Bowling Most Wickets Career

Records for India in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
A Kumble	1990-2008	132	236	40850	6808.2	1576	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	2.69	65.99	31	35	8
R Ashwin	2011-2023	92	174	24573	4095.3	846	11344	474	7/59	13/140	23.93	2.76	51.84	24	32	7
N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	131	227	27740	4623.2	1060	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	2.78	63.91	17	23	2
Harbhajan Singh	1998-2015	103	190	28580	4763.2	871	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	2.84	68.53	16	25	5
I Sharma	2007-2021	105	188	19160	3193.2	640	10078	311	7/74	10/108	32.40	3.15	61.60	10	11	1
Z Khan	2000-2014	92	165	18785	3130.5	624	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	3.27	60.40	15	11	1
BS Bedi	1966-1979	67	118	21364	-	1096	7637	266	7/98	10/194	28.71	2.14	80.31	13	14	1
RA Jadeja	2012-2023	64	122	15718	2619.4	653	6395	264	7/42	10/110	24.22	2.44	59.53	12	12	2
BS Chandrasekhar	1964-1979	58	97	15963	-	584	7199	242	8/79	12/104	29.74	2.70	65.96	12	16	2
J Srinath	1991-2002	67	121	15104	2517.2	599	7196	236	8/86	13/132	30.49	2.85	64.00	8	10	1
Mohammed Shami	2013-2023	63	120	11242	1873.4	354	6185	225	6/56	9/118	27.48	3.30	49.96	12	6	-
EAS Prasanna	1962-1978	49	86	14353	-	602	5742	189	8/76	11/140	30.38	2.40	75.94	17	10	2
UT Yadav	2011-2023	56	110	8739	1456.3	239	5132	168	6/88	10/133	30.54	3.52	52.01	6	3	1
MH Mankad	1946-1959	44	70	14686	-	777	5236	162	8/52	13/131	32.32	2.13	90.65	10	8	2
S Venkataraghavan	1965-1983	57	96	14877	-	696	5634	156	8/72	12/152	36.11	2.27	95.36	7	3	1
RJ Shastri	1981-1992	80	125	15751	2625.1	657	6185	151	5/75	8/179	40.96	2.35	104.31	11	2	-
SP Gupte	1951-1961	36	61	11284	1880.4	608	4403	149	9/102	10/223	29.55	2.34	75.73	8	12	1
JJ Bumrah	2018-2022	30	58	6268	1044.4	254	2815	128	6/27	9/86	21.99	2.69	48.96	2	8	-
DR Doshi	1979-1983	33	55	9322	1553.4	456	3502	114	6/102	8/103	30.71	2.25	81.77	4	6	-
PP Ojha	2009-2013	24	48	7633	1272.1	298	3420	113	6/47	10/89	30.26	2.68	67.54	5	7	1
KD Ghavri	1974-1981	39	69	7036	-	233	3656	109	5/33	7/120	33.54	3.11	64.55	5	4	-
NS Yadav	1979-1987	35	61	8360	1393.2	339	3580	102	5/76	8/118	35.09	2.56	81.96	8	3	-
IK Pathan	2003-2008	29	54	5884	980.4	212	3226	100	7/59	12/126	32.26	3.28	58.84	2	7	2
BKV Prasad	1996-2001	33	58	7041	1173.3	275	3360	96	6/33	10/153	35.00	2.86	73.34	1	7	1
M Prabhakar	1984-1995	39	68	7475	1245.5	274	3581	96	6/132	6/92	37.29	2.87	77.86	4	3	-
SLV Raju	1990-2001	28	51	7602	1267.0	362	2857	93	6/12	11/125	30.72	2.25	81.74	1	5	1
RG Nadkarni	1955-1968	41	65	9165	-	665	2559	88	6/43	11/122	29.07	1.67	104.14	2	4	1
Maninder Singh	1982-1993	35	52	8218	1369.4	359	3288	88	7/27	10/107	37.36	2.40	93.38	5	3	2
S Sreesanth	2006-2011	27	50	5419	903.1	162	3271	87	5/40	8/99	37.59	3.62	62.28	4	3	-
A Mishra	2008-2016	22	40	5103	850.3	123	2715	76	5/71	7/72	35.72	3.19	67.14	2	1	-
SA Durani	1960-1973	29	46	6446	1074.2	317	2657	75	6/73	10/177	35.42	2.47	85.94	2	3	1
RB Desai	1959-1968	28	45	5597	-	178	2761	74	6/56	8/190	37.31	2.95	75.63	8	2	-
S Madan Lal	1974-1986	39	63	5997	-	188	2846	71	5/23	6/47	40.08	2.84	84.46	1	4	-
Ghulam Ahmed	1948-1959	22	36	5650	941.4	254	2052	68	7/49	10/130	30.17	2.17	83.08	3	4	1
ND Hirwani	1988-1996	17	28	4298	716.2	155	1987	66	8/61	16/136	30.10	2.77	65.12	2	4	1
B Kumar	2013-2018	21	37	3348	558.0	141	1644	63	6/82	8/96	26.09	2.94	53.14	3	4	-
DG Phadkar	1947-1959	31	48	5994	-	277	2285	62	7/159	7/88	36.85	2.28	96.67	1	3	-
C Sharma	1984-1989	23	39	3470	578.2	61	2163	61	6/58	10/188	35.45	3.74	56.88	2	4	1
AB Agarkar	1998-2006	26	46	4857	809.3	168	2745	58	6/41	8/160	47.32	3.39	83.74	-	1	-
CG Borde	1958-1969	55	54	5695	-	236	2417	52	5/88	6/132	46.48	2.54	109.51	2	1	-
AR Patel	2021-2023	12	23	2258	376.2	92	858	50	6/38	11/70	17.16	2.27	45.16	2	5	1
Mohammed Siraj	2020-2023	18	33	2686	447.4	89	1471	47	5/73	8/126	31.29	3.28	57.14	3	1	-
RMH Binny	1979-1987	27	38	2870	478.2	76	1534	47	6/56	8/101	32.63	3.20	61.06	-	2	-
RK Chauhan	1993-1998	21	34	4749	791.3	238	1857	47	4/48	7/107	39.51	2.34	101.04	1	-	-
S Abid Ali	1967-1974	29	49	4164	-	119	1980	47	6/55	7/116	42.12	2.85	88.59	2	1	-
SR Tendulkar	1989-2013	200	145	4240	706.4	83	2492	46	3/10	3/14	54.17	3.52	92.17	-	-	-
L Amarnath	1933-1952	24	35	4241	-	195	1481	45	5/96	8/167	32.90	2.09	94.24	3	2	-
A Nehra	1999-2004	17	29	3447	574.3	122	1866	44	4/72	6/117	42.40	3.24	78.34	2	-	-
RF Surti	1960-1969	26	45	3870	-	115	1962	42	5/74	6/161	46.71	3.04	92.14	-	1	-
Arshad Ayub	1987-1989	13	22	3663	610.3	150	1438	41	5/50	8/104	35.07	2.35	89.34	4	3	-
SB Joshi	1996-2000	15	26	3451	575.1	146	1470	41	5/142	8/169	35.85	2.55	84.17	1	1	-
GS Ramchand	1952-1960	33	56	4976	829.2	256	1899	41	6/49	7/76	46.31	2.28	121.36	-	1	-
RP Singh	2006-2011	14	25	2534	422.2	59	1682	40	5/59	7/117	42.05	3.98	63.35	3	1	-
V Sehwag	2001-2013	103	91	3731	621.5	74	1894	40	5/104	5/118	47.35	3.04	93.27	-	1	-
MM Patel	2006-2011	13	25	2658	443.0	95	1349	35	4/25	7/97	38.54	3.04	75.94	1	-	-
PR Umrigar	1948-1962	59	50	4725	787.3	262	1473	35	6/74	6/74	42.08	1.87	135.00	3	2	-
Kuldeep Yadav	2017-2022	8	14	1279	213.1	33	733	34	5/40	8/113	21.55	3.43	37.61	2	3	-
SC Ganguly	1996-2008	113	99	3117	519.3	110	1681	32	3/28	3/37	52.53	3.23	97.40	-	-	-
M Amarnath	1969-1988	69	71	3676	-	101	1782	32	4/63	4/63	55.68	2.90	114.87	1	-	-
JM Patel	1955-1960	7	11	1725	287.3	94	637	29	9/69	14/124	21.96	2.21	59.48	-	2	1
L Amar Singh	1932-1936	7	13	2182	363.4	95	858	28	7/86	8/141	30.64	2.35	77.92	1	2	-
SN Thakur	2018-2022	8	15	1107	184.3	26	660	27	7/61	8/108	24.44	3.57	41.00	1	1	-
P Kumar	2011-2011	6	11	1611	268.3	68	697	27	5/106	7/169	25.81	2.59	59.66	1	1	-
L Balaji	2003-2005	8	15	1756	292.4	64	1004	27	5/76	9/171	37.18	3.43	65.03	2	1	-
Surendra Nath	1958-1961	11	17	2602	433.4	144	1053	26	5/75	5/75	40.50	2.42	100.07	1	2	-
L Sivaramakrishnan	1983-1986	9	16	2367	394.3	74	1145	26	6/64	12/181	44.03	2.90	91.03	-	3	1
M Nissar	1932-1936	6	11	1211	201.5	34	707	25	5/90	6/135	28.28	3.50	48.44	-	3	-
A Kuruvilla	1997-1997	10	15	1765	294.1	59	892	25	5/68	6/117	35.68	3.03	70.59	1	1	-
M Kartik	2000-2004	8	15	1932	322.0	74	820	24	4/44	7/76	34.15	2.54	80.50	1	-	-
VS Hazare	1946-1953	30	43	2840	-	99	1220	20	4/29	4/29	61.00	2.57	142.00	1	-	-
VB Ranjane	1958-1964	7	13	1265	210.5	33	649	19	4/72	6/153	34.15	3.07	66.57	2	-	-
VR Aaron	2011-2015	9	14	1189	198.1	12	947	18	3/97	3/97	52.61	4.77	66.05	-	-	-
ED Solkar	1969-1977	27	44	2265	377.3	82	1070	18	3/28	3/38	59.44	2.83	125.83	-	-	-
HH Pandya	2017-2018	11	19	937	156.1	19	528	17	5/28	6/50	31.05	3.38	55.11	-	1	-
J Yadav	2016-2022	6	12	825	137.3	28	465	16	4/49	5/62	29.06	3.38	51.56	1	-	-
SK Raina	2010-2015	18	22	1041	173.3	22	603	13	2/1	2/1	46.38	3.47	80.07	-	-	-
SG Shinde	1946-1952	7	10	1515	252.3	59	717	12	6/91	8/253	59.75	2.83	126.25	-	1	-
RV Divecha	1951-1952	5	7	1044	174.0	44	361	11	3/102	4/115	32.81	2.07	94.90	-	-	-
Sarandeep Singh	2000-2002	3	4	678	113.0	27	340	10	4/136	6/206	34.00	3.00	67.80	1	-	-
G Sharma	1985-1990	5	8	1307	217.5	57	418	10	4/88	4/88	41.80	1.91	130.69	1	-	-
AS Wassan	1990-1990	4	6	712	118.4	16	504	10	4/108	5/188	50.40	4.24	71.20	1	-	-
BS Sandhu	1983-1983	8	10	1020	170.0	32	557	10	3/87	3/87	55.70	3.27	102.00	-	-	-
AG Kripal Singh	1955-1964	14	15	1518	253.0	76	584	10	3/43	3/90	58.40	2.30	151.80	-	-	-
SM Patil	1980-1984	29	15	645	107.3	29	240	9	2/28	3/52	26.66	2.23	71.66	-	-	-
CK Nayudu	1932-1936	7	10	858	143.0	24	386	9	3/40	3/40	42.88	2.69	95.33	-	-	-
A Mithun	2010-2011	4	8	720	120.0	21	456	9	4/105	4/138	50.66	3.80	80.00	1	-	-
CR Rangachari	1948-1948	4	4	846	-	11	493	9	5/107	5/107	54.77	3.49	94.00	1	1	-
Yuvraj Singh	2003-2012	40	35	931	155.1	14	547	9	2/9	2/20	60.77	3.52	103.44	-	-	-
ML Jaisimha	1959-1971	39	51	2097	-	109	829	9	2/54	2/54	92.11	2.37	233.00	-	-	-
S Nadeem	2019-2021	2	4	458	76.2	11	273	8	2/18	4/40	34.11	3.57	57.25	-	-	-
VRV Singh	2006-2007	5	10	669	111.3	20	427	8	3/48	3/70	53.37	3.82	83.62	-	-	-
VV Kumar	1961-1961	2	3	605	100.5	46	202	7	5/64	7/132	28.85	2.00	86.42	-	1	-
PP Chawla	2006-2012	3	6	492	82.0	13	270	7	4/69	4/133	38.57	3.29	70.28	1	-	-
SB Bangar	2001-2002	12	14	762	127.0	35	343	7	2/23	2/23	49.00	2.70	108.85	-	-	-
RR Powar	2007-2007	2	4	252	42.0	8	118	6	3/33	3/36	19.66	2.80	42.00	-	-	-
SK Sharma	1988-1990	2	4	414	69.0	9	247	6	3/37	3/50	41.16	3.57	69.00	-	-	-
AR Kapoor	1994-1996	4	7	642	107.0	26	255	6	2/19	3/72	42.50	2.38	107.00	-	-	-
Washington Sundar	2021-2021	4	7	526	87.4	10	299	6	3/89	4/169	49.83	3.41	87.66	-	-	-
SN Banerjee	1949-1949	1	2	273	45.3	8	127	5	4/54	5/127	25.40	2.79	54.60	1	-	-
V Razdan	1989-1989	2	2	240	40.0	6	141	5	5/79	5/79	28.20	3.52	48.00	-	1	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Australia at Ahmedabad, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Mar 9-13, 2023 [Test # 2499]

India v Australia at Indore, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Mar 1-3, 2023 [Test # 2496]

India v Australia at Delhi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 17-19, 2023 [Test # 2493]