After taking the wicket of Imrul Kayes today, Harbhajan Singh goes past Wasim Akram in terms of leading wicket takers in Test matches. Harbhajan Singh has 415 wickets in 102 matches which is a great achievement for the top ace spinner.
The list includes some top names like Muralithran, Shane Warne, Anil Kumble, Glenn Mcgarth, Courtney Walsh, Kapil Dev, Richard Hadlee, Shaun Pollock. Harbhajan Singh has done a wonderful job for Indian cricket and has been a consistent performer for team India before being dropped in 2013. He was out because of poor form . In the recent IPL he did a great job and was selected for the lone test match against Bangladesh.
Here we look at leading wicket takers in test matches:
1. Muttiah Muralithran- 800 wicket (133 matches)
2. Shane Warne- 708 wickets(105 matches
3. Anil Kumble- 619 wickets(132 matches)
4. Glenn Mcgarth- 563 wicket(124 matches)
5. Courtney Walsh- 519 wickets(132 matches)
6. Kapil Dev-434 wickets(131 matches)
7. Richard Hadlee- 431 wickets(86 matches)
8. Shaun Pollock- 421 wickets(108 matches)
9. Harbhajan Singh- 415 wickets(102 matches)
10. Wasim Akram- 414 wickets(104 wickets)
It is a brilliant effort from Harbhajan Singh to be a part of great list of bowlers which have done expectionally well with their bowling. Harbhajan is 9th in the list and hope to get more test matches in future. He can climb more if he get test matches in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka and South Africa.