Indian paceman Ishant Sharma became just the third Indian paceman after Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan to pick up 300 wickets in Test cricket. The Delhi paceman achieved this landmark in his 98th Test with the dismissal of Dan Lawrence of England in the second innings of the first Test in Chennai on Monday.
On a day on which Kapil Dev had picked up his then record 432nd Test wicket in 1994 to overtake Richard Hadlee’s tally, Ishant joined the 300-wicket club with the Indian paceman. The Indian fast bowler now has 300 wickets from 98 Tests at an average of just over 32.
His haul includes 11 five-wicket hauls and 1 ten-wicket haul and he is now third-fastest to this landmark behind Ravichandran Ashwin and Zaheer Khan. Former India left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan had 311 Test wickets in 92 Tests while the legendary Kapil Dev ended up with 434 Test scalps in 131 Tests.
Anil Kumble is the leading Test wicket-taker among Indian bowlers with 619 wickets from 132 Tests.
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