Top 5 Indian test wicket-takers (Part 2)
The 51-year-old, Indian bowling legend has taken a total of 434 wickets in 131 test matches at an average of 29.64. The veteran Indian bowler had a strike rate of 63.9, with a career best of 9 for 83 in a single innings. Dev has a massive of 23 five wicket
hauls to his name, with 2 ten wickets haul in a match.
However, Devs all-rounder skills aren’t equal to likes of Imran Khan, Ian Botham and Richard Hadlee; his strike rate was less than four wickets per test. Yet, he had accuracy and the ability to swing the ball, usually away from the right-handers.
Harbhajan Singh
Number 3 in the top 5 Indian test wicket-takers list is Harbhajan Singh. With his right-arm off-break, he has taken a massive of 357 wickets in test cricket. Singh was born in 1980, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. His 12-year old career, which started off in 1998 against
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By far, Singh is the most successful Indian off spin bowler, with his unique bowling style, and lack of loop and flight in his deliveries makes him unplayable at times. His biggest weapon is the ball which climbs wickedly length and forces a hurried jab.
Singh’s wind milling, whiplash bowling action gives him the variety in his bowling length and pace and can turn the ball either ways. It surely makes him one of the finest off-break bowlers of his time.
In his 12-year old test career, the 30-year-old has taken a massive of 357 wickets at an average of 31.62. He has a strike rate of 67.0 and an economy rate of 2.83 in test cricket. Singh has a huge number of 24 five wicket hauls in a single innings, not
to forget his 5 ten wickets in match record to his name. His best figures in a test match are 15 for 217, and in a single innings his best is 8 for 84.
Bishan Singh Bedi
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in 1966.
This veteran Indian bowler has a total of 1560 first class wickets as he played for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824, and Northern Punjab cricket teams. He is also famously known for threatening the Indian team in 1990 to dump them in the sea, when he was coaching
the national team.
The 64-year-old, however, is a generous man possessing infinite wisdom, zest and passion for the game of cricket. Even, today one can hear about Bedi’s outburst against various aspects of the modern game, making him sound as a prone to the incurable malaise
of bitterness.
Nevertheless, the veteran has played 67 matches in his career, in which he has taken 266 wickets at a bowling average of 28.71. His bowling strike rate was 80.3. He has also taken 14 five wicket hauls and 1 ten wickets in a match. His innings best is 7 for
98 and his best ever in a test match is 10 for 194. Bedi’s credentials don’t speak about his passion for the game; however, they do talk about his capabilities as a wicket-taking bowler.
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