.4	24	1241	41	4/42	30.26	4.28	42.39	1	-	-
A Flintoff (ENG)	2001-2008	26	30	2477	412.5	71	1334	41	4/50	32.53	3.23	60.41	2	-	-
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1990	25	31	3093	515.3	121	1346	41	5/50	32.82	2.61	75.43	4	1	-
RK Chauhan (IND)	1993-1998	28	39	3981	663.3	194	1646	41	4/48	40.14	2.48	97.09	1	-	-
Imran Tahir (SA)	2011-2016	18	21	1137	189.3	17	797	40	5/38	19.92	4.20	28.42	3	1	-
SC Ganguly (Asia/IND)	1996-2008	130	80	2179	363.1	43	1518	40	5/34	37.95	4.17	54.47	1	1	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1975	9	18	2964	494.0	174	912	39	7/98	23.38	1.84	76.00	2	3	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1979-1989	23	27	2223	370.3	69	1156	39	5/63	29.64	3.12	57.00	2	2	-
MM Patel (IND)	2006-2011	29	33	1993	332.1	41	1349	39	4/25	34.58	4.06	51.10	2	-	-
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1990-2009	49	40	1961	326.5	23	1417	39	4/19	36.33	4.33	50.28	1	-	-
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1967	8	16	1768	294.4	75	796	38	6/50	20.94	2.70	46.52	1	2	1
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1987-1993	24	25	1392	232.0	21	939	38	5/22	24.71	4.04	36.63	-	1	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1982	11	17	1757	292.5	50	863	37	7/46	23.32	2.94	47.48	-	3	1
SN Thakur (IND)	2018-2023	30	29	959	159.5	3	1084	37	4/67	29.29	6.78	25.91	1	-	-
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2006	32	33	2264	377.2	70	1453	37	4/20	39.27	3.85	61.18	1	-	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2010-2023	24	28	1765	294.1	26	1484	37	5/53	40.10	5.04	47.70	-	1	-
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	40	43	2409	401.3	51	1521	37	5/116	41.10	3.78	65.10	-	1	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2004	10	17	1730	288.2	65	875	35	5/56	25.00	3.03	49.42	2	1	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1964-1969	8	15	1983	330.3	99	655	34	6/58	19.26	1.98	58.32	1	3	1
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1999-2007	14	18	1346	224.2	31	794	34	4/47	23.35	3.53	39.58	3	-	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1982	10	14	1886	314.2	70	867	34	7/48	25.50	2.75	55.47	1	3	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]