Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets for India in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
A Kumble	1990-2008	401	499	55226	9204.2	1685	28655	953	10/74	30.06	3.11	57.94	39	37	8
R Ashwin	2010-2024	287	379	35001	5833.3	947	19743	765	7/59	25.80	3.38	45.75	28	37	8
Harbhajan Singh	1998-2016	365	442	41551	6925.1	959	23042	707	8/84	32.59	3.32	58.77	19	28	5
N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	356	448	38942	6490.2	1295	19812	687	9/83	28.83	3.05	56.68	20	24	2
RA Jadeja	2009-2025	359	419	30227	5037.5	797	17762	609	7/42	29.16	3.52	49.63	20	17	3
Z Khan	2000-2014	303	373	28952	4825.2	736	18797	597	7/87	31.48	3.89	48.49	23	12	1
J Srinath	1991-2003	296	348	27039	4506.3	736	16043	551	8/86	29.11	3.55	49.07	15	13	1
Mohammed Shami	2013-2025	197	254	17351	2891.5	417	12062	462	7/57	26.10	4.17	37.55	22	12	-
JJ Bumrah	2016-2025	205	245	14981	2496.5	422	9205	448	6/19	20.54	3.68	33.43	13	16	-
I Sharma	2007-2021	199	280	23171	3861.5	669	14041	434	7/74	32.35	3.63	53.38	16	11	1
AB Agarkar	1998-2007	221	237	14404	2400.4	269	10851	349	6/41	31.09	4.51	41.27	10	3	-
Kuldeep Yadav	2017-2025	166	173	8707	1451.1	78	6998	306	6/25	22.86	4.82	28.45	11	8	-
IK Pathan	2003-2012	173	195	12201	2033.3	266	8986	301	7/59	29.85	4.41	40.53	7	9	2
B Kumar	2012-2022	229	243	10986	1831.0	219	8674	294	6/82	29.50	4.73	37.36	10	7	-
BKV Prasad	1994-2001	194	218	15170	2528.2	354	9692	292	6/33	33.19	3.83	51.95	4	8	1
UT Yadav	2010-2023	141	194	12717	2119.3	268	9108	288	6/88	31.62	4.29	44.15	10	3	1
RJ Shastri	1981-1992	230	261	22364	3727.2	713	10835	280	5/15	38.69	2.90	79.87	13	3	-
BS Bedi	1966-1979	77	128	21954	-	1113	7977	273	7/98	29.21	2.18	80.41	13	14	1
M Prabhakar	1984-1996	169	195	13835	2305.5	350	8115	253	6/132	32.07	3.51	54.68	8	5	-
BS Chandrasekhar	1964-1979	59	98	16019	-	584	7235	245	8/79	29.53	2.70	65.38	12	16	2
A Nehra	1999-2017	161	173	9672	1612.0	177	7523	233	6/23	32.28	4.66	41.51	7	2	-
YS Chahal	2016-2023	152	148	5503	917.1	16	5692	217	6/25	26.23	6.20	25.35	7	3	-
HH Pandya	2016-2025	219	209	6214	1035.4	39	6244	202	5/28	30.91	6.02	30.76	4	1	-
SR Tendulkar	1989-2013	664	416	12309	2051.3	107	9354	201	5/32	46.53	4.55	61.23	4	2	-
AR Patel	2014-2025	153	158	6998	1166.2	122	5007	198	6/38	25.28	4.29	35.34	2	5	1
EAS Prasanna	1962-1978	49	86	14353	-	602	5742	189	8/76	30.38	2.40	75.94	17	10	2
Mohammed Siraj	2017-2025	97	128	7875	1312.3	199	5406	187	6/15	28.90	4.11	42.11	9	4	-
S Sreesanth	2005-2011	90	111	8099	1349.5	180	6067	169	6/55	35.89	4.49	47.92	6	4	-
MH Mankad	1946-1959	44	70	14686	-	777	5236	162	8/52	32.32	2.13	90.65	10	8	2
S Venkataraghavan	1965-1983	72	110	15745	-	703	6176	161	8/72	38.36	2.35	97.79	7	3	1
A Mishra	2003-2017	68	84	7248	1208.0	143	4466	156	6/48	28.62	3.69	46.46	4	3	-
SLV Raju	1990-2001	81	103	10372	1728.4	378	4871	156	6/12	31.22	2.81	66.48	3	5	1
Maninder Singh	1982-1993	94	109	11351	1891.5	392	5354	154	7/27	34.76	2.83	73.70	6	3	2
SP Gupte	1951-1961	36	61	11284	1880.4	608	4403	149	9/102	29.55	2.34	75.73	8	12	1
Yuvraj Singh	2000-2017	399	224	6343	1057.1	32	5273	147	5/31	35.87	4.98	43.14	2	1	-
PP Ojha	2008-2013	48	71	8635	1439.1	303	4204	144	6/47	29.19	2.92	59.96	7	7	1
S Madan Lal	1974-1987	106	127	9161	-	232	4983	144	5/23	34.60	3.26	63.61	3	4	-
DR Doshi	1979-1983	48	70	10114	1685.4	464	4026	136	6/102	29.60	2.38	74.36	6	6	-
V Sehwag	1999-2013	363	234	8027	1337.5	87	5651	134	5/104	42.17	4.22	59.90	1	1	-
SC Ganguly	1992-2008	421	269	7660	1276.4	140	5516	132	5/16	41.78	4.32	58.03	1	2	-
SN Thakur	2017-2025	84	91	3991	665.1	46	3755	131	7/61	28.66	5.64	30.46	5	1	-
C Sharma	1983-1994	88	102	6305	1050.5	80	4499	128	6/58	35.14	4.28	49.25	2	4	1
MM Patel	2006-2011	86	95	5872	978.4	133	4038	125	4/25	32.30	4.12	46.97	4	-	-
RMH Binny	1979-1987	99	105	5827	971.1	113	3794	124	6/56	30.59	3.90	46.99	3	2	-
RP Singh	2005-2011	82	91	5297	882.5	90	4250	124	5/59	34.27	4.81	42.71	6	1	-
KD Ghavri	1974-1981	58	88	8069	-	245	4364	124	5/33	35.19	3.24	65.07	5	4	-
Arshdeep Singh	2022-2025	72	71	1683	280.3	4	2134	113	5/37	18.88	7.60	14.89	3	1	-
P Kumar	2007-2012	84	88	5009	834.5	114	3664	112	5/106	32.71	4.38	44.72	4	1	-
NS Yadav	1979-1987	42	68	8690	1448.2	342	3808	110	5/76	34.61	2.62	79.00	8	3	-
SB Joshi	1996-2001	84	93	6837	1139.3	179	3979	110	5/6	36.17	3.49	62.15	2	2	-
Washington Sundar	2017-2025	86	88	2976	496.0	25	2438	97	7/59	25.13	4.91	30.68	2	1	1
ND Hirwani	1988-1996	35	46	5258	876.2	161	2706	89	8/61	30.40	3.08	59.07	5	4	1
RG Nadkarni	1955-1968	41	65	9165	-	665	2559	88	6/43	29.07	1.67	104.14	2	4	1
M Amarnath	1969-1989	154	135	6406	-	118	3753	78	4/63	48.11	3.51	82.12	1	-	-
RK Chauhan	1993-1998	56	68	6383	1063.5	250	3073	76	4/48	40.43	2.88	83.98	1	-	-
SA Durani	1960-1973	29	46	6446	1074.2	317	2657	75	6/73	35.42	2.47	85.94	2	3	1
RB Desai	1959-1968	28	45	5597	-	178	2761	74	6/56	37.31	2.95	75.63	8	2	-
Arshad Ayub	1987-1990	45	54	5432	905.2	169	2654	72	5/21	36.86	2.93	75.44	4	4	-
L Balaji	2002-2012	43	50	3299	549.5	75	2469	71	5/76	34.77	4.49	46.46	3	1	-
RR Singh	1989-2001	137	119	3794	632.2	32	3017	69	5/22	43.72	4.77	54.98	-	2	-
Ghulam Ahmed	1948-1959	22	36	5650	941.4	254	2052	68	7/49	30.17	2.17	83.08	3	4	1
DG Phadkar	1947-1959	31	48	5994	-	277	2285	62	7/159	36.85	2.28	96.67	1	3	-
SK Raina	2005-2018	322	150	3516	586.0	27	2856	62	3/34	46.06	4.87	56.70	-	-	-
Ravi Bishnoi	2022-2025	43	43	1012	168.4	3	1251	62	4/13	20.17	7.41	16.32	2	-	-
DS Mohanty	1997-2001	47	48	2426	404.2	31	1901	61	4/56	31.16	4.70	39.77	2	-	-
M Kartik	2000-2007	46	52	3863	643.5	93	2459	61	6/27	40.31	3.81	63.32	1	1	-
S Abid Ali	1967-1975	34	54	4500	-	129	2167	54	6/55	40.12	2.88	83.33	2	1	-
CG Borde	1958-1969	55	54	5695	-	236	2417	52	5/88	46.48	2.54	109.51	2	1	-
M Prasidh Krishna	2021-2025	26	29	1454	242.2	14	1419	50	4/12	28.38	5.85	29.08	2	-	-
A Kuruvilla	1997-1997	35	40	2896	482.4	77	1782	50	5/68	35.64	3.69	57.92	2	1	-
R Vinay Kumar	2010-2013	41	41	1703	283.5	19	1743	49	4/30	35.57	6.14	34.75	1	-	-
DL Chahar	2018-2023	38	37	1050	175.0	7	1236	47	6/7	26.29	7.06	22.34	-	1	-
N Chopra	1998-2000	40	38	1979	329.5	24	1364	46	5/21	29.65	4.13	43.02	1	1	-
YK Pathan	2007-2012	79	67	1795	299.1	3	1803	46	3/49	39.19	6.02	39.02	-	-	-
L Amarnath	1933-1952	24	35	4241	-	195	1481	45	5/96	32.91	2.09	94.24	3	2	-
PP Chawla	2006-2012	35	38	1942	323.4	20	1538	43	4/23	35.76	4.75	45.16	3	-	-
CV Varun	2021-2025	22	22	651	108.3	-	671	43	5/17	15.60	6.18	15.13	-	3	-
RF Surti	1960-1969	26	45	3870	-	115	1962	42	5/74	46.71	3.04	92.14	-	1	-
L Sivaramakrishnan	1983-1987	25	32	3123	520.3	79	1683	41	6/64	41.04	3.23	76.17	-	3	1
GS Ramchand	1952-1960	33	56	4976	829.2	256	1899	41	6/49	46.31	2.28	121.36	-	1	-
RR Powar	2004-2007	33	33	1788	298.0	14	1309	40	3/24	32.72	4.39	44.70	-	-	-
MM Sharma	2013-2015	34	33	1259	209.5	12	1205	37	4/22	32.56	5.74	34.02	1	-	-
Avesh Khan	2022-2024	33	32	855	142.3	6	1081	36	4/18	30.02	7.58	23.75	2	-	-
PR Umrigar	1948-1962	59	50	4725	787.3	262	1473	35	6/74	42.08	1.87	135.00	3	2	-
Mukesh Kumar	2023-2024	26	29	842	140.2	20	883	32	4/22	27.59	6.29	26.31	1	-	-
KK Ahmed	2018-2024	29	29	876	146.0	3	1027	31	3/13	33.12	7.03	28.25	-	-	-
JM Patel	1955-1960	7	11	1725	287.3	94	637	29	9/69	21.96	2.21	59.48	-	2	1
AB Dinda	2009-2013	22	22	774	129.0	3	857	29	4/19	29.55	6.64	26.68	1	-	-
VR Aaron	2011-2015	18	23	1569	261.3	13	1366	29	3/24	47.10	5.22	54.10	-	-	-
HV Patel	2021-2023	25	24	503	83.5	-	770	29	4/25	26.55	9.18	17.34	1	-	-
Harvinder Singh	1997-2001	19	22	959	159.5	12	794	28	3/44	28.35	4.96	34.25	-	-	-
L Amar Singh	1932-1936	7	13	2182	363.4	95	858	28	7/86	30.64	2.35	77.92	1	2	-
SK Sharma	1988-1990	25	26	1393	232.1	15	1060	28	5/26	37.85	4.56	49.75	-	1	-
KM Jadhav	2014-2020	82	42	1187	197.5	1	1020	27	3/23	37.77	5.15	43.96	-	-	-
JD Unadkat	2010-2023	22	25	1024	170.4	22	757	26	4/41	29.11	4.43	39.38	1	-	-
Surendranath	1958-1961	11	17	2602	433.4	144	1053	26	5/75	40.50	2.42	100.07	1	2	-
BS Sandhu	1982-1984	30	31	2130	355.0	47	1320	26	3/27	50.76	3.71	81.92	-	-	-
M Nissar	1932-1936	6	11	1211	201.5	34	707	25	5/90	28.28	3.50	48.44	-	3	-
K Srikkanth	1981-1992	189	49	928	154.4	6	755	25	5/27	30.20	4.88	37.12	-	2	-
STR Binny	2014-2016	23	22	970	161.4	16	751	24	6/4	31.29	4.64	40.41	-	1	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa Under-19s vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Cape Town, England Under-19s in South Africa 2nd unofficial Test, Feb 3-6, 2025 [Youth Test # 303]

England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs South Africa Under-19s at Stellenbosch, England Under-19s in South Africa 1st unofficial Test, Jan 26-29, 2025 [Youth Test # 302]

India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs Australia Under-19s at Chennai, Australia Under-19s in India 2nd Youth Test, Oct 7-9, 2024 [Youth Test # 301]