Bowling Most Wickets Career IN India

Most wickets in 1980s in FC IN India

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
N Kapil Dev (IND/NOZ/ROI)	1980-1988	52	91	9868	1644.4	366	4621	163	9/83	28.34	2.80	60.53	6	7	2
Maninder Singh (DELHI/IBPXI/IND/InU22/NOZ/ROI)	1981-1990	39	66	10519	1753.1	484	4257	154	7/27	27.64	2.42	68.30	8	9	2
RJ Shastri (/IND/ROI/WEZ)	1981-1988	56	90	12165	2027.3	522	4701	150	9/101	31.34	2.31	81.10	9	4	1
NS Yadav (HYD/IBPXI/IND/ROI/SOZ)	1980-1987	35	60	7503	1250.3	252	3475	80	6/109	43.43	2.77	93.78	4	3	-
DR Doshi (EAZ/IND/ROI)	1980-1984	21	31	5593	932.1	264	2091	70	6/78	29.87	2.24	79.90	5	4	-
S Madan Lal (DELHI/IND/NOZ/ROI)	1980-1989	33	54	4851	808.3	163	2443	69	7/49	35.40	3.02	70.30	2	6	1
G Sharma (/CEZ/IBPXI/IND/InU22/ROI)	1980-1990	22	34	5249	874.5	154	2354	59	8/155	39.89	2.69	88.96	2	3	1
Arshad Ayub (HYD/IND/SOZ)	1984-1990	15	24	3967	661.1	171	1568	58	8/65	27.03	2.37	68.39	4	3	1
L Sivaramakrishnan (/IBPXI/IND/ROI/SOZ/TN)	1982-1989	19	31	4082	680.2	105	2202	57	6/64	38.63	3.23	71.61	2	4	1
ND Hirwani (CEZ/IND/ROI)	1987-1990	10	17	2919	486.3	90	1439	52	8/61	27.67	2.95	56.13	1	4	1
C Sharma (IBPXI/IND/NOZ/ROI)	1983-1988	19	31	2430	405.0	48	1573	51	7/83	30.84	3.88	47.64	1	3	-
BS Sandhu (/IND/ROI/WEZ)	1981-1985	14	27	2716	452.4	110	1331	46	6/86	28.93	2.94	59.04	4	2	-
RS Ghai (/InU22/NOZ/ROI)	1981-1987	12	21	2061	343.3	54	1265	44	7/110	28.75	3.68	46.84	1	4	-
RMH Binny (IBPXI/IND/KNTKA/ROI/SOZ)	1980-1988	28	39	2740	456.4	72	1524	42	6/56	36.28	3.33	65.23	1	1	-
RR Kulkarni (/IBPXI/IND/ROI/WEZ)	1983-1990	21	34	3222	537.0	63	2136	40	6/58	53.40	3.97	80.55	-	1	-
KBJ Azad (DELHI/IBPXI/IND/NOZ/ROI)	1980-1989	29	44	3304	550.4	104	1616	36	7/63	44.88	2.93	91.77	1	1	-
IT Botham (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1982	11	17	2048	341.2	76	969	35	7/48	27.68	2.83	58.51	1	3	1
MD Marshall (WI)	1983-1983	7	12	1404	234.0	64	641	34	6/37	18.85	2.73	41.29	2	2	-
MA Holding (WI)	1983-1983	8	14	1542	257.0	53	726	34	5/102	21.35	2.82	45.35	2	1	-
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1988	14	24	2242	373.4	44	1181	34	4/76	34.73	3.16	65.94	1	-	-
Randhir Singh (EAZ/IBPXI)	1980-1988	18	24	2960	493.2	83	1617	34	6/95	47.55	3.27	87.05	1	2	-
JE Emburey (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1982	11	16	1843	307.1	79	846	32	4/72	26.43	2.75	57.59	1	-	-
AK Patel (IBPXI/WEZ)	1983-1987	10	14	2392	398.4	71	1227	32	5/42	38.34	3.07	74.75	4	1	-
AR Bhat (IBPXI/IND/KNTKA/SOZ)	1982-1985	12	18	3082	513.4	140	1156	31	5/65	37.29	2.25	99.41	1	1	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1987	9	15	1565	260.5	51	764	30	5/63	25.46	2.92	52.16	2	2	-
PH Edmonds (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1985	10	18	2755	459.1	171	917	29	4/13	31.62	1.99	95.00	3	-	-
B Arun (IND/ROI/SOZ/TN)	1985-1989	10	18	1566	261.0	43	969	29	5/84	33.41	3.71	54.00	3	1	-
S Valson (DELHI/NOZ/ROI/SOZ)	1980-1985	12	23	1670	278.2	49	1069	29	4/84	36.86	3.84	57.58	2	-	-
WV Raman (IND/ROI/SOZ/TN)	1985-1990	13	21	1920	320.0	91	906	28	6/123	32.35	2.83	68.57	-	2	-
NA Foster (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1985	6	10	1246	207.4	51	593	27	6/104	21.96	2.85	46.14	-	2	1
CA Walsh (WI)	1987-1988	4	7	823	137.1	24	437	26	5/54	16.80	3.18	31.65	3	2	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1980-1987	8	15	1792	298.4	88	706	26	5/48	27.15	2.36	68.92	1	1	-
RC Shukla (DELHI/EAZ/IND/NOZ)	1980-1984	14	22	2381	396.5	73	1014	26	4/31	39.00	2.55	91.57	1	-	-
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1987	9	12	1512	252.0	56	584	25	5/62	23.36	2.31	60.48	-	2	-
DL Underwood (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1982	10	16	1894	315.4	121	672	25	6/64	26.88	2.12	75.76	-	2	1
TAP Sekhar (ROI/SOZ)	1980-1985	9	16	1565	260.5	35	843	24	5/66	35.12	3.23	65.20	1	1	-
NG Cowans (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1985	9	16	1463	243.5	57	826	22	3/103	37.54	3.38	66.50	-	-	-
RS Hans (CEZ)	1980-1984	9	14	2063	343.5	80	880	22	5/28	40.00	2.55	93.77	-	1	-
RGD Willis (ENG/ENGXI)	1981-1982	9	16	1285	214.1	52	617	21	4/35	29.38	2.88	61.19	1	-	-
JK Lever (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1982	8	13	1393	232.1	44	749	21	5/100	35.66	3.22	66.33	1	1	-
SK Sharma (DELHI/IND/NOZ/ROI)	1986-1990	10	16	1622	270.2	41	821	21	4/45	39.09	3.03	77.23	1	-	-
DD Parsana (WEZ)	1980-1981	5	10	1289	214.5	66	451	20	7/46	22.55	2.09	64.45	1	1	-
KD Ghavri (/IND/ROI/WEZ)	1980-1981	8	16	1414	235.4	42	760	20	5/52	38.00	3.22	70.70	1	1	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1988-1988	3	4	605	100.5	28	252	18	6/49	14.00	2.49	33.61	1	2	1
M Prabhakar (/DELHI/IND/NOZ/ROI)	1984-1988	10	15	1254	209.0	45	612	18	5/28	34.00	2.92	69.66	-	1	-
M Amarnath (BRODA/DELHI/IND/NOZ/ROI)	1980-1988	43	36	1510	251.4	48	697	18	3/16	38.72	2.76	83.88	-	-	-
BP Patterson (WI)	1987-1988	4	7	703	117.1	14	456	17	5/24	26.82	3.89	41.35	-	2	-
WW Daniel (WI)	1983-1983	6	10	870	145.0	19	474	17	5/39	27.88	3.26	51.17	-	1	-
RD Khanwilkar (/KNTKA/SOZ)	1982-1985	10	15	1103	183.5	23	686	17	5/94	40.35	3.73	64.88	1	1	-
PI Pocock (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1985	7	12	1699	283.1	62	813	17	4/93	47.82	2.87	99.94	1	-	-
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1987	4	7	1313	218.5	34	561	16	5/54	35.06	2.56	82.06	1	1	-
M Venkataramana (ROI/SOZ/TN)	1988-1990	5	8	1343	223.5	43	673	16	4/97	42.06	3.00	83.93	1	-	-
GR Dilley (ENG/ENGXI)	1981-1982	9	14	1178	196.2	27	723	15	4/47	48.20	3.68	78.53	1	-	-
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	3	3	721	120.1	18	407	14	5/103	29.07	3.38	51.50	1	2	1
SV Mudkavi (CEZ/IBPXI)	1981-1987	8	11	1110	185.0	20	568	14	4/147	40.57	3.07	79.28	1	-	-
PJW Allott (ENG/ENGXI)	1981-1984	8	13	1229	204.5	43	672	14	5/54	48.00	3.28	87.78	-	2	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-1987	5	8	956	159.2	31	413	13	5/96	31.76	2.59	73.53	1	1	-
AG Mathur (CEZ)	1980-1984	7	11	852	142.0	25	433	13	4/82	33.30	3.04	65.53	1	-	-
B Burman (EAZ/ROI)	1980-1982	5	7	653	108.5	13	458	13	6/88	35.23	4.20	50.23	-	2	-
MV Narasimha Rao (HYD/SOZ)	1980-1987	8	14	1122	187.0	16	588	13	2/41	45.23	3.14	86.30	-	-	-
S Keshwala (BRODA/WEZ)	1982-1987	11	17	1295	215.5	33	769	13	2/11	59.15	3.56	99.61	-	-	-
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1983-1983	5	8	551	91.5	14	245	12	5/55	20.41	2.66	45.91	-	1	-
A Khan (ROI/WEZ)	1986-1987	3	4	593	98.5	29	270	12	6/29	22.50	2.73	49.41	-	1	-
S Vasudevan (SOZ/TN)	1980-1988	2	4	648	108.0	26	278	12	5/116	23.16	2.57	54.00	1	1	-
HA Gomes (WI)	1983-1983	12	14	799	133.1	22	368	12	4/30	30.66	2.76	66.58	1	-	-
Paramjit Singh (EAZ)	1980-1982	5	6	1119	186.3	39	497	12	5/108	41.41	2.66	93.25	-	1	-
P Sunderam (CEZ)	1984-1986	4	7	813	135.3	20	504	12	5/168	42.00	3.71	67.75	-	1	-
S Talwar (NOZ)	1981-1987	6	10	972	162.0	26	526	12	5/91	43.83	3.24	81.00	-	1	-
A Bhattacharya (EAZ)	1983-1988	7	9	1268	211.2	39	605	12	3/114	50.41	2.86	105.66	-	-	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1983-1983	7	10	916	152.4	43	355	11	3/56	32.27	2.32	83.27	-	-	-
G Shome (EAZ)	1985-1987	4	5	759	126.3	14	440	11	3/75	40.00	3.47	69.00	-	-	-
Avinash Kumar (EAZ)	1984-1988	6	8	1410	235.0	61	540	11	5/81	49.09	2.29	128.18	-	1	-
Ehteshamuddin (PAK)	1980-1980	2	4	414	69.0	17	182	10	4/87	18.20	2.63	41.40	1	-	-
SLV Raju (ROI/SOZ)	1989-1990	2	3	949	158.1	57	286	10	4/80	28.60	1.80	94.90	1	-	-
Azeem Hafeez (PAK)	1983-1983	3	5	696	116.0	27	312	10	4/58	31.20	2.68	69.60	1	-	-
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1987	4	5	700	116.4	10	417	10	5/85	41.70	3.57	70.00	1	1	-
V Venkatram (EAZ)	1980-1989	8	10	1136	189.2	27	651	10	5/93	65.10	3.43	113.60	-	1	-
NY Satham (BRODA/WEZ)	1980-1985	5	9	465	77.3	18	219	9	5/52	24.33	2.82	51.66	-	1	-
AK Sharma (DELHI/IND/NOZ)	1984-1990	9	9	715	119.1	29	234	9	3/30	26.00	1.96	79.44	-	-	-
A Jaiprakasham (EAZ)	1981-1989	6	8	527	87.5	14	255	9	6/38	28.33	2.90	58.55	-	1	-
CS Cowdrey (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1985	9	12	684	114.0	12	442	9	3/61	49.11	3.87	76.00	-	-	-
NR Yadav (HYD/SOZ)	1986-1987	4	7	636	106.0	13	442	9	4/109	49.11	4.16	70.66	1	-	-
K Srikkanth (/IBPXI/IND/InU22/ROI/SOZ/TN)	1980-1988	46	35	770	128.2	22	462	9	3/14	51.33	3.60	85.55	-	-	-
RM Ellison (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1985	7	10	1153	192.1	54	493	9	4/66	54.77	2.56	128.11	1	-	-
RP Singh (CEZ)	1984-1990	5	8	829	138.1	17	503	9	3/96	55.88	3.64	92.11	-	-	-
PS Vaidya (CEZ)	1989-1990	2	2	270	45.0	3	164	8	4/76	20.50	3.64	33.75	2	-	-
RC Thakkar (/WEZ)	1984-1985	3	4	406	67.4	3	257	8	4/158	32.12	3.79	50.75	1	-	-
RJ Bright (AUS)	1986-1986	3	3	516	86.0	12	291	8	5/94	36.37	3.38	64.50	-	1	-
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1986	2	3	444	74.0	6	320	8	5/68	40.00	4.32	55.50	-	1	-
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1983-1983	3	5	728	121.2	26	331	8	5/76	41.37	2.72	91.00	-	1	-
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1988-1988	3	5	532	88.4	11	332	8	6/51	41.50	3.74	66.50	-	1	-
AS Wassan (DELHI/NOZ)	1989-1990	2	4	523	87.1	11	354	8	3/76	44.25	4.06	65.37	-	-	-
KD Mokashi (/WEZ)	1981-1986	4	6	1002	167.0	20	515	8	4/101	64.37	3.08	125.25	1	-	-
Wasim Raja (Pak)	1980-1983	6	5	287	47.5	7	134	7	4/50	19.14	2.80	41.00	1	-	-
A Jha (NOZ)	1984-1985	2	4	253	42.1	3	139	7	5/76	19.85	3.29	36.14	-	1	-
SV Nayak (/WEZ)	1980-1985	4	7	456	76.0	19	188	7	2/23	26.85	2.47	65.14	-	-	-
JP Agnew (ENGXI)	1985-1985	1	2	270	45.0	4	205	7	5/102	29.28	4.55	38.57	-	1	-
B Vijayakrishna (KNTKA)	1982-1983	2	3	649	108.1	33	225	7	5/63	32.14	2.08	92.71	-	1	-
PN Kasliwal (WEZ)	1986-1986	2	2	375	62.3	4	266	7	4/87	38.00	4.25	53.57	1	-	-
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1983-1983	3	5	930	155.0	46	271	7	5/72	38.71	1.74	132.85	-	1	-

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Central Zone vs North Zone at Visakhapatnam, Duleep Trophy Semi-Final, Dec 30, 1989 - Jan 2, 1990 [First-class]

South Zone vs West Zone at Bengaluru, Duleep Trophy Semi-Final, Dec 30, 1989 - Jan 2, 1990 [First-class]

New South Wales vs Queensland at Brisbane, Sheffield Shield , Dec 29, 1989 - Jan 1, 1990 [First-class]