5 Indian Bowlers With Most Test Wickets vs England
Published - 19 Jun 2025, 10:37 AM | Updated - 19 Jun 2025, 11:39 AM
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India and England will take on each other in a five-match Test series, which will start a new era for India in Test cricket. This article sheds light on Five Indian Bowlers With the Most Test Wickets vs England.
5 Indian Bowlers With Most Test Wickets vs England
5. Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev is one of those few captains to win a Test series in England.
Kapil Dev saved his best for England in all three departments of the game. One of his many heroics against England includes him hitting four sixes in four balls with one wicket in hand to avoid a follow-on.
As far as Kapil Dev's contribution with the ball against England is concerned, the all-rounder picked up 85 wickets in 27 matches against the English team.
4. Bishan Singh Bedi
Bishan Singh Bedi is the fourth-highest wicket-taker for the national team against England in Test matches. Bedi ended his career with 85 wickets in 22 matches against England.
One of Bedi's memorable performances includes a six-wicket haul at the home of cricket, Lord's. The left-arm spinner was the leader of India's spin bowling quartet in the 70s.
3. Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble, who has picked 619 wickets registered against his name, takes the third position as far as the most successful bowlers against England is concerned.
Kumble ended his Test career with 92 wickets from 19 matches at an economy of 2.62 runs per over.
Kumble, along with Harbhajan, played a decisive role in helping the national team win the 2002 Headingley Test, courtesy of which the national team was able to draw the series after 16 long years.
Kumble also scored a century in the three-match series against England in their own backyard, which the Rahul Dravid-led side won 1-0, which was the first Test series win in England after 1986.
2. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
To get an idea of how good Bhagwat Chandrasekhar was, he used to do what Anil Kumble did in the late 90s and early 2000s.
The right-arm leg break bowler was a vital part of the spin bowling quartet in the 70s, which also had the likes of Erapalli Prasanna, Bishan Singh Bedi, and Venkataraghavan and picked up 95 wickets in 23 matches.
1. Ravichandran Ashwin
The former off-spinner, who has more than 500 wickets in Test cricket and is among the leading wicket-takers for India, takes the top spot in terms of the national bowlers with the most Test wickets against England.
Ashwin picked up 114 wickets in 24 matches and is the leading wicket-taker for the national team in Tests against England with an economy of 2.97.
The right-hander also scored a hundred on a tough wicket at Chepauk in the second Test of the five-match home series in 2021.
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