Most wickets for India in Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Test series between India and Australia is played for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Under this, till now only four matches were played in the series between the two teams, but this time it will be the first time when there will be a five-match Test series between them. This time India has to play in Australia and this series will be held in November-December. There has been tough competition between the two teams in the recent past, but Team India has managed to win the series by performing brilliantly in Australia for the last two times. This time India will try to win the Test series in Australia with a hat-trick.
However, it is very important to dismiss the batsmen of the host team to win in Australia. For this reason, the role of Indian bowlers will become very important. Many strong bowlers including Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are expected to be seen in the possible bowling attack of Team India. In view of this, we are going to tell you about the top 5 Indian bowlers who have taken the most wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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Former left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan led the Indian bowling attack for a long time in his career. He took 61 wickets in 19 matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia between 2001 and 2012. During this, his bowling average was 35.59.
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All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is at fourth place in this list. Jadeja has performed very well in Tests against Australia. He has single-handedly changed the course of the match with his bowling on many occasions. This all-rounder has taken 85 wickets in 16 matches in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. He will have a chance to go to third place on the upcoming tour.
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Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was also very successful against Australia and he is at the third place in terms of taking the most wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Bhajji took 95 wickets in 18 matches between 1998 and 2013. During this, he also achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings five times.
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Leg spinner Anil Kumble, who has taken the most Test wickets for India, also achieved a lot of success in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy during his career. At one time Kumble used to be the highest wicket-taker in this. He took 111 wickets in 20 matches in this trophy.
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Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin tops this list and is just two wickets behind Nathan Lyon, the highest wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Ashwin has 114 wickets in 22 matches. Both these bowlers are expected to play this time as well. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see who remains on top at the end of the series.
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