West Indies v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 becomes world’s 11th bowler to take 400 Test wickets – Cricket News Update
Harbhajan Singh, the Indian off-spinner, has become world’s 11th and India’s 3rd bowler to bag 400 wickets in the Test cricket. He completed this feat by bowling out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, at the second day of the 3rd and last Test,
at Windsor Park, Dominica, yesterday, July 7, 2011.
The other two Indians who hold more than 400 Test wickets are http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kapil-Dev-c70234 - Kumble has 619 while Kapil has 434 wickets to his credit. Both the players are regarded as legends in the history of international cricket. Kapil is credited to have
led the Men in Blue to earn their first ever http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup title in 1986.
In the group of 11 elite bowlers of Test format, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 is indiscriminately at the top with 800 wickets. The legendary spinner retired from the longer format of the game last year. Some cricket experts suggest that his record is
unlikely to be broken in near future.
The other http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Curtly-Elconn-Lynwall-Ambrose-c51793.
Harbhjan has some more years to play Test cricket as he is 31 right now and is likely to break some records as well. However, analysts opine that the spinner needs to improve his average and economy rate, both of which have been poor since the last few years.
He has played 96 Tests to get 400 wickets with an average of 31.85.
Born on July 3, 1980 in Jalandhar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833, the right-arm spinner has broken through many racial, ethnic and linguistic barriers to earn name and fame in the international arena.
Harbhajan made his Test debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 25, 1998. The spinner has delivered outstanding bowling performances during the World Cup 2011 and the Indian Premier League (IPL)-4, earlier this year.
Now he is eying Team India’s upcoming tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, an Indian batsman, was reported as saying, “He is going to be a crucial person for us in England. He will deliver for us, I am very confident about that."
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