5 pacers with most five wicket haul in WTC history: The World Test Championship started in 2019 and since then, two cycles have been completed and currently the third cycle is being played, the final of which is to be held next year. There is a tough competition between four teams including India and Australia for the final and so far no team has been able to confirm its place. There is a race among the teams as well as the players to score the most runs and take the most wickets in this tournament. If we talk about taking the most five-wicket hauls in WTC, then Ravichandran Ashwin is at the forefront. This Indian off-spinner has done this 11 times so far.
At the same time, if we talk about the fast bowlers who have taken the most five-wicket hauls in the World Test Championship, then Australian captain Pat Cummins, who took five wickets in India's second innings in the Adelaide Test, is at the top. In this article, we are going to mention all those five fast bowlers who have taken five wickets in an innings the most number of times in WTC so far.
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New Zealand's veteran fast bowler Tim Southee's name is at the fifth place in this list. Southee has played 36 matches in the World Test Championship so far and has succeeded in taking five-wicket hauls 6 times during this period.
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Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is also considered an expert player of Test cricket. Hazlewood may be behind his fellow fast bowlers in terms of speed, but even the best batsmen are fooled by his accurate line and length. Hazelwood has 6 five-wicket hauls in 27 WTC matches.
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South Africa's Kagiso Rabada is third on this list. Rabada has been leading his team's fast bowling attack for many years and has been a constant nightmare for batsmen. He has achieved the feat of taking five-wicket hauls 7 times in 31 matches.
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Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has also been a star in the World Test Championship. He took a five-wicket haul in Perth and became the top bowler to achieve this feat as a fast bowler in the WTC. However, now he has been overtaken by Pat Cummins. Bumrah has taken a five-wicket haul 8 times in 32 matches.
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Australian captain Pat Cummins played an important role in dismissing India's second innings cheaply in the Adelaide Test. He took five wickets for 57 runs and became the player to take the most five-wicket hauls as a fast bowler in the World Test Championship. He has taken five wickets in an innings 9 times in 44 matches so far in the WTC.
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