IND vs ENG: Top 5 wicket-takers of all-time in India

The Test matches between India and England held in India are always in the favour of the spin bowlers due to the conditions in the subcontinent. Hence, it won’t be a surprise for many to see that the spin bowlers will dominate the proceedings whenever the two sides clash in India. If we look at the list of top wicket-takers in IND-ENG Tests in India, spinners occupy the top four spots.

Here are the five highest-wicket takers of all-time in IND vs ENG Tests played in India:

42 wickets – Kapil Dev and Ravi Ashwin:

Kapil Dev has the most wickets among pace bowlers in India-England Test matches on Indian soil as he picked up 42 wickets across 14 Tests with two 5-wicket hauls. Kapil shares the 5th spot with Ravichandran Ashwin who has 42 wickets in only nine Tests. Ashwin is likely to feature in the top two spots of this list if he gets to play all four matches in the coming series.

50 wickets – Bishen Singh Bedi:

Bishen Singh Bedi had success against England at home and also while playing away. The left-arm spinner claimed exactly 50 wickets in Test cricket at home against the English team and is one of the four players with this feat in India-England Tests played in India. Bedi featured in ten Tests for those 50 scalps which he got with help of three 5-wicket hauls.

54 wickets – Derek Underwood:

Derek Underwood is the only England player to have picked as many as 50+ wickets in Test cricket on the Indian soil. Playing as many as 16 Tests here did help the left-arm spinner who took 54 wickets but at a decent average of 26.51 with only one 5-wicket haul. The next most number of Test wickets for England in India is 37 by John Lever across 8 Tests.

56 wickets – Anil Kumble:

Anil Kumble has got impeccable numbers in the longest format against England at home as he bagged 56 wickets against them in only nine Test matches on the Indian soil. The leg-spinner has an average of 23.64 and a strike rate of just 58.6 against the English team at home. Kumble has four 5-wicket hauls to his name in those nine Tests.

64 wickets – Bhagwat Chandrasekhar:

Bhagwat Chandrasekhar leads the list of most wickets in India-England Test matches played in India. The leg-spinner from India made the English batters fall in his web as he collected a total of 64 wickets in 14 Test matches with the help of six 5-wicket hauls which includes a career-best bowling figures of 8/72.