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
R Ashwin	2012-2021	9	17	2357	392.5	92	1019	66	7/59	15.43	2.59	35.71	3	6
BS Bedi	1968-1976	12	22	3883	-	251	1091	57	6/42	19.14	1.68	68.12	2	4
EAS Prasanna	1968-1976	10	18	2946	-	145	1107	55	8/76	20.12	2.25	53.56	4	4
A Kumble	1994-2003	11	18	3610	601.4	195	1293	50	6/67	25.86	2.14	72.20	4	3
Z Khan	2002-2014	13	24	2780	463.2	98	1478	47	5/29	31.44	3.18	59.14	2	4
S Venkataraghavan	1965-1976	10	19	3378	-	218	1004	44	8/72	22.81	1.78	76.77	1	2
Harbhajan Singh	1998-2010	13	23	3461	576.5	114	1424	43	6/63	33.11	2.46	80.48	2	1
I Sharma	2009-2021	9	17	1808	301.2	64	969	38	6/51	25.50	3.21	47.57	2	3
BS Chandrasekhar	1965-1976	8	14	2382	-	100	977	36	6/94	27.13	2.46	66.16	1	1
SP Gupte	1955-1956	5	10	2140	356.4	152	669	34	7/128	19.67	1.87	62.94	1	4
J Srinath	1994-1999	9	15	2099	349.5	95	914	33	6/45	27.69	2.61	63.60	1	2
ND Hirwani	1988-1995	7	11	1854	309.0	85	758	32	6/59	23.68	2.45	57.93	1	2
Mohammed Shami	2014-2021	8	15	1566	261.0	44	884	27	4/70	32.74	3.38	58.00	3	-
PP Ojha	2010-2012	5	10	1591	265.1	69	689	25	5/99	27.56	2.59	63.64	1	1
RA Jadeja	2014-2021	8	16	1946	324.2	81	782	25	5/73	31.28	2.41	77.84	1	1
N Kapil Dev	1981-1994	10	17	1937	322.5	71	864	25	4/34	34.56	2.67	77.48	1	-
Arshad Ayub	1988-1988	3	6	1180	196.4	75	287	21	5/50	13.66	1.45	56.19	3	1
RJ Shastri	1981-1988	6	11	1233	205.3	65	414	20	5/125	20.70	2.01	61.65	1	1
RG Nadkarni	1955-1968	9	16	2205	367.3	169	561	18	6/43	31.16	1.52	122.50	-	1
RB Desai	1965-1968	4	8	804	134.0	35	381	15	6/56	25.40	2.84	53.60	1	1
S Abid Ali	1968-1969	7	11	817	136.1	39	258	13	4/26	19.84	1.89	62.84	1	-
MH Mankad	1955-1956	4	8	1003	167.1	66	329	12	4/65	27.41	1.96	83.58	1	-
UT Yadav	2012-2021	7	14	1002	167.0	26	539	11	2/68	49.00	3.22	91.09	-	-
AR Patel	2021-2021	2	4	445	74.1	23	141	9	5/62	15.66	1.90	49.44	-	1
SA Durani	1965-1965	3	6	638	106.2	48	182	9	3/53	20.22	1.71	70.88	-	-
SLV Raju	1990-1995	5	6	680	113.2	35	270	9	3/86	30.00	2.38	75.55	-	-
S Madan Lal	1976-1976	4	6	810	-	19	304	9	5/134	33.77	2.25	90.00	-	1
S Sreesanth	2010-2010	3	6	564	94.0	15	354	8	3/121	44.25	3.76	70.50	-	-
RF Surti	1965-1969	7	14	856	142.4	35	366	8	3/44	45.75	2.56	107.00	-	-
BKV Prasad	1998-1999	4	8	1080	180.0	53	397	8	2/52	49.62	2.20	135.00	-	-
SR Tendulkar	1990-2012	24	13	456	76.0	11	272	7	2/7	38.85	3.57	65.14	-	-
AS Wassan	1990-1990	3	4	490	81.4	11	331	7	4/108	47.28	4.05	70.00	1	-
M Prabhakar	1990-1995	6	8	829	138.1	25	430	7	3/123	61.42	3.11	118.42	-	-
B Kumar	2016-2016	1	2	162	27.0	6	76	6	5/48	12.66	2.81	27.00	-	1
RK Chauhan	1994-1995	3	4	420	70.0	19	176	6	3/97	29.33	2.51	70.00	-	-
DG Phadkar	1955-1956	4	8	918	153.0	57	261	6	2/11	43.50	1.70	153.00	-	-
JJ Bumrah	2020-2021	3	6	590	98.2	23	282	6	3/62	47.00	2.86	98.33	-	-
MM Patel	2009-2009	3	5	504	84.0	15	290	6	3/60	48.33	3.45	84.00	-	-
J Yadav	2021-2021	1	2	96	16.0	4	62	5	4/49	12.40	3.87	19.20	1	-
SM Patil	1981-1981	3	5	330	55.0	21	76	5	2/40	15.20	1.38	66.00	-	-
SK Raina	2010-2012	5	8	240	40.0	8	105	5	2/1	21.00	2.62	48.00	-	-
A Nehra	2002-2002	2	4	287	47.5	11	125	5	3/34	25.00	2.61	57.40	-	-
KD Ghavri	1976-1981	3	5	294	49.0	16	130	5	2/32	26.00	2.65	58.80	-	-
SB Joshi	1999-1999	2	4	510	85.0	33	150	5	2/38	30.00	1.76	102.00	-	-
DR Doshi	1981-1981	2	3	822	137.0	66	164	5	2/18	32.80	1.19	164.40	-	-
M Amarnath	1976-1976	6	10	611	-	17	240	5	4/63	48.00	2.35	122.20	1	-
GS Ramchand	1955-1956	5	10	972	162.0	72	276	5	2/48	55.20	1.70	194.40	-	-
JM Patel	1956-1956	1	2	378	63.0	30	91	4	3/63	22.75	1.44	94.50	-	-
Mohammed Siraj	2021-2021	1	2	54	9.0	2	32	3	3/19	10.66	3.55	18.00	-	-
SK Sharma	1988-1988	1	2	126	21.0	4	50	3	3/37	16.66	2.38	42.00	-	-
RMH Binny	1981-1981	1	2	204	34.0	8	93	3	2/26	31.00	2.73	68.00	-	-
GR Sunderam	1955-1956	2	4	396	66.0	12	166	3	2/46	55.33	2.51	132.00	-	-
R Singh	1999-1999	1	2	240	40.0	8	176	3	2/74	58.66	4.40	80.00	-	-
ML Jaisimha	1965-1969	9	16	781	130.1	56	296	3	1/4	98.66	2.27	260.33	-	-
SB Bangar	2002-2002	2	2	102	17.0	5	27	2	2/23	13.50	1.58	51.00	-	-
AM Pai	1969-1969	1	2	114	19.0	5	31	2	2/29	15.50	1.63	57.00	-	-
V Subramanya	1965-1968	3	5	150	25.0	9	50	2	2/32	25.00	2.00	75.00	-	-
SR Patil	1955-1955	1	2	138	23.0	7	51	2	1/15	25.50	2.21	69.00	-	-
BP Gupte	1965-1965	1	2	228	38.0	10	118	2	1/54	59.00	3.10	114.00	-	-
CPS Chauhan	1969-1981	5	2	42	7.0	1	16	1	1/4	16.00	2.28	42.00	-	-
CG Borde	1965-1968	8	1	30	5.0	2	18	1	1/18	18.00	3.60	30.00	-	-
VL Manjrekar	1955-1965	6	2	156	26.0	17	27	1	1/16	27.00	1.03	156.00	-	-
T Yohannan	2002-2002	1	2	150	25.0	9	43	1	1/27	43.00	1.72	150.00	-	-
AB Agarkar	2002-2002	1	1	79	13.1	1	54	1	1/54	54.00	4.10	79.00	-	-
WV Raman	1988-1990	4	3	228	38.0	18	54	1	1/26	54.00	1.42	228.00	-	-
B Yograj Singh	1981-1981	1	1	90	15.0	3	63	1	1/63	63.00	4.20	90.00	-	-
R Vijay Bharadwaj	1999-1999	2	3	175	29.1	7	72	1	1/26	72.00	2.46	175.00	-	-
Yuvraj Singh	2003-2009	4	5	141	23.3	2	85	1	1/11	85.00	3.61	141.00	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	1955-1955	1	2	312	52.0	17	92	1	1/56	92.00	1.76	312.00	-	-
NS Yadav	1981-1981	1	2	264	44.0	12	111	1	1/91	111.00	2.52	264.00	-	-
SC Ganguly	1998-2003	8	9	186	31.0	5	116	1	1/15	116.00	3.74	186.00	-	-
V Sehwag	2002-2012	12	8	243	40.3	5	166	1	1/17	166.00	4.09	243.00	-	-
L Balaji	2003-2003	2	3	402	67.0	21	183	1	1/84	183.00	2.73	402.00	-	-

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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]