By Kaif - Mar 02, 2025 04:20 PM
Top 5 Bowlers With Most Wickets in a Single Season of Ranji Trophy: Ranji Trophy, India's premier tournament of red ball cricket, has always been a gateway for bowlers and batsmen to get into the Indian cricket team. Over the years, the tournament has seen some great bowling performances, with spinners traditionally being more successful. However, with BCCI's emphasis on green wickets, fast bowlers are also making a strong impact.
At the same time, in the ongoing season of Ranji Trophy, Haryana's Anshul Kamboj created history by taking 10 wickets in an innings against Kerala. Well, today in this news we are going to tell you about the top-5 cricketers who took the most wickets in a season of Ranji Trophy.
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Former cricketer Dodda Ganesh's 1998-99 Ranji Trophy season was remarkable as a bowler. The medium pacer took 62 wickets in 21 innings of 11 matches at an average of 26 and played an important role in Karnataka's title win. Due to his efforts, Karnataka won the trophy by defeating Madhya Pradesh in the final. He is at number five in terms of taking the most wickets in a season. At the same time, he has taken a total of 365 wickets during his entire career.
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Former cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi comes at number four in terms of taking the most wickets in a season of Ranji Trophy. Bedi took a total of 64 wickets in the 1974-75 season at an impressive average of 8.53. Due to this amazing performance of Bedi, Delhi reached the semi-finals, but here they had to be eliminated after losing against Karnataka. He is still remembered as an amazing left-arm spinner of the Indian team. He took 266 wickets in 67 Test matches played for India.
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Experienced Indian cricket team bowler Jaydev Unadkat is the third player to take the most wickets in a season of Ranji Trophy. The 2019-20 season was amazing for Jaydev Unadkat, in which he took a total of 67 wickets in 10 matches played at an average of 13.23. This season he took five-wicket hauls 7 times and four-wicket hauls thrice. Apart from this, in his first class cricket career, he has taken a total of 447 wickets in 127 matches.
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Ashutosh Aman, who plays domestic cricket for Bihar, is second in terms of taking the most wickets in a season of Ranji Trophy. Aman was playing his second Ranji season, in which he took a total of 68 wickets at an average of 6.75 during the 2018-19 season. However, despite such a great performance for Bihar, he failed to qualify for the knock-out stage.
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Vidarbha's left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey performed brilliantly in the ongoing Ranji season. Thanks to Dubey's performance, Vidarbha not only made it to the finals, but also won the 2024-25 Ranji season. This season, the 22-year-old player took a total of 69 wickets at an average of 16.98. At the same time, he has taken 94 wickets in just 17 first class matches played.
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