Indians with 3000+ runs and 400+ wickets in Test cricket

All-rounders play a vital role in a side irrespective of the format. They bring a perfect balance to the side’s setup considering their all-round abilities. In the Test format, their value rises as they contribute with both bat and ball throughout the five days. For India, only two players have been able to do the double of scoring 3000 runs and picking up 400 wickets and they feature in this article. Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev and Ravichandran Ashwin are the only two Indian players to achieve the dual feat.

Haryana Hurricane

Kapil, who made his debut in the Whites against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 1978, played 131 games and smashed 5248 runs and picked up 434 wickets in his 16-year-long career. The right-handed batter slammed eight centuries and 27 half-centuries in 184 innings and the highest score of 163. He picked 23 five-wicket hauls at an average of 29.64 and a strike rate of 63.9.

His best bowling figures in an innings were 9/83 and match figures 11/146. Kapil managed to pick up ten wickets in a game twice. His last appearance came against New Zealand in Hamilton in 1994. Kapil still remains India’s third-highest wicket-taker behind Ashwin and Anil Kumble (619) in Test cricket.

Amazing Ashwin

Ashwin made his debut against West Indies in Delhi in 2011. The all-rounder has snared 449 scalps and struck 3001 runs in 88 Test matches so far. The right-arm off-break bowler has taken five-wicket hauls 30 times and ten wickets in a match ten times. In 166 innings, Ashwin has the best figures of 7/59 and match figures of 13/140. He has an impressive average of 24.30 and a strike rate of 52.5 in the red-ball format.

As a batter, the right-handed batter has slammed five centuries and 13 half-centuries in 125 innings at an average of 27.03 with the highest score of 124. In the wicket tally, he is the second-highest wicket-taker for India only behind Kumble.