Bowling Most Wickets Career IN India

Players IN India

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
MK Murugesh (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	8	1121	186.5	46	449	23	5/53	19.52	2.40	48.73	2	2	0
CT Sarwate (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	5	1126	187.4	64	359	19	6/103	18.89	1.91	59.26	1	1	0
NR Chowdhury (BENG)	1954-1955	4	6	537	89.3	28	190	17	6/35	11.17	2.12	31.58	2	1	0
Gul Mohammad (HYD)	1955-1955	3	6	984	164.0	79	268	16	5/30	16.75	1.63	61.50	2	1	0
BK Bose (BIHAR)	1954-1955	2	4	431	71.5	27	129	15	6/16	8.60	1.79	28.73	0	2	1
SK Shome (BENG)	1955-1955	3	5	594	99.0	21	266	14	5/78	19.00	2.68	42.42	1	2	0
PM Chatterjee (BENG)	1955-1955	3	5	830	138.2	31	314	13	5/52	24.15	2.26	63.84	0	2	0
AG Kripal Singh (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	6	734	122.2	25	322	13	4/18	24.76	2.63	56.46	2	0	0
SK Girdhari (ASSAM)	1954-1954	1	2	288	48.0	15	66	12	6/20	5.50	1.37	24.00	0	2	1
VM Muddiah (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	5	720	120.0	47	214	12	4/65	17.83	1.78	60.00	2	0	0
Ibrahim Khan (HYD)	1955-1955	2	4	773	128.5	44	247	12	5/58	20.58	1.91	64.41	1	1	0
P Sitaram (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	5	553	92.1	37	133	9	5/75	14.77	1.44	61.44	0	1	0
VN Swamy (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	4	361	60.1	14	134	9	6/29	14.88	2.22	40.11	0	1	0
CG Joshi (BRODA)	1954-1955	4	4	570	95.0	31	185	9	6/75	20.55	1.94	63.33	0	1	0
JH Vin (BRODA)	1954-1955	4	4	652	108.4	36	219	9	3/58	24.33	2.01	72.44	0	0	0
S Om Prakash (BIHAR)	1954-1955	2	4	348	58.0	14	146	8	3/39	18.25	2.51	43.50	0	0	0
AK Sarangapani (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	6	589	98.1	10	268	8	4/80	33.50	2.73	73.62	1	0	0
JM Ghorpade (BRODA)	1954-1955	4	4	672	112.0	25	292	8	3/68	36.50	2.60	84.00	0	0	0
SA Rahim (MP)	1954-1955	2	2	438	73.0	24	143	7	4/48	20.42	1.95	62.57	1	0	0
Inderjit Barhoke (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	5	352	58.4	6	180	7	3/13	25.71	3.06	50.28	0	0	0
AR Naidu (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	5	528	88.0	23	194	7	3/20	27.71	2.20	75.42	0	0	0
SN Banerjee (BIHAR)	1955-1955	1	2	334	55.4	7	212	7	4/70	30.28	3.80	47.71	1	0	0
CD Patel (BRODA)	1954-1955	4	4	593	98.5	27	241	7	3/84	34.42	2.43	84.71	0	0	0
VS Hazare (BRODA/MYS)	1954-1955	5	6	731	121.5	39	245	7	3/52	35.00	2.01	104.42	0	0	0
HG Gaekwad (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	4	737	122.5	62	253	7	4/137	36.14	2.05	105.28	1	0	0
A Rajbanshi (ASSAM)	1954-1954	1	2	239	39.5	14	60	6	3/19	10.00	1.50	39.83	0	0	0
BC Alva (MADRS)	1955-1955	3	4	420	70.0	26	131	6	4/59	21.83	1.87	70.00	1	0	0
VP Dixit (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	5	272	45.2	14	137	6	3/50	22.83	3.02	45.33	0	0	0
J Ramakrishnan (MADRS)	1955-1955	3	6	485	80.5	15	234	6	5/66	39.00	2.89	80.83	0	1	0
DG Phadkar (BENG)	1954-1954	1	2	162	27.0	8	49	5	4/21	9.80	1.81	32.40	1	0	0
L Amarnath (UP)	1954-1954	1	2	354	59.0	27	95	5	4/71	19.00	1.61	70.80	1	0	0
MK Balakrishnan (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	7	251	41.5	9	101	5	2/21	20.20	2.41	50.20	0	0	0
V Narang (BIHAR)	1954-1955	2	4	198	33.0	5	102	5	3/26	20.40	3.09	39.60	0	0	0
MV Mathe (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	3	403	67.1	23	129	5	4/30	25.80	1.92	80.60	1	0	0
A Bhattacharjee (BENG)	1954-1955	4	6	252	42.0	5	130	5	4/43	26.00	3.09	50.40	1	0	0
RS Bhosle (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	3	426	71.0	29	132	5	4/35	26.40	1.85	85.20	1	0	0
SD Dhanawade (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	4	594	99.0	32	250	5	2/90	50.00	2.52	118.80	0	0	0
PK Sen (BENG)	1954-1955	3	2	46	7.4	2	15	4	3/4	3.75	1.95	11.50	0	0	0
N Sanyal (UP)	1954-1954	1	1	192	32.0	10	51	4	4/51	12.75	1.59	48.00	1	0	0
Sher Mohammad (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	2	114	19.0	4	55	4	4/45	13.75	2.89	28.50	1	0	0
R Misra (UP)	1954-1954	1	2	168	28.0	8	66	4	3/43	16.50	2.35	42.00	0	0	0
VR Chander (MYS)	1955-1955	1	2	216	36.0	13	72	4	4/63	18.00	2.00	54.00	1	0	0
MR Rege (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	3	300	50.0	22	79	4	3/47	19.75	1.58	75.00	0	0	0
W Ghosh ()	1954-1954	1	1	253	42.1	11	88	4	4/88	22.00	2.08	63.25	1	0	0
M Acharya (SAU)	1955-1955	1	2	270	45.0	13	98	4	4/93	24.50	2.17	67.50	1	0	0
P Bhandari (DELHI)	1954-1954	1	2	270	45.0	7	120	4	3/76	30.00	2.66	67.50	0	0	0
M Jairam (HYD)	1955-1955	1	2	240	40.0	8	122	4	3/83	30.50	3.05	60.00	0	0	0
KR Patel (HYD)	1955-1955	3	6	257	42.5	1	167	4	2/39	41.75	3.89	64.25	0	0	0
GN Kunzru (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	5	384	64.0	5	186	4	2/67	46.50	2.90	96.00	0	0	0
B Alaganan (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	2	11	1.5	0	7	3	3/2	2.33	3.81	3.66	0	0	0
A Sen (BENG)	1954-1954	1	2	114	19.0	11	18	3	2/7	6.00	0.94	38.00	0	0	0
PM Gokhale (MP)	1954-1955	2	2	82	13.4	1	48	3	3/16	16.00	3.51	27.33	0	0	0
RV Seshadri (HYD)	1955-1955	1	2	126	21.0	4	56	3	3/32	18.66	2.66	42.00	0	0	0
P Ravi Achan ()	1954-1954	1	1	63	10.3	1	59	3	3/59	19.66	5.61	21.00	0	0	0
JS Saberwal (DELHI)	1954-1954	1	2	150	25.0	5	70	3	3/58	23.33	2.80	50.00	0	0	0
RV Divecha (MP)	1954-1954	1	2	174	29.0	8	75	3	2/62	25.00	2.58	58.00	0	0	0
TS Sastri (ODSA)	1954-1954	1	1	192	32.0	6	103	3	3/103	34.33	3.21	64.00	0	0	0
Kumaraja of Venkatagiri (AP)	1955-1955	1	1	132	22.0	0	113	3	3/113	37.66	5.13	44.00	0	0	0
N Kannayiram (MADRS)	1954-1955	2	4	342	57.0	13	136	3	2/52	45.33	2.38	114.00	0	0	0
ML Jaisimha (HYD)	1955-1955	3	6	300	50.0	17	138	3	3/51	46.00	2.76	100.00	0	0	0
NC Chatterjee (BENG)	1955-1955	2	2	78	13.0	2	29	2	2/21	14.50	2.23	39.00	0	0	0
Devi Singh (HOLKR)	1955-1955	1	2	150	25.0	12	32	2	2/23	16.00	1.28	75.00	0	0	0
RK Bhave (MP)	1955-1955	1	1	84	14.0	4	33	2	2/33	16.50	2.35	42.00	0	0	0
PK Chatterjee (BIHAR)	1955-1955	1	2	54	9.0	1	36	2	1/10	18.00	4.00	27.00	0	0	0
PB Datta (BENG)	1954-1955	4	3	72	12.0	0	37	2	1/9	18.50	3.08	36.00	0	0	0
SN Ghoshal (BENG)	1955-1955	1	2	102	17.0	4	37	2	2/24	18.50	2.17	51.00	0	0	0
S Nyalchand (SAU)	1955-1955	1	1	216	36.0	16	42	2	2/42	21.00	1.16	108.00	0	0	0
AN Bharbhare (MAHA)	1955-1955	1	2	186	31.0	13	48	2	1/14	24.00	1.54	93.00	0	0	0
SV Vaidyanathan (MADRS)	1954-1955	3	4	174	29.0	6	53	2	1/1	26.50	1.82	87.00	0	0	0
AR Bhupathi (HYD)	1955-1955	1	2	150	25.0	6	55	2	2/35	27.50	2.20	75.00	0	0	0
PM Anandan ()	1954-1954	1	1	168	28.0	2	58	2	2/58	29.00	2.07	84.00	0	0	0
S Nanda ()	1954-1954	1	1	186	31.0	8	64	2	2/64	32.00	2.06	93.00	0	0	0
KS Kannan (AP)	1955-1955	1	1	192	32.0	5	78	2	2/78	39.00	2.43	96.00	0	0	0
KNN Menon ()	1954-1954	1	1	162	27.0	7	79	2	2/79	39.50	2.92	81.00	0	0	0
H Ghosh ()	1954-1954	1	1	138	23.0	1	85	2	2/85	42.50	3.69	69.00	0	0	0
LR Jadeja (SAU)	1955-1955	1	2	246	41.0	9	88	2	2/76	44.00	2.14	123.00	0	0	0
HR Adhikari (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	3	228	38.0	5	121	2	1/40	60.50	3.18	114.00	0	0	0
SR Patil (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	3	318	53.0	7	161	2	2/47	80.50	3.03	159.00	0	0	0
RP Kapoor (ODSA)	1954-1954	1	1	30	5.0	0	7	1	1/7	7.00	1.40	30.00	0	0	0
VM Bhide (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	1	18	3.0	0	8	1	1/8	8.00	2.66	18.00	0	0	0
B Frank (ASSAM)	1954-1954	1	2	78	13.0	9	13	1	1/11	13.00	1.00	78.00	0	0	0
Prabhakar G Joshi (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	2	42	7.0	1	18	1	1/18	18.00	2.57	42.00	0	0	0
A Lashkari (GUJ)	1954-1954	1	1	18	3.0	0	19	1	1/19	19.00	6.33	18.00	0	0	0
K Naziruddin (AP)	1955-1955	1	1	35	5.5	0	22	1	1/22	22.00	3.77	35.00	0	0	0
G Abraham ()	1954-1954	1	1	66	11.0	1	30	1	1/30	30.00	2.72	66.00	0	0	0
KL Mahesh (MYS)	1955-1955	1	2	60	10.0	0	35	1	1/30	35.00	3.50	60.00	0	0	0
GM Guard (GUJ)	1954-1954	1	1	150	25.0	8	39	1	1/39	39.00	1.56	150.00	0	0	0
SK Vig ()	1954-1954	1	1	72	12.0	2	40	1	1/40	40.00	3.33	72.00	0	0	0
M Mehra (DELHI)	1954-1954	1	2	66	11.0	1	41	1	1/36	41.00	3.72	66.00	0	0	0
YB Palwankar ()	1955-1955	1	1	222	37.0	21	41	1	1/41	41.00	1.10	222.00	0	0	0
MS Zahid (SAU)	1955-1955	1	2	78	13.0	0	42	1	1/27	42.00	3.23	78.00	0	0	0
V Mohan (UP)	1954-1954	1	2	92	15.2	2	44	1	1/29	44.00	2.86	92.00	0	0	0
JH Shodhan (GUJ)	1954-1954	1	1	78	13.0	4	45	1	1/45	45.00	3.46	78.00	0	0	0
P Bangara (MADRS)	1954-1954	1	2	180	30.0	10	56	1	1/44	56.00	1.86	180.00	0	0	0
Rajinder Pal (DELHI)	1954-1954	1	2	108	18.0	2	59	1	1/13	59.00	3.27	108.00	0	0	0
SW Sohoni ()	1955-1955	1	1	108	18.0	5	59	1	1/59	59.00	3.27	108.00	0	0	0
DM Engineer (MYS)	1955-1955	1	2	132	22.0	4	61	1	1/28	61.00	2.77	132.00	0	0	0
M Chamanlal ()	1954-1954	1	1	114	19.0	0	64	1	1/64	64.00	3.36	114.00	0	0	0
KP Kesari (MP)	1954-1955	2	2	144	24.0	4	67	1	1/34	67.00	2.79	144.00	0	0	0
S Das (BIHAR)	1954-1955	2	2	102	17.0	2	68	1	1/17	68.00	4.00	102.00	0	0	0

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Gujarat vs Tripura at Agartala, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group C, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 208/3 (57.0 ov, GH Vihari 40*, V Shankar 51*, CT Gaja 2/38) - Stumps

Easterns (Eastern Transvaal) vs South Western Districts at Oudtshoorn, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 19th Match, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 224/10 (61.4 ov, ZJH Momberg 24*, T Ndlela 1/19) - Stumps

Nagaland vs Andhra at Sovima, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group A, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 267/5 (70.0 ov, CR Gnaneshwar 87*, KV Sasikanth 31*, VG Zhimomi 4/45) - Stumps