Top wicket taker in international cricket

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Top wicket taker in international cricket

The first day of the first Test in India-West Indies was named after Team India's off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. He took 5 wickets for the 33rd time in his Test career, due to which the West Indies team was all out for 150 runs. Ashwin overtook James Anderson for most bowlers taking 5 or more wickets in an innings.

Ashwin completed 700 wickets in his international career. With this, he also became the most Indian bowler to bowl 96th. He broke the record of Anil Kumble. Many more such records were made on the first day of the match.

Ravichandran Ashwin 702 international wickets

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Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets in the first innings. His name got 702 international wickets. Ashwin reached number 16 in terms of taking the most wickets in all three formats. He left behind South African fast bowler Dale Steyn (699 wickets). He became only the third Indian bowler to take 700+ wickets. Before him, only Anil Kumble (956 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh (711 wickets) could do so

International top wicket taker bowler

Player Country Match Wickets
Muthiah Muralidaran Sri Lanka 435 1347
Shane Keith Warne Australia 339 1001
James Anderson England 403 956
Anil Kumble India 394 975
Glenn McGrath Australia 376 949
Wasim Akram Pakistan 460 916
Stuart Broad England 342 841
Shaun Pollock South Africa 423 829
Waqar Younis Pakistan 349 789
Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka 439 761
Courtney Walsh West Indies 337 746
Brett Lee Australia 322 718
Tim Southe New Zealand 355 714
Harbhajan Singh India 367 711
Daniel Vettori New Zealand 442 705
Ravichandran Ashwin India 271 702

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Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets in the innings for the 33rd time

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Ashwin is at number six in the list of most 5 wicket takers in Test cricket. He has 5 or more wickets in 33 innings in 93 Tests. He left behind Ted's colleague James Anderson (32) of England. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for most number of 5+ wickets in an innings. He has done this feat 67 times.

Most 5 wicket takers Bowler in test cricket

Player Country Match 5/Wickets
Muthiah Muralidaran Sri Lanka 133 1347
Shane Keith Warne Australia 145 37
Richard Hadlee New Zealand 86 36
Anil Kumble India 132 35
Rangana Herath Sri Lanka 93 34
Ravichandran Ashwin Sri Lanka 93 33

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Ashwin became the most bowled Indian

Ravichandran Ashwin bowled Tejnarine Chanderpaul to take his first wicket of the innings. With this wicket, he became the highest wicket-taker by an Indian bowler in Test cricket. He got 95 wickets. He broke the record of 94 bowled by leg-spinner Anil Kumble. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for most bowled in Test cricket. He has bowled 167 wickets in 133 matches. Ashwin is at number 11 among the overall players.

Most Bold by an Indian Bowler

Player Match Bold Wickets
Ravichandran Ashwin 93 95 474
Anil Kumble 132 94 619
Kapil dev 131 88 434

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Ashwin took 65 wickets for West Indies

Ravichandran Ashwin took the wickets of 65 West Indies batsmen. Ashwin became the fourth Indian player to take the top wicket taker against the West Indies. He left Bishan Singh Bedi behind. Ashwin equals Bhagwat Chandrasekhar. Ashwin has taken 65 wickets in 12 matches against the Caribbean team, while Bedi has 62 wickets in 18 matches. Chandrasekhar has also taken 65 Caribbean wickets.

Indian Most Wicket Takers Bowler Against West Indies

Player Match Innings Wickets
Kapil dev 25 41 89
Anil Kumble 17 28 74
S Venkataraghavan 23 37 68
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 15 24 65
Ravichandran Ashwin 12 22 65

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